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Dr. Vilas Tonapi - the New Director of IIMR
Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Principal Scientist, Seed Technology, IIMR‐Hyderabad has taken over the charge as “Director”, Indian Institute of Millets Research on 10 February, 2016 as per the ICAR office order based on ASRB recommendation. Henceforth, all the official communications related to IIMR and AICRP on
Sorghum may please be addressed to Dr. Vilas Tonapi. His e‐mail id is: [email protected]. and [email protected].
The IIMR and AICRP on Sorghum family welcomes our new director Dr. Vilas Tonapi. The sorghum family wishes him the best in all his endeavors and hopes to achieve new heights with renewed vigour and vision.
One Day Industry Interface Meet
One Day Industry Interface Meet on “Showcasing Value‐added technologies of Millets” was organized at IIMR, Hyderabad on
20 February, 2016 to enhance utilization of nutri‐cereals through private sector participation in commercialization of value added food product technologies of Millets. Smt. Usha Rani, DG, MANAGE was the Chief Guest for this programme.
समाचार सारांशसमाचार सारांश भाकअनुस ंके नए िनदेशक – डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप कृिष वैज्ञािनक चयन मंडल की सं तुित पर पिरषद के कायार्लय आदेश के अनुसार डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, प्रधान वैज्ञािनक, बीज प्रौ योिगकी, भाकृअनुप – भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद ने 10 फरवरी, 2016 को भाकृअनुप – भारतीय कद न अनुसंधान सं थान, हैदराबाद के िनदेशक के प म कायर्भार ग्रहण िकया है । भिव य म भाकअनुसं तथा वार पर अभासअनुप से संबंिधत सभी पत्राचार डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप के नाम पर भेजे जाएं । भाकअनुसं तथा वार पर अभासअनुप पिरवार भाकअनुसं के नए िनदेशक के प म डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप का हािदर्क वागत करता है तथा उनके वारा नई ऊंचाइय को छूने की कामना करता है । एक िदवसीय औ योिगक इंटरफेस सभा भाकृअनुप – भारतीय कद न अनुसंधान सं थान के वारा कृिष एवं सहकािरता िवभाग, कृिष मंत्रालय के संयुक्त त वावधान म कद न की मू य-विधर्त खा य उ पादन प्रौ योिगिकय के यावसायीकरण म िनजी क्षेत्र की सहभािगता के मा यम से पौि टक अनाज के उपयोग को बढ़ाने हेतु भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद म 20 फरवरी, 2016 को कद न की मू य-वधर्न प्रौ योिगिकय के प्रदशर्न पर एक िदवसीय औ योिगक इंटरफेस सभा का आयोजन िकया गया । ीमती उषा रानी, महािनदेशक, मैनेज कायर्क्रम म मखु्य अितिथ के प म उपि थत थीं । इसके अलावा कई गणमा य िव वान के साथ डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक, भाकअनुसं भी उपि थत थे । इस कायर्क्रम म िनजी खा य उ योग से कुल 50 लोग ने भाग िलया । डॉ. बी दयाकर राव, प्र.अ. सटर ऑफ एक्सलश ने इस कायर्क्रम का सम वय िकया । कद न प्रदशर्नी भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद म 20 फरवरी, 2016 को औ योिगक इंटरफेस सभा के दौरान कद न पर एक प्रदशर्नी का आयोजन िकया गया । िजसम सावर्जिनक, िनजी तथा गैर-सरकारी संगठन वारा िवकिसत कृिष आधािरत खा य प्रसं करण प्रौ योिगिकय का प्रदशर्न िकया गया । डॉ. डी पी मिलक, अपर आयुक्त, कृ.स. िवभाग, नई िद ली ने ीमती उषा रानी, महािनदेशक, मैनेज तथा डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक, भाकअनुसं की उपि थत म उक्त प्रदशर्नी का उ घाटन िकया । अजुर ए ज वचर प्रा. िल. के साथ समझौता ज्ञापन वार पफ को सवर् ी अजरु ए ज वचर प्रा. िल. के ब्रांड से बाजार म
