Hyderabad :

B. Venkateswarlu, Director of the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture here has won the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for the year 2012.

The award is in recognition of the research done by the scientist along with three of his associates — Mohd. Osman, Sreenath Dixit and K.V. Rao for developing and popularising water harvesting technology in tribal areas of the country.

The award will be presented in New Delhi on the occasion of the foundation day of ICAR on July 16, a press release said.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> News> Science / by The Hindu Bureau  /  Hyderabad  – July 02nd, 2013