The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created in 1956 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. The award is named after Indian Independence activist Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. Awards are distributed biennially, and takes the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.[1]

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
1967
1967 Hari Krishan Jain Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) [2]
1971
1968 Pushkarnath Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)
1971
1971 S.Y.Padmanabhan Central Rice Research Institute Study of blight and blast diseases of rice http://ipsdis.org/gallery/view/34383
1972
1972–1973 T. N. Ramachandra Rao CFTRI, Mysore
1972
1974 Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao Indian Agricultural Research Institute [3]
1975
1975 Ramamoorthy Bharatula Indian Agricultural Research Institute Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry
1976
1976 Khem Singh Gill Punjab Agricultural University Plant breeding [4][5]
1977 Triloki Nath Khoshoo Government of India, Department of Environment Pollution research http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail/N77-0376
1978-1979
1978–1979 Dr A .S Kahlon Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana Agriculture Economics
1980-1982
1980-82 R. P. Kapil, K. L. Jain, R. C. Sihag, J. P. Chaudhary Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar Bees and pollination Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
1984-85
1984-85 K. Pradhan, S.K. Bhatia, N. Krishna Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar Animal Nutrition
1987
1987 M. S. Aulakh Punjab Agricultural University (PAU)
1995
1995 E. A. Siddiq Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
1996
1996 J. C. Katyal Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA)
1996 K. Aruna Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ARAU) Animal nutrition
1996 V. M. Mayande Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA)
2000
2000 G. S. Shekhawat Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)
2001-2002
2001-2002 Parimal Roy Central University Laboratory, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai Animal health
2003-2004
2003 V. Sriramachandra Murthy Division of Demersal Fisheries,
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)
Marine fisheries ,
2003–2004 Fasi-Uz Zaman Division of Genetics,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
Plant breeding
2003–2004 P. Dureja Division of Agricultural Chemicals,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
Agro-chemicals
2005-2006
2005–06 B. Mishra Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR) Rice and wheat ,

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2005–06 I. Karunasagar Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) Fish and shrimp; food safety
2005–06 Nagendra Kumar Singh NRCPB, IARI New Delhi Biotechnology
2005–06 Aditya Kumar Misra Project Directorate on Cattle (ICAR) Animal sciences
2006-2007
2006–07 S. K. Pandey Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) Potato production; productivity of small farms ,
2007-2008
2007–2008 K. C. Bansal (see controversies) National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa, New Delhi Transgenic crops
2007–2008 S. K. Rao JNKV Jabalpur Crop breeding and development
2007–2008 P. S. Minhas Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Saline water
2007–2008 Sushil Kumar Kamra CSSRI, Karnal Drainage of salinated soils
2007–2008 Gaya Prasad CCSHAU Hisar Bluetongue disease
2010
2010 J. S. Bentur Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad Impact of insects on rice crops
2010 Narpinder Singh Department of Food science and Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Starch crops
2010 Raj Kumar Singh National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar Animal and fish vaccines
2010 Ramesh Chand NCAP, DPS Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi Impacts of technology on agriculture
2012
2011 T. R. Sharma National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute
2012
2012 K. V. Prabhu Joint Director (Research), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Development of new varieties of grain crops
2013 Ashok K Singh Director, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Genetic improvement of Basmati rice
2017 Anjani Kumar Principal Scientist (Research Fellow), International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi Impact of food safety measures, Vertical Coordination and Poverty.
2018
2018 M.L. Jat Principal Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Outstanding and impact-oriented research contributions in natural resource management and agricultural engineering
2019
2019 Rajeev Kumar Varshney Director, Global Research Program- Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences in the category of Crop & Horticultural Sciences

2019 Raghavendra Bhatta Director, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, (NIANP) Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences in the category of Animal & Fisheries Sciences

2019 C. Anandharamakrishnan Director, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences in the category of Natural Resource Management & Agricultural Engineering

2020 OP Yadav Director, ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur Outstanding Research Contribution in crop breeding and cultivar development

Controversies

There have been several complaints that Dr K.C. Bansal falsified the patent information on the basis of which Kidwai Award (2007-2008) was given to him. The Award was given to Dr Bansal for patenting a technique to transfer foreign gene to brinjal chloroplast. It was found that Dr Bansal did not have such a patent to his credit and that he filed an application for patent only after the award was given. The matter got wide publicity in press, media and scientific journals. Several scientists demanded Shri Sharad Pawar, Former Minister for Agriculture to remove Dr Bansal from the post of Director, NBPGR. Questions were raised in Indian Parliament.[6] Mr Tariq Anwer, Minister of State for Agriculture has answered that an enquiry has been initiated to look into the issues. However, reports suggest that ICAR has hushed up the matter and RTI queries for the outcome of the enquiry were not answered.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. "Merits and Awards - ICAR". Archived from the original on 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  2. "Indian Fellow - H. K. Jain". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  3. "Deceased Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  4. Indian Fellow. Indian National Science Academy.
  5. "FELLOW, ELECTED 1991". National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  6. Lok Sabha: http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/psearch/QResult15.aspx?qref=132451 Archived 2014-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Sharma, Dinesh C. (29 October 2012). "Top GM researcher falsified patent claim to grab national award". India Today. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  8. Jishnu, Latha. "Maya of Indian Science". Down to Earth. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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