खुदरा व थोक म लाने के िलए भाकअनुसं प्रौ योिगकी के लाइसस हेतु भाकृअनुप-भाकअनुसं तथा सवर् ी अजरु ए ज वचर प्रा. िल., बगलु के म य समझौत ेज्ञापन पर ह ताक्षर िकए गए । यह करार
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1. Dr. Vilas Tonapi - the New Director of IIMR 2. One Day Industry Interface Meet 3. Millets Exhibition 4. MoU with Azure Edge Ventures Pvt. Ltd 5. NAIF-ABI Sensitization Meet 6. Young Scientist Award 7. DUS review meeting 8. Fourth ITMU Meeting Organized 9. Hindi Meeting 10. Visitors
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The other Guests of Honours and Dignitaries who graced the occasion were: Drs. DP Malik, Additional Commissioner, DAC, New Delhi, and N Seetarama, former Director, IIMR, Dr. IS Solanki, ADG (FFC) ICAR, R. Madhavan Nair, from NIN, Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director, IIMR, DR. B Dayakar Rao, PI CoE‐ Sorghum, IIMR, Dr. Nikita Wadhwan, Coe‐Maize‐Udaipur, and Dr. D Subramanya, Principal Scientist, CoE‐Small Millets –Bengaluru. A total 50 participants from various private food industries including Dr. Amitabh Tiwari from, Parle, KV Reddy and K Nirmal Reddy from ITC and Mr. Janardhan Rao from Bambino.
This meet on millets discussed most pertinent issues to chalk out the road‐map to make millets highly sustainable and profitable through innovative value chain programmes by involving the private sector participation in commercialization of nutri‐cereals in India.
This programme was organized by ICAR‐Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR), Hyderabad, under the auspices of the DAC, Ministry of Agriculture New Delhi. Dr. B Dayakar Rao, PI, CoE –Sorghum coordinated this programme. This event was successfully conducted with the help of various committees at IIMR, Hyderabad. The event was widely covered by the print and electronic media. Millets Exhibition An exhibition on Millets, facilitating to display various agro based food processing technologies developed by public sector, private sector and NGOs was organized at Indian
Institute of Millets Research during the Industry Interface Meet on 20 February, 2016. Dr. DP Malik, Additional Commissioner, DAC, New Delhi inaugurated this exhibition in the presence of Smt. Usha Rani, DG, MANAGE and Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director, IIMR. More than 100 visitors visited these stalls. IIMR also set up a stall and the importance of sorghum
