The Borlaug Award is an award recognition conferred by

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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

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Norman E. Borlaug Norman Ernest Borlaug (; March 25, 1914September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple ...

. 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

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or the Borlaug Award for Field Research given by the

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Recipients

* 2020: Kajal Chakraborty * 2012: K.V. Prabhu and Ashok Kumar Singh * 2006: Rajendra Singh Paroda * 2005:

Rattan Lal Rattan Lal (born 5 September 1944) is an Indian-American soil scientist. His work focuses on regenerative agriculture through which soil can help resolve global issues such as climate change, food security and water quality. He is considered a pio ...

and Subramaniam Nagarajan * 2004: I. V. Subba Rao and

Suman Sahai Suman Sahai is an Indian activist and the founder of Gene Campaign. Career Sahai obtained a Ph.D. from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in 1975. She then successively worked at the University of Alberta, University of Chicago, and ...

* 2000: Anil Agarwal * 1997: Azra Quraishi * 1995: Ebrahimali Abubacker Siddiq * 1993:

M. V. Rao Mangina Venkateswara Rao (21 June 1928 – 8 March 2016) was an Indian agricultural scientist, plant breeder, and geneticist who was considered as one of the key figures in India’s Green Revolution. He was instrumental in increasing the produ ...

* 1991:

Amrita Patel Amrita Patel (born 1943) is an Indian businessperson associated with cooperative dairy sector as well as an environmentalist. She headed the National Dairy Development Board from 1998 to 2014 which led the world's biggest dairy development pro ...

* 1985: Virender Lal Chopra * 1983: Nanjappa Shamanna Subba Rao * 1982: Hari Krishan Jain * 1979: Bishwajit Choudhury and

M. S. Swaminathan Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (7 August 1925 – 28 September 2023) was an Indian geneticist and plant breeder, administrator and humanitarian. Swaminathan was a global leader of the green revolution. He has been called the main architect of ...

* 1977: J.S. Kanwar and Gurdev Khush * 1976: Chivakula Krishnamoorthy {{cite book, title=Indian and Foreign Review, volume =14 , page =29 * 1973: Jitendra P. Srivastava r. J.P. Srivastavaand Dr. Manodutt Pathak * 1972: Dr. Atmaram Bhairav Joshi

References

Indian science and technology awards Awards established in 1972 Agriculture awards of India 1972 establishments in India

Recipients

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