BOTANIST PALPU PUSHPANGADAN PASSED AWAY

* BOTANIST PALPU PUSHPAGADAN PASSED AWAY ON 19TH DECEMBER 2025, 

* BORN ON - 23RD JANUARY 1944 

* WAS DIRECTOR OF TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN & RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( TBGRI) KERALA. 

* WAS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( NBRI) LUCKNOW 

* WAS DIRECTOR FOR REJIV GANDI CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY, THIRUVVANANTHPURAM, KERALA 

PROFICIENCY IN - 

* CYTOGENETICS 

* PLANT BREEDING 

* BIOPROSPECTING 

* ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 

* HE WAS KNOWN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEEVANI ( DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINAL PLANT AROGYAPACHA ( TRICHOPUS ZEYALNICUS) 

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AWARDS - 

* PADMASHRI ( 2010) 

* DINGRA MEMORIAL AWARD (1980, 1983) 

* BORLAUG AWARD (1998) 

* JOHN W HARSHBERGER MEDAL (2001) 

* UN EQUATOR INITIATIVE PRIZE (2002) 

* AYURVEDA GAURAV AWARD (2009) 

* DR A P J ABDUL KALAM MEMORIAL NABS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (2020)