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ICAR-Emeritus Scientist (ES) and Emeritus Professor (EP) Programme Progress Report 2017-18 to 2019-20

Introduction

The ICAR Emeritus Scientist Programme started during 4th five year plan (1973-74) with an objective of tapping brain and skill bank of outstanding superannuated professionals of NARS by allowing them to complete the work in hand for its fruitful conclusion, utilize their talent in teaching specialized courses and use their experience in addressing nationally important policy issues. Retired scientist may often be in a position to work and teach in economically and ecologically underprivileged regions. Hence, their expertise should also be mobilized for launching a movement in science for remedying imbalances in agricultural development. The programme aims to: i. Utilize the services of outstanding superannuated scientists of NARS by allowing them to complete the nationally important research already underway and also for initiating a new programme in nationally important priority areas. ii. Use the talent of outstanding retired teachers in teaching specialized courses and developing instructional especially multi-media for use in national agricultural education programme including distance education.

Scope The benefit of programme shall be open only to the scientists of repute of the level of Principal Scientist/Professor and above from National Agriculture Research System that includes State Agricultural Universities, Deemed Universities, Central Agricultural Universities, Central Universities having agricultural faculty, Centre and State funded institutions/organizations engaged in Agricultural Research, Education, Human Resource Development and Extension. The benefit of the programme will not be extended for starting altogether a new project. The project proposal shall be of national importance and it is to be given only when other equally competent regular scientist are not available in the institute to carry out the proposed work in the field of agriculture, veterinary science & animal husbandry, fisheries, home science, dairy technology and allied sciences.

Eligibility The applicants having one year of service left or have superannuated before one year from the last working day of the month of notification (i.e. June or December) are eligible for consideration under this programme. Duration of appointment: Appointment shall be strictly for three years. Honorarium / Salary: Rs. 50,000/- per month along with annual contingency of Rs. 2, 00,000/-. Total Slots : 100 ES in position : 53

Procedure of Selection The applications received are referred to the concerned Subject Matter Division (SMDs) of ICAR and to a specialist in the discipline of the applicant for comments. The applications along with these comments are placed before the Selection cum Standing Committee.

Criteria for selection i. The scientist should have minimum of 5 research papers in refereed journals in the last five years or should have received a national/international level award/recognition or in case of teachers must have received national /university level award for excellence in teaching or have received letter of appreciation for excellence in teaching based on annual feedback.

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ii. The project proposal is of national importance and other equally competent regular scientists are not available in the institute to carry out the proposed work. iii. The project proposal is in continuation of his/her work.

SMD-wise distribution of ES Out of 100 approved slots, during 2019-20, 53 (02 left) were in position. Their SMD-wise distribution is as under:

S. No. Name of the SMD No. of ES 1. Crop Sciences 21 (41.2%) 2. Animal Sciences 07 (13.73%) 3. Fisheries 07 (13.73%) 4. Natural Resource Management 06 (11.76%) 5. Agricultural Education 03 (6.00%) 6. Horticulture 05 (9.80%) 7. Agricultural Engineering 02 (4.0%) Total 51

Around 41% , the highest number of ES belonged to Crop Sciences followed by around 14% each from Animal Science and Fisheries. There was no representation from Agricultural Extension. Majority (86%) were males as female contributed to only 14% (07). Around 57% (29) scientists belonged to ICAR- Institutes and the remaining 43% were from the SAUs.

State-wise distribution The state-wise distribution was as under:

S.No. Name of the State No. of ES 1. Delhi 8 2. Haryana 7 3. Karnataka 8 4. Odisha 6 5. Uttar Pardesh 6 6. Rajasthan 4 7. Madhya Pradesh 3 8. Telangana 3 9. Kerala 2 10. Maharashtra 2 11. Chhattisgarh 1

12. Gujarat 1

Total 51

ICAR-Emeritus Scientist (ES) and Emeritus Professor (EP) Programme Progress Report 2017-18 to 2019-20

Research achievements Research achievements made by individual ICAR-Emeritus Scientist (2017-18 to 2019-20) have been compiled and presented in this publication. The other achievements such as teaching and research publications are presented as under:

No. of courses Total credit hours Copyright / Research publications NAAS rated taught Patents (filled journals /granted) (Total=68) UG Master’s UG Master’s and Ph.D. and Ph.D. 6-8 > 8-10 >10 19 84 64 236 3 44 15 9

Based on the report submitted by 51 ESs, a brief sketch of their objectives/targets and achievements have been prepared, compiled and presented along with their photographs in the subsequent section of the present publication.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. A. K. Reddy

B. Address of the Institution where working : ICAR–Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai (Maharashtra)

C. Title of the project: Dissemination of Pilot Scale Results of Inland Saline Aquaculture in Different Locations of Haryana and Maharashtra.

i. Date of Start : 09.01.2017 ii. Date of completion : 08.01.2020

D. Objectives: Demonstration of innovative integrated approach for reclamation of salt affected sugarcane fields through aquaculture and sub-surface drainage system in four districts of Western Maharashtra Demonstration of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei culture in inland saline soils using ground saline water in various locations of Haryana Take M. F. Sc. and Ph.D. classes at ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai Guiding M.F. Sc. and Ph.D. students Writing research publications/books/extension literature/reports, etc.

