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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]
Abdus Salam Medal | |
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Location | Trieste |
Country | Italy |
Presented by | Third World Academy of Sciences |
First awarded | 1995 |
Last awarded | 2015 |
Currently held by | Jacob Palis |
Year | Name | Country |
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1995 | Federico Mayor Zaragoza | Spain |
1996 | M. G. K. Menon | India |
1998 | Thomas R. Odhiambo | Kenya |
2000 | José I. Vargas | 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 |
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