Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: IIMR‐Hyderabad joined the drive At IIMR‐Hyderabad: Indian Institute of Millets Research‐ Hy‐derabad ‐ organized special Swatchta Campaign on October 2, 2016 as a part of National Swachhta Mission commemorating the Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. On this occasion, staff took the 'Swachhta Shapath' to keep the country neat and clean. This
pledge was administered by the Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director, IIMR, in Hindi and Sh. Saroj Kumar Singh, Administrative offi‐cer, in English. All employees of the institute including the Director enthusiastically participated in this event and wielded broom and cleaned the main building premises, waste material removal from the roof, and campus cleaning. The program was coordinated by Dr SS Rao, Nodal Officer, SBM, IIMR, Hyderabad. At CRS (IIMR), Solapur: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan also organized on 2 October, 2016 at our regional centre “Centre on Rabi Sor‐
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: IIMR‐Hyderabad joined the drive
Farmers Day cum Pre‐sowing Campaign organized
Memorandum of Agreement
Guest Lecture by Dr. Binu Cherian
Millets germplasm exploration in Maharashtra
Sorghum germplasm monitored under CRP ‐ AB project
Sorghum DUS testing trials monitored at MPKV, Rahuri
Vigilance Awareness Week
New Appointment
Promotion
Visitors
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समाचार सारांश भाकअनुस ंम व छ भारत अिभयान भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद म 02 अक्तूबर 2016 को महा मा गांधी जयंती के अवसर व छ भारत िमशन के अंतगर्त एक िवशेष व छ अिभयान चलाया गया । इस अवसर पर सं थान के कािमर्क को डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक के वारा िहदंी म शपथ िदलाई गई । इस व छता कायर्क्रम म िनदेशक सिहत सभी कािमर्क ने बड़ े ही उ साह के साथ भाग िलया । रबी वार कद्र (भाकअनुसं), सोलापुर म 02 अक्तूबर 2016 को व छ अिभयान चलाया गया । इस अवसर पर कद्र के कािमर्क को डॉ. के के शमार्, कद्र प्रभारी के वारा शपथ िदलाई गई । इस कायर्क्रम म लगातार वषार् के बावजूद सभी कािमर्क ने बड़ ेही उ साह के साथ भाग िलया । नंदीग्राम गांव म व छ भारत अिभयान हेतु लोग म जाग कता लान ेके िलए भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद से डॉ. सीएच शिशधर रे डी, डॉ. पी जी प मजा, ी के ीिनवास बाबू तथा डॉ. सी दीिपका ने तलंेगाना के महबूबनगर िज़ले म ि थत उक्त गांव का दौरा िकया तथा गांव के लोग के साथ िमलकर उक्त दल ने व छता कायर्क्रम म सिक्रय प से भाग िलया।
कृषक िदवस तथा बुआई पूवर् अिभयान भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद तथा कृिष महािव यालय एवं कृिष अिभयांित्रकी महािव यालय, आ.एन.जी.रं.कृ.िविव., बाप ला के संयुक्त त वावधान म आंध्र प्रदेश के गुटुंर िज़ले के अतोटा ग्राम म 28 अक्तूबर, 2016 को कृषक िदवस कायर्क्रम के दौरान आंध्र प्रदेश के पि चमी तटीय िज़ल म िबना जुताई के धान-पड़ती म वार की खेती के प्रसार हेतु बुआई के पूवर् एक अिभयान चलाया गया । ी ए वी भवानी शंकर, सहायक महाप्रबंधक, रा ट्रीय कृिष एवं ग्रामीण िवकास बक कायर्क्रम म मुख्य अितिथ के प म उपि थत थे । प्रगितशील कृषक, बीज यापारी, छात्र शािमल लगभग 400 वार कृषक ने उक्त कायर्क्रम म भाग िलया।
करार ज्ञापन सवर् ी इ नर िबइंग वेलनेस प्रा.िल. हैदराबाद भाकृअनुप-भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद एवं सवर् ी इ नर िबइंग वेलनेस प्रा.िल. हैदराबाद के म य 3 अक्तूबर, 2016 को वार पोहा एवं कद न आटा के िनमार्ण एवं िबक्री हेतु भाकअनुसं की ओर से डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक तथा सवर् ी इ नर िबइंग वेलनेस प्रा.िल. की ओर से ी सी एच जाधव एवं के आन द व प रे डी, के वारा करार ज्ञापन पर ह ताक्षर िकए गए । डॉ. बी दयाकर राव, प्रधान अ वेषक, वार पर उ कृ ट कद्र ने इस करार ज्ञापन को सुकर बनाया । सवर् ी जी बी प्रा.िल. पुणे भाकृअनुप-भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद एवं सवर् ी गड़ु ब्रां स फॉर ए हेि द लाइफ प्रा.िल. (जी बी प्रा.िल), िसधं ुहाइिसगं सोसाइटी, पुणे के म य 13 अक्तूबर, 2016 को वार उपमा िमक्स, वार प गल िमक्स, वार
ghum (CRS)”, Solapur, Maharashtra. Staff took the Swachhata pledge governed by Dr. KK Sharma, Principal Scientist and Officer in–charge. All the staff, despite incessant rain, enthusi‐astically participated in the cleaning of office premises includ‐ing road sides, main entrance, garden and office rooms. Swachhata Campaign at Nandigama village: To mark this occa‐sion, a team of scientists from IIMR‐Hyderabad Drs. Ch Sa‐shidhar Reddy, PG Padmaja, K Srinivas Babu, and C Deepika
visited the Nandigama Village, in Mahaboobnagar District of Telangana to generate awareness among the villagers about the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and organized a cleaning pro‐gramme of village streets and school campus. During the launch of the cleanliness programme, Swachhta Pledge in Telugu was taken‐up by the villagers and school children, which was organized by Dr. Sashidhar Reddy. The village Panchayat Sarpanch Sh. Krishna and other members also ac‐tively participated the cleanliness drive along with the public.
Farmers Day cum Pre-sowing Campaign organized
Pre‐sowing campaign on “Promotion of sorghum cultivation in rice fallows under zero tillage in western coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh” was organized during Farmers Day held at Attota village of Kollipara (Mandal), Tenali (Tq), Guntur (Dist.), Andhra Pradesh on 28 October, 2016. Mr AV Bhavani Shankar, Assistant General Manager, National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development, Guntur was the Chief Guest. About 400 sorghum farmers including progressive farmers, seed traders and students actively participated in this event.
Mr. AV Bhavani Shankar, AGM, NABARD, Guntur briefed about the agricultural loans and different schemes extended by the Bank. Mr. G Veera Prasad, Assistant Professor, Agricul‐tural Engineering College, Bapatla explained about the ma‐chines suitable for the sowing of sorghum seeds under zero tillage situation. Scientists from IIMR‐Hyderabad Drs. S Ravi Kumar and B Subbarayudu and AICRP scientists from Bapatla – Drs. Y Radha Krishna and Vijaya Lakshmi explained the im‐proved methods of sorghum cultivation, package of practices for rice fallows region and alternate uses of sorghum and other millets. During this occasion, seed of high yielding sor‐ghum hybrids CSH 14 and CSH 16 was also distributed to farmers. Mr S. Hussain, Agricultural Officer, Department of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh also took part in this event. Over‐all, the farmers have shown more interest to cultivate short to medium tall type sorghum hybrids with high yields.
This programme was organized jointly by ICAR‐Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad; Agricultural College and Agri‐cultural Engineering College, ANG Ranga Agricultural Univer‐sity, Bapatla. This programme was widely covered in the local electronic and print media.
