Citations-ICAR Award Ceremony 2012

Abstract

The ICAR recognizes the extraordinary contributions of scientists, innovative farmers, students, teachers, women scientists, journalists, institutions, AICRP, extension scientist and technical books in Hindi every year by giving away various awards. The first of these awards was given in 1956. With the passage of time, new awards were added, the eligibility criteria and guidelines thereof were suited to that period. The guidelines of these awards were revisited in 2010 and approved in the Governing Body in its 219th meeting held on 4th January 2011. During processing of ICAR Awards 2010, certain improvements were suggested by the Judging Committees. Therefore, the requirements of presentations by awardees of Choudhary Devi Lal Award, Swami Sahajanand Award and Dr. Rajendra Prasad Award were left off for ICAR Awards 2011; and four research areas have been designated for Lal Bahadur Shastri Award. Approval for these was obtained in the 222nd meeting of GB held on 4th Oct. 2011. Overall, 517 applications/nominations were received for 18 different ICAR Awards 2011. The procedure for selecting the awardees 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 requirement of the awards. These were sent to 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 Committee met in the months of April, 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. The contributions of KVK would be presented in Annual conference of KVK.