The Borlaug Award is an award recognition conferred by Coromandel International for outstanding Indian scientists for their research and contributions in the field of agriculture and environment. The award was created in 1972 and named in honour of Nobel Laureate Norman E. Borlaug. It carries a cash prize of 5,00,000, a gold medal, and a citation.
The award should not be confused with the IFA Norman Borlaug Award of the International Fertilizer Industry Association or the Borlaug Award for Field Research given by the World Food Prize Foundation.
Recipients
2020: Kajal Chakraborty 2012: K.V. Prabhu and Ashok Kumar Singh 2006: Rajendra Singh Paroda 2005: Rattan Lal and Subramaniam Nagarajan 2004: I. V. Subba Rao and Suman Sahai 2000: Anil Agarwal 1998: Palpu Pushpangadan 1997: Azra Quraishi 1995: Ebrahimali Abubacker Siddiq 1993: M. V. Rao 1991: Amrita Patel 1985: Virender Lal Chopra 1983: Nanjappa Shamanna Subba Rao 1982: Hari Krishan Jain 1979: Bishwajit Choudhury and M. S. Swaminathan 1977: J.S. Kanwar and Gurdev Khush 1976: Chivakula Krishnamoorthy 1973: Jitendra P. Srivastava [Dr. J.P. Srivastava] and Dr. Manodutt Pathak 1972: Dr. Atmaram Bhairav Joshi
See also
List of agriculture awards List of prizes named after people
References