इडली िमक्स (इं टट वगर्), तथा वार, कोदो एवं रागी फूटेहरा, वार इडली रवा व िमलेट रवा (विमर्सेली वगर्) खा य पदाथ हेतु भाकअनुसं प्रौ योिगिकय को लाइसस प्रदान करने के िलए भाकअनुसं की ओर से डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक तथा सवर् ी जीबीप्रािल की ओर से ी तरमन िसहं अहलुवािलया, प्रबंध िनदेशक तथा सीओई के वारा समझौत ेज्ञापन पर ह ताक्षर िकए गए । यह करार तीन वष के िलए लागू होगा तथा इस करार के अनुसार जीबीप्रािल, पुणे हमारे उक्त खा य पदाथ को अपने ब्रांड नाम से खुदरा तथा थोक बाजार म उपल ध कराएगा । डॉ. बी दयाकर राव, वार पर उ कृ ट कद्र के प्रधान अ वेषक ने इस करार ज्ञापन को सुकर बनाया । भाकअनुस ंम डॉ. िबदं ुचेिरअन का दौरा डॉ. िबदं ुचेिरअन, कंट्री मैनेजर, हाव ट लस, वािशगंटन डीसी, यूएसए ने 19 अक्तूबर, 2016 को भाकअनुसं का दौरा िकया । हाव ट लस संगठन मुख्य प से िवटािमन एवं खिनज से भरपूर बायोफॉिटर्कृत खा य फसल के िवकास एवं प्रसार पर कायर्रत है । डॉ. चेिरअन ने हाव ट लस के कायर्क्रम पर संिक्ष त प्र तुतीकरण िदया । अितिथ याख्यान डॉ. ओपी यादव, िनदेशक, केशुके्षअनुसं, जोधपुर ने भाकअनुसं म 6 अक्तूबर 2016 को एक्सलरेटेड डवेेलपमट इन िमले स इंपू्रवमट पर अितिथ याख्यान िदया । भाकअनुस ंम व छ भारत पखवाड़ा भाकृअनुप के िदशा-िनदश के अनुसार 17-30 अक्तूबर 2016 के दौरान भारतीय कद न अनुसंधान सं थान, हैदराबाद म व छ भारत पखवाड़ ेका आयोजन िकया गया । उक्त पखवाड़ ेके दौरान सं थान के िविभ न कक्ष , के्षत्र , पिरसर म व छता कायर्क्रम चलाया गया । इस पखवाड़ े का सम वय डॉ एस एस राव, भाकअनुसं म व छ भारत अिभयान के नोडल अिधकारी के वारा िकया गया । मफुकृिव, राहुरी म वार डस परीक्षण का अनुवीक्षण डॉ. के हिरप्रस ना, नोडल अिधकारी, भाकअनुसं ने 07 अक्तूबर, 2016 को मफुकृिव, राहुरी, सह-नोडल कद्र म आयोिजत डस परीक्षण का अनुवीक्षण िकया । डॉ. िवजय आर शलेार, नोडल अिधकारी व बीज अनुसंधान अिधकारी, तथा डॉ. आर एस शैख, सह-नोडल अिधकारी, मफुकृिप, राहुरी ने अनुवीक्षण का सम वय िकया । सिमित के वारा राहुरी म डस परीक्षण िन पादन एवं उ मीदवार िक म के प्रदशर्न पर िरपोटर् तैयार की गई । नव-िनयुिक्त ीमती वणार् रोणंकी ने वैज्ञािनक (स य िवज्ञान) के प म 13 अक्तूबर,
2016 को भाकअनुसं, हैदराबाद म कायर्भार ग्रहण िकया । कद न पिरवार उनका वागत करता है ! सतकर् ता जाग कता स ताह भारतीय कद न अनुसंधान सं थान, हैदराबाद म 31 अक्तूबर, 2016 को सतकर् ता जाक कता स ताह (31 अक्तूबर – 05 नवंबर, 2016) समारोह का उ घाटन िकया गया । पिरषद के िदशा-िनदश के अनुसार इस समारोह के शुभारंभ के अवसर पर 31 अक्तूबर, 2016 को डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक तथा ी सरोज कुमार िसहं, प्रशासिनक अिधकारी ने सं थान के टाफ को भ्र टाचार उ मूलन हेतु शपथ िदलाई । डॉ. पी जी प मजा, सतकर् ता अिधकारी, भाकअनुसं ने सतकर् ता जाक कता स ताह के उ दे य तथा मह व पर प्रकाश डाला । पदो नित ी सी िबक्षपित, कुशल सहायक कमर्चारी को िवभागीय पदो नित सिमित
की सं तुित पर मुख्य तकनीिशयन (िफ ड/फामर्) के प म पदो नत िकया गया । भाकअनुसं की ओर से उ ह हािदर्क बधाई ! Millets Newsletter No. 156; October, 2016 Page 2 of 8
Memorandum of Agreement
M/s Inner being wellness Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad
Memorandum of agreement between ICAR‐IIMR and M/s Inner being wellness Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad was signed on 03
October, 2016, to manufacture and market sorghum flakes and millet atta. Dr Vilas A Tonapi, Director – IIMR on behalf of IIMR and Sh. CS Jadhav and K Anand Swaroop Reddy on be‐half of M/s Inner being wellness Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, signed and exchanged the agreement. The agreement was facilitated by Dr B Dayakar Rao, Principal Investigator – CoE‐Sorghum in presence of Dr. C Aruna, Principal Scientist, IIMR. M/s GB Pvt Ltd. Pune.
Memorandum of Understanding between ICAR‐IIMR‐Hyderabad and M/s Good Brands for a Healthy Life Pvt. Ltd (GB Pvt. Ltd), Sindh Housing Society, Aundh, Pune, Maharash‐tra was signed on 13 October, 2016 to license the IIMR tech‐
nologies of following items: Jowar Upma Mix, Jowar Pongal Mix, Jowar Idli Mix Jowar ( Instant category) and Jowar, kodomillet and ragi puffs, jowar Idli rawa and Millet rawa (Vermicelli category) to be marketed by M/s GB Pvt. Ltd un‐der their brand name in retail and wholesale. This Agreement shall be in force for a period of 3 years. Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director – IIMR on behalf of IIMR and Mr. Terman Singh Ahlu‐walia, Managing Director & COE, on behalf of M/s GB Pvt. Ltd, signed and exchanged the agreement. The agreement was facilitated by Dr. B Dayakar Rao, Principal Investigator – CoE‐Sorghum in the presence of Drs. Avinash Singode and San‐gappa Chillarge, Scientists, IIMR.
Guest Lecture by Dr. Binu Cherian Dr. Binu Cherian, Country Manager, HarvestPlus, Washington, DC, USA visited IIMR on 19 October, 2016. HarvestPlus, an American organization, which chiefly improves nutrition and
public health by developing and promoting biofortified food crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals. Dr. Binu Cherian made a brief presentation on HarvestPlus program on their research on Pearl millet development and popularization and dissemination, it was followed by interactive session with all the scientists and deliberations were made on collaboration between Harvest Plus and ICAR‐IIMR. He also visited to Centre of Excellence and other facilities. All the Scientists, Technical staff and students participated in the discussions.
Millets germplasm exploration in Maharashtra
Millets germplasm exploration was undertaken in Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra during 14‐22 October 2016. The mis‐sion was undertaken in collaboration with NBPGR as lead cen‐tre with the team of Drs. M Elangovan and Sunil Go‐mashe as members. In the present millets exploration three major districts Gadchiroli, Gondia and Bhandara were cov‐ered, along with small pockets of adjoining districts of Yavat‐mal, Chandrapur and Nagpur, and the team collected total 105 accessions.
Guest Lecture Dr. OP Yadav, Director, CAZRI, Jodhpur presented his expert views on “Accelerated development in millets improvement”
at IIMR on 6 October 2016. All Scientists, technical staff and students participated in this session and followed by interac‐tive discussion.
Swachh Pakhwada at IIMR Indian Institute of Millets Research‐ Hyderabad ‐ organized special Swachhata Pakhwada from 17‐30 October 2016 as per the Council’s guidelines. The day‐to‐day activities undertaken during the period are enlisted here: October 17‐19, 2016: Swachhta Pledge; cleaning around guesthouse, waste re‐moval, and campus road cleaning; October 21: Millets value addition at Maharaja pet village; cleaning and waste removal from the roof tops of IIMR buildings; October 22, 2016: re‐moval of contraction waste materials; October 24, 2016: re‐moval of waste materials from surroundings of IIMR guest‐house; October 25‐26, 2016: cleaning the lawns, hedge prun‐ing etc.; On October 27, 2016: cleanliness drive at village Ma‐
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harajpet (Vill), Shankarpally (Mandal), RR district. Telangana. October 28‐31, 2016: campus cleaning, stores files organizing, inventorying etc., Daily report on all these activities were sub‐mitted to the Council along with the photographs. This fort‐night programme was coordinated by Dr. SS Rao, Principal Scientist and Nodal Officer for SBA at IIMR.
Sorghum germplasm monitored under CRP - AB project
AICRP – Bapatla: The sorghum germplasm characterization at AICRPP – Bapatla was monitored on 4 October, 2016 by the team of scientists from IIMR‐Hyderabad, ANGRAU‐Bapatla, and NBPGR, New Delhi with Drs M Elangovan, Sushil Pandey, Radhakrishnan, and Vijayalakshmi as members.
IIMR – Hyderabad: The sorghum germplasm characterization at IIMR ‐ Hyderabad was monitored on 5 October, 2016, by the team of scientists from IIMR‐Hyderabad, and NBPGR, New Delhi which included Drs. M Elangovan, Sushil Pandey, Avinash Singode and Mrs A Annapurna as members.
AICRP – Indore: The sorghum germplasm characterization at AICRP – Indore was monitored on 10th October 2016 by the team of scientists from IIMR and NBPGR, which included Drs. Sushil Pandey, Dr. Kataria, Mrs. A Annapurna and Mrs. Usha Saxena as members.
AICRP – Akola: The sorghum germplasm characterization at AICRP – Akola was monitored on 13 October 2016 by the team of scientists from IIMR‐Hyderabad, PDKV‐Akola, and NBPGR, New Delhi which included Drs M Elangovan, Sushil Pandey, N Dikshit, RB Ghorade and Sunil Gomashe as members.
The overall plant stand in all the above centres was good. The pre‐harvest data on agro‐morphological traits were recorded.
Sorghum DUS testing trials monitored at MPKV, Rahuri The sorghum DUS testing trials conducted at MPKV, Rahuri, the Co‐nodal centre for sorghum was monitored on 7 October 2016 by Dr. Hariprasanna K, Nodal Officer, IIMR. Dr. Vijay R Shelar, Nodal Officer & Seed Research Officer, MPKV and Dr. RS Shaikh, Co‐Nodal Officer, MPKV. Drs. GN Gharade and Vishnu Ameta from Syngenta India Ltd. participated in the monitoring. There were 19 candidate and 15 reference varie‐ties under 1st year testing, and 13 candidate and 19 reference varieties under 2 year testing. The crop had reached dough stage/physiological maturity and the expression of majority of claimed DUS traits in candidate varieties were similar to that observed at Hyderabad. All the farmers’ varieties planted dur‐ing the season were found to be adapted to rabi season and hence, it was suggested to test the entries again during the
ensuing rabi season. The committee noted the differences in observations at Rahuri compared to Hyderabad. The report of the monitoring team and DUS test proformae for the can‐didate varieties were prepared and finalized.
Vigilance Awareness Week
The “Vigilance Awareness week” (31 October to 5 November, 2016) was inaugurated at Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR), Hyderabad on 31 October, 2016. This event com‐
menced with an oath taking ceremony as per Council’s guide‐lines. The pledge was administered by Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director in English and later in Hindi by Shri Saroj Singh, SAO. All the staff took a pledge to eradicate corruption in all the spheres of life and also to perform duties without any favour and fear. Dr. PG Padmaja, Vigilance Officer, IIMR briefed the purpose and importance of observing the Vigilance Aware‐ness Week and the functioning.
New Appointment
DR. (Mrs.) Swarna Ronanki has joined IIMR as Scien‐tist (Agronomy) on 13 October, 2016. Her mail id is: [email protected]. The IIMR family welcomes her to this organization.
Promotion
Based on the Departmental Promotion Committee recommendations Sh. C Bikshapathi, Skilled Sup‐porting Staff (SSS) has been promoted to the post of Technician (Field/Farm). Congratulations Sh. Bik‐shapathi.
Visitors
Entrepreneurs:
Mr. Vijay Basur, Senior General Manager, Digital Transforma‐tion and e‐Commerce, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, Mumbai vis‐
ited IIMR on 04 October, 2016. He met the Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director, IIMR and discussed issues relating to millet health foods, training components, including the mechanism to
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evolve contracts with the industries. Dr. B Dayakar Rao, Princi‐pal Scientist coordinated this visit.
Dr. Satya Dev, Research Coordinator, Advanta India Ltd, Hy‐derabad visited IIMR on 14 Oct, 2016. Dr. Vilas A Tonapi Direc‐tor, IIMR apprised him on the ongoing research on grain, sweet, forage and dual‐ purpose sorghums. Dr. Satya Dev sought the technology assistance from IIMR in the areas of sorghum grain for industrial uses, forage sorghum and sweet sorghum for biofuel production.
