Eminent scientist Dr Bakshi Ram conferred upon with Padma Shri Award

Retired as Coimbatore ICAR Sugarcane Breeding Institute Director, Dr Bakshi currently works as a consultant in various sugar mills and also works for cane farmers’ welfare.

Gurugram-based eminent agro scientist & plant breeder Dr. Bakshi Ram, has been conferred upon with Padma Shri Award on this 74th Republic Day. He has developed a sugarcane variety CO -0238 which has been a game changer for the sector. This has benefitted immensely the sugarcane growers by increasing their income from sugarcane cultivation and also the sugar industry in terms of getting better industrial yield and volumes.

Dr Bakshi Ram is best known for developing sugarcane variety CO-0238, which occupies over 70 per cent of the sugarcane area in Northern India. Retired as Coimbatore ICAR Sugarcane Breeding Institute Director, Dr Bakshi currently works as a consultant in various sugar mills and also works for cane farmers’ welfare.