History
Padmabhushan Late Prof. Boshi Sen - Founder
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The institute was established at Kolkata (then known as Calcutta) by Padma Bhushan late Prof. Boshi Sen on July 4, 1924 and named it as Vivekananda Laboratory. The Laboratory was permanently shifted to Almora in 1936 and was being run on donations and grants till it was handed over to Uttar Pradesh Government in 1959. On October 1, 1974, ICAR took it over and renamed as Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan. The institute is located at Almora (1600m amsl, latitude 29º35’ N, longitude 79º39’E) in Uttarakhand hills with its experimental farm at Hawalbagh (1250 m amsl, latitude 29º36’ N, longitude 79º 40’ E).
Important Milestones in the Development of ICAR-VPKAS
| Year | Important Milestones |
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| 2021 | Best Performance Centre (ICAR Institute Category) under ICAR Seed Project for the year 2020-21 during (virtual) Joint Annual Group Meeting of AICRP-NSP (Crops) & ICAR Seed Project held during April 21-22, 2021 |
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2019 |
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Outstanding Research in Tribal Farming Systems |
| 2019 | KVK, Chinyalisaur received Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Zonal Krishi Vigyan Protshahan Puraskar |
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2019 |
Identification of First Cherry Tomato Variety (VL Cherry Tomato 1) from All India Coordinated Trial |
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2018 |
Adjudged as the "Best Performing Centre Award” for the year 2017-18 for small millet research |
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2017 |
Institute’s First Patent (IN290170) on Design and Development of VL White grub Beetle Trap was granted on 30-11-2017 |
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2017 |
Honoured for the development of landmark varieties of maize (VL Makka 54 and HIM 128) and wheat (VL Gehun 421) during the platinum Jubilee celebration of Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding (ISGPB) |
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2016 |
A High-Altitude Testing Site (HATS, 2200m amsl) was finally established at Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand |
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2012 |
Adjudged as “Best Institute for Application of Plastics in Agriculture under AICRP” |
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2012 |
Mahindra Krishi Samridhi India Agri Award 2012 |
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2010 |
ICAR Outstanding Team Research Award in the subject area of Natural Resource Management |
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2009 |
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Gold Medal in 2009, for development of “Eco-friendly novel technology for managing white grubs in North West Himalayas” |
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2008 |
Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award 2007 |
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2008 |
Societal Innovation Award of NRDC |
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2008 |
ICAR Awards for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research in Agriculture and Allied Sciences for The Biennium 2005-2006 |
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2007 |
Hari Om Ashram Trust Award of ICAR |
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2007 |
Establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Sinduri Baskhola, Kafligair, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand (Kumaun region) |
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2006 |
NRDC’s Meritorious Invention Award 2006 for Vivek Thresher-1 for Mandua/Madira |
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2004 |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Purushkar of ICAR for the Biennium, 2001-02 for Technical Book entitled “उत्तर पश्चिमी पर्वतीय क्षेत्रों में कृषि उत्पादकता की वृद्धि के लिए उन्नत तकनीक” |
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2004 |
Establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Chinyalisaur, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand (Garhwal region) |
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2001 |
Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award 2000 |
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1988 |
Kribhco Barani Kheti Award – First Prize for Long term fertility management (since 1973) |
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1986 |
Creation of Divisions/Sections |
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1974 |
Transfer of Laboratory to ICAR and broadening of mandate |
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1959 |
Transfer of Laboratory to U. P. Government and allotment of 215 acre land |
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1952 |
Allotment of 15 acre land at Hawalbagh |
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1943 |
Change in priority from fundamental research in plant physiology to agricultural research |
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1936 |
Permanently shifted the Laboratory to Kundan House, Almora |
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1924 |
Establishment as a small room Laboratory in Kolkata |
