ICAR awards for excellence in agricultural journalism

New Delhi, July 15: Two journalists have been awarded the first Chaudhary Charan Singh Award for excellence in Agricultural Journalism by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
G Venkataramani of The Hindu and Devendra Sharma, freelance writer, would jointly receive the Rs one lakh award.

The journalists are among 62 other ICAR awardees, 58 scientists and two farmers, who would receive the awards from Agriculture Minister Nitish Kumar here tomorrow.

Nine scientists, who have been chosen for the Rs three-lakh Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Awards, include Dr GS Nanda from Punjab Agricultural University, Dr R Sai Kumar from Hyderabad, Delhi’s Dr BS Parmar Karnal’s Dr SK Gupta, Patna’s Dr SR Singh, Simla’s Dr GS Shekhawat, Punjab Agricultural Ubniversity Dr PP Gupta, and Izatnagar’s Dr Jag Mohan.

Harayana’s Randhir Singh Sheokhand and Maharashtra’s Pradeep J Patil have been selected for farmer’s awards.

Young Scientists awards, renamed as Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Awards, have gone to ten scientists.

Four scientists receive the Hariom Ashram Trust Awards and 18 Jawaharlal Nehru Awards, an ICAR release said.

Sardar Patel Outstanding Institution Awards have gone to University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin and Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora, it said.

-- PTI