National Film Award for Best Scientific Film

National Film Award for Best Scientific Film
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Short films
Description
Medal	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted	1984
First awarded	1984
Last awarded	2013
Total awarded	21
Cash award	₹50,000 (US$740)
Previous name(s)	Best Scientific Film (including Environment and Ecology) (1984–90)
First awardee(s)	Aranya Aamar
Last awardee(s)	The Pad Piper

The National Film Award for Best Scientific Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

Awards legends
	Awarded as Best Scientific Film / Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film
*	Indicates a joint award for that year

List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation	Refs.
1984 (32nd)	Aranya Aamar	Bengali	West Bengal Ministry of Forest	Tarun Majumdar	–
1985 (33rd)	Power to the People	English	B. N. Mehra	K. Balakrishnan Nair	For its convincing portrayal of the importance of a people's movement for scientific attitude towards social change.	[1]
1986 (34th)	Kaamdhenu Redeemed	English	• Radha Narayanan  • Mohi-Ud-Din Mirza	Mohi-Ud-Din Mirza	For its very effective use of cinematographic medium for covering modern scientific methods of cattle breeding.	[2]
1987 (35th)	A Cooperative for Snake Catchers	English	Eco Media Pvt Ltd	• Romulus Whitaker  • Shekar Dattatri	For informative portrayal of concepts such as the use of traditional skills and knowledge existing in a tribal society for the common good, indirectly spreading a scientific temper all around.	[3]
1988 (36th)	Reconstructive Surgery Leprosy (Hand)	English	Jal Mehta	Anil Revankar	For its meticulous and credible account of the reconstructive surgery on disfigured and disabled hands, evoking confidence in the scientific method and in indigenous endeavour.	[4]
1989 (37th)	Neuropathic Foot in Leprosy	English	Jal Mehta	Vishram Revankar	For a well made specialised film effectively communicating the course of treatment in a serious disease.	[5]
1990 (38th)	Biotechnology: Some Possibilities	English	Gul Bahar Singh for Films Division	Nishith Banerjee	For trading through new horizons of the futuristic, yet scientifically realisable possibilities at the threshold of a new era, with technical finesse.	[6]
1991 (39th)	Silent Valley: An Indian Rain forest	English	Eco Media Pvt Ltd	• Shekar Dattatri  • Revati Mukherjee	For its painstaking and inspiring presentation of the ecological heritage and the threat to the environment.	[7]
1992 (40th)	Chunauti	Marathi	D. G. Information and Public Relations, Government of Maharashtra	Dinkar Chowdhary	For its daring presentation in a befitting manner of the most dangerous disease of present times – AIDS.	[8]
1993 (41st)	No Award					[9]
1994 (42nd)	Another Way of Learning	English	Comet Media Foundation	Chandita Mukherjee	For being at once precise and warm in its approach to teaching processes.	[10]
1995 (43rd)	A Celestial Tryst (N. M. No. 291)	English	Y. N. Engineer for Films Division	Y. N. Engineer for Films Division	For presenting the total solar eclipse in all its captivating beauty, while providing relevant scientific information.	[11]
1996 (44th)	No Award					[12]
1997 (45th)	Ayurveda	English	D. Gautaman for Films Division	Bhanumurthy Alur	For an effective depiction of our ancient ayurvedic transition, and its reabsorption into mainstream medicine.	[13]
1997 (45th)	Cancer	Hindi	Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division	C. K. M. Rao	The film shatters many outdated beliefs about cancer and gives useful information about its prophylactic and curative treatment.
1998 (46th)	No Award					[14]
1999 (47th)	No Award					[15]
2000 (48th)	Vedic Mathematics	English	Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division	K. Jagjivan Ram for Films Division	For presenting a scientific method of Mathematical calculations, existing in the Vedas and relating the relevance of this knowledge to the present times.	[16]
2001 (49th)	No Award					[17]
2002 (50th)	No Award					[18]
2003 (51st)	The 18 Elephant: Three Monologues	Malayalam	Savithri Divakaran	P. Balan	For using the novel method of elephants narrating their own story (in human voice) to raise a cry against "man centric" concept of development. The film also succeeds in raising bigger issues of ecological balance, and cruelty to animals.	[19]
2004 (52nd)	Timeless Traveller-The Horseshoe Crab	English	Riverbank Studios	Gautam Pandey	For venturing to explore the most enigmatic creature, very scientific and analytic manner effectively urging mankind to conserve this unique species.	[20]
2005 (53rd)	Under This Sun	Bengali	Nilanjan Bhattacharya	Nilanjan Bhattacharya	For a thought provoking film on environmental diversity with excellent Cinematography, Music, Editing and Sound Design.	[21]
2006 (54th)	Kalpavriksha: Legacy Of Forests	English	Mike Pandey	Nina Subramani	For bringing out the symbiotic relationship between forests and human life and underlining the need for conserving the rich bio diversity still existing in our remaining forests.	[22]
2007 (55th)	No Award					[23]
2008 (56th)	Trip	English	FTII	Emmanuel Palo	For the film with a simple, almost lighthearted, treatment evolves into a powerful message of conservation. Using an unconventional music track and animation, the film jolts the viewer to relook at waste and pollution.	[24]
2009 (57th)	No Award					[25]
2010 (58th)	Heart to Heart	Manipuri and English	Rotary Club of Imphal	Bachaspatimayum Sunzu	For a very well constructed reality with an engaging dramatic sensibility, that depicts the grimness of natural health maladies. It guides the viewer through emotions and playful spirit of the child. With the help of medical science, it enlightens the viewer with awareness of Congenital Heart Defect and its promising treatment.	[26]
2011 (59th)	No Award					[27]
2012 (60th)	No Award					[28]
2013 (61st)	The Pad Piper	English	Akanksha Sood Singh	Akanksha Sood Singh	For its portrayal of a sensitive man with a profound belief in appropriate technology who came up with a simple piece of engineering – an affordable sanitary napkin that has had an extraordinary impact on the health of millions of poor women.	[29]
2014 (62nd)	No Award					[30]
2015 (63rd)	No Award					[31]

References

1. "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
2. "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
3. "35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
4. "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
5. "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
6. "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
7. "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
8. "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
9. "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
10. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
11. "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
12. "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
13. "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
14. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
15. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
16. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
17. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
18. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
19. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
20. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
21. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
22. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
23. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
24. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
25. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
26. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
27. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
28. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
29. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
30. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
31. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives