Under the aegis of Akola and Vasantrao Naik Smurti Pratishthan Pusad, a national seminar, Life security through rain-water management, was organized during 22-23 January 2008 at The College of Agriculture, Nagpur. The seminar was attended by 110 scientists from the country. For outstanding research and excellent presentation, Best Paper award was given to Dr Uday Khodke, Associate Professor, Water Management Scheme, MAU, Parbhani, along with gold medal and a certificate. His research paper was on crop planning based on rainfall and crop evapotranspiration in arid region.

He also received Distinguished ServicesA ward of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers on 1 February 2008 at Annual Convention of ISAE held at Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal.