Awards
The Bureau has the distinction of receiving “Best Institute of ICAR” award for the year 1997 in recognition of its dedicated and meritorious service to the nation in the field of PGR augmentation, exchange, quarantine, characterization, utilization, distribution and conservation, and developing a network for efficient management of PGR in the country.
Recently NBPGR has been recognized as a Centre of Excellence for training on in vitro conservation and cryopreservation for APO Region. The activities of human resource development will continue in various aspects of PGR management with special emphasis on biosystematics, in-vitro conservation and cryopreservation, DNA fingerprinting, molecular detection of pests and policy issues related to PGR.
| Name of the Scientist(s) | Award / Honour | Area of Contribution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Bhag Singh, | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award | Agricultural research in tribal area | 1976-77 |
| Dr. R. Gupta Dr. S. K.Pareek | Fertiliser Association of India Award | Studies on fertiliser use in medicinal plants | 1981 |
| Dr. K. L.Sethi Dr. R. Gupta | Sadgopal Memorial Silver Medal and Certificate of Merit | Breeding for high essential oil content in khus (Vetiveria zizanoides) | 1982 |
| Dr. J. L.Varshney | Prof. M. J. Narsimhan Academic Merit Award | Production of toxins metabolites from six isolates of Aspergillus clavatus and their effects on some micro | 1982 |
| Dr. K. C. Velayudhan | Dr. Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award | Outstanding contribution in the field of Plant Introduction and Exploration | 1989 |
| Dr. S.K.Pareek, Dr. M.L. Maheshwari & Dr. R.Gupta | Sadgopal Memorial Award | Studies on palmarosa oil grass for higher yield of oil and its quality under cultivation. | 1983 |
| Dr. S.K.Pareek, Dr. M.L. Maheshwari & Dr. R.Gupta | Sadgopal Memorial Award | Inter-cropping in Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanoides L.) | 1993 |
| Dr. Sangita Yadav | Gold medal and IARI Merit Medal | For Outstanding Academic Performance in Ph.D in Biochemistry Discipline by PG School, IARI | 2008 |
| Dr. N. Sivaraj | Best paper award by Indian Botanical Society | Plant Ecology | 1989 |
| Dr. N. Sivaraj | Agricultural sectional committee member-Indian Science Congress Association | Plant Genetic Resources | 1994 |
| Dr. S. K. Chakrabarty | Fellow of Plant Protection Association of India | Plant Protection | 2002 |
| Dr B. Sarath Babu | Fellow of Plant Protection Association of India | Plant Protection | 2002 |
| Dr. (Mrs.) Anitha Kodaru | Silver Jubilee Gold Medal for women for best doctoral thesis for the year 1998-99 | “Integrated management of Seedling diseases of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus Linn)” | 2003 |
| Drs. RDVJ Prasada Rao & B.Sarath Babu | Smt. Kavuri Sarada Memorial Award for the best paper | “ELISA and infectivity assay based survey for the detection of peanut bud necrosis virus in mungbean and urdbean in Andhra Pradesh” | 2003 |
| Dr. N. Sivaraj | Fellow, Indian Society of Oilseeds Research | Oilseeds Research | 2003 |
| Dr. K. S. Varaprasad | Expert Member in Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board | Biodiversity | 2005 |
| Dr. K. S. Varaprasad | “Special Invitee” to help National Advisory Committee | “National Repository for Human Genetics Resources and Data” | 2006-2007 |
| Dr. K. S. Varaprasad | Talented Scientist Award | Medicinal plants Conservation in South East Coastal India | 2008 |
| Dr. K. S. Varaprasad | Felicitated by the Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh | Biodiversity | 2008 |
| SR Pandravada, K Anitha, S K Chakrabarty | Best Poster Award | “Identification of sources of resistance to fungal biotic stresses in paprika chilli germplasm” | 2008 |
| Dr Anitha Kodaru | Fellow of Plant Protection Association of India | Plant Protection | 2007 |
| Dr. K. S. Varaprasad | Honorary Patron, Plant Protection Association of India | Plant Protection | 2007-2009 |
| Dr. N. K. Dwivedi, Dr. Neelam Bhatnagar and Dr. D. C. Bhandari | Best Poster Presentation at “Symposium on Plant genetic resources management: Advances and challenges” held at NBPGR, New Delhi from August 1-4, 2001 | Collection of plant genetic resources from parts of arid and semi-arid regions in India | 2001 |
| Dr. Neelam Bhatnagar, Dr. N. K. Dwivedi and Dr. Gopala Krishnan, S. | Best Poster Presentation at “National Seminar on Strategies for enhancing export of Sesame and Niger” held at ARS (RAU), Mandore from April 7 – 9, 2005 | Characterization and conservation of Sesame germplasm (Theme: Crop improvement) | 2005 |
| Dr. Neelam Bhatnagar, Dr. N. K. Dwivedi and Dr. Gopala Krishnan, S. | Best Poster Presentation – Second Prize at “National Symposium on Livelihood security and diversified farming systems in arid region” held at CAZRI, Jodhpur from January 14 – 16, 2006 | Evaluation of Castor germplasm | 2006 |
| Dr. N. K. Dwivedi | Member of the Advisory board, Institute of Herbal Heritage, Jodhpur | Management of genetic resources of medicinal plants | 2007 |
| Dr. N. K. Dwivedi, Dr. Gopala Krishnan, S. and Sh. Raju Ram Meghwal | Best Poster Presentation at “International Conference on Grain Legumes” held at IIPR, Kanpur from February 14 – 16, 2009 | Managing genetic diversity of legume crops in arid and semi-arid regions (Category: Biodiversity and Enhancement) | 2009 |
| Dr. Nidhi Verma | Young Scientist Award 2009 | In the field of Crop Improvement during the Ist Indian Agricultural Scientists and Farmers Congress on Technological Innovations for Enhancing Agriculture Production, 3-4 October 2009 at C.C.S. University Meerut. | 2009 |
| Dr. Rakesh Singh | Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for Outstanding Post-graduate Agricultural Research | Crop Science & Crop Improvement | 2008 |
| Dr. Rakesh Singh | Dr. R.S. Paroda Young Scientist Award | Plant Genetic Resources | 2007-08 |