Anindita Paul, Sujan Majumder , Kaushik

Banerjee , Arijita Bhattacharyya , Zareen

Khan and D. Damodar Reddy received

NASI - Springer Best Paper Award for the

paper entitled " Multiresidue analysis of

pesticides in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

using advanced analytical techniques"

during 89th Annual Session of The National

Academy of Sciences India and Symposium on "Science and Technology based

Entrepreneurship Development" , 21-23 December 2019 held at ICAR-NAARM,

Hyderabad

ICAR-CTRI received Certification of

Appreciation for proactively implementing ICAR

Research Data Management Guidelines and

uploading of all its Publications and

Technologies for the last 6 years in KRISHI

Portal in Fourth National Workshop on Nodal

Officers of KRISHI held at NASC, New Delhi

during 10-11th December, 2019.

Dr. Hema Baliwada, Scientist, received

ASSOCIATE FELLOW OF ANDHRA PRADESH

AKADEMI OF SCIENCES for her contributions

to Science & Technology in the induction

ceremony of ANDHRA PRADESH AKADEMI

OF SCIENCES held at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

University, Srikakulam on 28th November,

2019.

Dr. U. Sreedhar, Principal Scientist & Head,

Division of Crop Protection at Central

Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry

has been Conferred “Dr. B. Vasantharaj

David Foundation Lifetime Achievement

Award-2019” for his Outstanding

contribution to Tobacco Entomology with

Focus on IPM modules and Pest

Management. The prestigious Award has been presented to him during the

National Conference on “Trends in Higher Education, Taxonomy, Agriculture,

Biotechnology & Toxicology” on 17th November 2019, at Chennai, Tamilnadu.

Dr. U. Sreedhar, Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Crop Protection, has been

conferred Padmasri Dr. I.V. Subbarao

Rytunestham Award for his Outstanding

Contributions to Agriculture. The Award

was presented to him on 22nd September,

2019 at Swarna Bharath Trust, Hyderabad.

He was honoured with the Award in the

form of a Memento and Citation by

Honourable Vice President of India Sri. M.

Venkaiah Naidu and Hon’ble Governor of Telangana Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan

ISTS AWARDS – 2019 Fellow of ISTS

Dr. D. Damodar Reddy Dr. M. Anuradha Dr. S. Kasturi Krishna

Dr. K. Sarala Dr. D.V. Subhashini Dr. L.K. Prasad

Tobacco Board Award Young Scientist Award

Dr. D. Damodar Reddy Dr. M. Anuradha Dr. K.Prabhakara Rao

ISTS Award

Dr. U. Sreedhar Dr. K. Sarala

Best poster award

Dr. K. Prabharakar Rao Dr.C. Chandrasekhara Rao Dr. K. Viswanathreddy

Dr. B. Hema, Mr. K. Viswanatha Reddy, Dr. Y.

Subbaiah and Dr. D. Damodar Reddy

received ‘Best Poster Award’ for the paper

entitled ‘E-Auction System in FCV Tobacco: A

Case to be Emulated in other Crops’

presented at XIV Agricultural Science

Congress on Innovations for Agricultural

Transformation held at NASC, New Delhi

during February 20-23, 2019.

Dr. U. Sreedhar, Principal Scientist &

Head, Division of Crop Protection at

Central Tobacco Research Institute,

Rajahmundry has been awarded LIFE

TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by Navsari

Agricultural University at the National

Symposium on Sustainable Management

of Pests and Diseases in Augmenting

Food and Nutritional Security on 22 nd January 2019 at Navsari Agricultural

University, Navsari, Gujarat. The award in the form of a memento and citation has

been conferred on him in recognition of his Meritorious Contributions to the

Science of Entomology. He was honoured with the award by Dr. U. S. Sharma,

Vice Chancellor, Maharana Pratap University of Agril. Tech., Udaipur & Dr. D. C.

Dangaria, Vice Chancellor, Navsari Agril. University, Navsari. Dr. Sreedhar

delivered a lead talk on Sustainable management of Insect Pests of tobacco on

this occasion.

Dr. U. Sreedhar, Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Crop Protection at Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry has been conferred Distinguished Scientist Award of the Society of Plant Protection Sciences, New Delhi at the First International Conference on Climate Change and Adaptive Crop Protection for Sustainable Agri-horticulture Landscape on 20th December 2018 at National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan. The award in the form of a memento and citation has been bestowed on him in recognition of his significant contributions in the field of Entomology. He was honoured with the award by Padmabhushan Dr. R. S. Paroda, Former DG, ICAR. Dr. Sreedhar delivered a lead talk on ecologically based insect pest management-A key pathway to sustainable tobacco production on this occasion.

Dr. Hema Baliwada, Scientist received

‘ICAR-Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G.

Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in

Agricultural and Allied Sciences 2017

under the category of social sciences’ at

NASC Complex, New Delhi on the eve of

90th ICAR Foundation day on 16-7-2018

from Honourable Union Minister of

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri

Radha Mohan Singh, with a sum of Rs. 50,000/-, Gold Medal and a Citation

Dr. U. Sreedhar, Principal Scientist &

Head, Division of Crop Protection,

received Dr. D. Bap Reddy Memorial

Award of the Plant protection Association

of India, Hyderabad at the Brain storming

session “Emerging Plant Protection

Technologies: Opportunities and

Challenges” & the General Body meeting

of the Society on 20th April, 2018 at National Institute of Plant Health

Management, Hyderabad. The award is bestowed on him in recognition of his

outstanding contributions in Integrated Pest Management.

Dr. U. Sreedhar, Principal Scientist &

Head, Division of Crop Protection has

been conferred Dr. Anand Prakash

Award-2018 at XVI AZARA

International Conference on Applied

Zoological Research for Sustainable

Agriculture & Food Security held

during 9-11 February 2018 at

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

The award in the form of a memento

and citation has been conferred for his outstanding research contributions in

developing IPM modules for tobacco.

Dr. D. Damodar Reddy, Director, ICAR-CTRI, received the prestigious XII

International Congress Commemoration Award of The Indian Society of Soil

Science, New Delhi at the 82nd

Annual Convention of the Society on

11 December 2017 at Kolkata. This

award is bestowed on him in

recognition of his “outstanding

contribution to elucidating soil

fertility dynamics using organic vis-à-

vis inorganic inputs and developing

strategic interventions for improved

nutrient use efficiency and

production sustainability.

Dr. J. Poorna Bindu, Scientist, Soil

Science, ICAR-CTRI, Received

“Young Scientist Award-2016-17-

Runner-up II” for outstanding

achievement in chemistry by Dr. K.

V. Rao Scientific Society, Hyderabad,

during Annual Science Awards

function celebrated on 27th May-

2017 at University of Hyderabad,

with a sum of Rs. 10,000/-, Trophy, Certificate and a Citation.

Dr (Mrs.) Hema Baliwada, Scientist,

Agricultural extension, ICAR-CTRI received

Best student of the year award 2016, IARI in

the 55th ICAR–IARI Convocation week, Feb.6-

9, 2017 from Honorable Union Minister of

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha

Mohan Singh, with a sum of Rs.10,000/-,

Gold Medal and a citation.

Dr. J. Poorna Bindu, Scientist, ICAR-CTRI received the “Best Paper Award” during

the 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Agriculture and

Horticulture Sciences, 30-31st December, 2016 held at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Dr. D. Damodar Reddy, Director, ICAR- CTRI and Dr. H. Ravisankar, Principal

Scientist received “Outstanding Scientist Award-2016” in 4th International

Conference on Recent Advances in Agriculture and Horticulture Sciences held at

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India from 30-31st December, 2016.

Dr. K. Siva Raju, Principal Scientist received “ Bio-scientist Award” for the research

paper presented at the International Conference on 'Green technology for health

and environment: Implications and policies' Organized by SESR and UAS,

Bangalore during 15-16 Dec., 2016.

