Central Rice Research Institute

ICAR-NRRI

The National rice research institute has been established since 1966 under Indian council of agricultural research (ICAR) but it was setup on April 23, 1946 at Bidhyadharpur, Cuttack, Odisha with an experimental farm land of 60 hectares.

Research[edit]

The institute's scientists have many research results to their credit in various disciplines of rice research, including:

Site[edit]

The site occupies approximately 250 acres (1.0 km²). Many of the scientists are housed on the campus, which includes a co-operative store, co-operative dairy, and a CGHS^{[clarification needed]} dispensary. There is also a hostel and in-transit accommodation.

Organisation[edit]

The research institute is divided into various departments, each headed by a Departmental Head. After the implementation of the Gajendragadkar Commission report, working conditions (in terms of pay) improved greatly for the research scientists. Most of the scientists stay in houses in the campus.

Notable staff[edit]

Ex-Directors
- Krishnaswami Ramiah - Founder director^[1]
- Dr.R.H. Richharia -
- Dr S.Y.Padmanabhan, D.Sc.--Plant Pathologist
Senior Administrative Officer
- S K Sinha
Scientists:
- Dr S. S. Jain - Senior Plant Pathologist & Mycologist ( the pioneer scientist who first grew button mushroom in India in laboratory established by him in Solan, Shimla Hills, HP between 1959 and 1961).
- Dr R. N. Misra - Geneticist
- Dr B. K. Rao - Rice Breeder( Winner of Hooker Award)
- Dr M. Seetharaman - Geneticist
- Dr J. P. Kulshreshtha - Entomologist
- Dr Devdath - Plant Pathologist
- Dr P. K. Singh - Algologist
- Dr. S. N. Ratho - Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Dr. Shri Gopal Sharma- CPB Division
- Dr. Onkar Nath Singh- Crop Improvement Division ( Head of Division)
- Mr.Rakesh Kumar Jain, IRS (CE) (1976) (s/o Dr. S.S.Jain) was TA to director (1972–75).

References[edit]

↑ "Gramene". Gramene. 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.

External links[edit]

Central Rice Research Institute

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[Gramene-1] "Gramene". Gramene. 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.

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