Awards & Fellowship

 

 

Institute award and recognition

INSTITUTE awards

 

2019-20

Green Maple Foundation Award (GMF) – 2019: ICAR- Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa received the prestigious Green Maple Foundation Awards (GMF) – 2019 for outstanding contribution in research excellence in the award ceremony held at Goa on 29th December, 2019. The award bestowed for the excellent contribution of ICAR- CCARI, Old Goa in the field of research, development and upliftment of the society.

Awarded with ISO 9001 2015: International Certification Services Pvt. Ltd. has awarded
ISO 9001:2015 to ICAR –CCARI, Goa for the quality management system applicable to the scope of Research, Development, Training and Advisory Services in the field of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal and Fishery Sciences with a registration No. RQ91/9735 w.e.f.  9th October, 2017. The ISO certification was facilitated by the M/s NVST TQM CONSULTANTS, Belgaum, Karnataka.

 

2008

KVK was given all India Best KVK Award during 2008 

 

individual awards

2024

Dr. Paramesha V

Associateship of Karnataka Science & Technology Academy 2024

 

Dr. Bappa Das

Elected as an Associate of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST) 2024

Mosaic Company Foundation Young Scientist Award for 2022-23 in the field of Plant Nutrition by Mosaic India Ltd, Gurgaon, Haryana, India on 25 October 2024

 

Dr. Gopal Mahajan

Mosaic Company Foundation Young Scientist Award for 2022-23 in the field of Plant Nutrition by Mosaic India Ltd, Gurgaon, Haryana, India on 25 October 2024

Second prize for the article entitled “विश्व में फै लता रोगाणुरोधी प्रवतरोध (एटं ीमायक्रोविअल रेविस्टेंस/ एएमआर) का उभरता संकट” published in Hindi Magazine Lahren by ICARCCARI, Goa, 2023

 

Dr. Shirish Narnaware

Second prize in Hindi Unicode Typing competition organized during Hindi Pakhwara 2024 at ICAR-CCARI

 

Dr. Sujeet Desai

Received Best Research Paper award for the paper Soil water and potassium dynamics simulation under drip fertigated Kinnow mandarin in sandy loam soils. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 51(3), 219-227

 

Dr. Amiya Ranjan Sahu

Best Poster Presentation (First Prize) in ISAGBCON 2024 held at Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna, Bihar during 21-22 November 2024.

 

Dr. R Solomon Rajkumar

Member, Ad-Hoc Board of Studies in Veterinary & Animal Sciences under the Faculty of Agriculture, Veterinary, Fisheries & Allied Sciences, Goa University, Goa

Member of the Review committee constituted by Goa State Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Goa to review the Ph.D. degree & granting advance increments for the faculty of College of Agriculture, Goa

 

Dr. Gokuldas PP

Member, Ad-Hoc Board of Studies in Veterinary & Animal Sciences under the Faculty of Agriculture, Veterinary, Fisheries & Allied Sciences, Goa University, Goa

Member of the Review committee constituted by Goa State Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Goa to review the Ph.D. degree & granting advance increments for the faculty of College of Agriculture, Goa

Expert Member in the Brainstorming session on quality standards for the indigenous equine breeds organized by ICAR-NRC on Equines, Hisar, Haryana

 

Dr. Shripad Bhat

Received Letter of Appreciation by NABARD, Panaji RO, for the project entitled “Market Intelligence for Horticultural Crops for Improving Livelihoods of farmers in Goa” on 12-09-2024

 

2023

Dr. Parveen Kumar

Fellowship of NAAS

Fellow of the Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences 2023

Fellow of the Indian Society of Soil Sanity and Water Quality

Best AICRP Award- AICRP on IFS under the ICAR - Institute Category for the period from 2020-2022 by ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram

 

Dr. Manohara K. K.

Best AICRP Award- AICRP on IFS under the ICAR - Institute Category for the period from 2020-2022 by ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram

 

Dr. Gokuldas PP

Best AICRP Award- AICRP on IFS under the ICAR - Institute Category for the period from 2020-2022 by ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram

PG faculty in the discipline of Animal Reproduction ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute (Deemed University), Bareilly, U.P.

 

Dr. Sreekanth G. B.

Best AICRP Award- AICRP on IFS under the ICAR - Institute Category for the period from 2020-2022 by ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram

 

Shri Trivesh Mayekar

Best AICRP Award- AICRP on IFS under the ICAR - Institute Category for the period from 2020-2022 by ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram

 

Dr. Sreekanth GB

Associateship of NAAS

Young Scientist’s Award of NAAS

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Aquatic Environment Management at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala during 2022-2023.

Distinguished fellow of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization (BOBP-IGO)

 

Dr. Bappa Das

Young Scientist’s Award of NAAS

Associate of West Bengal Academy of Sciences 2023

 

Dr. Gopal Mahajan

Young Scientist Award 2023 by Indian Society of Soil Sciences

 

Dr. Parmesha V.

P.S. Deshmukh Young Agronomist Award by Indian Society of Agronomy

Best AICRP Award- AICRP on IFS under the ICAR - Institute Category for the period from 2020-2022 by ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram

 

Dr. Marutadurai R.

Fellow of Plant Protection Association of India 2023

 

Dr. R. Solomon Rajkumar

AMST-Best Doctoral Thesis Award

Recognition by Goa State Biodiversity Board - GSBB Appreciation-Applied Biodiversity Researcher 2023

Member of Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Agriculture and Food Processing Committee

 

Dr. V. Arunachalam

Recognition by Goa State Biodiversity Board - GSBB Appreciation-Applied Biodiversity Researcher 2023

 

Dr. Mathala J. Gupta

Recognition by Goa State Biodiversity Board - GSBB Appreciation-Applied Biodiversity Researcher 2023

 

Dr. Amiya R. Sahu

Recognition by Goa State Biodiversity Board - GSBB Appreciation-Applied Biodiversity Researcher 2023

British Poultry Science Travel Grant awarded by British Poultry Science, Scotland, U.K to attend International European Symposium on Poultry Genetics 2023 held in Hannover, Germany from 8 -9 November, 2023

 

Dr. Nibedita Nayak

IPSA-Young Scientist Award

 

Dr. Ganesh Chaudhari

Best Oral Presentation (1st place) in the International Seminar on Exotic and Underutilized Horticultural Crops: Priorities & Emerging Trends held during October 17 -19, 2023 at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

 

Dr. Uthappa A R

Best Poster Presentation Award in the International conference on Feeding the future through sustainable eco - friendly innovations in rangeland, forages and animal sciences held during 02-04, December, 2023 at UAS, Bangalore, India

Best Poster Presentation award in the national seminar on “Abiotic stress management for sustainable millet based production systems” held during 22 to 23 August, 2023 at ICAR-NIASM, Baramati, Maharashtra, India.

 

Dr Sujeet Desai

United States Department of Agriculture, USDA - FAS Scientific Exchange Program Fellowship (SEP) 2023

 

 

2022

 

Dr. Manohara KK

ICAR-CCARI Scientist Dr. Manohara, K. K., honoured with the prestigious ‘Goa State Biodiversity Conservation Award’’ for the year 2022 in the ‘’Applied Biodiversity Researcher’ category during the World Environment Day programme held on 5th June 2022. The award carries a citation, Rs. 25000/- and a memento. He was awarded for his significant contribution to the conservation and utilisation of native rice varieties of Goa state.

 

 Dr. A. Raizada

 Received the Dr. Darshana Nand Puri award in Sept. 2022 from the Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists, for his excellent contribution to Research, Development and Training in Natural Resource Conservation for the biennium 2019-22.

 

Dr. R. Ramesh

Received the Fellowship of the Indian Phyto pathological Society, New Delhi,

 

Dr. R. Maruthadurai

Received the Prof T N Ananthakrishnan Young Scientist Award for the biennium 2020-21 by Prof T N Ananthakrishnan foundation.

Best oral presentation award in 7th International Conference on Opportunities and Challenges in Agriculture, Environmental & Biosciences for Global Development was held on 29-31st October 2022 at Old Goa organised by Agro Environmental Development Society, Rampur

Best oral presentation award in the National Seminar on “Climate Resilient Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture Interventions and Approaches was held virtually on 26-27th March 2022 organised by Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Odisha.

 

Dr. Gokuldas PP

Dr. CM Singh Award for the Best PhD Scholar of ICAR-IVRI (2015) conferred during the 10th Convocation held at ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, U.P. on 23rd August, 2022.

 

 

Dr. Gopal Mahajan

Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF) Award 2022 of Institute of International Education (IIE), Washington DC, US to deliver lectures at the California State University, Fresno State, California, US in October 2022 

Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF) Award 2022 of Institute of International Education (IIE), Washington DC, US to deliver lectures at the University of Florida and Broward College, Florida, US in September 2022

First prize OF THE FAO #GSOIL4N SCIENTIFIC POSTER CONTEST 2022 ($2770) at Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition organized by the Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome Italy from the 26-29 July 2022. First prize in Theme I and highest vote-getter (8306) among all four themes.

Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence (FNAPE) Fellowship 2021-22 by United States - India Education Foundation, New Delhi, India

 

 Dr. Shripad Bhat

Best Oral Presentation (third place) for the paper on “Growth analysis of raw cashewnut prices in Goa” in the International Conference on Opportunities and Challenges in Agriculture, Environmental & Biosciences for Global Development held at Old Goa, 29-31 October, 2022

Best Scientist Award in Agricultural Economics on the occasion of 7th International Conference on “Opportunities and Challenges in Agriculture, Environmental & Biosciences for Global Development held on October 29-31, 2022 at Conference Hall, St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre, Cruz Dos Milagres, Old Goa, Goa

 

Dr. Sreekanth GB

Young Scientist Award of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi for the year 2022 in “Animal Sciences including Veterinary Science, Dairy Science, Poultry Science, Fishery and Aquatic Resources”.

Dr. JK Jena Gold Medal by the Inland Fisheries Society of India during the First Indian Fisheries Outlook-2022 organized by ICAR-CIFRI with IFSI from 22-24 March 2022 at ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore, West Bengal.

Young Scientist Award by the College of Fisheries Panangad Alumni Association of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala for the year 2021. Dr. R S Rajkumar

Provided with an International Travel Award by the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) for the contributions towards Food safety during IAFP 2022 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (USA) during July 31 – 3 August 2022.

Best Oral Presentation for the paper during the International Conference on “Convergence of Technology and Policy for Sustainable Meat Production” held from 25th to 28th October 2021 at Meat Technology Unit, Thrissur, Kerala

 

Dr. Susitha Rajkumar

Best Scientist Award by Indian Veterinary Association, at International Summit on Food safety and nutritional security through sustainable livelihood., on 11th December 2022, Goa

 

Dr. Trivesh Mayekar

Goa State Biodiversity Recognition Award 2022 for fish biodiversity conservation work from Goa State Biodiversity Board, Goa.

Young Scientist Award in Fisheries science from Society for Advancement in Agricultural Technology and Development, Chaurasi Venmiadhaw Ward, U.K. India in 2022.

Young Scientist Award in Fisheries science for contribution to the field from Agro EnvironmentalDevelopment Society Majhra Ghat, Rampur, U.P., India in 2022.

Best Poster award for the National Symposium on “Self-Reliant Coastal Agriculture”, at ICARCCARI from May 11th – 13th,2022.

 

Dr. Uthappa A R

Blog Competition Winner Award for the blog title “Non-timber forest products (NTFPs): A tribal ATM” in the XV World Forestry Congress organised by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Korea Forest Service during 2-6 May, 2022 at Seoul, Republic of Korea. Dr. Amiya Ranjan Sahoo

IPSA Prof. P. K. Pani Award in Poultry Genetics-2019 during IPSACON 2022 (4-6 November 2022) held at DUVASU, Mathura, U.P.

Ayurvet Research Award-2021 during IPSACON 2022(4-6 November 2022) held at DUVASU, Mathura, U.P.

 

Dr. Nibedita Nayak

Ayurvet Research Award-2021 given by the Indian Poultry Science Association during IPSACON 2022 (4-6 November 2022) held at DUVASU, Mathura, U.P. Award.

Best poster (3rd) award in the World Ayurvedic congress organized by the World Ayurvedic Foundation & DST, held during 8-11 December 2022 at Kala Academy, Panjim, Goa.

 

Dr. Mathala J Gupta

Selected as Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India, 23rd December 2022

Received Approval from Dr. BSKKV Dapoli Academic Council as University Postgraduate teacher for Agricultural Process Engineering since October 4, 2022.

 

2021

Parveen Kumar

ISA Gold Medal in recognition of outstanding contributions to Agronomy discipline by Indian Society of Agronomy, New Delhi (Awarded in 2021)

Member, Goa State Biodiversity Board,Government of Goa

Member, (ICAR Nominee): Board of Management, Navasari Agricultural University, Navasari, Gujarat by DG, ICAR, New Delhi

Member, State Level Project Screening Committee (SLPSC) under RKVY, Government of Goa

Member, State Level Nodal Agency for watershed development programs under PMKSY-Watershed Development Component, Government of Goa

Member, State Level Nodal Agency for watershed development programs under PMKSY-Watershed Development Component, Government of Goa

Member, State Level Executive Committee for implementation of NMSA, Government of Goa

Member, State Level Executive Committee for implementation of MIDH-NHM, Government of Goa

Member Assessment Committee for ARS Scientists in the discipline of ‘Agronomy’ at ICAR-IIWM, Bhubanewsar, DDG (NRM), ICAR, New Delhi

Member Assessment Committee of Technical Personnel (Category III), Functional group ‘Field Farm’ of ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi by Chairman ASRB, New Delhi

Dr. A R Desai

Fly-Cocobot, ranked for the first prize for its novelty, unique innovative concept and cost effective technical and practical feasibility solutions at a national level ‘Kritagya Agtech Hakhathon’ (Krishi Takaniki Gyan) was launched by NAHEP (National Agricultural Higher Education Project) of ICAR, during 2020, for promoting Farm Mechanization,

Certificate of Recognition from the Goa State Biodiversity Board for the work related to documentation, collection and conservation of germplasm of cashew and Mango.

Dr. Manohara KK

Certificate of Recognition from Goa State Biodiversity Board for the work related to documentation, collection and conservation of rice germplasm

Dr. Shivasharanappa N.

Certificate of Recognition from the Goa State Biodiversity Board for the work related to documentation, collection and conservation of Coastal breed of livestock (Shwet Kapila)

R. Solomon Rajkumar

International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) travel award (2021) to attend IAFP 2021 meeting at Phoenix, Arizona, USA

World Veterinary Poultry Association Young Scientist Grant (2019) to attend WVPAC symposium on “Poultry: The value protein for one’s health” held during September 16 – 20, 2019 at Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Sreekanth GB

Certificate of Recognition from the Goa State Biodiversity Board for the year 2021 for the work related to documentation, collection and conservation of fish germplasm of Goa

Dr. Sujeet Desai

Sumer Memorial Award-2020 of the Soil Conservation Society of India (SCSI), New Delhi during 30th National Conference on “Soil and Water Management Technologies for Climate Resilience, Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability” held from 14-16 December, 2021.

2020-21

Dr. M J Gupta

Panel member for review of Indian Standards related to Surface covered cultivation, Food and  Agriculture Division, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.

Member of Scientific Committee of Greensys 2021- International Symposium on New Technologies for Sustainable Greenhouse Systems, to be held between 24-28, October, 2021 at Cancun, Mexico.

Awarded certificate as “Master Trainer - Fruits & Vegetables Processing” under PMFME Scheme November, 2020.

Dr. Sreekanth GB

Young Scientist Award in Fisheries Resource Management by the Society of Fisheries and Life Sciences, College of Fisheries Campus, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.

Dr. Bappa Das

Selected for Agriculture Research Organization – Israel Postdoctoral Fellowships 2020-21.

ICAR-Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) at IARI, New Delhi for 2020-21.

Young Scientist Award, 2020, Indian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi.

Dr. Sujeet Desai

Professional member of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC), Beijing, China.

2019-20

Dr. R. Solomon Rajkumar

World Veterinary Poultry Association Young Scientist Grant (2019) to attend WVPAC symposium on “Poultry: The value protein for one’s health” held during September 16 – 20, 2019 at Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Susitha Rajkumar

World Veterinary Poultry Association Young Scientist Grant (2019) to attend WVPAC symposium on “Poultry: The value protein for one’s health” held during September 16 – 20, 2019 at Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Maruthadurai R

Young Scientist Award by Dr. B. Vasantharaj David Foundation in National Conference on Trends in Higher Education, Taxonomy, Agriculture, Biotechnology and Toxicology 17 November, 2019 at Chennai.

Dr. Sreekanth GB

Professional Member of the Australian Society for Fish Biology and Australian Marine Science Association, Sydney, Australia.

 

2018-19

Dr. R. Maruthadurai

Elected as Fellow of Entomological Society of India (FESI) by the President, ESI to honour the significant contributions in the field of Agricultural Entomology in the year 2018.

Dr. Gopal Ramdas Mahajan

Tuition scholarship 2019 to attend a training program on ‘Environmental Management’ at Galilee Institute of Management, Nahalal, Israel from 10-23 September 2019.

Dr. Sreekanth GB

Associate Editor for the Journal “Fisheries and Life Sciences”. Board member for the state level approval and monitoring committee (SLAMC) for fisheries projects under blue revolution schemes, Govt. of Goa.

Dr. Bappa Das

ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences 2017 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

Ms Anuradha Naik

Nari Shakti Puraskar Award: Ms Anuradha Naik, Research Associate working in IPR/NIAF Project of the Institute was conferred with prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar Award at the hands of Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Honourable President of India on 8th March 2019 at Rashtrapathi Bhawan for her exceptional work done towards empowerment of tribal women in kholla village, South Goa.

2017-18

Dr. Mathala J Gupta

ISAE Distinguished Service Certificate Award for Significant Contribution in
the Field of Processing, Dairy and Food Engineering.

Dr. Shivasharanappa N

Fulbright-Nehru Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2018-19 by United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), New Delhi to carry out project work on Exploring CRISPR- gene editing technology in Antimicrobial resistance at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Dr. G. R. Mahajan

Early Career Research Award-2017 by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi 

Dr. Sreekanth G. B.

Young Scientist Award by the Asian Fisheries Society Indian Branch in the 11th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum at Kochi, Kerala during 21st to 24th November, 2017.

Dr. Bappa Das

Early Career Research Award-2017 by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi

ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences 2017 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

Dr. Nibedita Nayak

IPSA Kerala Chapter Award for excellence in poultry nutrition by Indian
Poultry science Association in the XXXIV Annual Conference of the Indian Poultry Science Association (IPSACON 2017) during 28th-30th November, 2017 at Bengaluru.

 

2016-17

Dr. Sreekanth G. B.

Young Scientist Award in the section of “Animal, Veterinary and Fisheries Sciences” during the 104th Indian Science Congress during 3-7 January, 2017 at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh.

Dr. Bappa Das

ISCA Young Scientist Award by Indian Science Congress for the Section of Agricultural & Forestry Section for the Ph.D. research work on “Evaluation of different uni-and multvariate techniques for water-deficit stress phenotyping of rice through spectroscopy” presented in 104th Indian Science Congress held during 3-7 January, 2017 at SV University, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh.

Institute Merit Medal for Outstanding Academic Performance in Doctor of Philosophy
presented in 55th Convocation held at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

 

2015-2016

 Smt. Lizette Noronha

Administrative Category Employees National Award of ICAR, New Delhi at the hands of the Hon. Union Minister of State for Agriculture Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and Shri Mohan Bhai Kundariya during 87th ICAR foundation day & Award Ceremony at Sri Krishna Memorial Hall, Patna on 25 July, 2015.

 

farmers awards

2024

The President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu conferred Padma Shri 2024 to Shri Sanjay Anant Patil for his Innovative Kulaghar Farming and Contribution to Natural Farming

Shri Sanjay Anant Patil (59), an innovative farmer from Goa has been conferred with the coveted Padma Shri 2024 by the Government of India for his outstanding contributions to Natural Farming and zero-energy micro-irrigation system. Shri Sanjay Patil is a green revolutionary, known to many as the 'one-man-army' because he single-handedly transformed a barren plot of land measuring ten acres, into a lush green natural farm (Kulaghar) with technical guidance from ICAR-CCARI, Goa. A team constituted by the Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa visited the farmer, documented his technologies through good quality photographs, and prepared the application for the nomination of Padma Awards 2024 and subsequently nominated through the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Goa.

 

IARI Innovative farmer award

Two progressive farmers of ICAR-CCARI awarded with prestigious IARI Innovative farmer award for the year 2024 Shri NK Kurian and Smt. Anita Mathew Vallikkappen, two progressive farmers of ICAR-CCARI, Goa have been conferred with the coveted IARI–Innovative Farmer Award for the year 2024 on 6th June 2024 by ICARIARI, New Delhi for their outstanding contributions to the development of agroeco-tourism and fish based integrated farming systems. A team constituted by Dr Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa documented their technologies through good quality photographs, and prepared the application for the nomination of IARIInnovative Farmer Award 2024.

 

Hon’ble Governor of Goa honoured ICAR-CCARI cashew farmer Shri Angelo Barreto

An organic cashew grower Shri Angelo Barreto from Curtorim, Salcete, Goa got ‘Best Farmer Award -2024’ at the hands of the Hon’ble Governor of Goa Shri P. S. Sreedharan Pillai, in presence of the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa Shri Pramod Sawant, on 14th June 2024 at the Raj Bhavan, Goa. The award is given by the Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development, Govt. of India. ICAR CCARI documented the success story and recommended the farmer for said Best Farmer Award -2024 by DCCD, Govt. of India.

 

Best fisheries Start-up Award from the Govt. of Kerala

Shri Arun Das NH from STEM Systems Pvt. Ltd., an incubate of KUFOS, Kochi and ICAR-CCARI, Goa has been conferred with the best fisheries Start-up Award by the Govt. of Kerala on 10th July, 2024 during the National Fish Farmers Day Celebrations at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He received the award for developing a novel crab fattening system to improve the income and livelihood of fishermen and fish farmers.

 

2023

Innovative farmer of coastal district of Karnataka Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik nominated by ICAR-CCARI, Goa conferred with the Padma Shri 2022

Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik (Age 77 years), an innovative farmer from Adyanadka village of coastal Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka has been conferred with the coveted Padma Shri 2022 by the Government of India for transforming an arid sloping hill into a fertile farm through innovative zeroenergy micro-irrigation system. A team constituted by the Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa comprising of two Scientists visited the farmer and documented his technologies through good quality photographs and prepared the application for the nomination of Padma awards 2022. For all his efforts though-out his life which he accomplished on his own, he earned the moniker “One-man army” and “Tunnel man”. Naik’s farm has become a must-see modelfarmland and has over 1000 visitors a year including foreign tourists. He profusely expressed his gratitude to ICAR-CCARI, Goa and Govt. of India for recognizing his hard work and innovation.

2019-20

Jagjivan Ram Abhinav Kisan Puruskar: Shri Vinod Gopal Barve, progressive farmers from Sattari, North Goa was awarded prestigious Jagjivan Ram Abhinav Kisan Puruskar under Zonal category for Zone VIII. This award was declared by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare during 92nd Foundation Day and Award Ceremony of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi on 16th July, 2020. Shri Vinod Gopal Barve, was nominated by ICAR- Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute for the above award. 

IARI Innovative Farmers Award: Shri. Abhijeet Sawaikar, a progressive farmer from Khandola, Marcel Goa received the prestigious IARI Innovative Farmer Award 2020 at ICAR - IARI, New Delhi on 7th March, 2020. Shri. Abhijeet Sawaikar was nominated by ICAR- Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute for the above award. 

2019-20

State level award

Krushi Vibhushan Award: Goa State Level Award - Krushi Vibhushan Award to Smt. Anita Mattew Vallikkappem, Assonoda.

Fr. Inacio Almeida Annual Awarde for Organic farming: Goa State Level Awards Fr. Inacio Almeida Annual Awarde for Organic farming to Shri Deelip Narulkar, Pernem.

 

2018-19

IARI Innovative Farmer Award 2019: Shri. Sanjiv Balaji Kunkalienkar a progressive farmer resident of Mangeshi, Ponda Taluka, Goa received prestigious IARI Innovative Farmers Award 2019 at ICAR - IARI, New Delhi on 7th March 2019. Shri.Sanjiv Balaji Kunkalienkar was nominated by ICAR- Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa.

 

2017-18

IARI Innovative Farmer Award 2018: Shri Chinmay Tanshikar, a progressive farmer resident of Netravali, Sanguem Taluk, Goa received prestigious IARI Innovative Farmers Award-2018.

Plant Genome Saviour Community Award: Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, New Delhi has bestowed Plant Genome Saviour Community Award upon Khola/Canacona Chilli Cultivators Group, South Goa. The Plant Genome Savior Community Award is conferred by Govt. of India through PPV&FRA under the provision of section 45 of PPV&FR Act, 2001.

 

2016-17

IARI Innovative Farmer Award 2017: Shri Babu Narhari Komarpant, a progressive farmer resident of Devbag, Palolem, Cancona, South Goa, Goa received prestigious IARI Innovative Farmers Award-2018.

 

Best poster / PAPER PRESENTATION awards

2021

Manohara KK

Best Poster Award to ‘Popularizing Drought-Tolerant Rice Variety Sahbhagi Dhan in Upland Areas of Goa State through Front Line Demonstrations - An Impact Assessment’ In International E-Symposium on Coastal Agriculture (ISCA Webinar): Transforming Coastal Zone for Sustainable Food and Income Security organized by Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research (ISCAR), Canning Town, West Bengal during 16-19th March, 2021.

Gokuldas PP

Best Poster Award in the International Conference on Smart Agriculture for Resource Conservation and Ecological Stability organized by Academy of Natural Resource Conservation and Management (ANRCM) and held virtually during 29-30th October, 2021

Dr. Sujeet Desai

Best Poster Presentation Award for the paper: Desai S, Das B, Sreekanth GB, Mahajan GR (2021) Assessment of long-term trends in stream flow of river basins flowing in the West Coast of India, International Symposium on Coastal Agriculture (ISCA Webinar): Transforming Coastal Zone for Sustainable Food and Income Security organized in virtual mode during March 16-19, 2021.

2019-20

Dr. Sreekanth GB

Best paper award (first prize) in National Hindi Seminar “Harith Matsyaki 2019” on 30 July 2019 at ICAR-CIFT, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

Best paper award in International conference on Aquatic resources and Blue economy, AQUABE-2019 from 28-30 November, 2019 at KUFOS, Kochi, Kerala.

Dr. Sujeet Desai

Best Oral paper award in the International conference on Soil and Water Resources Management for Climate Smart Agriculture and Global Food and Livelihood Security from 4 - 9 November, 2019 at NASC complex, New Delhi.

Dr. Nibedita Nayak

Second best poster presentation award in IPSACON-2019 from December 11-13, 2019 at CGKV, Durg, Chattisgarh.

Dr. R Ramesh

Awarded best oral presentation for presenting research paper during National seminar on spices: Emerging trends in production, processing and marketing (21-22, January, 2020) at ICAR-CCARI, Goa, India.

Dr. Maneesha SR

Best oral paper presentation award in National seminar on spices: Emerging trends in production, processing and marketing on 21-22, January, 2020 at ICAR-CCARI, Goa.

Dr. Sujeet Desai

Received the Best Oral paper award in the National Seminar on Landslide Mitigation and Slope Management held from 28-29, February, 2020 at ICAR-IISWC, RC, Udhagamandalam, Tamilnadu.

2018-19

Dr. Maruthadurai R.

Best poster presentation award was bestowed in “First International Conference
on Biological Control approaches and applications” by ICAR-NBAIR at Bengaluru held during 27-29th September 2018.

Dr. S. Priya Devi

Secured first place in oral presentation in International Conference on Rural Livelihood Improvement by Enhancing Farmers’ Income through Sustainable Innovative Agri and Allied Enterprises, held at Patna, during 30th October to 1st Nov 2018.

Dr. Nibedita Nayak 

Received Best oral presentation award for ‘Detection of partial promoter of ACACB
gene’ in IPSACON-2018 held at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, during 15th-17th November, 2018.

2017-18

Dr. R.S. Rajkumar  

Best Paper Award during the National Seminar, organized by ISSGPU, Avikanagar
on “Small Ruminants: National Scope on Upscaling Production to Products Value addition and their Safety” at ICAR- CIRG, Makhdoom, Farah, Mathura.

Dr. Gokuldas P.P.

J.N. Pandey Memorial Best poster award in National Symposium on Physiological
Innovations to Forecast the Impact of Climate Change and to evolve Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Production, Veterinary College, Bidar from 21st to 22nd December, 2017.

Dr. Sreekanth G.B.

Best Poster Award in the section of “Animal, Veterinary and Fisheries sciences” in the 105th Indian Science Congress held at Manipur Central University, Imphal, Manipur from 16th to 20th March, 2018.

2016-17

Dr. Safeena S. A.

Best oral Presentation Award for the paper entitled “Value addition of tuberose spikes (Polianthes tuberosa L.) by tinting with edible dyes” in National Symposium on Advances in Agriculture Through Sustainable Technologies and Holistic Approaches held during 15-17 February, 2017 at the International Centre, Dona Paula, Goa.

Dr. Susitha Rajkumar

Best oral presentation for paper entitled “Genetic characterization of Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolates from Indian Poultry flocks”. in III AAHP Convention and National Symposium on Poultry Health and Welfare, Riding the wave to the Future. 20-21 October 2016 organized by AAHP and ICAR-CCARI at Goa.

Mrs. Manju Lekshmi N

Best oral Presentation Award for the paper entitled, “Ecological evaluation of coastal aquaculture systems in Goa” in the National Symposium on Advances in Agriculture Through Sustainable Technologies and Holistic Approaches to be held during 15-17 February, 2017 at the International Centre, Dona Paula, Goa.

Dr. Chethan Kumar

Best Poster Presentation Award for the paper entitled “A Development of lateral flow assay for the serodiagnosis of Japanese encephalitis in swine” in XIV annual conference of IAVPHS held during 21-22 November, 2016 at Udaipur, Rajasthan. Best Poster Presentation Award for the paper entitled “Human brucellosis: A study on seroprevalence and potential risk factors among the occupational high risk groups Brucellosis 2016 ” in International Research Conference held during November 17-19, 2016 at New Delhi.

Ms. Maneesha S. R.

Peerless poster award in the National conference on fruit breeding for Tropics and Subtropics: An Indian perspective, on “Analysis of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) polymorphism in mango (Mangifera Indica L.) Varieties of Goa” held during 26-29 April, 2016 at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

 

Hindi Magazine Award

Pragya - Annual Hindi Magazine (2013-14) of the Institute was awarded Ganesh Sankar Vidhyarthi Hindi Krishi Patrika Puraskar for the year 2013-14.

Pragya - Annual Hindi Magazine (2013-14) of the Institute was awarded Ganesh Sankar Vidhyarthi Hindi Krishi Patrika Puraskar for the year 2012-13.