Awards
Awards
2019
ABI-ICRISAT selected for National Entrepreneurship Award 2019 (Ecosystems Builder category) by Government of India
Description: The Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) of ICRISAT won the National Entrepreneurship Award 2019 (Ecosystems Builder category) for its contributions towards entrepreneurship promotion in India. The award is given annually by the Government of India’s Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to honor entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship development organizations in the country. Dr Kiran Sharma (Head) and Jonathan Philroy (Manager) from ABI-ICRISAT received the award from Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
More information: https://www.icrisat.org/agri-business-incubator-for-fostering-entrepreneurship/
Doreen Margaret Mashler Award for Dr Pooran Gaur
Description: Dr Pooran Gaur, Research Program Director – Asia, has been awarded ICRISAT’s highest scientific award – The Doreen Margaret Mashler Award for 2018. The Institute’s Governing Board awarded Dr Gaur for his decades-long contribution to chickpea improvement, outstanding scientific achievements and leadership.
ICRISAT’s Young Scientist award for 2018: Prakash Gangashetty
Description: Dr Prakash Gangashetty, Lead Scientist, Pearl Millet Breeding, Western and Central Africa, was announced as the recipient of ICRISAT’s Young Scientist award for 2018. The award recognizes his efforts to improve pearl millet breeding in West and Central Africa (WCA).
Dr Rajeev Varshney receives the coveted GD Birla Award for Scientific Research
Description: The KK Birla Foundation honored Dr Rajeev K. Varshney, Research Program Director – Genetic gains, with the 28th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 2018. The award was in recognition of Dr Varshney’s high caliber scientific research and pioneering contributions in integrating advanced discoveries in genomics with crop improvement in developing countries. This coveted award in the scientific community is given to eminent Indian scientists below the age of 50.
First Lady of Niger becomes Smart Food Ambassador
Description: Dr Lalla Malika Issoufou (left), First Lady of Niger, receiving the Smart Food Ambassador plaque from Dr Peter Carberry, Director General, ICRISAT.
Award given for taking the ‘waste’ out of wastewater in India’s villages for agriculture
Description: Earlier a menace, swamps in Mentapally are now water sources for agriculture. The turnaround in the south Indian village comes on the heels of a three-year-old wetland construction which treats over 6.5 million liters of wastewater a year. This has been recognized through Dr Aviraj Datta, ICRISAT scientist, receiving the ‘Impactful CSR Leader’ award at the Corporate Social Responsibility Summit & Awards 2019 held recently in Bengaluru.
CSR leadership award to Dr Aviraj Datta
Description: ICRISAT Development Center’s Dr Aviraj Datta, Scientist – Wastewater Management, received the ‘Impactful CSR Leader’ award at the Corporate Social Responsibility Summit & Awards 2019 held recently in Bengaluru. Dr Datta was recognized for his work in the Decentralized Wastewater Treatment plant in Mentapally, Telangana. The plant treats wastewater from 125 households for use in agriculture. It was set up in 2016 through a CSR initiative of REC Limited, a Government of India enterprise.
AZRAI Honorary Fellowship award to Dr Rajeev Varshney
Description: For his immense contribution to the improvement of dryland crops of developing countries through pioneering contribution in the application of genomics and molecular breeding, Dr Rajeev Varshney, Research program Director, Genetic Gains, ICRISAT, was awarded Honorary Fellowship by the Arid Zone Research Association of India at Jodhpur on 11 February at the “13th International Conference on Development of Drylands”.
AARES Distinguished Fellow award to Dr Wendy Umberger
Description: Dr Wendy Umberger, member ICRISAT Governing Board, received the Australasian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society (AARES) Distinguished Fellow award. This award recognizes members who, throughout their career, have made distinguished contributions to the advancement of agricultural and resource economics through research, teaching, extension, administration, business, or public service.
Making waves: Ten Indians among global top 4000 scientists
Description: Ten Indian scientists have made it to the list of the world’s top 4000 scientists. This list was released in November 2018 by Clarivate Analytics, a global organization providing analytics to aid research and innovation. ICRISAT’s Dr Rajeev K Varshney, Research Program Director – Genetic Gains, is one of the ten Indian scientists. This news has made waves in the media and was featured in several publications recently.
2018
Prof PV Sukhatme Gold Medal for Dr Abhishek Rathore
Top honour for ICRISAT’s Dr Rajeev K Varshney
Description: Dr Rajeev K Varshney received the American Society of Agronomy fellowship for his contributions to Genomics & Molecular breeding.
ICRISAT scientists among highly cited researchers worldwide
Description: Dr Rajeev K Varshney, Research Program Director, Genetic Gains, ICRISAT; and Dr Hari D Upadhyaya, former Head, Genebank, ICRISAT, have been named by Clarivate Analytics as two of the Highly Cited Researchers worldwide for 2018.
Top honor for ICRISAT’s Dr Rajeev K Varshney
Description: Receives American Society of Agronomy fellowship for contributions to Genomics & Molecular breeding The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) conferred its prestigious 2018 fellowship on Dr Rajeev K Varshney, Research Program Director, Genetic Gains, ICRISAT, in Baltimore, USA. The fellowship is the highest recognition bestowed by the ASA for Dr Varshney’s meritorious contributions to genomics and molecular breeding for crop improvement. He is the only Indian scientist and one of three non-US scientists to have received the fellowship this year. Only up to 0.3% of the society’s active and emeritus members receive this honor each year.
Global endorsement of CGIAR work: IITA wins first Africa Food Prize
ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
Former DDG honoured
2018 by the University of Reading, UK
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
Description: Dr Peter Carberry, ICRISAT, DDG, was conferred Honorary Fellowship by the Indian Society of Pulses Research & Development (ISPRD) and felicitated by Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur.
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
Description:Smart Food, an initiative which will initially focus on popularizing millets and sorghum, has been selected by LAUNCH Food as one of the winning innovations for 2017. The global recognition and mentorship support of LAUNCH Food will help Smart Food to achieve major impacts globally by promoting the demand for millets and strengthen the value chains while ensuring that smallholder farmers benefit.
Young Scientist Award for Rachit K Saxena
Description:Dr Rachit K Saxena, Senior Scientist, Genomics and Trait Discovery, Research Program Genetic Gains, ICRISAT, was awarded the Young Scientist Award for his contributions in decoding pigeonpea and chickpea genomes and understanding the genetics behind genomic controls of economically important traits.
Award of recognition for leadership and contributions to peanut research to RK Varshney
Description: Dr Rajeev K Varshney, Research Program Director, Genetic Gains, ICRISAT, was recognized and felicitated for his leadership in the development and application of genomic tools and pipelines that facilitate sequence-based breeding methods for improvement of Arachis cultivars. The award was presented by The Peanut Genome Consortium and the International Peanut Genome Initiative (IPGI) during the 9th Advances in Arachis through Genomics & Biotechnology (AAGB) meeting held in Cordoba, Argentina, during 14-17 March.
Communicator Awards for ICRISAT
Description: ICRISAT won accolades in four categories at the 22nd Annual Communicator Awards for its work in the communications and marketing areas.
Dr Varshney elected member of Leopoldina
Description:Dr Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director – Genetic Gains, was elected member of Leopoldina, German National Academy of Sciences. The academy elected Dr Varshney as its member in 2016 in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements.
Associateship of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) to Abhishek Rathore
Description:Dr Manish K Pandey, Scientist, Groundnut Genomics, Genetic Gains Program, ICRISAT, was awarded Associateship of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India, on 5 June in New Delhi. The award recognizes serving young scientists below 40 years of age, working in agriculture-related disciplines in Research/ Academic Systems in India.
Fellowship awarded to Dr Mahendar Thudi
Description:Telangana Academy of Sciences has honored Dr Mahendar Thudi, Senior Scientist-Chickpea Genomics, ICRISAT with a Fellowship. On an annual basis, the Academy honors scientists in recognition of their contributions to scientific excellence.
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis to Dr Bhogireddy Sailaja
Description:Dr Bhogireddy Sailaja, DBT-Research Associate, Genetic Gains Program, ICRISAT, has been awarded the ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences 2016’ in the Biotechnology category.
Jaba Jagdish awarded Special Mention Certificate
Description:Dr Jagdish Jaba, Scientist-Entymology, ICRISAT, was awarded a Special Mention Certificate in the Young Scientist category at the EET CRS 5th Academic Achievements Awards (2017). The award ceremony was organized by Education Expo TV on 10 September 2017 in Mumbai.
Dr Anthony Whitbread member of new AgMIP Executive Committee
Description:Dr Anthony Whitbread, Research Program Director – Innovation Systems for the Drylands, has been selected as a member of the new Executive Committee of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Program (AgMIP).
Abhishek honoured as Fellow of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics
Description:Dr Abhishek Rathore, Theme Leader – Statistics, Bio-Informatics & Data Management, ICRISAT, was honored as a Fellow of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics (ISAS), during its 71st Annual Conference on Statistics and Informatics for Farmers Welfare. Fellows are chosen based on their contribution to agricultural statistics.
