Achievements
  • Publication of authoritative and benchmark publications under Handbook series- Handbook of Agriculture, Handbook of Horticulture, Handbook of Animal Husbandry and Handbook of Fisheries
  • Launched a series of agricultural popular books, Agri-Pop series for imparting knowledge at grass root level.
  • Reoriented ICAR popular magazines to make demand -driven and competitive. 
  • Facilitating online access to 2000 journals from a single subscription in more than 123 libraries under cerra project of NAIP.
  • The ICAR website was revamped to make it more user- friendly with links to related organizations and issuing weather based agro -advisories.
  • National Agricultural Research Database was developed and bibliographic inputs were provided for inclusion in agris database (FAO).
  • A Hub has been operationalized at ICAR Hq. for e-connectivity of 192 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) and 8 Zonal Project Directorates (ZPD) in the country.
  • A centralized and secure state-of-the-art datacenter is being established for providing e-mail and website hosting services for whole ICAR system
  • A National Knowledge Network project of Government of India has provided link to 9 ICAR institutes/SAUs and rest of the institutes will be linked gradually to 100 mbps broadband.
  • Established Video Conferencing and IP Telephony facility at 23 selected ICAR Institutes connected on ICAR-ERNET network.
  • Under outreach programme, video films depicting successful technologies were produced and  telecast over National and Lok Sabha channel. Dedicated radio (AIR) and television (Doordarshan) programmes on ICAR launched
  • Facilitating organization of Media Meets at ICAR institutes.
  • The monthly research journals, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Indian Journal of Animal Sciences made available in open-access mode besides availability of in-house journals on ICAR website. 
  • Launched/co-operated NAIP sponsored projects for E-publishing of research of publications, standardization of websites of ICAR institutes, development of a digital Information dissemination system for ICAR and mobilization of mass media support for sharing agricultural knowledge  .
  • Capacity building of ICAR scientists for agricultural communication and knowledge management through training courses at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
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