ICAR – IIRR Celebrates its 8th Foundation Day

ICAR – IIRR Celebrates its 8th Foundation Day

21st December 2022, Hyderabad

ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad celebrated its 8th Foundation Day here today.

The Chief Guest, Dr. A Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Vice Chancellor, ANGRAU delivered Dr. SVS Shastry Memorial Lecture.

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The Guest of Honor, Dr. S K Pradhan, Addtional Director General (FFC), ICAR spoke about the noticeable achievements of ICAR-IIRR in the past year in terms of releasing 13 rice cultivars and the development of genome-edited Samba Mahsuri rice lines showing a significant increase in grain yield.

Dr. R Jagadeeshwar, Director of Research, PJTSAU, Guest of Honor, applauded the achievements of ICAR-IIRR and expressed happiness over the deep ties of ICAR-IIRR with PJTSAU.

Dr.  M Sheshu Madhav, Director, ICAR- Central Tobacco Research Institute, Guest of Honor, congratulated the institute for significant achievements on all fronts including publications, products, patents, and projects.

Dr. R M Sundaram, Director, ICAR-IIRR, in his welcome address briefed about the recent activities and achievements of the Institute.

The selected staff members of ICAR-IIRR were awarded for their contributions.

(Source: ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad)

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