CIMAP, Lucknow Wins CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development 2014

CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development (CAIRD) 2014 given to CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow for “Enhancing incomes of farm communities through Vetiver based Technological Interventions”. CSIR had instituted the “CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development” in the year 2006 to recognize and honour S&T innovations that have helped transform the lives of rural people. The effort through this award, in a way, is also to give a boost to rural development through intrinsic innovation and its implementation at ground level. The award, which has emerged as a very prestigious one, carries a cash prize of Rs.10 lakh, a citation and a shield.