Dr Rajeev K Varshney among World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds and Highly cited researchers 4th time in a row According to the latest Clarivate Analytics’ edition of the Highly Cited Researchers List, Dr. Varshney is among 2017’s Highly Cited Researchers worldwide. More than 3,000 researchers from 21 fields who have produced a notable number of highly cited papers in Clarivate’s Web of Science database over the period 2005-2015 are featured in this list. Selection of authors is based on publication of highly cited (those that rank in the top 1 % by citations) papers. Such consistent production of highly cited reports indicates that the work of these researchers has been repeatedly judged by their peers to be of notable significance and utility.
French President Macros awards Vincent Vadez for new climate change initiative
Description:Dr Vincent Vadez awarded for new climate change initiative by French President Macron just before the French Climate Summit in Paris. The GxExMxS work recognised to tackle drought and other future climate risks.
2016
Qilu Friendship Award 2016 for groundnut research – Dr Rajeev Varshney
Description: The award was given for his contribution to research on groundnut, especially genome sequencing work in collaboration with China’s Shandong Peanut Research Institute and Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Sponsors: People’s Republic of China
For more information: https://icrisat.org/qilu-friendship-award-2016-for-groundnut-research/
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award – Dr Rajeev Varshney
Description: Awarded for his contribution to decoding the genome sequences of three important crops – pigeonpea, chickpea and groundnut and identifying genes with traits to develop more resilient varieties.
Sponsors: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
For more information: https://icrisat.org/shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-for-genomics-and-molecular-work-in-pulses/
Best Livelihoods Initiative Award
Description: The initiative was a consortium led by ICRISAT and supported by the Corporate Social Responsibility program of JSW Group — a part of the O.P. Jindal Group. The award was given for a different approach to watershed management that has proven successful and represents a “paradigm shift” in the implementation of watershed programs in India.
Sponsors: India CSR Summit 2016
For more information: https://icrisat.org/approach-to-watershed-management-awarded-best-livelihoods-csr-initiative-in-india/
Award of Excellence in the print (Annual Report - Non-profit) category - The ICRISAT- Annual Report 2014
Description: The Communicator Awards is a leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications and receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes.The awards are sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, an invitation-only group consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. This award was for featuring an interactive section on how gender can be integrated at every stage of the value chain.
Sponsor: Communicator Awards
For more information: https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1725.htm#award
Award of Distinction in the Print (Marketing/Promotion – Calendar) category - International Year of Pulses calendar and booklet
Description:The Communicator Awards is a leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications and receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes.The awards are sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, an invitation-only group consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. This award was for a calender and booklet with pulse stereograms and a range of facts and figures and stories.
Sponsor: Communicator Awards
For more information: https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1725.htm#award
Award of Distinction in the Print (Brochure – Business to Business) category - Big Ideas for CSR partnership in sustainable development concept and folder
Description:The Communicator Awards is a leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications and receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes. The awards are sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, an invitation-only group consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. This award was for the concept and folder with options for companies to engage ICRISAT to implement their CSR.
Sponsor: Communicator Awards
For more information: https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1725.htm#award
Award of Distinction in the Online Video (Science) category - Video highlights of science seminars series
Description:The Communicator Awards is a leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications and receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes. The awards are sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, an invitation-only group consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. This award was for video interviews with each presenter to capture the key messages and promote the longer seminar.
Sponsor: Communicator Awards
For more information: https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1725.htm#award
MS Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection 2016 – Dr David J Bergvinson
Description: ICRISAT Director General Dr David Bergvinson was presented the MS Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection 2016 on 8 August in Chennai, by Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi.
Sponsors: Rotary Club of Madras East and Cavinkare Private Limited
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50 most impactful leaders in water & water management - Suhas P Wani
Description:Dr Suhas P Wani, Research program Director-Asia and Director, ICRISAT Development Center, was honored as one of “50 Most Impactful Leaders in Water & Water Management” at the world CSR congress held on 17 February, 2016 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
The 50 Most Impactful Leaders in Water & Water Management is a recognition to those leaders who are missionaries and passionate about Water Management and whose works in Water Management have contributed to Social change. With 35 years of service in ICRISAT, Dr. Wani was one of the early pioneers in watershed management in India. Outside of India, Dr Wani has helped thousands of farmers across several Asian countries including China, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Sponsor : World Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Congress
For more information: https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1715.htm#1
ABP News – CSR Leadership Award for the Best Community Development Project
Description:ICRISAT was presented the ABP News – CSR Leadership Award for the Best Community Development Project, during the World CSR Congress, held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on 17 February, 2016. The award was conferred on the “Parasai-Sindh Watershed Project,” implemented with the support of Coca-Cola India Foundation, India. The Coca-Cola India Foundation for Rural Water Infrastructure and the ICRISAT-led consortium, which had participants from the National Research Centre for Agro-forestry (NRCAF), farmers and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, identified the micro-watershed, Parasai-Sindh in Babina block of Jhansi district, as a pilot site for improving water use efficiency, groundwater recharge and strengthening ecosystem services through the community watershed management program.
