The E. K. Janaki Ammal National Award on Plant Taxonomy edit
The E.K.Janaki Ammal National Award on Taxonomy is instituted to encourage work of excellence in taxonomy and also to encourage young students and scholars to work in this field of science in the year 1999 in recognition of Late Prof. Janaki Ammal. It is awarded to young students and scholars who did taxonomic work of outstanding merit and excellence in the area of cytotaxonomy and has been a source of inspiration to many young scientists.
Initially there was one Award on Taxonomy covering all the three fields viz Botany, Zoology and study of Micro-organisms. From 2005. It was decided to enlarge the scope of the Award and increase the number of Awards to two, one each for excellence in Plant and Animal Taxonomy. As per approved SFC Memo, it has now been decided to continue this award and have three awards one each for Plant Taxonomy, Animal Taxonomy and Microbial Taxonomy
The three Awards will be known as ‘E.K. Janaki Ammal National Award on Plant Taxonomy’, ‘E.K. Janaki Ammal National Award on Animal Taxonomy’ and ‘E. K. Janaki Ammal National Award on Microbial Taxonomy’.
Nature of award edit
Each award will carry 1,00,000/- (Rs. One lakh Only) in cash along with a citation, scroll and Medallion. The Awards will be given to the Taxonomists selected by a Selection Committee constituted for this purpose.
List of Previous awardees edit
1. Prof. Mohammad Shamim (1999)
2. Prof. C.V. Subramanian (2000)
3. Prof. M.S. Mani (2001)
4. Dr. G. Panigrahi (2002)
5. Prof.(Dr.) K.S. Manilal (2003)
6. Prof.(Dr.) T.C. Narendran (2004)
7. (a) Prof. C. Manoharachary (Plant Taxonomy) (2005)
(b) Dr. M.S. Saini (Animal Taxonomy) (2005)
8. (a) Dr. N.P. Balakrishanan (Plant Taxonomy) (2006)
(b) Prof. (Mrs.) Veena Tandon (Animal Taxonomy) (2006)
9. (a) Dr. M. Sanjappa (Plant Taxonomy) (2007)
(b) Dr. Y. Ranga Reddy (Animal Taxonomy) (2007)
10. (a) Dr. V. J. Nair (Plant Taxonomy) (2008)
(b) Dr. Ramakrishna (Animal Taxonomy)(2008)
11. (a) Dr. D. K. Singh (Plant Taxonomy) (2009)
(b) Dr. Wasim Ahmad (Animal Taxonomy) (2009)
External Links edit
http://envfor.nic.in/content/e-k-janaki-ammal-national-award-taxonomy
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/jan252007/260.pdf
Category:Awards established in 1999 Category:Indian science and technology awards Category:Taxonomy organizations
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