Who has been conferred with the 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman?
Who has been conferred with the 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman?
[A]Amrita Patel
[B]Krishnpal Singh Mourya
[C]Neelam Dutta
[D]Sugan Bai Patidar
Amrita Patel
Dr. Amrita Patel has been conferred with the prestigious 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Award (also known as the Krishi Shiromani Samman) in New Delhi for her contribution that made a difference in the field of agriculture to increase productivity and rural prosperity. Currently, she is the chairman of Charutar Arogya Mandal. Earlier, Dr. Patel was the chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) from 1998 to 2014. She played a pivotal role in the implementation of NDDB’s Operation Flood, which was the world’s biggest dairy development program that had transformed India from a milk-deficient nation into the world’s largest milk producer by surpassing the USA in 1998.
