91st ICAR Foundation Day and Award Ceremony

16^th July, 2019, New Delhi

“Being agriculture-centric, the farmers are the assets of our country”, said Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & President of the ICAR Society. Shri Tomar was addressing as the Chief Guest during the 91^st Foundation Day celebrations of ICAR held at the National Agricultural Science Centre Complex, New Delhi today.

     

The farmers play a pivotal role in the society as they are the real lifelines of the country, he added. He stated that the welfare of the agricultural and farming community is one of the foremost aims of the government. The Minister applauded the role of ICAR in ensuring the food security in the country.

Shri Tomar urged to contribute to realize the Honorable Prime Minister’s aim and vision of doubling the farmers’ income by the Year - 2022. He highlighted the various schemes of the government that are aimed for the benefits of the agricultural and farming community. He said that there should be a collective approach to develop techniques to overcome various problems faced by agricultural community more effectively and efficiently.

 

The Minister emphasized that more and more youths should be encouraged to take up the agriculture as their profession.

The Minister released the “Kisan App” and various publications the occasion.

Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; Shri Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Shri B.D. Sharma, Member of Parliament also graced the occasion.

Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) and DG (ICAR) made a comprehensive presentation on the recent achievements of ICAR. He urged to prepare the future roadmap and underlined about the ICAR’s collaboration with the different national and international organizations in the forms of Memorandums of Understanding.

Earlier, Shri Bimbadhar Pradhan, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor (DARE/ICAR) delivered the welcome address. He regarded the Foundation Day as the day to present a brief account of all the works done and advances made in the fields of agriculture, farming and allied sciences during the whole year.

The ICAR Awards were conferred to 167 awardees under 22 different categories.

Dr. A.K. Singh, DDG (Agricultural Extension) proposed the vote of thanks.

Shri Sushil Kumar, Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR); Dr. Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries & Animal Science); Dr. Panjab Singh, Former Director General, ICAR & President, NAAS; Members of the Governing Body of ICAR, Senior Officials of ICAR Headquarters and Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Directors of ICAR Institutes; Vice Chancellors of Agricultural Universities and scientists and staff of ICAR Institutes participated in the event.

(Source: ICAR-Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture, Pusa, New Delhi)