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The Infosys Prize 2021 in Humanities was awarded to Dr Ângela Barreto Xavier from the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal, for her deeply researched and sophisticated analysis of conversion and violence in the Portuguese empire in India, especially Goa. Her extensive body of writings in both English and Portuguese have shown Dr. Xavier to be an important and original voice on colonial and imperial history. The Infosys Science Foundation awarded the winners of the Infosys Prize 2021 today for their outstanding contributions to science and research in six fields -Engineering and Computer Science, Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences. Winners were felicitated by the Chief Guest, Prof Gagandeep Kang FRS, Professor at CMC Vellore, Infosys Prize laureate 2016, and one of India’s leading virologists.The award comprises a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize-purse of $100,000, tax free in India. The laureates were chosen from a competitive pool of 201 nominations received this year. The winners of the Infosys Prize 2021 were identified by an accomplished jury of scholars and professors from some of the most prestigious universities across the world, says a press release.
