Awards and Honors

Academic

• EK JANAKI AMMAL NATIONAL AWARD IN ANIMAL TAXONOMY, 2016 AWARDED TO PROF. NEELIMA GUPTA

The prestigious lifetime achievement award, namely the EK Janaki Ammal National Award for Animal Taxonomy 2016 given by Government of India was awarded during the Centenary Celebrations of the Zoological Survey of India at its headquarters, Kolkata. The award is instituted after the late Prof. E.K. Janaki Ammal by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change, Govt. of India and is given every year to one eminent scientist each in Animal Taxonomy, Plant Taxonomy and Microbial Taxonomy who have done outstanding work on taxonomy. This award has been given in recognition of her contributions to animal taxonomy.

The award (a medallion, a scroll, a citation and a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-) was received from Shri Prakash Javedekar, the Hon’ble Minister, Government of India who declared that Prof. Neelima Gupta is an outstanding animal taxonomist and has acclaimed recognition as a taxonomist of international fame. This award is announced on the World Environmental Day every year and this year, being the centenary celebrations of the Zoological Survey of India, the celebrations were made in the presence of Shri Sovan Chatterjee, Hon’ble Minister, Environment, Government of West Bengal, Dr. Amita Prasad, IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India and Shri Ajay Narayan Jha, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India at the headquarters of the Zoological Survey of India at Kolkata.

· VIGYAN RATNA SAMMAN, 2014

Awarded by the Council of Science & Technology (CST) and Government of Uttar Pradesh for appreciable contributions in the field of Science & Technology

· DR. SAH ABIDI VISHISHT KRISHI VAIGYANIK PURASKAR (FISHERIES), 2016

Awarded by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences for notable contributions in Fisheries

· PLATINUM JUBILEE AWARD, INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS, 2010

Delivered the Platinum Jubilee Lecture at the 97^th Indian Science Congress, Thiruvananthpuram.

· BABAR INAYAT ALI GOLD MEDAL 1977.

Awarded by A.M.U., Aligarh for securing FIRST POSITION in A.M.U.

· ROLL OF HONOUR 1977.

Awarded by the Department of Zoology, A.M.U., Aligarh for outstanding overall

performance.

· YOUNG SCIENTIST GOLD MEDAL 1984.

Awarded by the V All India Seminar of Ichthyology sponsored by the U.G.C. for best paper presentation.

· YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD 1985.

Awarded at the VI National Congress of Parasitology for quality paper presentation.

· ZSI GOLD MEDAL, 2000

Awarded by the Zoological Society of India in recognition as an Eminent Scientist of the Century

· INDIAN ACAD. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GOLD MEDAL, 2001

Awarded by IAES in recognition of outstanding research in Environmental Parasitology.

· SENIOR SCIENTIST AWARD, 2002

Awarded by the Zoological Society of India for best paper presentation at the 13^th

Zoological Congress held at Bangalore

· LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT RECOGNITION, 2004.

Awarded at the National Seminar on Zoology & Human Welfare, Allahabad

for outstanding contribution in the field of Biology of Parasites

· RECORDER, ISCA 2006-2008

Elected RECORDER of Indian Science Congress Association, Section of

Animal, Veterinary & Fishery Sciences

· HONOUR FOR OUTSTANDING INTELLECTUAL RECOGNITION 2007

Honoured by MJP Rohilkhand University for intellectual recognition in

modern biological sciences.

· PROF. E.P. ODUM GOLD MEDAL, 2007

Awarded at the International Symposium on Recent Advances in

Contemprary Biology, environmental Issues & Sustainable Development.

· DR. B. N. SINGH MEMORIAL ORATION AWARD, 2008

Awarded by the Indian Society for Parasitology

· SENIOR SCIENTIST AWARD UNDER PROF. DEVENDRA PRASAD MEMORIAL CHAIR, 2008

Awarded at the First International Conference on Transdisciplinary Biological

Research, ICTBR- 2008

· EMINENT PARASITOLOGIST OF UTTAR PRADESH

Recognition by “Biospectra” for outstanding contributions

· PROF. J. S. DUTTA MUNSHI GOLD MEDAL, 2009

Awarded by the Governor of Jharkhand at the International Conference held at Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.

· MILLENIUM WOMEN SCIENTIST AWARD, 2009

Awarded at the Second International Conference on Transdisciplinary

Biological Research, ICTBR- 2009, Ranchi.

· OUTSTANDING ORATOR GOLD MEDAL AWARD, 2011

Awarded by the International Society for Contemporary Biologists at the International

Conference on Life Science Research for Rural & Agricultural Development

· IAES SILVER JUBILEE GOLD MEDAL 2012

Awarded for sustained contributions and patronage to the Indian Academy

of Environmental Sciences

· SALGARE FOUNDATION BEST SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR GOLD MEDAL, 2012

Awarded in recognition of valuable contributions to the subject of Zoology and Environmental Science in general and Parasite Biodiversity and Toxicology in particular

· DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, 2013.

Conferred by National Seminar on Environmental Issues and Challenges in the 21^st Century for services rendered in Environmental Sciences.

· LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT GOLD MEDAL, 2013

Conferred by Indian Academy of Science & Nature for Outstanding Research & Academic Contributions in the field of Zoology

· GREEN GLOBE AWARD, 2014

Awarded by the International Society for Biodiversity Conservation and Research (ISRB) at the 2^nd National Conference on Advances in Biosciences and Health Education.

· RECOGNITION MEDAL OF GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY MEET, 2014

Awarded at the Global Biodiversity Meet on Parasites and Aquatic Ecosystem Health in

recognition to sustained academic efforts for the improvement of aquatic animal health

· SCIENCE DISSEMINATION AWARD, 2014

Awarded by the District Science Club, Bareilly (sponsored by the Council of Science & Technology, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh) for sustained efforts for the promotion and dissemination of science and technology

Society

· EDUCATIONIST OF EMINENCE 1998

Awarded by Lions Club, Bareilly for Educationist of eminence

· BEST TEACHERS AWARD 2000

Awarded by Lions International for outstanding teacher of the society

· GURU DRONACHARYA AWARD, 2009

Selected by Bareilly Scholars Educational Society as Eminent Educationist,

2009

· HONOUR TO RENOWNED EDUCATIONIST, 2010.

Recognition by Inner Wheel Club of Bareilly Pride as Educationist of the Year,

2010

· INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION, 2012

Regognition by the Indian Medical Association for outstanding contributions to the society in the field of education

· AMAR UJALA NAARI SHAKTI SAMMAN, 2014

Felicitated by Amar Ujala in recognition of services rendered to the society in the field of education

· DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER, DAINIK JAGRAN “GANGA JAGRAN” 2014

Special invitee & Speaker at Ganga Jagran for prevention of pollution in the sacred river, Ganges

· WOMAN OF THE YEAR-2014 AWARD

Honoured for outstanding contributions in the area of research and development by the Future Group of Institutions

· HONOUR BY ROTARY CLUB OF BAREILLY, 2014

Honoured for outstanding deliberations and contributions on pollution of Ganga

· FELICITATION BY MANAV SEVA CLUB, 2014

Chief Guest and Speaker on Women Empowerment