High Level Monitoring Committee Meeting

The High Level Monitoring Committee meeting of NICRA was held on 4-4-2014, the meeting was chaired by Dr S. Ayyappan, Secretary (DARE) & DG, ICAR

Fisheries Thematic Meeting

The fisheries thematic meeting was held at Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi on 18-3-2014. The meeting had Dr E Vivekanandan, Emeritus Scientist, Madras Research Centre of CMFRI, Dr VV Sugunan, Asst. Director General (Rtd.), ICAR, Dr SD Tripathi, Ex-Director, CIFE and Dr KK Vass Ex Director, CIFRI as experts.

Crop Science Thematic Meeting

The Crop science thematic meeting was held at Central Research institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) Hyderabad on 21-3-2014. The meeting had Dr Masood Ali, Ex-Director, IIPR, Prof M Udaya Kumar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Prof Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal, Vice-Chancellor Eternal University, Dr Satya Ranjan Das, Honorary Professor, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) and Dr BB Singh, Asst. Director General (OP), Crop Science Division, ICAR, New Delhi as experts.

Natural Resource Thematic Meeting

The Natural Resource Thematic Meeting was held at Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) Hyderabad on 7-4-2014. The meeting had Prof  AK Singh, Vice-Chancellor RVSKVV, Dr DP Singh, Ex-Vice Chancellor, JNKVV, Dr DM Hegde, Ex-Director, DOR, Dr KK Satapathy, Professor, CAEPHT. Central Agricultural University, Prof  VS Tomar, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Dr B. Venkateswarlu, Vice-Chancellor, VNMKV, Parbhani, Dr Adlul Islam, Principal Scientist, NRM Division, ICAR, New Delhi and Dr M. Maheswari, Director (Actg.), CRIDA, Hyderabad as experts.

Horticulture Including Pest Dynamics and Pollinators Thematic Meeting

The Horticulture Including Pest Dynamics and Pollinators Thematic Meeting was held at 10-4-2014, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore. The meeting had Dr. S. Lingappa, Former Director of Research, UAS, Dr VV Ramamurthy, Principal Scientist & National Coordinator Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Division of Entomology, IARI, New Delhi, Dr P Parvatha Reddy, Ex-Director, IIHR, Dr Shyam Singh, Ex Director, and NRCC as experts.