The prestigious International Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice 2005 was conferred to Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore (India) by The Green Organization, U.K., which is an independent, non-political, non-activist, nonprofit environment group dedicated to recognizing, rewarding and promoting environmental best practice around the world.BOYSCAST Fellowship Awarded: Mr. Jagadish Vengala, Scientist-B, IPIRTI has been awarded the prestigious BOYSCAST (Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science and Technology) Fellowship for the year 2007-2008 by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to work in the field of Earthquake Engineering at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.