Hon’ble Chief Minister and Hon’ble Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly congratulated Padma Shri awardee farmer and ICAR-CCARI team
 

 

 

    Dr. Pramod Sawant, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa invited Padma Shri awardee farmer Shri Sanjay Anant Patil along with the ICAR-CCARI team to the Goa Legislative Assembly complex on 23/07/2024 and congratulated the team for bringing glory to the state of Goa. Hon’ble Chief Minister expressed a great sense of happiness as an innovative farmer of Goa got recognized at the national level. He also requested Shri Sanjay Anant Patil motivate other farmers of Goa to excel in agriculture, setting an extraordinary example for future generations to adopt and promote natural farming. Shri Ramesh Tawadkar, Hon’ble Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly also congratulated Shri Sanjay Patil and commended the efforts of the ICAR-CCARI team.

    Shri Sanjay Patil was conferred with the prestigious and coveted Padma Shri Award 2024 by the Government of India for his remarkable contributions to Natural Farming and Zero-energy Micro-Irrigation Systems. The team comprised Dr. R. Solomon Rajkumar, Dr. Paramesha V, Shri Rahul Kulkarni, Shri Viswajeet Prajapati and Shri Siddarth Marathe under the able guidance of Dr Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa had identified and documented Shri Sanjay Patil's technologies through good quality photographs and prepared the application for the nomination of Padma Awards 2024, which was subsequently conferred by the Govt. of India.