India, Sept. 25 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu will confer the prestigious National Geoscience Awards (NGA) 2024 at a ceremonial function to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, New Delhi, on 26th September 2025 at 1100 hrs. The event will be graced by the presence of Shri G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister for Coal & Mines and Shri Satish Chandra Dubey, Minister of State for Coal & Mines.

Instituted in 1966 by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, the National Geoscience Awards (formerly known as the National Mineral Awards until 2009) are among the country's oldest and most prestigious honors in the field of geosciences.

The objective of these Awards is to h...