Overview
- Announced in Bengaluru on November 12, the 17th Infosys Prize cohort was revealed by the Infosys Science Foundation with awardees contacted virtually and a formal ceremony slated for January 2026.
- Nikhil Agarwal of MIT won Economics for pioneering market design, while Sushant Sachdeva of the University of Toronto took Engineering and Computer Science for advances in optimization and fast algorithms.
- Karthish Manthiram of Caltech earned Physical Sciences for sustainable electrochemical routes to key chemicals, including lithium‑mediated ammonia synthesis.
- Andrew Ollett of the University of Chicago received Humanities and Social Sciences for scholarship on Prakrit languages, and Anjana Badrinarayanan of NCBS Bengaluru won Life Sciences for fundamental insights into genome maintenance and DNA repair.
- Sabyasachi Mukherjee of TIFR was honored in Mathematical Sciences for linking Kleinian group actions with complex dynamics; each category carries a gold medal, a citation and $100,000, with eligibility focused on researchers under 40.