Sustainable Development (Awards & Honour)

Agriculture/Ecology/Environment/Sustainable Development

World Food Prize 2025

Awarded to: Mariangela Hungria, Brazilian scientist.
Awarded by: General Foods.
Awarded for: Pioneering work in reducing chemical fertiliser use and developing biological seed and soil treatments to boost crop yields and nutrition.
Key Fact: Sanjeev Kapoor was honoured as a Top Agri-Food Pioneer by the World Food Prize Foundation.

Stockholm Water Prize

Awarded to: Günter Blöschl, Austrian hydrologist.
Awarded by: SIWI in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Presented by: H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Awarded for: Pioneering work in flood risk analysis and water resource management.

Equator Prize 2025

Awarded to: Bibi Fatima Women’s Self-Help Group from Teertha village, Kundgol taluk, Dharwad district.
Awarded for: Eco-friendly farming, community seed banking, millet promotion and women-led rural entrepreneurship.
Awarded by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2026

Institutional Category: Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA).
Individual Category: Lieutenant Colonel Seeta Ashok Shelke.
Awarded by: Ministry of Home Affairs and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
Awarded for: Excellent work in disaster management, including early warning services for ocean-related hazards such as tsunamis.

6th National Water Awards for 2024

Best State: Maharashtra — 1st Prize, Gujarat — 2nd Prize, Haryana — 3rd Prize.
Awarded for: Efforts by individuals and organisations toward the vision of a Jal Samridh Bharat.
Awarded by: Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Ramsar Award for ‘Wetland Wise Use’

Awarded to: Jayshree Vencatesan, co-founder of Chennai-based Care Earth Trust.
Awarded by: Ramsar Secretariat in Geneva.
Awarded for: Decades-long dedication to preserving India’s wetlands, especially the Pallikaranai Marsh in Chennai.

PT Facts

The World Food Prize recognises contribution to food security and agricultural improvement.
Mariangela Hungria was recognised for biological seed and soil treatments.
The award is associated with achievements in global agriculture and nutrition.
The Stockholm Water Prize is a major global honour in the field of water.
It is associated with SIWI and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Günter Blöschl was recognised for flood-risk analysis and water-resource management.
The Equator Prize is awarded by UNDP.
It recognises local and indigenous community efforts for biodiversity, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods.
Bibi Fatima Women’s SHG was recognised for eco-friendly farming and millet promotion.
Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar recognises contribution in disaster management.
The award is administered through the Ministry of Home Affairs and NDMA.
NDMA stands for National Disaster Management Authority.
The National Water Awards are given by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
The awards promote water conservation, management and public participation.
Maharashtra won the 1st Prize among States for 2024.
The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for conservation and wise use of wetlands.
The Ramsar Secretariat is located in Geneva.
Pallikaranai Marsh is an important wetland located in Chennai.

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