Indian-origin professor Dr Joyeeta Gupta received the prestigious
Dutch Prize for her work in the field of climate change.
She is a professor of environment and development in the global
south at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research of the University
of Amsterdam and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.
Dr Gupta received the prize in a prize ceremony in The Hague on October
4. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is the organiser of the award ceremony.
The prestigious Spinoza Prize by the Dutch Research Council (NWO),
which Dr Gupta has won, is also known as the ‘Dutch Nobel’.
“Congratulations to Dr Joyeeta Gupta for receiving the prestigious
Spinoza Prize by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the highest distinction in
Dutch science for her outstanding & pioneering work on a just &
sustainable world India DST, Diaspora Div_MEA, moefcc, PMO India, RHDijkgraaf,”
the Indian Embassy in the Netherlands posted on the social media platform, X.
Each year, scholars working in the Netherlands who “according to
international standards belong to the absolutely best researchers worldwide”
are given the Spinoza Award, the highest honour in Dutch academia.
Notably, the Spinoza Prize is an annual award of 1.5 million euros,
to be spent on scientific research and related activities.
ANI
