Citations-ICAR Award Ceremony 2011

Abstract

The ICAR has been bestowing various awards to recognize the extraordinary contributions of scientists, innovative farmers, teachers, women scientists, journalists, institutions and technical books in Hindi. The first of these awards was given in 1956. With the passage of time, new awards were added and their eligibility criteria and guidelines were formed which suited to the needs of time. Therefore, a revisit of these awards was deemed necessary. In 2010, the guidelines and cash reward linked to these awards were revised and two new awards were also added. These were approved in the Governing Body in its 219th meeting held on 4th January 2011. Consequently, the advertisement of the ICAR awards was put on the ICAR website and circulated in the month of January, 2011, and the applications/nominations were received till the month of March 2011. Overall, 566 applications/nominations were received for 17 different awards. The procedure for selecting the awardees was not facile and demanded a meticulous planning and diligent efforts. The applicant’s documents were scrutinized and classified either subject area or geographical zone wise as per the requirement of the awards. These were sent to the Judging Committee members and chairpersons well in advance. The committees were chaired by an eminent scientist of national stature and consisted of 3-5 experts in different discipline and from different parts of the country. The 17 Judging Committees met in the months of May and June for finalizing the awards. In all Judging Committee meetings took place for 20 days. The significant contributions of the awardees are compiled in the book entitled CITATIONS.