Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award
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Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was instituted by ICAR
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Indian Council of Agricultural Research , New Delhi, India is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India...

 in 1956 to provide incentives to research workers in India and to recognize their outstanding research work. Nine Awards are given biennially in seven disciplines of agriculture and allied sciences to a scientist who has made outstanding research contributions.

The award is given in fields of :
  • agriculture,
  • animal husbandry and
  • allied sciences(i.e. fisheries, aquatic sciences, and public health microbiology).


The award consists of a Gold medal, a citation, and a cash prize of 300,000 Indian Rupees.

This award is given by Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Indian Council of Agricultural Research , New Delhi, India is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India...

 (ICAR).

This award is named after India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n freedom fighter and politician Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai , was an Indian independence activist and a socialist, sometimes described as an Islamic socialist...

.

Awardee List

Following is list of the recipients of the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award:
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award
Year Name of Awardees Organization Remark Reference
1968
1968 Dr Pushkarnath Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) http://cpri.ernet.in/awards.html
1971
1971 Dr Triloki Nath Khoshoo Government of India, Department of Environment For research programmes on pollution effects on plants, prescription of air pollution, soil, noise and water pollution. http://www.scientistindia.com/specialization%20life.htm
1972
1972–1973 Dr T.N Ramachandra Rao CFTRI,Mysore
1978-1979
1978–1979 Dr Subrahmaniam Nagarajan Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) http://www.plantauthority.in/chairperson.htm
1987
1987 Dr M. S. Aulakh Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) http://www.ipni.net/ppiweb/filelib.nsf/0/119A48DC7C90BA0D852573B8005C40D4/$file/IPNI%20Science%20Award%202007.pdf
1995
1995 Dr. E. A. Siddiq Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) http://www.cdfd.org.in/siddc.html
1996
1996 Dr. J. C. Katyal Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) http://hau.ernet.in/vc.htm
1996 Dr. K. Aruna Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ARAU) For outstanding contributions to research in Animal Nutrition. http://www.angrau.net/AwardsHonours.htm
1996 Dr. V. M. Mayande Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA)
2000
2000 Dr G. S. Shekhawat Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) http://cpri.ernet.in/awards.html
2001-2002
2003 Dr V. Sriramachandra Murthy Division of Demersal Fisheries,
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)
For his outstanding research in the field of marine fisheries development. http://www.cmfri.org.in/html/cmfriAward.html, http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20030726043003&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0
2003-2004
2003–2004 Dr. Fasi-Uz Zaman Division of Genetics,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
For his contributions to plant breeding. http://www.iari.res.in/iari-news/July-sept%202005.pdf
2003–2004 Dr. (Ms) P. Dureja Division of Agricultural Chemicals,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
For her significant work in the field of agroche-micals. http://www.iari.res.in/iari-news/July-sept%202005.pdf
2005-2006
2005-06 Dr B. Mishra Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR) For his contributions to rice and wheat research in the country. http://dwr.in/content/view/34/35/,
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/07/19/stories/2007071951311200.htm,
http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/19/stories/2007071954470400.htm
2005-06 Dr I. Karunasagar Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) For his Research that has led to improvement in fish and shrimp health management and assessment of food safety. http://www.mircenbiotech.com/National%20Technology%20Award.htm
2005-06 Dr. Nagendra Kumar Singh NRCPB, IARI New Delhi For his contributions to biotechnology in india
2006-2007
2006-07 Dr S. K. Pandey Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) For his outstanding achievements and contribution in diversification of potato production, storage and utilisation and improving productivity and profitability of small farmers. http://cpri.ernet.in/awards.html,http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070619/himachal.htm#13
2007-2008
2007–2008 Dr. K. C. Bansal National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa, New Delhi Dr. Bansal developed transgenic wheat, mustard and tomato with enhanced tolerance to drought, salinity and cold stress. In addition, he has developed transgenic tomato with extended shelf life to save a huge post-harvest loss. http://www.icar.org.in/news/icar-awards-2009.htm
2007–2008 Dr. S. K. Rao JNKV Jabalpur Dr. Rao played a pivotal role in reorganizing crop improvement research and was responsible for the development of several crop varieties, infrastructure for maintenance breeding, diversified nucleus and breeder seed producing systems. http://www.icar.org.in/news/icar-awards-2009.htm
2007–2008 Dr. P. S. Minhas Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) The scientific contributions of Dr. Minhas have led to a better understanding of soil-water-plant interactions in saline environment and development of management strategies for the judicious use of low quality waters. http://www.icar.org.in/news/icar-awards-2009.htm
2007–2008 Dr. Sushil Kumar Kamra CSSRI, Karnal Dr. Kamra has made significant contributions in developing subsurface drainage technology for amelioration of waterlogged saline irrigated lands in India. He has developed a 2-dimensional finite element model that can make long term predictions on desalinization of soil and salt load of subsurface drainage water http://www.icar.org.in/news/icar-awards-2009.htm
2007–2008 Dr. Gaya Prasad CCSHAU Hisar Dr. Prasad studied the dynamics of bluetongue disease in India. His pioneering work on bluetongue virus (BTV) epidemiology, viral antigenic and genomic diversity, cell tropism, molecular diagnostics and vector identification laid the foundation for development of vaccine based on Indian strains of the virus. http://www.icar.org.in/news/icar-awards-2009.htm

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