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AWARDS

  

Recognition of personalities

 

The Board of Trustees of the PNASF have been pleased to announce periodical awards to national and international personalities who have made outstanding contribution in food and nutrition security towards human kind. The first of the series of PNASF Awards was presented to the following candidates by the Chief Guest Honourable Chief Minister, Mr. S. M. Krishna, Karnataka State during the ICV-2002 held from 11-14 November, 2002.

 
 

PNASF GOLD MEDAL AWARDS

 

Dr. Vishnu Swarup,India, receiving the PNASF Gold Medal Award during the ICV-2002

  •           Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy.


  •     Dr. Charles V. Hall, Emeritus Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, USA.


  •           Dr. Kirti Singh, Former Professor of Vegetable Crops, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, India.


  •          Dr. Vishnu Swarup, Former National Project Coordinator (Vegetables), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.


  •          Dr. O. P. Dutta, Former Head of the Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessarghatta, India.

 

 

 

 

Dr. O.P. Dutta, India, receiving the PNASF Gold Medal Award during the ICV-2002

 

PNASF SILVER MEDAL AWARD

 

Mr. Wilfried. O. Baudoin, Rome, receiving the PNASF Silver Medal Award during the ICV-2002

Dr. O.A. Denton, Nigeria, receiving the PNASF Silver Medal Award during the
ICV-2002

  • Dr. A. Q. Kobakiwal, Rome
    Promotion of Food Security world-wide.
     

  • Dr. Wilfried O. Baudoin, Rome
    Promotion of Vegetables world-wide.
     

  • Dr. K. G. Ahuja, USA
    Promotion of Nutrition Security.
     

  • Dr. R. K. N. Singh, Canada
    Promotion of Nutrition Security.
     

  • Dr. Sundari Velu, USA
    Promotion of Vegetables.
     

  • Dr. O. A. Denton, Nigeria.
    Promotion of Vegetables in Nigeria.
     

  • Dr. Biplab K. Nandi, Thailand.
    Promotion of Nutrition Security in Asia.

Dr. K.G. Ahuja, USA, receiving the PNASF Silver Medal Award during the ICV-2002

 Students Awards

                                

Among the PhD students with highest grade point average at University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore the following were awarded the PNASF Gold Medal

 

·         Mr. K.V. Jayaprasad, 2001

·         Mr. Binukoshy, 2002

·         Mr. A.S. Rajendran, 2003

·         Mr. S. Seshadri Reddy, 2004

·         Mr. Heshma Tollah Khosravinia, 2005

 

Editorial, Vocational and other Awards

 

·         The PNASF Meritorious Award was given to the two outstanding gardeners Shri. Brij Pal and Shri. Khatir Zuma of the Central Public Works Department, (Floriculture) New Delhi on the Independence Day, 2003.

The following were awarded in recognition of their contribution towards Food Security and Vegetables with plaque and the certificate.

 

Year 2002

  • Dr. U.V. Sulladmath
    Outstanding work on editing the International Conference on Vegetables -2002
    (ICV-2002) abstract.

  • Mr. P.B. Gaddagimath
    Outstanding work on editing the International Conference on Vegetables -2002
    (ICV-2002) souvenir.

Year 2004

    • Mr. P.B. Gaddagimath

                Outstanding work on the editorial work on the publication ‘Food Security

               and Vegetables – A Global Perspective’.

 

    • Shri Acharya Vinay Vinekar

                Outstanding work in the Telefood project.

 

    • Shri Thakur Uday Singh

                Outstanding contribution to the Telefood project.

 

    • Mr. R. Srinivasan

                Outstanding work on printing of the publication ‘Food Security and 

                Vegetables – A Global Perspective’.

 

    • Mr. Keshav Murthy

                Best Trainer in the Telefood project

 

    • Ms. Rama Devi, Ms. Amrith, Master Anand, Master Shankara, Master Parameshwara, Mr. Cedric and Mr. Binoy

                Best performance in the Telefood project.

 

 Year 2005

 

    • Dr. M. Mahadevappa

                Outstanding contribution to Agricultural Science

  

Research Awards

v      The PNASF Gold Medal (2001) was awarded to Dr. O.P. Dutta for his most outstanding research contribution towards food security at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta, Bangalore. 

v      The PNASF Gold Medal (2005) was awarded to Dr. S.K. Malhotra for his outstanding research contribution towards seed spices at the National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan.