Prof. R. Murugavel  of the Department of Chemistry has been awarded the Materials  Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal for 2010. The medal will be  presented at the MRSI Annual General Meeting at SP University in  Gujarat, during which Prof. Murugavel will also deliver the MRSI Medal  lecture. At present Prof. Murugavel is on sabbatical and occupies the  prestigeous DFG Mercator Chair at Bochum University, Germany.