The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. The award is named after Indian Independence activist Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. Awards are distributed biennially, and takes the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.

Awardee list Following is list of the recipients of the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award: Hiralal Chaudhuri

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award Year Name of Awardees Organization Remark Reference 1967 1967 Hari Krishan Jain Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) 1971 1968 Pushkarnath Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) 19711971S.Y.PadmanabhanCentral Rice Research InstituteStudy of blight and blast diseases of ricehttp://ipsdis.org/gallery/view/34383 19721972–1973T. N. Ramachandra RaoCFTRI, Mysore 19721974Neelamraju Ganga Prasada RaoIndian Agricultural Research Institute19751975Ramamoorthy BharatulaIndian Agricultural Research InstituteSoil Science & Agricultural Chemistry 19761976Khem Singh GillPunjab Agricultural University Plant breeding 1977Triloki Nath Khoshoo Government of India, Department of Environment Pollution research http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail/N77-0376 1978-1979 1978–1979 Dr A .S Kahlon Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana Agriculture Economics 1980-1982 1980-82 R. P. Kapil, K. L. Jain, R. C. Sihag, J. P. Chaudhary Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar Bees and pollination 1984-851984-85K. Pradhan, S.K. Bhatia, N. KrishnaHaryana Agricultural University, HisarAnimal Nutrition 1987 1987 M. S. Aulakh Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) 1995 1995 E. A. Siddiq Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) 1996 1996 J. C. Katyal Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) 1996 K. Aruna Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ARAU) Animal nutrition 1996 V. M. Mayande Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) 2000 2000 G. S. Shekhawat Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) 2001-2002 2001-2002 Parimal Roy Central University Laboratory, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai Animal health 2003-2004 2003 V. Sriramachandra Murthy Division of Demersal Fisheries,Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) Marine fisheries , 2003–2004 Fasi-Uz Zaman Division of Genetics,Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Plant breeding 2003–2004 P. Dureja Division of Agricultural Chemicals,Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Agro-chemicals 2005-2006 2005–06 B. Mishra Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR) Rice and wheat , , 2005–06 I. Karunasagar Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) Fish and shrimp; food safety 2005–06 Nagendra Kumar Singh NRCPB, IARI New Delhi Biotechnology 2005–06 Aditya Kumar Misra Project Directorate on Cattle (ICAR) Animal sciences 2006-2007 2006–07 S. K. Pandey Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) Potato production; productivity of small farms , 2007-2008 2007–2008 K. C. Bansal (see controversies) National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa, New Delhi Transgenic crops 2007–2008 S. K. Rao JNKV Jabalpur Crop breeding and development 2007–2008 P. S. Minhas Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Saline water 2007–2008 Sushil Kumar Kamra CSSRI, Karnal Drainage of salinated soils 2007–2008 Gaya Prasad CCSHAU Hisar Bluetongue disease 2010 2010 J. S. Bentur Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad Impact of insects on rice crops 2010 Narpinder Singh Department of Food science and Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Starch crops 2010 Raj Kumar Singh National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar Animal and fish vaccines 2010 Ramesh Chand NCAP, DPS Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi Impacts of technology on agriculture 2012 2011 T. R. Sharma National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute 2012 2012 K. V. Prabhu Joint Director (Research), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Development of new varieties of grain crops 2013Ashok K SinghDirector, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New DelhiGenetic improvement of Basmati rice 2017 Anjani Kumar Principal Scientist (Research Fellow), International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi Impact of food safety measures, Vertical Coordination and Poverty. 2018 2018 M.L. Jat Principal Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Outstanding and impact-oriented research contributions in natural resource management and agricultural engineering 2019 2019 Rajeev Kumar Varshney Director, Global Research Program- Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences in the category of Crop & Horticultural Sciences 2019 Raghavendra Bhatta Director, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, (NIANP) Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences in the category of Animal & Fisheries Sciences 2019 C. Anandharamakrishnan Director, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences in the category of Natural Resource Management & Agricultural Engineering 2020OP YadavDirector, ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur Outstanding Research Contribution in crop breeding and cultivar development

Controversies There have been several complaints that K.C. Bansal falsified the patent information on the basis of which Kidwai Award (2007–2008) was given to him. The award was given to Bansal for patenting a technique to transfer foreign gene to brinjal chloroplast. It was found that Bansal did not have such a patent to his credit and that he filed an application for patent only after the award was given. The matter got wide publicity in press, media and scientific journals. Several scientists demanded Shri Sharad Pawar, Former minister for agriculture to remove Bansal from the post of director, NBPGR. Questions were raised in Indian Parliament.Lok Sabha: http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/psearch/QResult15.aspx?qref=132451 Tariq Anwer, Minister of State for Agriculture has answered that an enquiry has been initiated to look into the issues. However, reports suggest that ICAR has hushed up the matter and RTI queries for the outcome of the enquiry were not answered.

See also

List of agriculture awards

References