20 फरवरी, 2016 से 36 मिहन तक लागू रहेगा । डॉ. आई एस सोलंकी, सहायक महािनदेशक (खा य एवं चारा फसल), भाकृअऩुप की उपि थित म भाकअनुसं. की ओर से डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक तथा सवर् ी अजरु ए ज वचर प्रा. िल., बगलु की ओर से सु ी िप्रयंका रामसामी के वारा उक्त समझौते ज्ञापन पर ह ताक्षर िकए गए । इस समझौते ज्ञापन को डॉ एम एलंगोवन तथा डॉ. बी दयाकर राव ने सुकर बनाया । राकृनिन-कृ याउ सिसटाइजेशन सभा भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद म 03 फरवरी, 2016 को रा ट्रीय कृिष नवो मेष िनिध – कृिष यावसाय उ भवन (एनएएफआई-एबीआई) की सिसटाइजेशन सभा का आयोजन िकया गया । इस बैठक उ दे य आईपी तथा टीएम-आईसीएआर के अतंगर्त वीकृत नए कृ याउ की गितिविधय एवं मानक प्रचालन प्रिक्रया को सुग्राही बनाना था। युवा वैज्ञािनक पुर कार डॉ. परशरुाम पत्रोटी, वैज्ञािनक (आनुवंिशकी तथा पादप प्रजनन) को 1-3 फरवरी, 2016 के दौरान कृिविविव, धारवाड़ म आनुवंिशकी तथा कोिशकानुवांिशकी पर आयोिजत रा ट्रीय स मेलन म यंग साइंिट ट अवाडर् से स मािनत िकया गया । कद न पिरवार उ ह हािदर्क बधाई देता है ! डस समीक्षा बैठक पौधा िक म एवं कृषक अिधकार संरक्षण प्रािधकरण, नई िद ली के वारा 26 फरवरी, 2016 को मफुकृिव, राहुरी म िविश टता, एक पता तथा थािय व (डस) की 10वीं समीक्षा बैठक का आयोजन िकया गया । डॉ. के पी िव वनाथ, कुलपित, मफुकृिप ने डॉ. आर आर हिनचंल, अ यक्ष, पौिककृअिधसंप्रा. की उपि थित म उक्त बैठक का उ घाटन िकया । बैठक म आर सी अग्रवाल, महापंजीयक, डॉ. के डी कोकाटे, अनुसंधान िनदेशक, मफुकृिव, डॉ. एम आना दराज, िनदेशक, भारतीय मसाला अनुसंधान सं थान, डॉ. एम आर िदनेश, िनदेशक, भारतीय बागवानी अनुसधंान सं थान, डॉ. बी िसहं, िनदेशक, भारतीय स जी अनुसंधान सं थान, डॉ. के वी प्रसाद, िनदेशक, पु पिवज्ञान अनसुंधान िनदेशालय, ी िदपल राय चौधरी, संयुक्त रिज ट्रार, पौिककृअिधसंप्रा, डॉ. जे एस चौहान सहायक महािनदेशक (बीज), भाकृअनुप, डॉ. वी आर शलेार, बीज अनुसंधान अिधकारी तथा नोडल अिधकारी, डस पिरयोजना, डॉ. िरयाज़ शकै, सह-नोडल अिधकारी तथा डस समीक्षा बैठक से संबंिधत अ य लोग उपि थत थे। े ठ लेख मू यांकन सिमित की बैठक
सं थान के वारा प्रकािशत वािषर्क गहृ-पित्रका, वार सौरभ म प्रकािशत े ठ लेख को पुर कृत करने के उ दे य से े ठ लेख के चयन हेतु 12 फरवरी, 2016 को े ठ लेख मू यांकन सिमित की बैठक हुई । बठैक म सिमित की अ यक्षा, डॉ. के बी आर एस िवशारदा, प्रधान वैज्ञािनक, तथा सद य - डॉ. एच एस तलवार, डॉ. वी आर भागवत, प्रधान वैज्ञािनक, एवं डॉ. ओ पी शमार्, संयुक्त िनदेशक (श य एवं कृ.मौ.िवज्ञान), रा.व. वा.प्र.सं. एवं सद य-सिचव, डॉ. महेश कुमार, तकनीकी अिधकारी (िहदंी) उपि थत थे । बैठक म डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक, भाकअनुसं िविश ट प से आमंित्रत थे तथा उ ह ने तीन े ठ लेख को 2,000/-, 1,500/- तथा 1,000/- के क्रमशः प्रथम, िवतीय तथा ततृीय नकद पुर कार एवं प्रशि त-पत्र प्रदान िकए जाने का सुझाव िदया । त नुसार सिमित ने तीन े ठ लेख का चयन िकया । – डॉ. महेश कुमार Happenings at IIMR and AICSIP news No. 148; January, 2016 Page 2 of 6
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Operating Procedures (SOP) of ABIs and reporting mechanism of the project.
Young Scientist Award Dr. Parashuram Patroti, Scientist (Genetics & Plant Breeding) was conferred with "Young Scientist Award" during National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics held at UAS, Dharwad during 1‐3 Feb, 2016. He received this award from honourable Vice‐chancellor of UAS, Dharwad Dr. DP Biradar and Dr. PM Salimath Vice‐chancellor of UAS, Raichur. IIMR family congratulates Dr. Parashuram and wishes him many more laurels in future.
