PAU to hold 23rd ICAR Regional Committee Meet on Nov 14-15

Ludhiana, November 11, 2014:The XXIII meeting of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Regional Committee V, comprising the states of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi, will be jointly organized by the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) on November 14 and 15. The meeting will be held at PAU under the Chairmanship of Dr S. Ayyappan, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Government of India, and Director General, ICAR, New Delhi. Dr KML Pathak, Deputy Director General (Animal Science), ICAR, is the Nodal Officer while Dr DK Sharma, Director, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal is the member Secretary of the meet. The Regional Committee aims at reviewing the status of farm research and education in the region. Besides, its objective is to analyze, discuss in depth and make recommendations on the location specific problems of agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries and forestry peculiar to the region.

About 150 senior officers including agricultural secretaries of the states, Vice-Chancellors of agricultural/veterinary universities, Deputy and Assistant Director Generals, Directors of different institutes, Heads of Regional Stations of the Institute of ICAR, non-government agencies, and progressive farmers will be participating in the meet. 

During the meet, the action taken report of the recommendations made during the last meeting held at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi in the month of December 2012 will be reviewed, and the research and extension agenda for the next two years will be prepared. Keeping in view the problems being experienced in the states related to agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, horticulture and agro-forestry, programme will be formulated for research, education and extension on priority basis.

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