The ICTP Prize Selection Committee has announced the winner of the 1997 ICTP Prize. He's Nitin Nitsure, a reader in the School of Mathematics in Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India. Nitsure has been awarded the prize for his internationally recognized work in algebraic geometry. Marking a trend that has become increasingly common, Nitsure received his undergraduate and advanced degrees in his home country of India at the University of Poona and the University of Mumbai. The official award ceremony is scheduled to take place this fall.