Professor Prashant Bakshi’s film wins Best Language Film Award
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Professor Prashant Bakshi, Head of the Department of Fruit Science, Faculty of Horticulture and Forestry at SKUAST-Jammu, has been awarded the prestigious Best Language Film Award in Dogri at the Manage Agri Film Festival – 2023 for his film “Get Quality Citrus”. Through these practices: Walk and talk the progressive grower.
Manage Agri Film Festival is an initiative to recognize and honor outstanding contributions in the field of agricultural film making. The objective of this festival is to promote awareness and knowledge sharing in the agricultural community through visual medium.
Presented by the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, the award carries a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-, a certificate and a memento. The official awards ceremony, Manage Agri Film Festival – 2024, is scheduled on February 22, 2024, where Professor Bakshi will be honored by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and senior officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Government. Of India.
In recognition of his exceptional contribution to the agricultural community, Professor Bakshi has been awarded a fellowship under the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP), an initiative of ICAR. This esteemed fellowship enables him to undertake an international training and exposure trip to IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia, demonstrating his dedication to advancing agricultural education and research.
Dr. Bakshi’s impressive career spans teaching, research, extension and project management. He has completed several undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. Has provided guidance. 9 M.Sc. in the field of Fruit Science. Supervising students. And 6 Ph.D. Students as key advisors. With a remarkable portfolio of 120 research papers, 11 review papers, 30 book chapters, 12 books and 40 popular articles published in national and international journals such as Scientia Horticulture, Food Chemistry, Journal of Food Science and Technology, his influence extends beyond academia. is spread. His outstanding achievements in the field have earned him recognition, including the Fellowship Award from the Hi-Tech Horticultural Society of India in 2012 and the Best Citizen of India Award from the International Publishing House in 2014. Dr. Bakshi is a life member of 15 professional societies related to horticulture and allied sciences.