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First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award

                                                                      Dr Amrita Patel was born on November 13, 1943 at Vidyanagar village in Kheda district of south Gujarat. Dr Amrita Patel is the daughter of former finance minister H M Patel. She completed her secondary school from Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi in 1958. She did her bachelors in veterinary science and honours in agriculture from the Bombay Veterinary College in 1965. Dr Patel has also successfully completed advanced training in animal nutrition at the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, the UK under an FAO Fellowship from October 1966 to March 1968. After completing adva...