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T Venkatapathi Reddiar, who was awarded the Padma Shri on April 4 this year, was honoured by Chief Minister N Rangasamy during the Independence Day celebration here on Wednesday.
A school drop-out, Reddiar dedicated his life in the field of agricultural research and nurture of technology for over four decades and innovated around 100 varieties of Crossandra, also innovating newly developed hybrid varieties of Casuarinas which, with scientific methods, could yield five times more than the local variety.
The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri for his life time achievement in horticulture.
Chief medical officer, Dr D Pannirselvam, of Community Health Centre at Karikalampakkam was also honoured on the occasion with a cash award and certificate of merit for his role in all health and family welfare activities.
The Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Ariyankuppam was also awarded for its best performance in the field of health. Dr Sasikala Devi of the PHC received the certificate and cash award from Chief Minister N Rangasamy.
The Bahour PHC was awarded for mobilizing maximum number of children under intensive pulse polio immunization programme. Dr V Uma Shankar received the certificate of merit.
Others awarded on the occasion for their best efforts in the health and family welfare were R Kalyani (lady health visitor, Ariyankuppam PHC), M Kuppammal (health inspector, Kosapalayam PHC), Krishna Palani (filaria inspector). Also felicitated on the Independence day were P Palaniraja (health assistant), G Meena (auxilliary nurse midwife), S Elumalai, E Appusamy (field workers) and T Thiruchadai (ophthalmic technician).
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