# National Film Award for Best Scientific Film

The National Film Award for Best Scientific Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film and National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values.

## Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends :
* Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1984 (32nd) | Aranya Aamar | Bengali | West Bengal Ministry of Forest | Tarun Majumdar |
| 1985 (33rd) | Power to the People | English | B. N. Mehra | K. Balakrishnan Nair |
| 1986 (34th) | Kaamdhenu Redeemed | English | • Radha Narayanan • Mohi-Ud-Din Mirza | Mohi-Ud-Din Mirza |
| 1987 (35th) | A Cooperative for Snake Catchers | English | Eco Media Pvt Ltd | • Romulus Whitaker • Shekar Dattatri |
| 1988 (36th) | Reconstructive Surgery Leprosy (Hand) | English | Jal Mehta | Anil Revankar |
| 1989 (37th) | Neuropathic Foot in Leprosy | English | Jal Mehta | Vishram Revankar |
| 1990 (38th) | Biotechnology: Some Possibilities | English | Gul Bahar Singh for Films Division | Nishith Banerjee |
| 1991 (39th) | Silent Valley: An Indian Rain forest | English | Eco Media Pvt Ltd | • Shekar Dattatri • Revati Mukherjee |
| 1992 (40th) | Chunauti | Marathi | D. G. Information and Public Relations, Government of Maharashtra | Dinkar Chowdhary |
| 1993 (41st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1994 (42nd) | Another Way of Learning | English | Comet Media Foundation | Chandita Mukherjee |
| 1995 (43rd) | A Celestial Tryst (N. M. No. 291) | English | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division |
| 1996 (44th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1997 (45th) | Ayurveda | English | D. Gautaman for Films Division | Bhanumurthy Alur |
| 1997 (45th) | Cancer | Hindi | Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division | C. K. M. Rao |
| 1998 (46th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1999 (47th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2000 (48th) | Vedic Mathematics | English | Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division | K. Jagjivan Ram for Films Division |
| 2001 (49th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2002 (50th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2003 (51st) | The 18 Elephant: Three Monologues† | Malayalam | Savithri Divakaran | P. Balan |
| 2004 (52nd) | Timeless Traveller-The Horseshoe Crab† | English | Riverbank Studios | Gautam Pandey |
| 2005 (53rd) | Under This Sun† | Bengali | Nilanjan Bhattacharya | Nilanjan Bhattacharya |
| 2006 (54th) | Kalpavriksha: Legacy of Forests† | English | Mike Pandey | Nina Subramani |
| 2007 (55th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2008 (56th) | Trip | English | FTII | Emmanuel Palo |
| 2009 (57th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2010 (58th) | Heart to Heart | Manipuri and English | Rotary Club of Imphal | Bachaspatimayum Sunzu |
| 2011 (59th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2012 (60th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2013 (61st) | The Pad Piper | English | Akanksha Sood Singh | Akanksha Sood Singh |
| 2014 (62nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2015 (63rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2016 (64th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2017 (65th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2018 (66th) | G. D. Naidu: The Edison of India | English | Films Division of India | K. Ranjith Kumar |
| 2019 (67th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2020 (68th) | On the Brink Season 2 – Bats | English | The Gaia People | Akanksha Sood Singh |
| 2021 (69th) | Ethos of Darkness | | Sri Ganesh Productions | Avijit Banerjee |