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Abdus Salam Medal

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Abdus Salam Medal
LocationTrieste
Country Italy
Presented byThird World Academy of Sciences
First awarded1995
Last awarded2015
Currently held byJacob Palis

The Abdus Salam Medal (Official: Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology), is an award presented by TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world in Trieste. The Abdus Salam Medal was instituted in 1995 to honour the Academy's founder and first president, Nobel Laureate Professor Abdus Salam and is awarded to highly distinguished personalities who have served the cause of science in the Developing World.[1][2]

Recipients

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Year Name Country
1995 Federico Mayor Zaragoza  Spain
1996 M. G. K. Menon  India
1998 Thomas R. Odhiambo  Kenya
2000 José I. Vargas [Wikidata]  Brazil
2002 Paolo Budinich  Italy
2005 Lu Yongxiang  People's Republic of China
2008 C. N. R. Rao  India
2012 Mohamed H.A. Hassan  Sudan
2015 Jacob Palis  Brazil
2018 Fernando Quevedo  Guatemala Spain

References

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  1. ^ Abdus Salam Medal. "Abdus Salam Medal". Third World Academy of Sciences. Third World Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04.
  2. ^ "Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology". Archived from the original ((html)) on 2011-07-07.
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