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 AWARDS For Outstanding leadership in organizing the SEAVEG-2012 the PNASF award was presented to Dr. Robert J. Holmer (Thailand) by Dr. Olivia La O’ Castillo, Member, United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), Manila, Philippines, during SEAVEG-2012, High Value Vegetables in Southeast Asia: Production, Supply and Demand, held on 24-26 January 2012, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. For Outstanding leadership in organizing the SEAVEG 2012 the PNASF award was presented to Dr. Grisana Linwattana (Thailand) by Dr. Olivia La O’ Castillo, Member, United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), Manila, Philippines, during SEAVEG-2012, High Value Vegetables in Southeast Asia: Production, Supply and Demand, held on 24-26 January 2012, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. VEGINET AWARDS Outstanding contribution in Vegetable Research and Development was presented to Prof. Joao da Silva Dias (Portugal) by Mr. Hiroyuki Konuma, ADG, FAO RAP, Bangkok, during SEAVEG-2012, High Value Vegetables in Southeast Asia: Production, Supply and Demand, held on 24-26 January 2012, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Best Oral Paper of SEAVEG 2012 was presented to Dr. Allan P. Bacho, (Philippines) by Dr. Jacqueline d ’Arros Hughes, DDG (Research), AVRDC, Taiwan, during SEAVEG-2012, High Value Vegetables in Southeast Asia: Production, Supply and Demand, held on 24-26 January 2012, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

YEAR 2002 FIRST PNASF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL AWARDS The PNASF, Bangalore announced the First International and National Gold and Silver Medal Awards for known personalities who had contributed significantly to agriculture/horticulture, food and nutritional security. PNASF GOLD MEDAL AWARDS International 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. National 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. PNASF INTERNATIONAL SILVER MEDAL AWARDS 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.    YEAR 2009 SECOND PNASF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL AWARDS The PNASF, Bangalore announced the Second International and National Gold and Silver Medal Awards for known personalities who had contributed significantly to agriculture/horticulture, food and nutritional security, and were presented by the Chief Guest, His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka, Dr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj to :   PNASF GOLD MEDAL AWARDS International Prof. Jules Janick Distinguished Professor of Horticulture, Purdue University, USA for Promotion of Horticultural Science. Dr. Mahmoud Solh Director General, ICARDA, Syria, for Promotion of Dryland Horticulture and Dr. Ahmed Moustafa receiving on behalf of Dr. Mahmoud Solh. Dr. Remin Nono Womdim on behalf of Mr. Wilfried O. Baudoin Former Head of Horticulture Group, FAO, Rome for Promotion of Vegetable Science and Dr. Remin Nono Womdim receiving on behalf of Mr. Baudoin. National Dr. R.S. Paroda Chairman, TAAS, New Delhi, for Promotion of Agricultural Research and Dr. Kirti Singh receiving on behalf of Dr. Paroda. Dr. Anupam Varma INSA Senior Scientist, New Delhi, for Promotion of Plant Protection Research. Dr. S. Bisalaiah Former Vice Chancellor, UAS, Bangalore for Promotion of Agricultural Economics. Prof. R.S. Deshpande Director, ISEC, Bangalore, for Research on Agriculture Policy. Dr. K.V. Peter Former Vice-Chancellor, KAU, Thrissur, for Promotion of Horticulture Science. PNASF NATIONAL SILVER MEDAL AWARDS Dr. K.R.M. Swamy Former Principal Scientist, IIHR, Bangalore for Promotion of Vegetable Research. Dr. B.S. Prabhakar Former Principal Scientist, IIHR, Bangalore for Promotion of Vegetable Agronomy. Dr. D.P. Kumar Professor of Horticulture, UAS, Bangalore for Promotion of Horticulture Science.

STUDENT AWARDS
 

PNASF GOLD MEDAL AWARD TO Ph.D STUDENTS Among the Ph.D. students with highest grade point average at University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), 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 Mr. Lakshmipathy R. , 2006 Ms. M. A. Vennila, 2007 Mr. Jaiprkashnaraya R.P. and Ms. Pankaja N.S. , 2008 Mr. Dhananjaya B., 2009 Mr. Shashikant G. Rayar, 2010

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.   YEAR 2010 Mr. P.B. Gaddagimath Technical Officer at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore, received the PNASF Silver Medal for his outstanding work by H.E. the Governor of Karnataka, Dr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj during the Book Release Ceremony on September 25, 2010 at the Raj Bhawan, Bangalore. M/S Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur Represented by Mrs. Shipra Sharma received the PNASF certificate of merit by the H.E. the Governor of Karnataka, Dr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj.

RESEARCH AWARDS
 

PNASF/IIHR/2002 : Gold Medal was awarded to Dr. T. Janakiram, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research for his outstanding contribution in Horticulture towards Food and Nutritional Security. This is the 2nd Gold Medal being award by PNASF to IIHR Scientists for their outstanding contribution in Horticulture towards Food and Nutritional Security. The award will be presented during the forth coming International Conference on Horticulture(ICH-2009), to be held at Bangalore during Nov 9-12, 2009. 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. 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. The PNASF Gold Medal (2008) was awarded to Dr. T. Janakiram, former Principal Scientist at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore and presently with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi for outstanding contribution in Horticulture by IIHR, Bangalore Scientist towards Food and Nutritional Security.

ICH SILVER PLAQUES

YEAR 2009 The Organizing Committee of the ICH-2009 honored the following with ICH Silver Plaques presented by the Chief guest, the Governor of Karnataka, Shri H.R. Bhardwaj. Dr. P.G. Chengappa Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore for Outstanding Academic Leadership in Agriculture. Dr. O.P. Dutta Secretary, Scientific Programme Committee, ICH 2009 for Outstanding Scientific Programme Leader in Horticulture. Dr. B. Raju Chairman Logistic Committee, ICH-2009 for Outstanding Contribution to Conference Logistics.

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