Visit of
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR), New Delhi
Visit of Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra,
Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR), New Delhi
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR), New Delhi along with Shri. Chhabilendra Roul IAS, Additional Secretary, (DARE) & Secretary, (ICAR), Dr. K Alagusundaram, DDG (Agril. Engineering and NRM), Dr. H Rahman, DDG (Animal Sciences), Dr. JK Jena, DDG (Fisheries Science), Dr. Narendra Singh Rathore, DDG (Education) and Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, DDG (Agril. Extension) visited this Institute on 07th September, 2016. ADGs from the council also accompanied the team. The Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR) laid the foundation stone for the construction of farmers training cum community hall. This was followed by a coconut planting programme by all the dignitaries. The dignitaries visited the field and experimental plots, laboratories of ICAR-CCARI and KVK, North Goa. Staff interaction meet with the Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR), and Additional Secretary, (DARE) & Secretary, (ICAR), was held. During the interaction meet, Dr. Narendra Pratap Singh, director of ICAR-CCARI welcomed the dignitaries and made a brief presentation about the research achievements. DDG (Agril. Engg and NRM.) and Additional Secretary (DARE) addressed the gathering and emphasized the need of site specific research programmes and techno-economic analysis of research output and technologies. During his address, DG, appreciated the efforts from the director, scientific, technical, administrative and supporting staff for significant achievements in research and extension programmes. Further he urged that the institute should carry out focused research programmes for the coastal regions in a collaborative mode including other crop specific institutions to avoid duplication of the activities. He has also highlighted the importance of developing farmer friendly technologies to address the chlallenges like climate change and other stress factors.