Louis Pasteur Award
ISC instituted the top International Award on Sericulture and Silk Industry, known as “Louis Pasteur Award”, which is considered as the Nobel Prize in Sericulture and Silk Industry.
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The Award was instituted in the memory of Sir Louis Pasteur, the renowned Scientist of France. During 1870, Louis Pasteur rescued the silk industry from eradiction from the deadly disease, which was later identified as Pebrine, by developing a preventive technique through simple microscopic examination of adult moths. These developments set the trend for a more mechanized and scientific approach to silk production than existed previously. |
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The award consists of a Citation, Medal and a Certificate. The award is given away during the ISC Congress held once in three years. The award is given to a maximum of three persons during the occasion. The awardees are elected by a 5 member International Expert Committee drawing renowned scienists from 5 countries. The reccommendations of the Committee would be later approved by the Executive Committee of the ISC.
The Member Countries are empowered to nominate suitable candidates from their countries for finalizing the award by the Committee constituted by ISC. The nominees are selected by invting applications from eligible candidates from their countries and evaluated and selected by a Committee of experts on a transparent and unbiased manner. Persons who have contributed outstandingly for the development of sericulture and silk industry can be nominated for the Louis Pasteur Award.
Click here to download the format of Application Form to be submitted by the Member Countries.
Past Awardees
Since 1974, 35 persons from different parts of the world have been awarded with Louis Pasteur Prize.
The list of Awardees is given below:
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Dr Manjeet S. JOLLY
Ex-Director Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute Srirampuram, Manandavadi Road Mysore 570 008 India Residential address :
11-K, JTK Layout Kuvempunagar Mysore - 570 023 India |
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| Dr Yasuji HAMAMURA 1-14 Omuro Shibahashi-cho Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Japan |
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Dr Toshifumi FUKUDA
Ex-Director, Silk Research Institute 25-2-3 Chome Hyakunin-cho Shinjuku-ku Tokyo Japan Residential address :
Horinouchi 1-12-14 Suginami-Ku Tokyo Japan |
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| Dr Toshio ITO The Sericultural Experiment Station Yatabe, Ibaraki 305 Japan |
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| Awarded in 1979 at the Japanese Embassy in Paris. | ||
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| Prof.Jean-Marie LEGAY Laboratoire de Biométrie, URA CNRS N° 243 Département de Biologie générale et appliquée Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I 43, boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France |
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| Mr Yasuhisa MANO Chief Silkworm Breeding Laboratory Sericultural Experiment Station Matsumoto Branch 1-10-1 Agata, Matsumo Nagano 390 Japan |
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Dr Yataro TAZIMA
Director National Institute of Genetics Nishima, Shizuoka 411 Japan Residential address:
Hikaricho 1-3-8 Kokubunjishi Tokyo 185 Japan |
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| Awarded in 1984, on the occasion of the 14th International Sericultural Congress which was held in Bangalore, India. | ||
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Dr Masatoshi KOBAYASHI
Ex-Director General of Lotte Central Laboratory Co. Ltd. 3-1-1, Numakage, Tokyo 166 Urawashi Saitama-Ken Japan Residential address:
3-32-4, Matsunoki Suginami-ku Japan |
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| Dr Hiroshi DOIRA Institute of Silkworm Genetics Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University Hakozaki (6-10-1) Higashi-ku Fukuoka 812 Japan |
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| Dr M.N. Narasimhanna Director (Retd.), Central Silk Board, No.416, "Vaishnavi", Contor Road, 3rd Stage, Gokulam, Mysore - 570 002 India |
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| Awarded on 4th March 1987 during the 15th International Sericultural Congress which was held in Pattaya, Thailand. | ||
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Prof. Keio AIZAWA
Professor of Insect Pathology Institute of Biological Control Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University Higashi-Ku Fukuoka Japan Residential address:
Aoba 3-23-5 Higashi Ku Fukuoka 813 Japan |
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Dr Krishna SENGUPTA
Ex-Director Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board Berhampore - 742 101 Dist. : Murshidabad, West Bengal India Residential address :
"Tulip" B-9/27, Kalyani Township P.O. Kalyani Dt. Nadia, West Bengal Pin- 741 235 |
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| Mr Sompoti AKAPANTHU Director Sericultural Research Institute Department of Agriculture Bangken Bangkok Thailand |
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| Awarded on 3rd December 1990 during the 13 International Sericultural Commission Conference, Paris, France. | ||
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| Dr S. KRISHNASWAMI Retd. Director of CSRTI No. 33, 1st Block Rajmahal Vilas Extn. II Stage, Dollar Colony Bangalore - 560 024 India |
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| Dr SOEDJARWO Jl. Wijaya XII/40 Jakarta Selatan Indonesia |
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Dr Yasuhiro HORIE
Institute of Silkworm Genetics and Breeding, Oji-honcho, Kita-ku Iikura 1053 Amimachi Ibaraki 300-03 Japan Residential address:
TOKYO 114 Japan |
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| Awarded on 21st March 1995 during the XVI International Sericultural Congress which was held in Bandung, Indonesia. | ||
