IISR recieves Outstanding ICAR institution award
July 20, 2010
Indian institute of spices research, Calicut has been awarded the sardar patel outstanding ICAR institution award for the year 2009. The award was handed over to IIISR director Dr. V.A Parthasarathy by sharad pawar, Union minister for agriculture on ICAR foundation day on july 16th.The award is given annually to two ICAR institutes and one State Agricultural University (SAU) for the best performance in agricultural research, extension and education. This year IISR is sharing the award with CARI, Port Blair. This is the second time IISR is being awarded as the best ICAR institution. The award includes cash prize and citation.
The award was given to IISR for their contributions in conservation of largest germplasm and microbial collection in the world, good agricultural practices, application of GIS in spice biodiversity, introduction of office automation software and excellent transfer of technologies.
Prof. K. V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture, Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Member of Parliament, Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary DARE and DG, ICAR and other senior ICAR officials were also present in the function.
