The prize, which includes a USD100,000 cash award, is given to eminent scientists from the developing world who have made significant contributions to science and science-based development.
"Wasps have complex social lives," says Raghavendra Gadagkar, INSA S.N. Bose Research Professor and J.C. Bose National Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
"Science is a key factor in allowing developing countries to forego importing technology from abroad and in charting their own path for sustainable economic growth," noted TWAS President Jacob Palis