Annual Lecture
Sl. No. Year Speaker

85

2024

Sankar K. Pal

84

2023

Paolo Giubellino

83

2022

Ashutosh Sharma

82

2021

Gautam R. Desiraju

81

2019

Subhas Kak

80

2018

T.V. Ramakrishnan

79

2017

Ada Yonath

78

2016

Raghavendra Gadagkar

77

2015

T. Ramasami

76

2014

Srikumar Banerjee

75

2013

Mushirul Hasan

74

2012

Gopal Krishna Gandhi

73

2011

Swami Atmapriyananda

72

2010

André Béteille

71

2009

J. N. Mohanty

70

2008

F. P. Marconi

69

2007

Swami Jitatmananda

68

2006

V. S. Ramamurthy

67

2005

Rajesh Kochhar

66

2004

Ashoke Sen

65

2003

M. S. Valiathan

64

2002

Pushpa M. Bhargava

63

2001

Ramanath Kowsik

62

2000

P. Balaram

61

1999

R.A. Mashelkar

60

1998

N.K. Ganguly

59

1997

V. Ramalingaswami

58

1996

G. Padmanaban

57

1995

P.K. Iyenger

56

1994

S.Z. Qasim

55

1993

U.R. Rao

54

1992

H. Sarat Chandra

53

1991

P.N. Tandon

52

1990

S. R. Ramachandran

51

1989

O. Siddiqi

50

1988

A.P. Mitra

49

1987

S. Chandrasekher

48

1986

C.N.R. Rao

47

1985

R.C. Majumder

46

1984

N.S. Subbarao

45

1983

Swami Lokeswarananda

44

1982

B.K. Bachhawat

43

1981

Sukumar Sen

42

1980

Niharranjan Ray

41

1979

S.K. Mukherjee

40

1978

(Mrs.) A. Chatterjee

39

1977

Raja Ramanna

38

1976

G.P. Talwar

37

1975

B. Mukherjee

36

1974

A. Ramachandran

35

1973

A. Srinivasan

34

1972

S. Swaminathan

33

1971

N.K. Bose

32

1970

P.R. Ray

31

1969

Homi N. Seethna

30

1968

B.D. Nag Chowdhuri

29

1967

Acamedician A.I. Oparin

28

1966

Atma Ram

27

1965

P. Maheshwari

26

1964

Shri Asoke Mehta

25

1963

S. Bhagavantan

24

1962

D.N. Ramachandran

23

1961

B.C. Guha

22

1960

V.R. Khanolkar

21

1959

Sir Jehangir Gandhy

20

1958

S. Radhakrishnan

19

1957

D.N. Wadia

18

1956

A.C. Ukil

17

1955

S.l. Hora

16

1954

S.N. Bose

15

1953

N.K. Bose

14

1952

R.C. Majumder

13

1951

P.C. Mahalanobis

12

1950

S.K. Banerji

11

1949

K.C. Mehta

10

1948

K.N. Bhal

9

1947

J. N. Mukherjee

8

1946

S.K. Mitra

7

1945

P. Jarija

6

1944

K.P. Biswas

5

1943

Sir Cyril S. Fox

4

1941

J. C. Ghosh

3

1940

S. S. Bhatnagar

2

1939

M.N. Saha

1

1938

Rabindranath Tagore