A student from Jammu Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Mohammed Iqbal Bhat has been felicated the Jawahar Lal Nehru Award by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Animal Science field.
A Resident of Wuyan area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Mohammed Iqbal Bhat, was awarded at the 92nd ICAR Foundation Day ceremony which was held online on July 16 this year amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Iqbal completed his PhD in Biochemistry from Animal Biochemistry Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana in 2018 and is presently Research Associate there. Earlier, Iqbal had been awarded for “best thesis” by his Institute as well.
“Thanks to all people, who were directly or indirectly involved with my doctoral research program, especially my mentor Dr. Rajeev Kapila, co-advisors, seniors, juniors and all other people at NDRI Karnal Haryana,” Iqbal said, while expressing his happiness.
Iqbal reportedly has eleven international ‘publications’ to his name.
Pertinently Jawaharlal Nehru Award for PG Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences is given annually in order to promote high-quality doctoral thesis research in priority/frontier areas of agriculture and allied sciences.
The award also carries a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 in cash.