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The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created in 1956 by the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. Th ...
(ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. The award is named after Indian Independence activist
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. He hailed from Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, in north India. Early life Rafi Ahmed was born in the village of M ...
. Awards are distributed biennially, and takes the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.


Awardee List

Following is list of the recipients of the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award: * Hiralal Chaudhuri


Controversies

There have been several complaints that Dr K.C. Bansal falsified the patent information on the basis of which Kidwai Award (2007-2008) was given to him. The Award was given to Dr Bansal for patenting a technique to transfer foreign gene to brinjal chloroplast. It was found that Dr Bansal did not have such a patent to his credit and that he filed an application for patent only after the award was given. The matter got wide publicity in press, media and scientific journals. Several scientists demanded Shri Sharad Pawar, Former Minister for Agriculture to remove Dr Bansal from the post of Director, NBPGR. Questions were raised in Indian Parliament.Lok Sabha: http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/psearch/QResult15.aspx?qref=132451 Mr Tariq Anwer, Minister of State for Agriculture has answered that an enquiry has been initiated to look into the issues. However, reports suggest that ICAR has hushed up the matter and RTI queries for the outcome of the enquiry were not answered.


See also

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List of agriculture awards This list of agriculture awards is a index to articles about notable awards given for contributions to agriculture. Awards may be limited to people from the country in which the award is given, or may be open to worldwide contributions. Awards ...


References

{{Reflist Indian awards Indian Council of Agricultural Research Awards established in 1956 Agriculture awards of India Lists of Indian award winners 1956 establishments in India