DUS review meeting
The 10th DUS review meeting was organized by PPV&FRA, New Delhi at MPKV Rahuri, Maharashtra on 26 February 2016. It was inaugurated by Dr. KP Vishwanatha VC, MPKV in the presence of Dr. RR Hanchinal, Chairperson, PPV&FRA. The other dignitaries participated in this meeting were: Dr. RC Agrawal, Registrar General, Dr. KD Kokate Director of Research, MPKV; Dr. M Anandraj Director IISR, Dr. MR Dinesh Director IIHR, Dr. B Singh, Director, IIVR and Dr. KV Prasad Director, DFR. Sh. Dipal Roy Choudhury Joint Registrar, PPV&FRA, Dr. JS Chauhan, ADG (Seeds), ICAR; Dr. VR Shelar, Seed Research Officer & Nodal Officer, DUS project; Dr. Riyaz Shaik, Co‐Nodal Officer, and other officials associated with DUS review meeting. There were 8 technical sessions on DUS testing, maintenance, development of DUS testing guidelines for other commercial crops, review of physical and financial progress etc. Dr. RR Hanchinal, Chairperson, PPV&FRA and Dr. JS Chauhan, ADG (Seeds), ICAR appreciated and lauded the conduct of DUS trials at llMR‐Hyderabad and overall progress made by the IIMR in sorghum plant variety protection. They also felt that the PPP model adopted by llMR needs to be emulated by all other ICAR institutes in commercializing the technologies developed. Dr. Hariprasanna, Sr. Scientist represented IIMR, Hyderabad in the meeting, and presented the progress and participated in deliberations.
Fourth ITMU Meeting Organized
The IIMR’s Institute Technology Management Committee meeting was held on 8 February 2016 with the approval of the Acting Director. Dr. TG Nageswara Rao, Acting Director and Chairman ITMC–IIMR chaired the proceedings and attended by the following member’s viz., Dr SK Soam, Principal Scientist – IPR Expert, NAARM; Dr Vilas A Tonapi, Principal Scientist – IPR Expert, IIMR; Dr IK Das, Principal Scientist and Member Secretary–IRC; Dr HS Talwar, Principal Scientist and Nodal Officer, PME Cell; Dr B Dayakar Rao, Principal Scientist; Dr CV Ratnavathi, Principal Scientist; Sri SKSingh, SAO, IIMR; and Sri AN Murthy FAO, IIMR. The meeting was organized by Dr M Elangovan, Member Secretary and Nodal Officer (IPR). The agenda encompasses Finalization of renewal fee of Malleswara Agro Agencies for CSH 24MF, Benefit sharing of royalty charges received for CSH 24MF, Categorization of segregating material into three types, Hearing notice from IPO for design application, Azure Edge Ventures Pvt Ltd – Licensing of sorghum products, Draft advertisement for available technology for commercialization
and millets as health and nutritious food was explained to the visitors and the relevant literature was distributed. Dr. S Ravikumar, Sr. Scientist and Mr. Vilas, farm superintendent and his team organized the exhibition.
MoU with Azure Edge Ventures Pvt. Ltd
Memorandum of Understanding between ICAR‐IIMR and M/s Azure Edge Ventures Pvt Ltd, Bangalore was signed to license
the IIMR technology on Jowar Puffs to be marketed by M/s Azure Edge Ventures brand name in retail and wholesale. This Agreement shall be in force for a period of 36 months from 20th February, 2016 to 19th February, 2019. Dr Vilas A Tonapi, Director – IIMR on behalf of IIMR and Ms Priyanka Ramasamy on behalf of Azure Edge Ventures signed and exchanged the agreement in the presence of Dr IS Solanki, ADF (FFC), ICAR. The agreement was facilitated by Dr M Elangovan, Principal Investigator ‐ ITMU and Dr B Dayakar Rao, Principal Investigator – CoE‐Sorghum during the Industry Interface Meet held at IIMR on 20th February 2016.
