This was instituted in the name of Prof. N N Chatterjee, Professor of Geology, Presidency College, Kolkatta, in the year 1996 and is given once in two years for the best contribution made in the field of Energy Resources of India.

• 1997: T C Patra, A K Pandey & H C Dutta
• 2001: Ganti Narayana Rao
• 2006: No Selection Made
• 2008: No selectiion was made
• 2010: Kalachand Sain,Hyderabad