Who won the Infosys Prize 2025 in Life Sciences, and at which institution are they based?
- Siddhesh Kamat — IISER Pune (Infosys Prize 2024 winner)
- Anjana Badrinarayanan — NCBS Bengaluru
- Deepa Agashe — IISc Bengaluru (RVP Vigyan Yuva 2025)
- Gagandeep Kang — CMC Vellore (Royal Society FRS)
Answer: Anjana Badrinarayanan — National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru
Anjana Badrinarayanan at NCBS Bengaluru received the Infosys Prize 2025 in Life Sciences for her work on DNA damage repair, particularly for discovering novel mitochondrial DNA damage response pathways. She is the only winner in the 2025 Infosys Prize cohort who is based in India.