NAIF-ABI Sensitization Meet
The National Agricultural Innovation Fund – Agri‐Business Incubation (NAIF‐ABI)’s sensitization meeting was organized at IIMR – Hyderabad on 03rd February 2016 at 02.30 PM in the Conference Hall. Dr Vilas A Tonapi, Principal Scientist, Dr M Elangovan, PI‐ABI, Dr B Dayakar Rao, Co‐PI of the ABI along with Dr K Srinivas, Principal Scientist, NAARM and Jonothan Philroy, Deputy Manager, ABI‐ICRISAT attended the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to sensitize activities and standard operating procedures of the new ABIs sanctioned under the IP&TM – ICAR. Dr K Srinivas informed that IIMR got high rating in the process of selection the new ABIs. It is also informed that the budget may be released in the first week of March 2016. Dr Jonodhan made presentation on Standard
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sorghum for biofuel production. Vicente Trucillo, Global leader, sorghum R&D, Advanta seeds, Santa Fe, Argentina, Mr. Satya Dev, Research
coordinator and Sashikanth Kulakarni, Production Manager, Advanta India Ltd visited IIMR on 18 February, 2016. Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director, explained the visitors about the new initiatives, monitoring and R&D techniques being practiced at IIMR. The visitors showed interest to participate our research activities under PPP mode. Dr. AV Umakanth, Pr. Scientist coordinated this visit. Michael Wash, JD, Senior Scientific Program Manager, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Research Foundation, Washington, DC. USA and Dr. Vibha Ahuja, Chief
General Manager, Biotech Consortium India Ltd, New Delhi visited IIMR on 18 Feb, 2016. The members met with Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director and Drs. KBRS Visarada and D Balakrishna, IIMR Biosafety Officers (IBOs) as a part of recent initiative of ICAR on Biosafety Awareness and Compliance Readiness. They also visited the transgenic lab and Centre of Excellence on sorghum laboratories. Dr. B Dayakar Rao briefed the visitors regarding the ongoing activities on production and promotion of millets foods as health foods. Dr. TR Sharma, Director, NRC on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi visited IIMR on 26th February, 2016 as a
under licensing, IDF on syrup making and Implementation of Agri Business Incubation (ABI) at IIMR. Dr. M Elangovan, Nodal Officer IPTM has organized this meeting. Dr. IK Das awarded as "Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society" Dr. IK Das, Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology) was awarded
fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society at the VI International Conference on "Plant, Pathogen and People‐ Challenges in Plant Pathology to Benefit Humankind”, held at NAS Complex, New Delhi . Congratulations!
Best Article Evaluation Committee Meeting The meeting of best article evaluation committee was organised on 12th February, 2016 at IIMR, Hyderabad for selection of best articles published in in‐house Annual Hindi
journal ‐ Jowar Sourabh, Dr. KBRS Visharada, Principal Scientist, Chairperson & Dr. HS Talwar, Dr. VR Bhagwat, Principal Scientists, Dr. OP Sharma, Joint Director (A & AM), NIPHM, members and Dr. Mahesh Kumar, Technical Officer (Hindi), Member‐secretary participated in the meeting. Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director, IIMR was special invitee and he suggested to award three cash prizes of Rs.2000/‐, 1500/‐ and Citation letter to three best articles. Accordingly the committee selected three best articles.
Visitors
Philip Ratnam, Comet & SPRING coordinator, South Sudan Programme Unit, Juba, Republic of South Sudan. Visited IIMR on 16. Feb, 2016 –Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director, IIMR apprised him on the ongoing research on grain, sweet, forage and dual‐ purpose sorghums. Dr. B Dayakar Rao briefed him about the activities undertaken at Centre of Excellence on sorghum at IIMR to promote millets as heath foods. Dr. Ratnam also visited the food processing and technology park and He sought the technology assistance from IIMR in the areas of sorghum grain for industrial uses, forage sorghum and sweet
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Delhi visited IIMR on 26 February, 2016.He met the Director of IIMR, Dr. Vilas Tonapi and Dr. AV Umakanth, Principal
Scientist and discussed about the availability of forage, sweet sorghum and high biomass lines vis‐à‐vis imported lines. He was appraised about the best material we have in comparison to the material being imported by the companies. He was made aware about the modalities of licensing of our hybrids and varieties. Mr. Harsha Naidu, Associate Vice President at Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, along with three associates visited IIMR
on 27 February, 2016 on a mission to seek technical advice and techno‐economic feasibility of producing and manufacturing millet value added novel food products. The team interacted with the Dr. Vilas Tonapi Director, and the scientists Drs. B Dayakar Rao and M Elangovan. All the technical queries posed by them were answered by the IIMR team and they also visited the food processing and technology park at Centre of Excellence of IIMR. Dr. HP Yadav, Project Coordinator, AICRP‐Pearl Millet‐Mandor, Jodhpur visited IIMR on 29 February, 2016. He met
Dr. Vilas Tonapi, Director – IIMR and appraised about the forthcoming annual group meeting of AICRP‐ Pearl Millet and discussed various research and administrative activities.
