Aditi Mukherjee, a Delhi based
scientist, won the prestigious Norman
Borlaug Award in Field Research and
Application. Mukherjee was picked
for the award for her work in
transforming access to water for
thousands of farmers in West Bengal.
The award will be formally presented
to Mukherji on 17 October 2012 in
Des Moines, Iowa, US. Mukherji, 37,
is a senior researcher at the Delhi
office of the International Water
Management Institute (IWMI). As
alumnus of Presidency College
(Kolkata), JNU (Delhi), she
completed her PhD at the University
of Cambridge.
The international award is
conferred by the World Food Prize
Foundation, which was started by
Norman Borlogue, the father of Green
Revolution in India. The award carries
10000 dollar cash prize. The Borlaug
Award is restricted to scientists under
40.
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