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) 

KERALA'S FIRST HOCKEY PLAYER PASSED AWAY

* MANUEL FREDERICK, FORMER INDIAN HOCKEY PLAYER AND KERALA'S FIRST HOCKEY PLAYER ( WHO WON MEDAL IN OLYMPICS) PASSED AWAY ON 31ST OCTOBER 2025.

 * BORN IN - 20TH OCTOBER 1947 .

* HE BELONGS TO KANNUR DISTRICT IN KERALA 

AWARDS - 

* 2019 - DHYAN CHAND AWARD ( LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT) 

* 1972 - WON BRONZE MEDAL IN 1972 SUMMER OLYMPICS MUNICH 

* FIRST KERALITE TO WIN OLYMPICS MEDAL 

A NEW GENUS OF 3 CRICKET SPECIES FOUND IN KERALA

* A NEW GENUS OF 3 CRICKET SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KERALA 

* GENUS - AJARETA 

* THREE SPECIES ARE AS 

a) AJARETA KERVASAE 

b) AJARETA SAIRANDHRIENSIS 

c) AJARETA MERIDIONALIS 

KERALA STATE FARM AWARD 2025

* VANI V OF DANAPPADI IN ALAPPUZHA District, WHO WON THE KARSHAKATHILAKAM AWARDS FOR BEST WOMAN FARMER. 

* SCARIA PILLAI C J, OF NALLEPILLI, PALAKKAD, HAS WIN THE 2024 STATE LEVEL SIBI - KALLINGAL MEMORIAL KARSHAKOTHMA Award 

KERALA SHASHTRA PURASHKARAM 2023

* FORMER INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO) CHAIRMAN DR S SOMNATH HAS RECIEVED PRESTIGIOUS KERALA SHAHSTRA PURASHKARAM 2023.

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