The Indian Agricultural Universities Association (IAUA) instituted IAUA Awards in 2023 for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Research to recognize outstanding original research, to provide incentive for enhancing the quality research and to promote high quality research in emerging priority areas. These awards are meant exclusively for Ph.D. thesis research related to Agricultural Sciences including Agriculture Engineering, Horticultural Science including Forestry, Veterinary and Animal Sciences and Dairy and Fisheries Sciences from any of the IAUA member Agricultural Universities. Each individual award consists of Rs. 50,000/ (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) in cash, a certificate and a plaque. The Four awards will be given in following four categories (one each) every year, if recommended by the committee and approved by the competent authority of IAUA.
- Agricultural Sciences including Agriculture Engineering (1)
- Horticulture Science including Forestry (1)
- Veterinary and Animal Sciences (1)
- Dairy and Fisheries Sciences (1)
The IAUA decided to increase the number of categories of IAUA’ Awards to seven for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Research from the year 2025 to cover more disciplines and to recognize the quality research work being done in those disciplines at various agricultural universities. Now the Awards will be given in following seven categories (one each) every year, if recommended by the committee and approved by the competent authority of IAUA:
- Crop Sciences (1)
- Horticultural Sciences (1)
- Animal Sciences (1)
- Fisheries Sciences (1)
- Natural Resource Management Sciences (1)
- Agricultural Engineering (1)
- Social Sciences (1)