National Scientific Awards

National Scientific Awards

Published Date : 22-04-2025
  1. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for contributions to Biological Sciences (1961)
  2. Birbal Sahni Medal of the Indian Botanical Society for contributions to Applied Botany (1966)
  3. Silver Jubilee Commemoration Medal of the Indian National Science Academy for contributions to genetics and agricultural research (1971)
  4. Barclay Medal of the Asiatic Society for contributions to genetics (1978)
  5. Moudgil Prize for contributions to standardisation (1978)
  6. Borlaug Award (1979)
  7. Meghnad Saha Medal of the Indian National Science Academy (1981)
  8. Rathindranath Tagore Prize of Visva Bharati University (1981)
  9. D. Misra Medal  of the Indian  Environmental  Society (1981)
  10. “Krishi Ratna” Award for serving the farming community by the Bharat Krishak Samaj/World Agriculture Fair Memorial Trust Society (1986)
  11. J.C. Bose Medal, Bose Institute (1989)
  12. Lal Bahadur Shastri Deshgaurav Samman (1992)
  13. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress Association (1992)
  14. Charles Darwin International Science and Environment Medal (1993)
  15. B.P. Pal Medal for unique contributions to agricultural research and development of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India (1997)
  16. Gangadharan Award for outstanding contributions to National Development (1997)
  17. P. Pal Memorial Award of the Indian Science Congress Association (1998)
  18. Shatabdi Puraskar in the field of Agricultural Sciences of the Indian Science Congress Association (1999)
  19. Prof P N Mehra Memorial Award (1999)
  20. Legend in his Lifetime Award by the World Wilderness Trust (1999)
  21. Asutosh Mookerjee Memorial Award for 1999-2000 by the Indian Science Congress Association
  22. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development (2000) – for his outstanding contribution, in the domain of plant genetics and ensuring food security to hundreds of millions of citizens in the developing world.
  23. Millennium Alumnus Award by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (2000)
  24. Millennium Scientist Award by the Indian Science Congress Association (2001)
  25. Lokmanya Tilak Award by the Tilak Smarak Trust, Pune (2001)
  26. Indira Gandhi Gold Plaque (2002) by the Asiatic Society for his significant contribution towards human progress.
  27. BioSpectrum Life Time Achievement Award (2003)
  28. Technology Achievement Award (2005)
  29. Raja Rammohan Roy Puraskar (2005)
  30. All India Management Association’s Life Time Achievement Award (2007) for Management – in recognition of his contribution to sustainable development through mitigation of hunger in India and elsewhere
  31. Distinguished Global Thinker Award (2007) for his work in the cause of achieving food and agricultural security, by the Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi.
  32. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics Management (2007)
  33. Fifth Panampilly Prathibha Puraskar (2012)
  34. GITAM Foundation Annual Award (2012), Visakhapatnam
  35. Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
  36. National Basava Krushi Award (2018) presented by the Lingayat Panchamasali Mahapeetha
  37. “Yerarignar” (Icon of Farm Research), 2017
  38. Bharath Shanthi Dootha Award, 2017 (World Peace Festival Society, Warangal)
  39. World Agriculture Prize (2018)
  40. Tamil Ratna 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award (News 7, Tamil)
  41. Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award(2020)
  42. Most Admired Gandhian of Tamilnadu award and for sharing your thoughts on Mahatma Gandhi and being a true Gandhian.
  43. Kerala Sasthrapuraskaram 2021 for his life time contribution to agricultural research by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment.