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October 1-31, 2007
Eleazar receives distinguished alumni award from UPLBAA
by Rita T. dela Cruz
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| BAR Director Nicomedes P. Elezar |
Recognizing his notable efforts and achievements in the field of research management and administration, Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) Director Nicomedes P. Eleazar is this year's recipient of the distinguished alumni award from the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Agriculture Alumni Association (UPLBCAAA) and the College of Agriculture Alumni Awards Committee.
The award was presented during the Alumni Fellowship and Awards Night in celebration of UPLB's 89th Loyalty Day and Alumni Homecoming held on 9 October 2007 at the Baker Hall, UPLB, College, Laguna.
Handing over the certificates and the trophies for the awardees were UPLB Chancellor Luis Rey I. Velasco, UPLBAA President Elpidio L. Rosario, and CA Dean Candida B. Adalla.
In the welcome and congratulatory address of Chancellor Velasco, he commended and recognized the distinguished alumni awardees for bringing “home a lifework of dedicated service.”
He congratulated them for their contributions to UPLB and society. He re-echoed what they symbolize for the university saying that “You are exemplars of the UPLB spirit of service to the nation. You reflect the true meaning of iskolar ng bayan, that is: iskolar para sa bayan.”
Dir. Eleazar was given the recognition along with other nine awardees who are well-known in their respective fields.
They were: Resurreccion Banzon-Apiras (achievement in fine arts), Eladio Baradas (rural youth development through sports), Emmanuel Cayton (public service-military), Catalino Flores (plant breeding research and agricultural entrepreneurship), Alfredo Gonzalez (public service and extension), Francisco Peñalba (swine research and industry development), Lydia Velasco-Magnaye (agricultural research), Erlinda Rillo (coconut research and development), and Violeta Villegas (science and technology).
Prior to the alumni award, Eleazar is also an outstanding alumnus awardee of the Lourdes Academy in 1992 and a recipient of the Gawad Saka of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in 1991.
His specialization in the fields of project development and implementation; policy studies; and research management and administration is well recognized both here and abroad.
He was a technical consultant in various international research institutions such as the Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
He led and coordinated various development projects under the SEAMEO Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), FAO-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Canada-International Development Research Center (IDRC), and Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Eleazar finished his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Animal Science) from UPLB in 1981 and his Master of Science in Management (Project Management) from Cranfield University, England in 1993.
He holds the CESO IV position in the Career Executive Service (CES) ranking structure. 
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:: BAR awards 16 outstanding researches in agri & fisheries
:: Locally-developed ND vaccine wins PSAS Award
:: BAR conducts bio-organic fertilizer orientation
:: Eleazar receives distinguished alumni award from UPLBAA
:: UPLB celebrates Loyalty Day; Velasco highlights DA support
:: Nutritious malunggay-based recipe wins 2007 Agri-Cookfest
:: Food company eyes the potential of malunggay for biofortification
:: Beverage from malunggay
:: BAR promotes nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals derived from food crops
:: BAR introduces potential product lines from Philippine oregano
:: A fresh look at siling labuyo
:: Operating the onion industry with OPREMS
:: Empowering upland communities through Dampalit watershed project
:: Agricultural Cooperatives: Catalyst for profitability and answer to globalization
:: DA adopts IPM scheme against Brontispa
:: DA implements program to abate use of chemical fertilizers
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