Coconut Development Board Best Extension Award
The Award for Best Extension instituted by Coconut Development Board for the year 2014-2015 was bagged by Shri Muraleedharan Thazhakara, Program Executive AIR Thiruvananthapuram. He was selected for the same for his contributions to Coconut Farming by knowledge dissemination through AIR and print media. The award includes a memento, certificate and Rs. 50,000 in cash.
The award function was held at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar on September 2, 2016 on the occasion of the World Coconut Day celebrations conducted by Coconut Development Board. This prestigious award was handed over to Shri. Muraleedharan Thazhakara by Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh. The event was also graced by Honorable Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. The event was felicitated by Shri. S. K Panaik, Secretary Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Dr. A K Singh, Chairman Coconut Development Board and Shri. Raju Narayanaswamy, Principal Secretary Agricultural Department, State of Kerala.