Former Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Padma Shri Award winner Dr. Subbanna Ayyappan was found dead under mysterious circumstances. Police was informed on Saturday, May 10 after a dead body was found in the Kaveri River near Sai Ashram in Srirangapatna, Karnataka. Police said on Monday that Dr. Subbanna Ayyappan, a famous agricultural scientist and awarded Padma Shri Award, was found dead near the 70 -year -old Kaveri River near Srirangapatna, Sai Ashram in Karnataka. He was 70 years old. Ayyappan was living with his wife in Viseshwar Nagar Industrial Area in Mysore. Mandya police told news agency ANI that Ayyappan had gone missing from his house on 7 May. Even after three days, when he did not return, the family lodged a complaint at Vidyaranapuram police station in Mysore. The Srirangapatna police have registered a case and started investigating the cause of his death. According to the news agency PTI, preliminary investigation states that they must have jumped into the river, yet the police said that the cause of death would be known only after proper investigation.
Missing Padmashri scientist Subbanna Ayyappan found dead in Kaveri River
Dr. Ayyappan, who lived in Mysore with his wife, went missing on 7 May. Officials were informed after the body was identified on Sunday evening as his identification. His scooter was also found in unclaimed condition on the banks of the river, which deepened the mystery of his death. The Srirangapatna police have registered a case and started an investigation to find out the cause of his death.
Dr. Ayyappan, who is widely recognized as the prominent architect of India’s ‘blue revolution’, created new and better ways of fisheries, which changed the way of fisheries and catching across India. Their work raised rural livelihood, strengthened food systems and increased productivity in both coastal and inland regions. In honor of these far -reaching contributions, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2022.
Born on 10 December 1955 in Yelndur in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka, Ayyappan started her prestigious career after completing Master of Fisheries Science (MFSC) from Mangaluru in 1975 and Mangaluru in 1977. He later received his PhD from the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore in 1998.
Dr Ayyappan had many leadership roles in the career of aquatic agriculture and sustainable agriculture, spread over several decades. He served as Director of the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) in Bhubaneswar and Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE) in Mumbai. He was also the founder of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) in Hyderabad and later held the post of Secretary in the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India. In his later years, he presided over the National Accreditation Board (NABL) for testing and calibration laboratories and served as the Vice Chancellor of the Central Agricultural University (CAU) at Imphal. Dr. Ayyappan is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Padma Shri Awarddee Subbanna Ayyappan Found Dead
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