Award was given HH Nawab Mir Najaf Ali Khan (grandson of HEH Late Sir Nawab Mir Oman Ali Khan, VIIth Nizam of Hyderabad), Dr. YVN Krishna Murthy (former Director, IIRS-ISRO, NRSC-ISRO, Scientific Secretary to Chairman ISRO), former Vice Chancellor of Kurnool and Rayalaseema University, and Dr. Mruthunjaya Reddy, Director, Birla Planetarium, Hyderabad