Dr.Amrita Patel awarded with the Mahindra Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr Amrita Patel has been conferred with the Mahindra Samriddi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Aear-Krishi Shiromani Samman in New Delhi.

Flash points

• Dr Patel is the current Chairman of Charutar Arogya Mandal
• She is the former Chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and served as its chief from 1998 to 2014
• Dr Patel had played an important role in the implementation of Operation Flood, the largest developmental programme in the world.
• The programme helped to promote, finance and deliver a variety of supporting services to a national cooperative dairy structure that transformed the lives of millions of marginalised and small farmers and milk producers
• She was conferred with the award by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
• The award was presented to her for her contribution that made a difference in the field of agriculture to increase productivity and rural prosperity

Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Awards

• The Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Awards were instituted by Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Farm Equipment Sector.
• The lifetime achievement award is presented to a renowned personality in the agri space whose contribution is recognized at national and international levels.
• The awards are a platform to share best practices in agriculture for a larger community benefit