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Pr Constantin VAGO
INRA Station de pathologie comparée 158, avenue du Général-de-Gaulle 30380 Saint-Christol-Lez-Alès France Residential address:
Chemin Serre de Laurian 30100 Alès |
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| Mr Tammanna N. Sonwalkar Retd. Director of CSTRI, Bangalore ‘Venkatagiri’ 672, 9th Main Road, 23rd Cross Sector 7, H.S.R. Layout Bangalore - 560 024 India |
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Prof. Okitsugu YAMASHITA
School of Agricultural Sciences Nagoya University Chikusa Nagoya 464-01 Japan Residential address :
Oji-honcho Kita-ku TOKYO 114 Japan |
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| Awarded on 26 November 1996 during the XV Conference of the International Sericultural Commission which was held in Paris, France. | ||
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| Dr Rajat Kumar DATTA Director Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute Central Silk Board Govt. of India Manandavadi Road, Srirampura, Mysore 570 008 India |
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| Dr Kiyoshi KAWAKAMI
25-11, Nishi-2, Toride IBARAKI 302 0025. Japan |
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| Awarded on 12 October 1999 during the XVIII International Sericultural Congress which was held in Cairo, Egypt. | ||
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| Sa Majesté la Reine Sirikit (Thaïland) Her Majesty Queen Sirikit (Thailand) |
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| Dr Toshihiko Iizuka Kita-ku, Shinkotoni 5-jo Sapporo 001-0905 Japan |
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| Dr M. V. Samson Director (Retd.) Central Silk Board Paramar Street, Nagarcoil-629001. Tamil Nadu Awarded on 21 September 2002 during the XIX International Sericultural Congress which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. |
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| Dr K.V. Benchamin Director (Retd.) National Silkworm Seed Organization Central Silk Board, B.T.M. Layout Hosur Road, Madivala Bangalore – 560 068 India |
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| Dr T.H. Somashekar Director (Retd.) Central Silk Technological Research Institute Central Silk Board, BTM Layout Hosur Road, Madivala Bangalore – 560 068 India |
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| Dr Hiroaki YANAGAWA Chief Adviser Japan International Cooperation Agency National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Independent Administrative Institution Genome and Biodiversity Research Center 1-2, Ohwashi, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan |
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| Awarded on 15th December 2005 during the XX International Sericultural Congress which was held in Bangalore, India | ||
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| Dr. Toshiki TAMURA Dept. of Insect Genetics and Breeding National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 1-2, Ohwashi, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8634 Japan |
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Dr. S. B. DANDIN Awarded on 3th november 2008 during the XXI International Sericultural Congress which was held in Athens, Greece. |
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| Dr.H.K.Basavaraj Scientist E (Retd.), Central Silk Board # 263, 9th Cross Sreerampura 2nd Stage Kuvempunagar P. O. Mysore 570 023 Karnataka India |
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Dr. Kazuei MITA, Awarded on 14 December 2011 during the XXII International Sericultural Congress which was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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Dr. Gerard CHAVANCY |
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| Awarded in a function held on 11 September 2012 at the office of the ISC, Bellecardie, Lyon, France | ||
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Dr. Hiroaki MACHII |
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Dr. Suwannee CUNVONG |
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Dr. B.S. ANGADI |
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| Awarded by the Hon'ble Governor of Karnataka Province, India during the 23rd ISC Congress held at Bangalore during 24-27 November, 2015 | ||
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Dr. Masahiro TOMITA |
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Dr. Sanjay Kumar PANDA |
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Dr. Surindr SUPASAVASDEBHANDU |
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| Awarded by the Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Government of Thailand during the 24th ISC Congress held at Bangkok during 10-14 August, 2016 | ||
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Dr. Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Ph.D., |
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Ms. Siriporn Boonchoo, |
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Dr. Thallapally Mogili, |
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| Awarded by Mr. Rajit Ranjan Okhandiar, Secretary General, ISC during 25th ISC Congress at Tsukuba, Japan on 19th November, 2019 | ||
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| Dr. Yasushi Tamada, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, JAPAN |
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| Mrs. Somying Chuprayoon, 24/23 Phahonyothin 56,Yaek 2-1, (Kamkoon), Phahonyothin Street, Saimai Sub District Saimai District, Bangkok 10220, THAILAND. |
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| Dr. Subhas V. Naik, Director (Retd.), CSTRI, Central Silk Board, BTM layout, Madivala Bangalore-560068, INDIA |
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| Awarded by Mr. Rajit Ranjan Okhandiar, Secretary General, ISC during 26th ISC Congress at Cluj-Napoca, Romania on 8th September, 2022 | ||
