CRITERION II: TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION 2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile
2.4 Teacher Quality
2.4.5 How many Emeritus / Adjunct Faculty / Visiting Professors are on the rolls of the university?
Currently the Institute has 17 Adjunct Professors and 22 Adjunct faculties.
2.4.6 What policies/systems are in place to academically recharge and rejuvenate teachers (e.g. providing research grants, study leave, nomination to national/international conferences/seminars, in-service training, organizing national/international conferences etc.)?
The Institute provides grants to each Division through plan and non-plan allocation. Further, the faculties are encouraged to apply for research grants from external funding agencies. Currently, about 24 projects from ICAR - National Agricultural Science Fund, 5 Foreign Aided Projects and 143 Externally Funded Projects from DBT/DST/CSIR etc. are being carried out by the faculties.
Young faculties are encouraged to apply for 3 to 12 months training at internationally renowned Institutes abroad. Within India, the faculties are sent to short-term trainings. Most faculties are encouraged to attend National and International conferences. The Institute organizes several national and international short-term training courses and refresher courses in specialized areas for the scientists of NAREES under the programmes of “Centres of Excellence” and “Centres of Advanced Studies”.
In addition, some special training courses were also organized for the benefit of professionals, farmers and extension workers. During 2014-15, 74 training programmes were organized by IARI. The details are given below:
Important Training programmes organized by the Institute during 2014-15
Name of Discipline &the training programme Dates/Month No. of
trainees Agricultural Chemicals
Training on “Pesticide/Formulation Testing and Quality Assessment” June 16- 26, 2014 2 for Mongolian trainees
Agricultural Engineering
Motor Winding for Entrepreneurs November 17-26, 2014 10
National training on “Project Formulation, Risk Assessment, Scientific Report February 17-21, 2015 20 Writing and Presentation”
National training on “Project Formulation, Risk Assessment, Scientific Report February 24 - 28, 2015 20 Writing and Presentation”
Agricultural Extension
Training in EDP for Farm Women and Farmers in Four Villages of Hapur April 3- 5, 2014 28 District
Farmers’ Workshop on Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) June, 2014 90
Farm Entrepreneur and Stakeholders Meet for Developing Agri-entrepreneurship June, 2014 500 at Naveen Mandi, Hapur
Krishak Gosthi on Weed Management in Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) July, 2014 60
Field Visit to DSR Demonstration Plots July, 2014 60
Krishak Gosthi September, 2014 80
Futuristic Agricultural Extension Approaches and Tools September, 3-23, 2014 25 Training of IARI Students on Life Skills and Leadership Development September 16-20 2014 24 Training of Technical Officer on Enhancing Motivation for High Job September 22-24, 2014 20 Training of Technical Officer on Enhancing Motivation for High Job September 25-27, 2014 26
Field Visit September, 2014 105
Extension Strategies for Up-scaling of Farmer-led Innovations for Extension October 9-16, 2014 20 Professionals
Training on Weed Control for Zero-tillage System and Farmers- Scientists November, 2014 220 Meet on Nutrient Resource Management (NRM) Technologies
Empowering Farmers for Agricultural Entrepreneurial Ventures : Building November 25 - 19
Trainers’ Skills December 15, 2014
Training on Weed Management in Zero-tillage System in Wheat and Krishak December, 2014 100 Gosthi in NICRA villages
Training on m-krishi January 21, 2015 18
Training on Conservation Agriculture January 21, 2015 18
Trainings on Pest Management in Wheat at Mumtajpur, Lokra and Turkapur January 17, 2015 100 villages
Trained on Improved Mustard and Wheat Production Technologies for February 24, 2015 100 Farmers and Post Masters at KVK, Sheopur
Training on Protected Cultivation of Tomato February, 2015 15
Training on Improved Wheat Production Technologies for Farmers and March, 2015 50 Post - Office Staff
Field Day on Zero Tillage in Wheat in NICRA villages March, 2015 50
Training on IMP in Vegetable in NICRA villages March, 2015 30
Training on Zero Tillage March, 2015 50
Agricultural Physics
Winter School on “Soil-Plant-Water Relations under Conservation Tillage November 5-25, 2014 20 Practices for Sustainable Agriculture”
Short training course on Remote Sensing and GIS for natural resource March 19-21, 2015 20 management for students of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture
Training Workshop on “Development of Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory May 6-7, 2014 40 for Agriculture”
Training Workshop on “Eddy Covariance Flux Measurement” December 4-5, 2014 20 Entomology
Model Training Course (MTC) on “Mass Production Technologies of Natural November 24 - 19
Enemies of Crop Pests” December 1, 2014
Floriculture and Landscaping
Model Training Course on “Avenues in Floriculture for Livelihood” December 10-17, 2014 22 Food Science & Post Harvest Technology
Valorization of Horticultural and Arable Crops December 4-11, 2014 18
Postharvest Management and Processing of Horticultural Produce March 17-21, 2015 18 Fruits and Horticultural Technology
Model Training Course (MTC) on “Management of Production Problems of January 27 - 18 Horticultural Crops for Enhancing Productivity and Quality” February 3, 2015
Microbiology
Training Program on Biofertilizers (VAM production, Compost production, 2014-15 13 Azotobacter liquid formulation) for Licencees
Indo-German Collaborative Workshop on “Microbial Ecology and Application April 7-10, 2014 32 of Inoculants in Bio-control”
Plant Pathology
Genomics of Plant Virus for Diagnosis and Utilisation as Gene Expression Tool October 15- 18 November 6, 2014
Genetic and Pathogenic Characterization towards Managing Nationally January 13- 22 Important Plant Pathogens Causing Wilt and Blight February 2, 2015
MTC on “Eco-friendly Management of Major Diseases of Crops” October 27- 9 November 3, 2014
Plant Physiology
ICAR short course on “Non-destructive Phenotyping and Phenomics for July 14-23, 2014 25 Dissection of Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Gene Discovery and Crop Improvement”
Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
11th Advanced Level Training on Soil Testing, Plant Analysis and Water Quality September 4-24, 2014 19 Assessment
Seed Science & Technology
Training on “Maintenance Breeding : Training-cum-Exposure Visit” September 26-27, 2014 23 Training on “Identification of Rice Varieties” for Senior Scientists, Exporters September 30, 2014 65 and Progressive Farmers.