Sh. S Vijay Kumar Babu, Chairman, Core Green Sugar and Fuels Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad visited IIMR on 28 October, 2016 to ex‐
change views on sorghum R&D. In particular, he evinced keen interest in growing sweet‐sorghum to produce bio‐ethanol. He also had a detailed discussion with the Drs. A Umakanth and B Venkatesh Bhat. He was appraised about the new develop‐ments in ICAR pertaining to collaborative projects with private sector.
Mr. Amit Kher, Manager (Technology) and Mr. Tejeswhwar C Rao, Asst. Manager – Product management, Buhler (India) Pvt.
Ltd., Attibele, Bengaluru visited IIMR on 20 October, 2016. They had a detailed discussion with Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Direc‐tor, IIMR on the issue of up‐scaling the available food process‐ing technologies. Issues relating to millet health foods including novel ways to mechanize millet value‐addition. Dr. B Dayakar Rao, Principal Scientist also participated in the discussions. Dignitaries:
Sh. C Janardhan Reddy, former Member of Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh visited IIMR, Hyderabad on 03 October, 2016. Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director, IIMR explained him about the ongoing research activities, action plans, and monitoring techniques being practiced at IIMR to increase the research and scientific output. Dr. Reddy also visited sorghum Food Processing and Technology Park. Dr. B Dayakar Rao, Principal Scientist coordinated his visit.
Dr. OP Yadav, Director, CAZRI, Jodhpur visited IIMR on 6 Octo‐ber, 2016. He had a detailed dialogue with the Director, IIMR Dr. Vilas Tonapi on intensification of R&D activities in millets
improvement and utilization.
African visitors: A Team of a visitors from Africa visited IIMR on 24 May, 2016. Their visit to IIMR was a part of their orientation pro‐
gramme on rural development and agricultural practices in India. Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Director ‐IIMR, briefed them about institute activities. The scientists at IIMR appraised the team about the cultivation, conservation and processing of sor‐ghum products. The team also visited the centre of excel‐lence for sorghum foods and value addition. They showed interest in transferring the value addition technologies to their country through collaboration.
Farmers: A group of 25 farmers from Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, visited IIMR on 06.10.2016 as a part of their educational tour
and to get detailed know‐how about the sorghum crop and its usefulness. Dr. M Elangovan explained the team about the latest production technologies developed at the institute and the demonstration plot. The team also visited the centre of excellence on value addition to sorghum and millets.
Guest Lecture Dr. B. Dayakar Rao, Principal Scientist was delivered a Guest Lecture on “Millets Value Chain” on the occasion of com‐memorating World Food Day 2016 at Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, on the 25 October 2016.
IIMR stall at Krishimela at Shivmogga The Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad organ‐ized a millet exhibition to showcase millet based value added products in Krishimela at Shivamogga, Karnataka during 21 ‐ 24 October 2016, by University of Agriculture and Horticul‐ture Sciences, Shivamogga. Vice Chancellor, UAHS –Bagalkot Dr. DL Maheshwar inaugurated the Krishi mela and the exhi‐bition was inaugurated by Dr. Krishna Byre Gowda, Minister
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भारतीय कद न अनुसंधान सं थान म िहदंी चेतना मास समारोह संप न भाकृअनुप - भारतीय कद न अनुसंधान सं थान, हैदराबाद म 14 िसतंबर – 13 अक्तूबर, 2016 के दौरान िहदंी चेतना मास समारोह का आयोजन िकया गया । समारोह का शुभारंभ भारतीय कृिष अनुसंधान पिरष गान से हुआ । डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप, िनदेशक, भाकअनुसं ने 14 िसतंबर, 2016 को माँ सर वती की प्रितमा पर मा यापर्ण तथा दीप प्र जविलत करके समारोह के शुभारंभ की घोषणा की । उक्त चेतना मास के अंतगर्त िहदंी म 15 िविभ न प्रितयोिगताओं (वणर्माला, बारहखड़ी व संिध िव छेद, छोटे श द एवं पद का िहदंी म अनुवाद, का य-वाचन, श द-लेखन साम यर्, ुत-लेखन (शु ध लेखन), िट पण एवं आलेखन, िनबंध-लेखन, श द-संकेत एव ंसंज्ञान, िहदंी म पो टर प्र तुितकरण, अं याक्षरी, िहदंी पाठ वाचन, मरण शिक्त परीक्षण, आशु-भाषण, प्र न-मंच) का आयोजन िकया गया, िजनम वैज्ञािनक, तकनीकी, प्रशासिनक तथा अनुसंधान सहायक, शोध छात्र आिद ने बड़-ेही उ साह व उमंग के साथ भाग िलया । इसके अलावा उक्त चेतना मास के दौरान िहदंी म ह ताक्षर अिभयान भी चलाया गया, िजसम सभी अिधकािरय तथा कमर्चािरय ने िहदंी म ह ताक्षर करके कायर्क्रम को सफल बनाया । सं थान म 18 अक्तूबर, 2016 को िहदंी चेतना मास के समापन समारोह का आयोजन िकया गया । डॉ. के बी आर एस िवशारदा, प्रभारी अिधकारी, िहदंी कक्ष ने समारोह म उपि थत लोग का वागत िकया । सं थान के िनदेशक, डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप ने मुख्य अितिथ के प म पधारे प्रो. एम वकटे वर, पूवर् प्रोफेसर एवं अ यक्ष, िहदंी भाषा एवं भारत अ ययन िवभाग, अंगे्रजी एवं िवदेशी भाषा िव विव यालय, हैदराबाद का पु पगु छ से वागत िकया । डॉ. िवशारदा ने सं थान म संचािलत
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of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka.
