ICAR AWARDS PRESENTED

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The Union Agriculture Minister Shri Ajit Singh gave away the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Awards to individual Scientists and Institutions for outstanding performance in the field of Agriculture. The three Sardar Patel outstanding institution awards were given to Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) Izatnagar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and Project directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance, Bangalore.

The newly instituted, Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) award was jointly given to Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal and Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad for their coordinated research on micro-nutrients in soil and plants and rice improvement program respectively. Besides, Shri Ajit Singh also gave away awards for research in tribal areas, dry land areas, multi-discipline research in agriculture and allied sciences.

Two women Scientists, Dr. Ravinder Kaur of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi and Dr. Usha R. Mehra of IVRI received the Panjabrao Deshmukh Woman Agricultural Scientists award for their contribution in agriculture research.

Chaudhary Charan Singh award for excellence in journalism in agricultural research and development was given to Shri Surinder Sud. Shri Sud has the distinction of serving the cause of Indian agriculture through reporting in newspaper and journals for more than 29 years.

While Shri Bahadur Singh Verma of Solan, Himachal Pradesh recived the Jagajivan Ram Kishan Purashkar, Shri Haricharan Das of Jugendra Nagar, Agartala, Tripura got the N.G.Ranga Farmer Award for diversified Agriculture.