Awards

2023

UNDP Mahatma Award for Biodiversity 2023

2022

EFMD Excellence in Practice Gold Award for TISA project
Recognized as the knowledge partner by the National Rainfed Area Authority, India, for developing National Technical Standards for integrating LRI and hydrology

2021

Africa Food Prize
Best Watershed Project in Agriculture to Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) and ICRISAT led watershed project by India CSR Network

2020

ICRISAT’s soil laboratory accredited by the FAO Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)

2019

ABI-ICRISAT selected for National Entrepreneurship Award 2019 (Ecosystems Builder category) by Government of India
Doreen Margaret Mashler Award for Dr Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT’s Young Scientist award for 2018: Prakash Gangashetty
Dr Rajeev Varshney receives the coveted GD Birla Award for Scientific Research
First Lady of Niger becomes Smart Food Ambassador
Award given for taking the ‘waste’ out of wastewater in India’s villages for agriculture
CSR leadership award to Dr Aviraj Datta
AZRAI Honorary Fellowship award to Dr Rajeev Varshney
AARES Distinguished Fellow award to Dr Wendy Umberger
Making waves: Ten Indians among global top 4000 scientists

2018

Prof PV Sukhatme Gold Medal for Dr Abhishek Rathore
ICRISAT scientists among highly cited researchers worldwide
Top honor for ICRISAT’s Dr Rajeev K Varshney
Global endorsement of CGIAR work: IITA wins first Africa Food Prize
ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
ICRISAT declared as Centre of Excellence for tribal development
Dr Manish K Pandey awarded TAS Fellowship
Doreen Margaret Mashler Award for Dr. Mamta Sharma and Dr. Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur
Honorary Fellowship for Dr Peter Carberry by ISPRD
Dr Rajeev Varshney awarded Faculty Research Award 2018
ICRISAT scientist receives global Legacy Award for contribution towards protection of crop diversity
Government of Uttar Pradesh felicitates Dr Rajeev K Varshney

2017

Smart Food selected as a global LAUNCH Food innovation
Young Scientist Award for Rachit K Saxena
Award of recognition for leadership and contributions to peanut research to RK Varshney
Communicator Awards for ICRISAT
Dr Varshney elected member of Leopoldina
ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
Associateship of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) to Abhishek Rathore
Fellowship awarded to Dr Mahendar Thudi
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis to Dr Bhogireddy Sailaja
Jaba Jagdish awarded Special Mention Certificate
Dr Anthony Whitbread member of new AgMIP Executive Committee
French President Macros awards Vincent Vadez for new climate change initiative

2016

Qilu Friendship Award 2016 for groundnut research – Dr Rajeev Varshney
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award – Dr Rajeev Varshney
Best Livelihoods Initiative Award
Award of Excellence in the print (Annual Report - Non-profit) category - The ICRISAT- Annual Report 2014
Award of Distinction in the Print (Marketing/Promotion – Calendar) category - International Year of Pulses calendar and booklet
Award of Distinction in the Print (Brochure – Business to Business) category - Big Ideas for CSR partnership in sustainable development concept and folder
Award of Distinction in the Online Video (Science) category - Video highlights of science seminars series
MS Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection 2016 – Dr David J Bergvinson
50 most impactful leaders in water & water management - Suhas P Wani
ABP News – CSR Leadership Award for the Best Community Development Project
ABP News-CSR leadership award – under the category Accounting for climate change

2015

Fellow of the Entomological Society of America – Hari C Sharma
Abhinav Puraskar - ICRISAT
Advance Global Australian Award - Peter S Carberry
Asian CSR Leadership Award - ICRISAT
ASSOCHAM India-Africa Champion in Biz Award - The Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) Program of ICRISAT’s Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP)
Dr DN Lal Memorial Lecture Award - Abhishek Rathore
Dr Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award - Hari D Upadhyaya
MS Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection 2016 – Dr David J Bergvinson
50 most impactful leaders in water & water management - Suhas P Wani
ABP News – CSR Leadership Award for the Best Community Development Project
ABP News-CSR leadership award – under the category Accounting for climate change

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