AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
The ICAR-CTCRI bagged the Sardar Patel Outstanding Institution Award for the year 2005 instituted by the ICAR for outstanding contributions made in the improvement of tropical tuber crops and development of low-cost production technologies. The Institute also bagged many national and international recognitions in the past that include: J. Chinoy Gold Medal (1970), ICAR Team Research Awards (1985, 1996, 1998, 2014), D.L. Plucknett Award for Tropical Root Crops (1991), Hari Om Ashram Trust Award (1993), Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1975, 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2003), Young Scientist Award instituted by Deseeya Sasthra Vedi (1996), NRDC cash reward for biodegradable plastics (2000), Pat Coursey Award (2000, 2006), Vasantharao Naik Memorial Gold Medal (2002), Chaudhary Devi Lal outstanding All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) Award (2007), Samantha Chandrasekhar Award (2013), International Potash Institute (IPI)- Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) Award (2014), Shri. L.C. Sikka Endowment Award (2014), IZA (International Zinc Association)-FAI Award (2017) and Panjabrao Deshmukh Woman Scientist Award (2017).
In recognition of its contribution to cassava growers and consumers worldwide, ICAR-CTCRI has been rewarded at the First International Meeting on Cassava Plant Breeding, Biotechnology and Ecology organized at Brasilia, Brazil, during 11-15 November 2006. The Institute bagged several prizes in national and international agricultural exhibitions. The Best Annual Report Awards (1997-98) and (2017-18) among the category of small Institutes were conferred to ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute for succinctly presenting the research results.
ICAR-CTCRI bagged 14th Rank among all ICAR Institutes in the list of Ranking of Institutes of Indian Council of Agricultural Research for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 for the significant research and extension achievements. A total of eight technologies from ICAR-CTCRI were certified by ICAR, New Delhi during 2023 and the technology on e-Crop based smart fertigation system was selected as one of the five best technologies in horticulture sector.
