DG, ICAR Conferred with Honorary Doctorate Degree in Science

24th February, 2014, Noida

Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE & Director General, ICAR was conferred Honorary Doctorate Degree in Science Amity University .

Accepting the honor bestowed upon him and sharing his thoughts, Dr. Ayyappan  appreciated the R&D initiatives taken at Amity University with special reference to agriculture. He advised   to indulge in frugal research in agriculture so that the benefits of the research reach to the farmers working in the fields. “High quality research needs to be carried in the field of agriculture to improve the quality of Indian agriculture; newer innovative methods such as Sensor based and computer based applications should be devised and used in agriculture sector ”, said  Dr. Ayyappan.

The Degree was conferred by Dr. Ashok K Chauhan- Founder President, Amity Group and Mr. Aseem Chauhan- Chancellor, Amity University Rajasthan.