AGENDA ITE,M NO.2
Revieu' of action taken Ertension Council.
report of 65th meeting of
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functioningof
Farmers,Malr, shifting the
offrceof
TNAU,-'----" I '-
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proactively find out the factsund..solu"
the issue in collaboration _: :-- r :-1.\l{l
u,ithin one month(Action: I/c
CATAT,
Head Team, Estate section ofIARI)
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'docid€db' the
authority to convert the three room suitesat
the first and second"- -'
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Kisan ll4all into farmers, Guest house annex.- - -:':-i. :: lnitiative
was takento shift the office of the TNAU,
coimbatore- -- :::::r ihe
2ndfloor of
the
pusaKisan Mail. previousry the
status.of the- -: - ' ::-.:.-. room
suitesat the
secondfloor of pusa Kisan Mail to .'NAU, - -: -:
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knOff n.I -- -::- -' ''''s mored in this
regardand it
hascome to light that following
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ailotted the space toTNAu,
coimbatore at pusa KisanMall
in IieuI ---. :-:j i
trt'tgflto the
Instituteat Aduthurai, Tamil Nadu for
rice breedingr'-
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to 4200m2 rand for buirding infrastructure.: -:-: ' :-':r::at
as per the standing agreement, theTNAU office
may not be moved'--.
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suitesat the first floor of the Malr was
considered for- - :-,
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Guest house annex and accordingly, the sanction approval for.-: :..-: -:: :;r:-
r)btained from the competent authoritv.I
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cquipping the guest hoLrsc rvith' rJ rrr'tlrc
gucst rrouscrvirh thc
furnirurcnecessary fixtures was
and fixtures is
being2
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issueof committec lor
reporting success stories, technorogy screeningfor
theirerension
andutilization of
awardee farmers,it
was discussedthat the
committee outputs need to be operationalized.This has been operationalized.
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discontinuation o1'extension-activities presentationin
Extension Councill-- -:
.- ''\as decided that the extension activities at divisional level and regional station:
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:resented trvo daysprior to
[rxtension Council Meeting in the Chairmanshipof
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atIARI
headquarter and.the agenda items raised therewilI
be made'a , :-r::nsion Council Meeting for policy
decision.The divisional
presentationswill
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da1'celebrations on previous day of Extensioncouncil
Meeting.(Action: Jt. Director-Extn, All
Heads of Divisions/Regional Statioirs),
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been implemented from this ycar onwards.ructure
of
Extension Councilwill
be revisitedwith
inclusionof VO
representative (2) ndustry representative(l),
Doordarshan representative(l)
andAIR
representative (1) [enureof
threeyears. [t
was decided that the proposalfor
restructuring Extensionil
and issue ofTA
and boarding/lodging expenses be submitted at the earliest for their ization.(Action: JD(Extn.)iHead, Ag. Extn)
Irvas submitted and approved by Board.of Management,ICAR-IARI,
New Delhi )'ear they have been invited.It
n"as decidedthat
modalitiesfor
selectionof
farmersfor
participatory seed production (PSP) programmesbe
devised.The
proceduresmay also be devised for inclusion of
productionunit
membersin the
processof
selectionof
farmersfor
P.S.P.The
tenure (rnatimum) of each participating farmers also be streamlined (not more thanfive
years)(Action:
I/c
SPU, Head, SST,JD-Extn)
r I cmmine
has been constitutedby
the competent authorityin this
regard(Dr.
SanjayKmr- t)r-
J-P.S. Dabasand Dr. R.R.
Burman) and detailedguidelines have
beenfuforrl frrselectkm of
farmers.r ho&in
Lrnit members are members of this committee.o
Prropmal andthis'
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Tb pmsibitities
for outsourcingof
seed prqc€ssing and storageto
increase the capacityof
qqt
production be explored.(Action:
I/c SPU, Head, SST).
Quotations have been collectedfrom
some reputed processing companies,but
storagefrilities
are not availabte at irocessing plant. Transportation cost is also a major concern as these plants are far away from Delhi.All effort
should be made to make technologiesincluding
varieties and strains, available to errension system of the Institute on prioritybasis. It
was decided that a standing committee be constitutedto
enumerate the transferabletechnologies.
The committeewill
also devise modus operandifor
the adaptivetrials
aswell as
demonstrationsof
the technologies atfarmers'field.
(Action :
Jt.
Director(Extn)/Director)
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Standing Committee of following members has been constituted Jt. Director (Research)Head, Genetics
Head,
Agril.
Chemicals Incharge, SPUIncharge,
CATAT
Chairman Member Member Member Member
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The seventeen technologies have been identified and published.3-5 It
was decided thatall
HODs should providelist of
experts and their contact numbers to"nend to Pusa Call Centre.
