- UNDP Mahatma Award for Biodiversity (2023) – recognized ICRISAT for its work in the Bundelkhand region of India
- Bhagirath Samman Award (2022) – Government of Uttar Pradesh honoured Dr Ramesh Singh for doubling farmers’ income through natural-resource management in Bundelkhand
- Outstanding Partnership Award (2022) – to Team IDC for the GIZ–UP–MP–ICRISAT–ICAR collaboration
- First Grant as Principal Investigator (2022) – Dr Ramesh Singh for the project “Agro-forestry-based Landscape Resource Conservation”
