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06/05/21 06:30 AM IST

RM Sundaram named Director of Indian Institute of Rice Research

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  • Raman Meenakshi Sundaram has been appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), an arm of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
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  • Prior to this elevation, he was working as Principal Scientist (Biotechnology) at the institute’s Crop Improvement Section.
  • Raman Meenakshi Sundaram Rice is a scientist of global repute working in the fields of biotechnology, molecular reproduction, and genomics and has more than 160 research papers published in national and international journals, and many books, book chapters, and popular articles.
About IIRR
  • Indian Institute of Rice Research formerly Directorate of Rice Research or IIRR is a rice research institute located in Rajendranagar near Hyderabad, Telangana.
  • Indian Institute of Rice Research, formerly All India coordinated Rice Improvement Project (AICRIP), was established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1965 with its national headquarters at Hyderabad to organize and coordinate multi-location testing of genetic lines and technologies for crop production and protection generated across the country.
  • The Project was elevated to Directorate of Rice Research in 1975 with an added mandate of research in the thrust areas of irrigated rice.

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