coordinator, ICAR‐Network Project on Transgenic Crops (ICAR‐NPTC). Dr. Sharma met the Director IIMR, Dr. Vilas A Tonapi
and reviewed the progress of IIMR project on sorghum transgenics for stem borer resistance with Drs. D Balakrishna, PI of the project, along with Drs. PG Padmaja and B Venkatesh Bhat. He also visited the transgenic and entomology laboratories, glasshouse and field experiments. Dr. A Padma Raju, former Vice‐Chancellor, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad visited IIMR on 18February, 2016. At the outset, He congratulated Dr. Vilas
Tonapi, for his elevation as Director, IIMR. They had a brief discussion on the conduct of forthcoming annual small millets group meeting at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.He also shown interest to know the future prospects of the institute. Two progressive farmers from West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh visited IIMR on 26 Feb, 2016. The purpose of
the visit was to expose them to new technological innovations, farm management, weed control, Sorghum in rice fallows, and other issues in agriculture. Dr. Vilas Tonapi, Director, IIMR briefed on the ongoing research activities, and other link persons and organizations that may be contacted. Mr. Ishwar Pahuja, Director, M/s Pahuja seeds (P) Ltd., New
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Meetings (M) / Symposia (S)/ Workshops (W)/ Trainings (T) Conferences (C) attended S. No
Name of the Official
Participated in Type Venue Dates
1. Avinash Singode, Parashuram Patroti
Training Programme on “Modern Integrated Crop Breeding Tools - Breeding Management System”
T IIRR, Hyderabad 18 – 27 Jan, 2016
2. Avinash Singode Training Programme on “Integrated conventional and biotechnologi-cal approaches for improvement of dual purpose crops and grasses”.
T IGFRI, Jhansi 28 Jan – 17 Feb, 2016
3 Parashuram Patroti National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics C UAS, Dharwad 1-3 Feb, 2016
4 R Venkateswarlu, V Anjaneyulu & Raghunath Kulakarni
Hindi Training Programme to work on Computers. T HTS, DOL, Min. of Home Affairs, Secunderabad
8-12 Feb, 2016
5 SS Rao National seminar on “Lignocellulosic biomass to Ethanol- Roadmap for India” organised by the Working Group on Biofuels, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. GoI.
S Scope Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi
11 Feb, 2016
6 VA Tonapi Executive Development Programme T NAARM, Hyderabad 21-25 Feb, 2016 7 C Aruna,
HS Talwar, R Madhusudhana. P Sanjana and Ganapathy KN
ICAR-ICRISAT partnership projects –Review and planning meeting. M NAS Complex, New Delhi
22 Feb, 2016
8 D Balakrishna Training workshop on “Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Engineered (GE) Plants” as a part of UNEF-GEF supported Phase II Capacity Building Project on Biosafety by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) and Biotech consortium of India Limited (BCIL).
T NAS complex, New Delhi
22-23 Feb, 2016
9 CV Ratnavathi Second Annual meeting of NASF projects M KAB-II, Pusa New Delhi
23-24 Feb 2016
10 D Balakrishna “Workshop on Dossier Preparation of Genetically Engineered (GE) Plants” as a part of UNEF-GEF supported Phase II Capacity Building Project on Biosafety by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) and Biotech consortium of India Limited (BCIL)
T NAS complex, New Delhi
25 Feb, 2016
11 KBRS Visarada 37th Annual meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association (PTCA) and National symposium on Plant Biotechnology for improvement.
S Lucknow 25 Feb- 2 Mar, 2016
12 OV Ramana Training programme on “Science Governance and Management” T ASCI, Hyderabad 29 Feb -4 March, 2016
Thought for the month
Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in the honor of a critic. -Jean Sibelius
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