The award, carrying a certificate and memento, was presented to him recently in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of extension education, a TNAU press release said today.
Karthikeyan received the award on the concluding day of the three-day national seminar on 'Extension Innovations and Methodologies for Market-led Agricultural Growth and Development' at Gwalior on February 28.
The seminar was organised by the Indian Society of Extenson Education (ISEE), it said.