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Anand Dinkar Karve (born 1936) is an Indian botanist and inventor. He is currently serving as a Director in Syngenta Foundation India Ltd., Mumbai and Samuchit Enviro-Tech Private Limited, Pune Samuchit EnviroTech Pvt Ltd (SET) (2005 onwards), Pune. He has published more than 250 research articles and reports, more than 500 popular articles, 5 books in Marathi, and 15 video CDs in English, Marathi and Hindi on technologies developed by ARTI; and has completed more than 60 R & D projects.

Education and Career
Karve did his B.Sc. from Univ. of Pune and later pursued her Ph.D. in Botany from University of Tuebingen, Germany (1960). Started career in 1961 in various universities across India as a researcher in Botany. He served as a Head: •	Botany Dept., Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India (1964-66) •	Agricultural Research Section, Hindustan Lever Ltd., Mumbai, India (1984-88) (Plant growth promoting Compounds and seeds)

Served as Director: •	Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, Phaltan, India. (1966-84) (Research in various aspects of agriculture) •	Dy. Director and later Director, Centre for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development, Pune. (1988-96) (Initiated research in Rural Technologies)

Served as President: •	Appropriate Rural Technology Institute, Pune (1996-2011) (Rural technologies based on Agriculture and Bioenergy)

Also served the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in the following capacities: 1980: Member, International Roster of Safflower Experts. 1980-83: Groundnut Expert in Myanmar 1990-91: Consultant to Isfahan University, Iran, under F.A.O. project “Promotion of sugar from sweet sorghum in Iran.

Honors and Awards
1958: Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany 1980: Prof. J. G. Kane Award of Oil Technologists’ Association of India 1980: Certificate of Merit by United States Department of Agriculture. 1987: Special invitation by International Botanical Congress to present findings on Mechanisms in plants to avoid mutual competition, at the 14th Convention at Berlin. 1994: Prof. B. D. Tilak Award and Citation by Indian National Science Academy for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Development. 2002: Received Ashden Award for Renewable Energy for developing technology of making charcoal from agricultural waste. 2004: Served as Expert in Hanoi, Vietnam, to plan future programme of Asia Regional Cookstove Programme (ARECOP). 2005: Received Sangharsh Award from Muktangan Mitra, Pune. 2005: Received Santabal Award from Vishwavatsalya and Satabal Awards Foundation, Ahmedabad. 2006: Received Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy for developing Compact Biogas Plant. 2007: Certificate of Merit from United States Environmental Protection Agency for innovation in cookstoves design. 2007: Award from Vasantrao Naik Krishi Pratishthan, Mumbai. 2007: Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Development. 2008: Godavari Gaurav Award from Kusumagraj Foundation, Nashik, Maharashtra. 2008: Balasaheb Bharde Award and citation from Ahmednagar Dist. Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. on the occasion of the Bank’s Golden Jubilee.

Publications

 * Research publications: 250 and counting...
 * Books: 1 (autobiographical book in Marathi ‘Aadhi Beej Ekale’ - published by Rajhans Prakashan, India, 2007)