Citations-ICAR Award Ceremony 2010

Abstract

Excellence recognized provides an impetus to higher performance. An appropriate incentive-and-reward system in an organization makes its employees proficient and productive besides job satisfaction. The awards, besides acknowledging merit and accomplishments, accelerate healthy competition among individuals, groups and institutions to attain yet higher levels of excellence in their respective spheres of work. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has been recognising researchers and farmers for their outstanding contributions with awards every year. It is a matter of great pleasure to announce that during this year, 130 awardees under 11 different categories have been selected, comprising 5 institutions, 122 scientists and 3 farmers. Out of 122 scientists, 10 are women scientists. Among the State Agricultural Universities and Deemed Universities, the Best Institution Award has gone to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. The major accomplishments of the IVRI include recognition of High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL), Bhopal, as OIE approved reference laboratory, seventh in the world, for highly pathogenic avian influenza diagnosis. The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, has been adjudged as the Best ICAR institution for its achievements in reclamation and management of salt-affected soils of India. Among smaller institutions, the Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, and Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, have been bestowed jointly with Best Institution Award. The CARI contributed for increasing productivity in agriculture sector in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and the IISR has established the largest collection of spices germplasm in the world. Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding AICRP Award has been bagged by All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, for developing location-specific technologies in rainwater management. Jawaharlal Nehru Awards for high quality Ph.D. theses are to be given to 18 scholars, of which four are women scientists. There are also two women awardees for Panjabrao Deshmukh Woman Agricultural Scientist Award. The Vasantrao Naik Award for Research Applications in Dryland Agriculture for 2009 has gone to the research team from the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad. The Jagjivan Ram Kisan Puraskar has been awarded to two farmers, one from Bihar and the other from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The N.G. Ranga Award for Diversified Agriculture has been awarded to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh. The ICAR Team Research Award has been bagged by eleven research teams: two in Crop Improvement, one in Natural Resources, two in Engineering and Technology (jointly), two in Horticulture (jointly), one in Fisheries, two in Animal Production and Health, and one in Social Sciences. The Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Outstanding Agricultural Research in Tribal Areas has been bagged by two teams of the Scientists from the NEH Region. One team worked on rice based tribal farming system and the other on pork production. Six teachers have been selected for the Bharat Ratna Dr C. Subramaniam Award in Crop Science (2), Resource Science (1), Fisheries (1), Veterinary and Animal Science (2). The authors of four technical books in Hindi, one each in Crop Science, Horticulture, Animal Production and Fisheries have been selected for Dr Rajendra Prasad Puruskar.