Sri R. Sudhakar, Chief Technical Officer, CTRI-

KVK, Rajahmundry received the “CASH

AWARD SCHEME 2015” for Technical

category employees of ICAR on 16.07.2016

at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi from Shri

Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and

President, ICAR society in the presence of

Shri S S Ahluwalia, Union MoS for Agriculture and Farmers welfare and

Parliamentary affairs. He efficiently managed work assigned to him, especially

rural livelihood of the institute.

Dr. D. Damodar Reddy, Director, ICAR-

Central Tobacco Research Institute,

Rajahmundry received prestigious FELLOW

OF ANDHRA PRADESH AKADEMI OF

SCIENCES for his outstanding contributions

to Science & Technology in the first

induction ceremony of ANDHRA PRADESH

AKADEMI OF SCIENCES held at Acharya

Nagarjuna University, Guntur on 19th March, 2016. In this connection, he

delivered a lecture on “Phosphorus use efficiency in Indian Agriculture –

importance, impediments and improvement interventions” to the delegates.

Dr. H. Ravisankar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Central

Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry

received prestigious ASSOCIATIVE FELLOW OF

ANDHRA PRADESH AKADEMI OF SCIENCES for

his outstanding contributions to Science &

Technology in the first induction ceremony of

ANDHRA PRADESH AKADEMI OF SCIENCES held

at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur on

19th March, 2016.

Dr. K. Suman Kalyani, Principal Scientist, Central Tobacco Research Institute has been

honoured with the prestigious ‘Bio-

Technology Social Development Award –

2015’ by the Department of Bio-

Technology, New Delhi on 05.02.2016

during the Global Biotechnology Summit,

2016 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi for her

outstanding extension work in the area of

diversification of agriculture towards socio

economic up-liftment of the grass root

level rural and tribal farmers and farm women.

Dr. U. Sreedhar, Principal Scientist & Head i/c, Division of Crop Protection at ICAR-

Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry

has been honored with Dr. R. P. Srivastava

Memorial National Award (Gold Medal) for his

outstanding contributions in the field of

Entomology. The prestigious award was

presented on November 28, 2014 to Dr.

Sreedhar at Maharanapratap University of

Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan

during the recently held International Conference on “Changing Scenario of Pest

Problems in Agri-Horti Ecosystem and their Management” by Hon’ble Deputy

Director General (Horticultural Science), ICAR, Dr. N. K. Krishna Kumar, and Hon’ble

Vice Chancellor, MUAT, Udaipur Dr. O.P. Gill.

Dr. K. Sarala, Principal Scientist and Dr. H. Ravisankar,

Senior Scientist was given awards by the Society for

Educational and Scientific Research (SESR), a non-

profit organization formed with an objective of

promoting global growth of education and scientific

research in the field of Bioscience and related fields,

Kerala. Dr. K. Sarala, received the “Plant

Biotechnologist- 2014” award for her outstanding contribution in the field of plant

biotechnology.

Dr. H. Ravisankar received “Computational Biologiest-2014 award for his outstanding

contribution in the field of bioinformatics and computer science. The awards were

conferred on them during the International conference on Biosciences: State of the

Art-Advancements held by SESR at Kumarakom,

Kerala during 11-12 September, 2014. On receiving

the award, Dr. Ravisankar delivered an invited

lecture on “Role of computational biology in the

agriculture” and Dr Sarala talked on

“Accomplishments in tobacco crop improvement:

strategic usage of conventional and molecular tools”

at the conference.

Dr. U. Sreedhar, Principal Scientist & Head, Division

of Crop Protection at Central Tobacco Research

Institute, Rajahmundry has been bestowed with

the National Agri Award for his exceptional

contribution in enriching Agricultural practices and

outstanding contributions to Agricultural Research.

The award was presented by Hon'ble Union

Agriculture Minister Sri. Radha Mohan Singh and Hon'ble Union Rural Develop Minister

Sri. Nitin Gadkari at New Delhi on 27th August 2014.

Dr. K. Suman Kalyani, Principal Scientist, CTRI,

Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh received Swamy

Sahajanand Saraswathy Outstanding Extension

Scientist Award on 29.07.2014 given by ICAR, New

Delhi.