Kozhikode: The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode, an institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), has been presented with the prestigious Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award for the year 2009.
IISR Director V.A. Parthasarathy received the award from Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar during the ICAR foundation day and award ceremony held at the NASC Complex, New Delhi, on Friday, an IISR press note said here.
The Sardar Patel award is given annually to two ICAR institutes and one State Agricultural University (SAU) for the best performance in agricultural research, extension and education. This year IISR is sharing the award with CARI, Port Blair.
“The award is in recognition to our contribution in five major areas like conservation of largest germplasm and microbial collection in the world, good agricultural practices, application of GIS in spice biodiversity, introduction of office automation software and excellent transfer of technologies,” Dr. Parthasarathy said.
“Our next priority would be contributing towards carbon credit through reduced use of paper in office, recycling of organic waste, integrated farming, etc.,” he said.
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