SEVA announces recipients of the Breed Saviour Awards, 2013
Apr 23, 2014
Madurai, India - SEVA (Sustainable Agriculture & Environment Voluntary Action) has announced a list of 21 awardees for the fifth round of the prestigious Breed Saviour Awards 2013. A call for the said awards was launched in December 2013 (see here: #)
A total of 29 entries from 9 states across the country were received, of which 21 have been selected for the award in 2013. This includes 6 breeds of sheep, 4 goat breeds, 3 breeds of cattle and a breed each of a duck, buffalo, dog and pig from 6 different states namely Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
The list of awardees along with the details of the livestock breeds conserved by them is as follows:
1. Shri D.M. Papanna - Mandia sheep, Karnataka
2. Smt K. Roja - Malabari goat, Kerala
3. Shri V. Paulraj - Vembur sheep, Tamil Nadu
4. Shri K. Poovendran - Ramnad White sheep, Tamil Nadu
5. Shri B. Ramakrishnan - Pulikulam cattle, Tamil Nadu
6. Shri Ramavatar Gurjar - Malpura sheep, Rajasthan
7. Smt K. Arumugathai - Kanniyadu goat , Tamil Nadu
8. Shri Murali Behera - Binjharpuri cattle, Odisha
9. Shri Anadi Charan Das - Binjharpuri cattle, Odisha
10. Shri Kuppan - Madras Red sheep, Tamil Nadu
11. Shri Saravanan - Madras Red sheep, Tamil Nadu
12. Shri M. Velusamy - Katchaikatty Black sheep, Tamil Nadu
13. Shri K. Ramanathan - Kodiyadu goat, Tamil Nadu
14. Shri Sathyanarayan Gurjar - Malpura sheep, Rajasthan
15. Shri Vinodh - Kuttanadan duck, Kerala
16. Shri Mohamad Murid Ali - Gojri buffalo, Punjab
17. Shri S. Sitar Khan - Beetal goat, Punjab
18. Shri N.A. Jude Thadheus - Malaimadu cattle, Tamil Nadu
19. Shri Gandhras Minj - Kuji pig, Odisha
20. Shri Govindan - Malaimadu cattle, Tamil Nadu
21. Shri P. Pon Elangovan - Rajapalayam dog , Tamil Nadu
The National Workshop on Livestock Keepers’ Rights and Breed Saviour Award Ceremony will be convened at National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal from 8th- 9th July, 2014. Detailed schedule of the programme can be downloaded from the following link:
(12KB)For more information please contact:
Shri P. Vivekanandan,
SEVA, 45, T.P.M.Nagar, Virattipathu, Madurai - 625 010, Tamil Nadu.
Phone: +91 452 2380082 (O), 2380943, 2383619 (R)
E-mail: vivekseva@gmail.com
Dr. D.K.Sadana,
Principal Scientist,
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR),
21 Sector 8VE, Karnal 132 001.
Phone: +91 9416030654
E-mail: sadana.dk@gmail.com
Contributed by - SA PPLPP Coordination Team
