ICAR-CCARI Goa celebrated its 34th Foundation Day

1^st April 2023., Goa

The ICAR – Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa, Goa celebrated its 34th Foundation Day today.

As a Chief Guest, Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari, DDG (NRM), ICAR, New Delhi, graced the occasion. In his remarks. he congratulated the Institute for its achievements and urged it to keep up the research and development for the benefit of the coastal farmers. Further, he highlighted the emerging issues of the coastal ecosystem and stressed the need to cope with the challenges of climate change and its impacts.

A unit of ICAR - IARI’s  JalopcharTM Technology-based ‘Eco-friendly Wastewater Treatment Facility’ of capacity to treat 1 lakh Liter water under the Swachhta Action Plan Program was also inaugurated by Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari, DDG (NRM), ICAR, New Delhi.

Dr. Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCAR, Goa and host of the programme welcomed the dignitaries and deliberated upon the achievements of the Institute. ‘ICAR-CCARI will extend all its support through technological backstopping and transfer of technology programmes to all the stakeholders for the benefit of the coastal farmers’ he assured.

Special Guest, Shri. Nevil Alphonso, Director, Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of Goa, congratulated ICAR-CCARI and thanked the ICAR and Institute for the support extended to initiating the Goa College of Agriculture and the very first agricultural college in the State.

 He emphasized taking a systematic and focused approach to promote the cultivation and processing of millet to celebrate the International Year of Millets 2023.

Shri. Pradip Sarmokadam, Member Secretary, GSBB, Govt. of Goa, Special Guest, appreciated the collaborative efforts of the Institute to conserve and utilize biodiversity.

Shri. Milind Bhirud, General Manager, NABARD, Goa, Special Guest, emphasized strengthening the collaborative efforts on research and development to benefit the farmers.

The celebration of Foundation Day also featured a lecture by Dr. Jagannath V. Dixit, Professor, Department of Community Medicines, BJ Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, on a plan and lifestyle to reverse type 2 diabetes.

On occasion, the staff and employees of the Institute were felicitated with awards of different  categories to recognize their significant contribution to the research and institution-building activities.

(Source: ICAR – Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa, Goa)