IIMR stall was visited by more than 20000 participants in‐cluding Dr. C. Vasudevappa, Vice Chancellor of UAHS, Shi‐moga, farmers, Government officials, Women from self‐help groups, students and entrepreneurs. The visitors were ex‐plained about the health benefits of millets, cultivation prac‐tices and future of millets in Indian food basket and samples of millet food products distributed. The event was organized by Ms. Sudha Devi & Ms. Kiranmai, project staff CoE on Sor‐ghum and Coordinated by Dr. Sangappa, Scientist, ICAR‐IIMR , Hy‐derabad. One Day Industry Interface Meet on Coarse Cereals One day Industry Interface Meet on Coarse Cereals in col‐laboration with Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and ICAR‐Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad was organized at Centre of Excellence on Millets, UAS GKVK, Bengaluru on 27 October 2016. This meet was inaugurated by Dr. H. Shivanna, Vice Chancellor University Of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalorein presence of Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Direc‐tor, IIMR – Hyderabad and other dignitaries from different institutions. Farmers from Tumkur District of Karnataka and entrepreneurs, food processors, industrialists participated in this meet and shared their experiences and views and participated in the deliberations on promotion of millets and policy perspectives was discussed with participants.
Various technologies developed by Centre of Excellence on Bajra, Millets and Sorghum were showcased in an exhibition to promote and commercialize millets value added technolo‐gies. ICAR‐IIMR stall, the value added products of eatrite brand in particular received much attention. Dr. Sangappa, Scientist, ICAR‐IIMR, Hyderabad coordinated the exhibition Stall.
Millets Exhibition stall at Conference of ASPA The 20th Annual Conference of Asian Science Park Association (ASPA) organized by ICRISAT with the theme Innovation shar‐ing and collaborative opportunities in Science & Technology for advancement in Asia & Asia Pacific at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad during 19 ‐ 22 October, 2016 to facilitate strong linkages between India and Asia‐Pacific Countries and their stakeholders in Science & Technol‐ogy for cross border exchange of ideas and technologies. Dr. B. Dayakar Rao, Principal Scientist represented the ICAR‐ IIMR‐Hyderabad. ICAR‐ IIMR also organized millet food exhibition stall during the conference. More than 200 dignitaries from various organiza‐tions across the globe and India, including Dr. David Bergvin‐son, Director General, Director General, ICRISAT, Hyderabad visited the stall and appreciated the efforts made by the insti‐tute in diversifying the millets value added products. Dr. San‐gappa, Scientist, IIMR, Hyderabad coordinated the exhibition stall.
