Awards/Honours

Individual awards and honours

• Dr. A. K. Saxena: Prof. Bilgrami Award 2019 by Society for Plant Research in International Conference on Plant Biofactories: Strategies and Challenges 2019 at Ramnarain Rouia Atunomous College Mumbai from 19-21 Dec., 2019.
• Dr Renu : Fellow of Society for Plant Research (FSPR) 2019 by Society for Plant Research in International Conference on Plant Biofactories: Strategies and Challenges 2019 at Ramnarain Rouia Atunomous College Mumbai from 19-21 Dec., 2019.
• Dr Renu : Eminent Scientist Award for overall achievements and accomplishment in the field of Agriculture & Allied Science by Dr. Ram Avatar Shiksha Samiti (DRASS) conferred cy Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture U.P. Shri. Lakhan Singh Rajput at International seminar on modern agriculture approaches in 21st century” to be held at, Auditorium, Department of Social Work, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India during 22-23, November, 2019
• Dr Renu : Outstanding Achievement Award (2018) by Biologix Research and Innovation Centre Private Limited for outstanding achievements in International Conference on Agriculture, Allied and Applied Sciences (ICAAAS-2018) held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Convention Centre, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-110067, INDIA) during 28-29 April, 2018
• Dr Renu : Nomination and selection by Department of Science and technology and invitation by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.( AvHF) for speaker (talk on “Role of Microorganisms in Alleviating Abiotic Stress in Agriculture) in an Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (INDOGFOE) 2018 at Potsdam, Germany from May 24-27th, 2018. Travel was sponsored by DST, GOI and accommodation and hospitality by AvHF.
• Dr. Renu : Distinguished Scientist Award (2018) by ENR foundation at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)Convention centre, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-110067, INDIA) during 28-29 April, 2018
• Dr. Pramod Kumar Sahu: “Young Scientist in Agricultural Microbiology” Award by Venus International Foundation, Chennai, India, 2018
• Mr. Abhijit S Kashyap: Young scientist award (Agriculture) from SVWS, BBAU, Lucknow 5 June 2018
• Mr. Abhijit S Kashyap: Young scientist award (Plant pathology) from ATDS society in 2nd International conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological and Applied Sciences for Sustainable Future (ABAS-2018)’ held on October 20-22, 2018
• Nazia Manzar got an Young Scientist award from SamagraVikas Welfare Society(SVKS) on the occasion Scientist award ceremony held on 5th June -2018 at BBAU (A Central university) Lucknow.
• Dr. A. K. Saxena: Prof. B.N. Johri Award of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), 2018
• Dr. A. K. Saxena: Prof. Abrar Mustafa Khan Memorial Award, IPS-AMU National Conference, 2018-19
• Dr. Renu: Excellence in Research Award received fromSmt Gulab Devi, Honrable Minister of State Social Welfare, Uttar Pradesh at Inspiring Women Award Ceremony 2017 on World Environment Day (5th June 2017) for outstanding contribution in Agriculture and Allied Sector organized in Lucknow by SamagraVikas Welfare Society
• Dr. Renu : Women Scientist Award 2016 conferred by Society for Plant Research at International Conference on Technological Advancement in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (TASARD, India 2017) at NASC Complex, New Delhi on 22.2.2017.
• Dr. Renu: Scientist of the Year Award 2016 conferred by Hi-Tech Horticulture Society for outstanding contribution and recognition in field of biotechnology on 27.11.2016
• Dr. D. P. Singh: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award of Scientific Excellence 2016
• Dr. Sunil Kumar: Fellow: Society of Applied Biotechnology (2016).
• Dr. Bagul SY: Young scientist award from Green Reap Welfare Society, Hyderabad 2017
• Dr. A. K. Saxena: Prof. G. Rangasamy Award of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), 2016
• Dr. Sunil Kumar: Fellow: Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy (2016)
• Dr Renu: Best Women Scientist Award 2015 conferred by Association for the Advancement of Biodiversity Science for creative development of a scientific contribution which has been determined to be of significant value in advancement of microbial biotechnology.

Travel support awards

• Dr. Arjun Singh: International Travel Support award by DST (2017)
• Dr. K Pandiyan: Received International Travel Support (ITS) from Dept. Of Science and Technology for participation in International Conference ECO-BIO 2016 held at Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Dr. Hillol Chakdar: CICS travel fellowship, 2016

