ICAR-CIARI Celebrates Republic Day
ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair celebrated the 74th Republic Day with great patriotic zeal and fervour on 26.01.2023. Dr. E.B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI unfurled the tricolour flanked by staff and family members. In his address, he appreciated the scientists and staff for the achievements made by the Institute during the past one year with a special mention about Dr. A. Velmurugan, Principal Scientist joining as Assistant Director General (S&WM) at ICAR Headquarter, New Delhi. He further, appreciated Scientists and all team members of Social Science Section for organizing Agriculture Education Day to create awareness about agriculture and agricultural education among school children and also he lauded the work carried out by Scientists of Regional Station, Minicoy for demonstrating and popularising CIARI technologies in the regions of west coast. During his speech, he elaborated achievement of research and development of the Institute particularly release of Dwarf coconut varieties (Dweep haritha and Dweep Sona), proposals for registration of new animal breeds, registration of Morinda citrifolia cluster bearing accession and CARI Brinjal 2.
He also highlighted the recent technologies commercialised by the institute like Dweep Tickure, Dweep-GauMa Humpsore Rakshak, Dweep-Vertigrow, and Process for extraction of calcium alginate and liquid fertilizer from seaweed. During this occasion, he inaugurated KOHA, an integrated Library Management System in Institute Library to access library books and catalogue online through web browser. He further urged everyone to work hard for the betterment of the Institute.
