14th April 2023, Lucknow
Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) visited the ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow today and inaugurated the Post-Harvest Engineering Laboratory.
At the outset, all the dignitaries paid floral tributes to Bharat Ratna, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the Father of the Indian Constitution, on the occasion of his 132nd birth anniversary.
Addressing the staff of ICAR-IISR, ICAR-CISH, and ICAR-CSSRI Regional Centre, Lucknow at IISR, Lucknow, Dr. Pathak urged the Directors of the ICAR Institutes at Lucknow to organize a brainstorming meeting for collaborations and sharing of facilities among them. He emphasized that ICAR has to work in a very focused manner with an emphasis on the motto ‘One scientist- One product’ and which will help in realizing the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of making India the most developed country, by the next 25 years.
The DG highlighted the constitution of an Education Hub as a part of IARI Mega-University in which, ICAR Institutes of Lucknow are also participants.
Dr. Pathak visited the various fields and laboratories of the Institute. A live demonstration of machinery for sugarcane agriculture was also conducted on this occasion
On this occasion, three jaggery-based products viz., ragi mushroom cookies and mushroom chocolates made by the entrepreneurs of KVK, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, and wheat-based Jaggery biscuits made by Jaggery Unit of IISR, Lucknow were also launched by Dr. Pathak.
Dr. J.K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries), emphasized on sharing of research and other facilities among all the ICAR Institutes located at Lucknow.
Dr. R. Viswanathan, Director, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow gave an overview of the sugar scenario in the country. He highlighted that India has emerged as the largest sugar-producing country in the world, surpassing Brazil and as the second largest sugar exporter in the world, thereby generating foreign exchange worth Rs. 40,000 crores. He briefed the major technologies and achievements of the Institute.
Dr. Uttam Sarkar, Director, ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow, Dr. R.K. Yadav, Director, ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal, Dr. T. Damodaran, Director, ICAR-CISH, Lucknow and Dr. A.D. Pathak, Ex-Director, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow were also present during the interactions.
(Source: ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow)
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