Abstracts/posters in National/International conference /symposium/seminars

• M.J. Narasimhan Medal Award for Best Research Paper- 2017: Third prize by Indian Phytopathological Society. New Delhi under Mid-Eastern Zonal context (Udai B. singh).
• Mr. Abhijit S Kashyap: Best Oral presentation award- (First) for “Biofilm-based strategy for management of Wilt and collar rot disease of chickpea” in Special symposium on Microbial antagonists and their role in biological control of plant disease at BACA, Anand, Gujarat 5-7 oct 2017
• Mr. Abhijit S Kashyap: Best Oral presentation award (First) for “Characterization and Management of Leaf Blight Complex of Wheat in 3rd International conference on Bioresource & stress management, 8-11 November 2017, Jaipur
• Nazia Manzar:Best oral presentation award (First Prize) for “Screening Bacterial Endophytes for the Growth Promotion and Protection of Tomato Plant against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in the 3rd International Conference on Bioresource and Stress Management, Jaipur, India from 8-11 November-2017.
• Dr. Sunil Kumar: Best poster award: Gulshan kumar, Gitanjali Tandon, M. A. Iqwal, Sarika, Sunil kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Gireeshbabu P and A. Chaudhari (2016) 2nd International Symposium on Genomics in Aquaculture; 28-30 January 2016, CIFA, Bhubaneswar
• Prity Kushwaha et al., Awarded GYAN Scholarship for winning abstract in 2018 NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT) Conference during 30th Sep to 2nd Oct 2018 at Jaipur.
• Sci Genome Research Foundation award travel support to Ruchi Srivastava, for “Assembly, functional annotation and comparative alignment of whole genome of a halo-tolerant Exiguobacteriumprofundum PHM11 with related genomes”. NGBT Bhubaneshwar 2-4 October 2017,
• Best Oral presentation award Nazia Manzar, P.K Tiwari, A.K Srivastava. Screening bacterial endophytes for growth promotion and protection of tomato plant against Fusarium oxysporum f. splycopersci. 3rd international conference on bioresource and stress management 8-11 November 2017 Jaipur Rajastan page no-281.
• Best Poster Award to Raghvendra P Singh, Anchal K Srivastava, Anjney Sharma, Hena Jamali, Ruchi Srivastava, & Alok K Srivastva. Knockout the Dynamics of Indoleacetamide Pathway by 3-D modeling . In National Seminar on “Water and Soil Management for Agriculture and Livelihood Security under Climate Change” held at Sunbeam, Suncity, Varanasi. September 08-09, 2017.
• Ruchi Srivastava et al., Awarded YUVA Scholarship for winning abstract in 2018 NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT) Conference during 30th Sep to 2nd Oct 2018 at Jaipur.
• Petri art award (Consolation prize) to UpasanaSahu in “International symposium on host pathogen interactions and 59th Annual Conference on Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) held at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. from Dec 9-13th, 2018.
• Petri art award (Consolation prize) to Mohammad TariqueZeyad in “International symposium on host pathogen interactions and 59th Annual Conference on Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) held at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. from Dec 9-13th, 2018
• Best Poster Presentation awarded to Renu, UpasanaSahu, Munish Kumar, UdaiBhan Singh, Pramod Kumar Sahu, Manish S Bhoyar, Hradesh Kumar and Rajiv Kumar Singh (2016) for poster presented onMicrobial inoculants modulated plant growth promotion and nutrient uptake in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in Ist International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2016 Science, Technology, Policy and Partnership organised by ISPRG and Bioversity International at New Delhi from Nov 6-9. 2016.
• Deepti Malviya et al. : Poster Presentation Award (First) for paper presented entitled “Root colonization by Trichoderma harzianum and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens-Enhances Early Defense Responses and Plant Growth Promotion in Rice Against Xanthomonas oryzae p.v. oryzae” under Technical Sessions: IDM for plant and soil health in the ISMPP 39th Annual Conference and National Symposium on “Plant and Soil Health Management: New Challenges and Opportunities” held on 16-18 November, 2018 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur, India.
• Oral Presentation award (First) to Asha Sahu, M.C. Manna, A. Mondal, J.K. Thakur, S. Bhattacharya, Udai B. Singh, V.K. Bhargav and A.K. Patra (2018) Rapid Composting Technology: Effective for Recycling of Biodegradable City Waste” in the National Conference on “Organic Waste Management on Food and Environmental Security” during 8-10 February’2018 at ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal.
• Dr. Kumar M: Got 3rd Prized for Oral Presentation. Screening and Characterization of Maize endophytes for Iron and Zinc Biofortification in Maize in National Seminar on Recent Trends in Microbial Technology held on 8th and 9th February at Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Quepem, Goa.
• Dr. Sunil Kumar: Certificate of excellence in 4th science and technology award-16
• Anjney Sharma et al., Best Poster award in 4th national conference on PGPR for sustainability of agriculture and environment, 2017
• International Agro Biodiversity Congress Best Poster award to Alok K Srivastava, Ruchi Srivastava, Anjney Sharma, Anchal Kumar Srivastava, Pandiyan K, Hillol Chakdar, Prem L Kashyap, Kumar M and Anil K Saxena “A comprehensive study of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) from the genome of the Exiguobacterium profundum PHM 11” in 1st International Agro Biodiversity Congress November 6-9, 2016 New Delhi India.
