A research scholar from IIT Kharagpur has won the prestigious International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award. K Ashok Kumar from the food engineering department of the Bengal-based IIT was recently awarded by the US-based International Plant Nutrition Institute.
Kumar said, his research will help application of organic fertiliser in right amount and timing, to the rice crop. This will help the yield to increase by 10 per cent as compared to use of conventional synthetic fertilisers, added Mr. Kumar.