An Orientation Programme on “Identification of Basmati Varieties for Surveyors” October 14, 2014 40 Training on “Pramukh Prakshetra Faslon Mein Beej Utpadan Prodyogiki” January 21-23, 2015 25 Training on “Maintenance Breeding: Training-cum-Exposure Visit” March 3-4, 2015 25 Thirteen Trainings Organized for Farmers under Seed Village Scheme during Kharif 2014 96 Kharif and Rabi seasons on Different Aspects of Quality Seed Production Rabi 2014-15 164 Vegetable Science
Model Training Course on “Promotion and Organization of Scientific Nutrition January 17-24, 2015 Gardening for Household Health Security and Tackling of Malnutrition”
Vegetable Field Day January 29, 2015
Water Technology Centre
Two One-day Training Programmes for Grass Root Level Workers of Delhi Jal September 2-4, 2014 55 Board on “Water Conservation and Management”
Two One-day Capacity Building Programs for 33 farmers of Anand, Gujarat September 16-29, 2014 79 and 46 farmers of Balod, Chhattisgarh on “Micro Irrigation Technologies for
Improving Water Productivity and Yield”
Training Programme on “Micro Irrigation Technologies for Increasing the September 29 - 26 Water Use Efficiencies” for the Farmers from Alwar district, Rajasthan October 1, 2014
Three One-day Training Programmes on Precision Farming Technologies November 10, 14 & 27, 153 (i.e., Micro Sprinkler, Drip Irrigation & Fertigation, Polyhouse, Insect Proof 2014
Net house, etc.) for farmers from Chhattisgarh and Karnataka state
Training on Precision Farming Technologies, (i.e., Micro Sprinkler, Drip November 24-26, 2014 26 Irrigation& Fertigation, Polyhouse, Insect Proof Net House, etc.) for farmers
from Alwar
Two Field Day Training Programmes at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh November 29-30, 2014 Model Training Programme entitled “Enhancing Water Productivity in December 18-25, 2014 20 Agriculture through the Application of Modern Tools/Techniques of Water
Management in Crops”
Training Program on “Micro Irrigation Technologies for Increasing the Water February 4-5, 2015 25 Use Efficiencies” for farmers from Alwar
Training Program on “Drip Irrigation & Fertigation, Poly House, Insect Proof February 23- 25, 2015 25 Net House, Mulching and Sprinkler” for farmers from Ramgarh, Alwar
Centre for Agricultural Technology Assessment and Transfer
Skill Development Training & Exposure Visit of Farmers, Entrepreneurs and April 2-11, 2014 19 Officials
Skill Development Training & Exposure Visit of Farmers, Entrepreneurs and August 4- 13, 2014 25 Officials
Skill Development Training & Exposure Visit of Farmers, Entrepreneurs and September 1 -10, 2014 20 Officials
Improved Horticultural Technologies for Horticultural Officers of Himachal October 27-31, 2014 18 Pradesh
Seed Production and Improved Crop Production Technology for Farmers March 17-23, 2015 16
Training on Seed Production Technology March 24-27, 2015 20
International Training on “Bio-fertilizers and Bio-pesticides in Agriculture” June 6 -20, 201 4 for Scientists from Iraq
International Training on “Bio-organic fertilization” for Scientists from Iraq June 6 -20, 2014 4 Zonal Technology Management and Business Planning & Development Unit
Mustard Day March 4, 2015 37
Agribiz Idol Camp cum Incubation Workshop May 9, 2014 175
Regional Station, Pusa (Bihar)
Quality Seed: An important Input in Green Revolution March 17-26 , 2015 50 Regional Station, Indore
PPV & FR Act Awareness Training Programme January 24, 2015 200
Regional Station, Katrain
Sabji Fasal Evam Unki Beejotpaadan Takneekiyan June 20-21, 2014 25
Madhya Parvatiye Kshetron Me Sabji Evam Unki Beejotpaadan Takneekiyan October 30-31, 2014 25 Regional Station, Shimla
Training programme on “Nursery Production of Temperate Fruits” organized November 21, 2014 80 at Horticultural Research Farm, Dhanda under IARI, R.S. Shimla
Training Programme on “Production and Nursery Management of Temperate February 21, 2015 75 Fruits” at Ghumarvin, Bilaspur
2.4.7 How many faculty received awards / recognitions for excellence in teaching at the state, national