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| name = Manmohan Attavar<br />
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| birth_date = 12 July 1932<br />
| birth_place = Karkala [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| death_date = 12 December 2017<br />
| death_place = Bengaluru<br />
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| occupation = Plant breeder<br>Horticulturist<br />
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| known for = Indo American Hybrid Seeds<br />
| spouse = Mamtha<br />
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| children = Two children<br />
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| website = www.indamseeds.com<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Rajyotsava Award]]<br>Dr. M. H. Marigowda National Award<br>APEDA Award<br>ICA Golden Jubilee International Award<br>ISF Award<br />
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'''Manmohan Attavar''' ( 12 July 1932 - 12 December 2017) was an Indian horticulturist, plant breeder, writer and the founder of Indo American Hybrid Seeds (IAHS). He received the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 1998 for his contributions to the field of Horticulture.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Padma Awards |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref><br />
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== Work ==<br />
He founded an organization IAHS, engaged in scientific plant breeding and horticulture.<ref name="Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies">{{cite book |author1=Hari Har Ram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziSukXKhYSYC&q=Manmohan+Attavar&pg=PA335 |title=Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies |author2=Rakesh Yadav |publisher=New India Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=9788189422653 |pages=335 of 984}}</ref> and also the enterprise in 1965 and the organization, headquartered in [[Bengaluru]], has grown to include 9 regional centres across India.<ref name="INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKe8ahRDhcC&q=Manmohan+Attavar%3B&pg=PA258 | title=INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE | publisher=PHI Learning | author=Sunil D. Purohit | year=2012 | pages=258 of 324 | isbn=9788120346772}}</ref> He has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the [[Ministry of Commerce (India)|Ministry of Commerce]] and the Federation of International Seedsmen, Switzerland and has been a director of the National Horticultural Board.<ref name="Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds">{{cite web | url=http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/bazaarbuzz/brandpersonality1.php | title=Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds | publisher=Bangalore Best | date=2015 | access-date=October 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624150828/http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/bazaarbuzz/brandpersonality1.php | archive-date=24 June 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has co-authored a book, ''Floriculture: technology, trades, and trends'', which was published by Oxford and IBH Publishing House in 1994.<ref name="Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends">{{cite book | title=Floriculture : technology, trades, and trends | publisher=Oxford & IBH Pub. Co |author1=J Prakash |author2=K R Bhandary |author3=Manmohan Attavar | year=1994 | pages=667 | isbn=9788120408203| oclc=30361863 }}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
He received the Padma Shri in 1998 from the government of India. Attavar is a recipient of several awards such as Dr. M. H. Marigowda National Award, APEDA Award, Golden Jubilee International Award of the International Chrysanthemum Society, California and ISF Award.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The Government of Karnataka awarded him the [[Rajyotsava Prashasthi]] in 1991.<ref name="Genetic Resources and Seed Enterprises: Management and Policies" /> <br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Attavar was married to Mamtha who has since died, leaving him with their two children.<ref name="Managing Director - Indo - American Hybrid Seeds" /> <br />
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Subsequent to her death, he donated a women's theatre block to ''CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital'', Udupi and the hospital has named the facility as ''Martha Mamatha Attavar Memorial Block''.<ref name="Newly-Built Ladies Theatre Block to be Launched at CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital">{{cite web | url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/printer.asp?nid=101893 | title=Newly-Built Ladies Theatre Block to be Launched at CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital | publisher=Daiji World | date=13 May 2011 | access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref><br />
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