Media links:
For more information: https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1715.htm#2
ABP News-CSR leadership award – under the category Accounting for climate change
Description:ICRISAT was presented the ABP News – CSR Leadership Award under the category Accounting for Climate Change during the World CSR Congress, held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on 17 February 2016. The award recognized ICRISAT’s efforts to promote climate-smart agricultural practices, and the development of a pool of climate-smart agricultural practices shared with the agricultural community through participatory and partnership research approaches. The integrated watershed management model adopted by ICRISAT is a holistic approach for improving resource use efficiency and enhancing livelihoods through proper land and water management, integrated nutrient management, adoption of improved cultivars, rainwater harvesting, integrated pest and disease management, and capacity development of stakeholders within the community. ICRISAT develops solutions to help communities cope with dryland stresses and adapt to climate change by understanding the impact of dryland stresses on smallholder agriculture; undertaking crop simulation models; helping develop value chains for crops that are better adapted to the harsh and variable climate of the drylands; better farm management (e.g., soil revitalization, water conservation, and crop and livestock diversity); and providing climate modeling and decision-making tools.
Media links:
For more information: https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1715.htm#2
2015
Fellow of the Entomological Society of America – Hari C Sharma
Sponsor : Entomological Society of America
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/1656/1656.pdf
Abhinav Puraskar - ICRISAT
Description : Innovative Award in Integrated watershed management
Sponsor : Government of India
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1663.htm#3
Advance Global Australian Award - Peter S Carberry
Description : Award in the Food and Agriculture Category for his work in the international agricultural sector
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1693.htm#4
Asian CSR Leadership Award - ICRISAT
Description : Recognizing remarkable business leaders and organizations in Asia for their continuing commitment to excellence, developing best practices and innovative strategies that contribute towards the region’s economic development
Sponsor : The Asian Leadership Awards
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1697.htm#awards
ASSOCHAM India-Africa Champion in Biz Award - The Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) Program of ICRISAT’s Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP)
Description : For exemplary contribution in agriculture. The award recognized the efforts made by ICRISAT through AIP in promoting agribusiness and agribusiness incubation ecosystem in Africa
Sponsor : The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1698.htm#awards
Dr DN Lal Memorial Lecture Award - Abhishek Rathore
Description : Awarded for his significant contribution in the field of statistics, biometrics and bioinformatics.
Sponsor : Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics (ISAS)
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1707.htm#4
Dr Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award - Hari D Upadhyaya
Description : For his scientific excellence, leadership and outstanding contribution in the field of plant genetic resources.
Sponsor : Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/1666/1666.pdf
Indira Gandhi Sadbhawna Award - SM Karuppanchetty
Description : For outstanding achievements and contributions in agribusiness and incubation development in India.
Sponsor : International Business Council
Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Faculty Award - Manish Roorkiwal
Description : For outstanding achievements and contributions in agribusiness and incubation development in India.
Sponsor : Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/1661/1661.pdf
Justus-von-Liebig Award for World Nutrition 2015 - Eva and Fred Weltzien-Rattunde
Description : For their work on improving the nutritional qualities of sorghum for human consumption and for fodder and improving the cereal’s resistance to drought, diseases and pests.
Sponsor : World Food Day colloquium at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1698.htm#awards
Krishi Sanman Award - SP Wani
Description : Krishi Sanman Award for his contributions to Indian agriculture.
Sponsor : ABP Majha
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/1662/1662.pdf
Medal for Young Scientists-2015 - Hima Bindu Kudapa
Description : For her significant contribution in development of genomics resources and application of modern genomic tools for understanding the mechanism of stress tolerance in legumes.
Sponsor : Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1705.htm#7
Special Mention Certificate of Good Practice Recognition - ICRISAT and SAB Miller
Description : F+C51or the Corporate Social Responsibility case study ‘ICRISAT – SABMiller @ Medak’
Sponsor : Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and NGOBox
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1697.htm#awards
Thomson Reuters Research Excellence - Rajeev Varshney
Description : In recognition of professionals for their research excellence that has influential contribution to global R&D
Sponsor : India Citation Awards 2015
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1695.htm#8
Young Scientist Award - Deepa Jaganathan
Description : For article titled “Genotyping-by sequencing based intra-specific genetic map refines a ‘QTL hotspot’ region for drought tolerance in chickpea omics
Sponsor : Dr KV Rao Scientific Society
For more information : https://icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/1679/Happenings-1679.pdf
