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The Indian Institute of Soil Science (acronym IISS [1]) is an autonomous institute for higher learning, established under the umbrella of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India for advanced research in the field of soil sciences.
K S Varaprasad was born on 1 July 1954 in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. Having completed the master's degree and Doctorate in Nematology from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, served the same Institute as Scientist for a period of six years and then moved to National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Regional Station, Hyderabad as Senior Scientist and served for ...
National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) was launched during February 2011 [1] by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with the funding from the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. The mega project has three major objectives of strategic research, technology demonstrations and capacity building.
The institute at its headquarter is carrying out systematic research on understanding and managing hot arid region's natural resources, sustainable farming systems, improvement of plant resources especially the crops, livestock production and management and use of alternate energy resources through six divisions:
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. [2] The Union Minister of Agriculture serves as its president.
The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) owes it origin to the vision of the late Dr. B. P. Pal, noted Indian agricultural scientist, who first put forth the idea of setting up a back-end chat room for assisting the decision makers on policies aimed at the development of agriculture in India. Tailing his advice, the Academy was ...
In 1970, it became a full institute under the ICAR and the name was changed to Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI) on 1 January 1978. In 1977, a third generation computer Burroughs B-4700 system was installed in a new building. In 1991–95, the old computers were replaced by new networked PC systems.
National Academy of Agricultural Research Management; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences; National Dairy Research Institute; National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur; National Sugar Institute; Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute