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food scientist gets Padma Shri
New Delhi, May 05, 2008
| Canadian biochemist, Joseph H. Hulse, one
of the world’s leading experts in biotechnology and a
former Vice-President of Canada’s International
Development Research Centre (IDRC), will be honoured this
year with a Padma Shri award, at a ceremony to be held at
Rashtrapati Bhawan on May 5th.
One of India’s highest civilian marks of recognition,
the Padma Shri conferred to Prof. Hulse comes at a time
when the spectre of food crises looms over the world. |
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One of India’s highest civilian marks of recognition, the
Padma Shri conferred to Prof. Hulse comes at a time when the
spectre of food crises looms over the world. A former
scientific advisor to the UN Secretary General, Prof. Hulse
has devoted his life to research on food, nutrition and food
security and written many acclaimed scientific books and
papers on the subject.
"We are very pleased to see such a prestigious award being
conferred on a man whose illustrious career has been one
devoted to mankind,” said David Malone, Canada’s High
Commissioner to India and President-elect of IDRC. “This
recognition will bring to the attention of those not already
aware that Canadians are heavily engaged in research
activities aimed at bettering life conditions in the
developing world."
Receiving accolades in India is not new to Prof. Hulse, who
first visited the country in 1962 to offer Canadian
cooperation in the establishment of the International Food
Technology Training Centre, Mysore. In the next 40 years, he
travelled to India over 60 times for various projects. Indians
have shown their appreciation for Prof. Hulse’s contribution
to their country by honouring his achievements.
In 2006, Prof. Hulse was elected Fellow for Life of India’s
National Academy of Sciences. To date, he remains the only
non-Indian to have received the Conservation of the
Environment Award presented by Rotary Clubs and the Earthcare
Society of India.
Prof. Hulse is currently a Visiting Professor at the Central
Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore and the M.S.
Swaminathan Research Foundation in Tamil Nadu, besides being
the Honorary Fellow of the University of Manchester’s
Institute of Science and Technology and the Australian,
British and New Zealand Institutes of Food Science Technology.
He has served on numerous scientific committees and held
various high-profile positions, including Consultant to the
Secretary General of the United Nations, President of the
International Union of Food Science and Technology and Chair
of the Canadian Freedom From Hunger Committee.
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