Agri university V-C honoured with M.S. Swaminathan Award
The Hindu
Award carries prize of ₹2 lakh and a citation
Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the 7th M.S. Swaminathan Award to Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor V. Praveen Rao at an event here on Wednesday.
Mr. Rao was selected for the award for 2017-19 under ‘agricultural research, teaching, extension and administration’, for his contribution of world’s largest micro-irrigation projects, covering an area of 0.9 million hectares.
The biennial award was constituted by retired ICAR – Indian Council of Agricultural Research Employees Association (RICAREA) and Nuziveedu Seeds Limited. It carried a prize of ₹2 lakh and a citation.
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