A
new machine capable of transferring the phone calls to experts*ill
be procured atATIC
for smooth functioningof
Pusa Call Centre.A
list of technologieswill
be prepared in consultation of all HODs (to be demonstrated at ATIC Cafeteria).Effort
should be made to make available all technologies atATIC with
corresponding literature.(Uc,
ATIC, All
HODs,JD-Extn)
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Thelis of
experts by various divisions stand suppliedto ATIC
incharge. The experts onATIC mll
are as follows:![cmetolog5r:
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7982380192,email: [email protected]-fg.
Ptlsics:
List of experts and their contact numbers provided to Pusa Cal[ Centre-fg, Ergineering: The list of
expertswith
contact numbersfrom the
division has alreadytur'r
Eror ided toATIC.
The soft copies of divisional technologies was provided to ATIC.-{grrrroEl-:
Name
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Scientist Specialisation Contact number Dr Dinesh Kumar Rice production 9968233749) DrTKDas
Weed management 98681282663. Dr
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S Shivay Nutrient management 9868337s784. Dr
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S Rana Drylands 989 I 6839935.
Dr
Shiva Dhar Biomass production 9868354933 6. Dr Anchal Das Water management 85277595647. Dr S SRathore Oilseeds 99586s2094
8. Dr Raj Singh Rainfed farming 97 t7 407290 9.
Dr V K
Singh Farming system 982134963910.
Dr
SL
Meena Dryland Agronomy 7982083s02 Il.
DrRajiv
Kumar Quality seed Agronomy 7042412069llicrobiology: Dr. YV
Singh:9868416215,Dr. G. Abraham
:9871778380,Dr.
Archna Suman: 9873755010 andDr.
Livleen Shukla: 8800933066Plant Pathology:
Dr. M.
S. Saharan, PS,9416988856,Dr.
Dinesh Singh, P5,9968246428, Dr. Bishnu Maya, Scientist, 98 18386064-{g- Chemicals:
Pusa Hydrogel
Dr. Anupama
(8920154670),(8826368562), Dr. Suman
manna Patanjali (8750907755)Dr. Tirthankar
Banerjee(9015650979), Dr.
NeerajI.icern Coated
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Dr. Rajesh Kumar (98107ffi252)based
Dr. Supradip Saha (9013127773)
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Dr.
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Shakil (9818 196164)(Hindi), Dr.
VinuthaT.
(Kannada& Tamil)
and Mrs.Management, Virology and Papaya cultivation.
Ib hsof rmgnition of
scientist engaged in extension activities was discussedin
detail.I us
dccided thata
standing committee needto
be constitutedto draft
guidelines forrrognlin
of extension scientist in the lineof
IARI-Best Teacher award and recognitionof
ffiim
scicntisr in technology commercialization and transfer. It was also decided to have eodng
committeeto
decide the possibilitiesof
awarding productionunit
members anddcr scirriss
engaged in extension activities.(Action : Directo
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members:
Chairman Co-Chairman Member Member Member Member Member
es have been drafted.
change of name
of
Centrefor
Agricultural, it was decided that the suggestions
of
new and TO of the Institute.fechnology, Assessment and Transfer name
of CATAT
may be sought from(Action :
JD-Extn/I/c-CATAT)
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Suggestionswere invited from Scientists, PU Members and Nodal officers of
collaborative programmes. Foilowing proposed names are received:
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Centre for Technology Acceleration(CTA)
2. Center for Technology Integration (CTI)3. Center for Agricultural Technology Integration
(CATI)
4. Center for Agriculture Technology
(CAT)
5- Center
for
Farmer Centric Research and Technology Acceleration (CFCRTA) . 6. Center for Technology Upscaling and Transfer(CTUT)
7. Centre for Outreach Extension (COE)
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Narional Extension Centre (NEC) 9- Centre for National Extension (CNE)l0-
centre for Technology Transfer and Farmerswelfare (crr&Fw) Horcrcr final
decision regarding the change of the name is yet to be taken.3t ft
the issueof
phasing outof
out-reach programme,it
was decided that a committee be'frrmulaed
to suggest the modus operandi to deal with the partners in extension programme (Action:JD-Extn)
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Sranding Comminee rjf following members:IL-
J*P. Sharmari- n-grrmrn
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SSACllceq
Veg.Sc.hctilge,
CPCT3'9
In order to sort out and decide on the prioritization and budgeting for extension, a committee*'ith
inclusion of audit and administration be formulated.(Action :
JD-Extn/flead-Ag.
Extn/I-c,CATAT)
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Standing Committee of following members:Head,
Agril.
Extension InchargeCATAT
Incharge
ATIC
Dr. Prabhat KumarChairman Member Member Member Member
Chairman Member Member Member
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