The Prof. K. Girish Kumar Endowment Award for the best thesis in analytical chemistry will be presented to Manish Kumar, postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Biosciences and Technologies for Agriculture, Food and Environment, at the University of Teramo, Italy, here on April 28, 2025.

The award was instituted in honour of Prof. Girish Kumar, former head of the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Cochin University of Science and Technology. It includes a cash prize of ₹15,000 and citation, according to a communication.