Amrita Patel, chairman of Charutar Arogya Mandal and former chairman of the National Dairy Development Board, on 3 March 2016 was conferred with the prestigious Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman (Lifetime Achievement Award) in Delhi.
Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agriculture, presented the award to Patel for her contribution that made a difference in the field of agriculture to increase productivity and rural prosperity.
Instituted in 2011, the Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Awards are bestowed upon the farmers and institutions to recognize their noteworthy and purposeful contribution to the field of agriculture.
Other winners of the Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Awards (MSIAA) 2016 are:
| Award | Winner |
| Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Samrat Samman - Farmer of the Year Award (Male)
| Land holding less than 5 acres - Mahendra Patidar |
| Land holding from 5 to 20 acres -Krishnpal Singh Mourya | |
| Land holding more than 20 acres - Neelam Dutta | |
| Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Prerna Samman - Farmer of the Year Award (Female) |
Sugan Bai Patidar |
| Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Yuva Samman- Farmer of the Year Award (Youth) |
P Jawahar Raja |
| Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Sansthan Samman - Recognition for Public Sector organization | Indian Institute of Soil Science Bhopal |
| Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiksha Samman - Recognition for Agricultural Universities | Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad |
| Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Sahyog Samman - Recognition for NGOs / SHGs | Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development Management, Udaipur |
| Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra Samman - Recognition for KVK of the year | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kadapa |
About Amrita Patel
• Amrita Patel played an important role in the implementation of Operation Flood, the largest developmental programme in the world.
• The programme helped to promote, finance and deliver a variety of supporting services to a national cooperative dairy structure that transformed the lives of millions of marginalised and small farmers and milk producers.
• She was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2002.
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