• Indian Phytopathological Society Best Poster Award to Tripathi Ankita , Sirvastava Alok, and Farooqui Alvina (2016) Effect of native Trichoderma on inhibition of Fusarium Oxysporumf.sp. Ciceri causing chickpea wilt. National Symposium Eco-Friendly Approaches for Plant Disease Management: Recent Trends and Trends and opportunities. Indian Phytopathological Society Organized by ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur December29- 30, 2016.
• Dr. Pramod Kumar Sahu: Best poster award In 1st International Conference on Biological Control held at Bengaluru on 27-29 September, 2018 organized by ICAR-NBAIR and Society for Biocontrol Advancement
• Dr. Pramod Kumar Sahu: Best poster award by Indian Phytopathological Society, BHU, 2019
• Mr. Abhijit S Kashyap: International Best Oral presentation award (First) for Bioefficacy of rhizobacterial isolates for the growth promotion and protection of chilli against Ralstonia solanacearum in 8th International science congress, 8-9 Dec 2018, Haryana.
• Mr. Kashyap: Appreciation award (plant pathology) in International conference on agriculture, allied and applied sciences, 28-29 April 2018, JNU, New Delhi
• Nazia Manzar got an International Young Scientist best oral presentation Award (2018) for Morphological and Molecular characterization of Trichodermasps isolated from sorghum rhizosphere presented in 8th International Science Congress(ISC-2018) on 8th-9th December-2018 held at Maharishi Markandeshwar(Deemed to be University) MullanaAmbala,Haryana,India.
• Prof. Krishna Sahai Bilgrami Best Poster Presentation Award For the Year 2018 has been awarded to Shailendra Singh and Udai B. Singh for the paper presented entitled “Rhizosphere Microbes Mediated Induction of Phenylpropanoid Networks and Systemic Defense Against Rhizoctonia solani Causing Banded Leaf and Sheath Blight in Maize (Zea mays L.)” under Technical Sessions: Characterization and diagnosis of plant pathogens and microbes in the ISMPP 39th Annual Conference and National Symposium on “Plant and Soil Health Management: New Challenges and Opportunities” held on 16-18 November, 2018 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur, India.
• K.P.V. Menon Best Poster Award of Indian Phytopathological Society to Udai B. Singh, Shailendra Singh, Mala Trivedi, Deepti Malviya, Manoj Kumar, Pramod K. Sahu, Manish Roy, H.V. Singh, Anil K. Saxena have been awarded with the for paper presented entitled Microbe-mediated modulation of physio-biochemical properties and induced systemic resistance against Rhizoctoniasolaniin maize (Zea mays L.) in the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society and National Symposium on Recent Challenges and Opportunities in Sustainable Plant Health Management” held at BHU, Varanasi from February 26-28, 2019.
• Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Science Congress Best Poster Award Anjney Sharma, Pandiyan K, Arjun Singh, Kumar M, Hillol Chakdar, P.L. Kashyap, and Alok K. Srivastava. “Cloning and expression of xylanase gene from Bacillus subtilis isolated from saline soils of eastern Indo-Gangetic plains.” In 4rth Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Science Congress held at C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, India. March 2-4, 2016.
• Best Poster Presentation awarded to Renu, Upasana Sahu, Munish Kumar, Udai Bhan Singh, Pramod Kumar Sahu, Manish S Bhoyar, Hradesh Kumar and Rajiv Kumar Singh (2016) for poster presented onMicrobial inoculants modulated plant growth promotion and nutrient uptake in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in Ist International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2016 Science, Technology, Policy and Partnership organised by ISPRG and Bioversity International at New Delhi from Nov 6-9. 2016.
• Poster Presentation Award (Second) Udai B. Singh, Shailendra Singh, Deepti Malviya, Wasiullah, Gopal Tiwari, Manish Roy, Renu, T. Damodaran, J.P. Rai, B.K. Sarma, Rajiv K. Singh, P.K. Sharma, Alok Upadhyay, P.K. Sahu, K. Pandiyan, Saman Deep Kaur, M.C. Manna, Sushil K. Sharma, Arun K. Sharma (2015). A novel bioformulation of microbial origin for crop protection from soilborne phytopathogens. Presented in IPS National Symposium cum Mid eastern Zonal meeting on impact of climate change on plant microbe interaction and its implications held at Department of Botany, Institute of Science, BHU, Varanasi on Dec. 18-19, 2015.
• Poster Presentation Award (Second) Udai B. Singh, Deepti Malviya, Wasiullah, Shailendra Singh, Gopal Tiwari, Renu, J.P. Rai, B.K. Sarma, R.K. Singh, P.K. Sharma, Saman Deep Kaur, M.C. Manna, Sushil K. Sharma, Arun K. Sharma (2015). Co-inoculation of Arthrobotrys dactyloides and Dactylaria brochopaga affects disease dynamics and triggers defence responses in upland direct seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.) against root knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola. Presented in IPS National Symposium cum Mid eastern Zonal meeting on impact of climate change on plant microbe interaction and its implications held at Department of Botany, Institute of Science, BHU, Varanasi on Dec. 18-19, 2015.
• Poster Presentation Award (Third) for the poster Renu, Upasana Sahu, Manish S Bhoyar, Udai B Singh, Dipak T. Nagrale, Rajiv Kumar Singhand Arun Kumar Sharma (2015) “Potential use of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria from Rice Rhizosphere in Organic Farming” presented during 3rd UP Agricultural Science Congress on Strategic Governance & Technological Advancement for Sustainable Agriculture organized by SHIATS, Allahbad and UP Council of Agricultural Research on 14th June 2015 to 16th June 2015 at SHIATS, Allahbad.