राजभाषा कायार् वयन संबंधी प्रगित प्रितवेदन तथा डॉ. महेश कुमार, तकनीकी अिधकारी (राजभाषा) ने िहदंी चेतना मास समारोह के दौरान आयोिजत कायर्क्रम पर प्रितवेदन प्र तुत िकया तथा उक्त समारोह को सफल बनाने के िलए सं थान म कायर्रत सभी अिधकािरय एवं कमर्चािरय के प्रित आभार यक्त िकया । ी सरोज कुमार िसहं तथा ीमती ए अ नपूणार् ने उक्त समारोह के संबंध म अपने-अपने िवचार वयक्त िकए । इस अवसर पर प्रो. वकटे वर ने सं थान म िहदंी
चेतना मास के दौरान आयोिजत प्रितयोिगताओ ंके िवजेताओ ंको नकद पुर कार तथा प्रमाण-पत्र एवं प्रितयोिगता के अ य सहभािगय को कलम तथा प्रमाण-पत्र प्रदान िकए । डॉ. टोणिप ने सं थान म राजभाषा कायार् वयन को प्रो साहन प्रदान करने हेतु संचािलत नकद पुर कार योजना के अंतगर्त ी डी रामबाबू, सहायक, ीमती वी एस जी पावर्ती, सहायक प्रशासिनक अिधकारी एवं ी सरोज कुमार िसहं, प्रशासिनक अिधकारी को नकद पुर कार एवं प्रमाण-पत्र तथा प्रितयोिगताओ ं के िनणार्यक को मिृत िच न प्रदान िकए । इसके अलावा सं थान म प्रबोध, प्रवीण, प्राज्ञ व पारंगत म उ ीणर् अिधकािरय को भी प्रमाण-पत्र िवतिरत िकए गए । प्रो. वकटे वर ने अपने संबोधन म िविभ न िवषय को समािहत करते हुए कहा िक हम राजभाषा कायार् वयन को बढ़ाने हेतु
सवर्प्रथम िशक्षा के मा यम एवं रोजगारो मुख भाषा की ओर यान देना चािहए । उ ह ने बताया िक अंगे्रजी का उपयोग करत-ेकरत ेहम अपनी सं कृित को भूलत ेजा रहे ह । अतः हम हमारी सं कृित को जीिवत रखने हेतु िहदंी एवं अ य भारतीय भाषाओं को मह व देना चािहए । इसके अलावा उ ह ने बताया िक कद्रीय कमर्चारी के िलए तो राजभाषा िहदंी म कायर् करना अिनवायर् है चूंिक यह उसका संवैधािनक दािय व है । डॉ. टोणिप ने अपने अ यक्षीय भाषण म कहा िक हमारा सं थान राजभाषा कायार् वयन म सही गित पर है लेिकन हम उससे संतु ट नहीं होना चािहए तथा इसम और प्रगित हेतु मागर् खोजना चािहए । इसके अलावा उ ह ने अपील की िक
हमने जो िहदंी चेतना मास के दौरान िहदंी म ह ताक्षर अिभयान की शु आत की है उसे यहीं पर न रोकत े हुए पूरे वषर् जारी रखना चािहए । अंत म डॉ. महेश कुमार, के वारा ध यवाद ज्ञापन तथा सामूिहक प से रा ट्रगान के प चात समारोह का समापन हुआ । सं थान म संप न पूरे िहदंी चेतना मास के कायर्क्रम का संचालन एवं सम वय डॉ. िवलास ए टोणिप के िदशा-िनदश म डॉ. िवशारदा तथा डॉ. महेश कुमार के वारा िकया गया ।
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कद न समाचार IIMR Millets Newsletter
Compilation & Editing Dr. KV Raghavendra Rao & Dr. B Venkatesh Bhat
Photos, Design & Lay-out HS Gawali & K Sanath Kumar
Hindi Translation Dr. Mahesh Kumar
Publisher & Chief Editor
Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research
Thought for the month “Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.” ~ Victor Frankl
ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR)
Meetings (M) / Symposia (S)/ Workshops (W)/ Trainings (T) Conferences (C) attended
S. No
Name of the Official Participated in Type Venue Dates
1 D Balakrishna & R Madhusudhana
Interactive Meeting on “Double haploid Technology for Accelerating Breeding”
M Committee Room DG Office, ICAR, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi
18 Oct., 2016
2 KBRS Visarada, Hariprasanna K, KN Ganapathy, Aamasidha Bellundage, Avinash Singode & C. Deepika
Training programme on “Hybridization techniques in small millets” and Germ‐plasm Field Day.
T PC Unit, AICRP‐SM, UAS‐Bangalore.
24 Oct., 2016
3 Vilas A Tonapi, B Dayakar Rao & Sangappa Chillarge
Industry Interface Meeting on Coarse Cereals
M GKVK, Bangalore 27 Oct., 2016
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