Dr Charudatta Mayee, Advisor to the Agrovision Foundation, has left for Bremen, Germany, to receive the prestigious ICAC Cotton Researcher of the Year 2025 Award. The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), Washington, USA, has organised a special plenary meeting in Bremen from March 23 to 26, 2026, where Dr Mayee will be honoured in person with the award. While announcing the award, the Chief Scientist of ICAC congratulated Dr Mayee on this well-deserved recognition and acknowledged his outstanding contributions to cotton science.