E. Significant achievements: Reclaimed salt affected sugarcane fields through an innovative integrated approach using aquaculture and sub-surface drainage system in four districts of Western Maharashtra. Sugarcane production increased 3 to 4 folds from the baseline production of 0-25 tons. Sub-surface drain water was used for fish (major carps) culture to generate additional income. Salt affected agriculture lands were utilized for Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei culture using ground saline water, which generated net income of Rs 2.5 to Rs 3.0 lakhs/ acre in 120 days from barren lands in Haryana.

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F. Research Publications (only NAAS rating 6 & above):

Sr. Details of Title along with Name of NAAS No. Author(s) year of publication the Journal Rating

1. Iffat Jahan; The effect of fortification of potassium Turkish J. Fisheries 6.74 A.K. Reddy; S. and magnesium in the diet and culture and Aquatic Sciences Arun Sudhagar; water on growth, survival and V. Harikrishna osmoregulation of Pacific white shrimp Shashank Singh; Litopenaeus vannamei reared in inland Tincy Varghese ground saline water. (2018) and P.P. Srivastava.

G. Transferable Technologies developed: Reclamation of salt affected sugarcane fields using aquaculture and sub- surface drainage system. Utilization of saline affected agriculture fields for aquaculture.

H. Success story: Around 4.3 acres of land was selected to demonstrate reclamation of salt affected sugarcane fields by using aquaculture and sub-surface drainage (SSD) system. The five farmers registered as Mauli Self Help Group (SHG) at Uran Village, Islampur Tahsil, Sangli District. With implementation of SSD system, the soil salinity, pH and sulfate levels were reduced appreciably during the first crop period resulting in improvement of soil quality and enhanced productivity of inter crops and sugarcane. Of the five farmers, Mr. Abhijit Patil had 1.5 acres. He got highest production of 111.696 tons of sugarcane per acre during 2017-18 as against baseline production of 25-30 tons/acre. This was the highest production in Maharashtra during 2017-18. He got three awards i.e., being highest from Rajarambabu Sugar co-operative Society area, Sangli District area and Maharashtra State level. The awards were given by three respective organisations. After harvesting sugarcane crop, the Mauli Self Help Group (SHG) at Uran Village, Islampur Tahsil, Sangli District had cultivated Soybean and achieved production ranging between 10.5 and 16.67 quintals/ acre as against baseline production of 4-5 quintals/ acre. Same farmers who got highest sugarcane production (111.696 tons/acre, 2018-19) in Maharashtra during 2017-18 Mr. Abhijit B. Patil got highest production of 16.67 quintals/ acre. He cultivated Soybean in 1.5 acres. As Soybean is short term crop, the expenditure incurred was Rs 30,000/- per 1.5 acre and gross sales was Rs 80,000/-, he got net income of Rs 50,000/- in 4 months. After harvesting Soybean, the Mauli SHG cultivated sugarcane. As sugarcane is superior in quality, it is sold as seed cane to the neighbouring villages. Seed cane harvest started from 9th month of grow-out period and completed by 11th month, where he got a production of 80 tons of sugarcane per acre. The seed sugarcane is sold at the rate of Rs.4, 000/- per ton as against Rs.3, 000/- per ton paid by co-operative sugar factories. The integrated system with SSD and aquaculture is improving soil quality at faster rate. Thereby, the production enhanced 3-4 folds as compared to baseline production. Number of sugarcane tillers are increased to 25-30 from each seed tiller from 5-6 at baseline level.

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The SSD water collected in 0.10 ha pond having 2.5 meter depth. The water was used for carp (Indian major carps) culture. The water became light green colour with the nutrients leached out along with SSD water from the sugarcane field. The pond was stocked with 1,000 Nos. fingerlings (40-50g) of Indian major carps i.e., catla, rohu and mrigal, as there was lot of grass, 20 grass carp fingerlings were stocked. The fish had grown to an average weight of 800 g in 12 months without any supplementary feed. The grass carps grown between 3 to 4 kg each in 12 months. A total fish production of 525 kg was achieved from 0.10 ha pond with 70% survival. The fish culture SSD water generated an additional income of Rs 50, 000/- .

Reclaimed salt affected sugarcane fields through aquaculture and SSD systems in Western Maharashtra

I. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D): G (M. F .Sc.): AQC-504: Coastal Aquaculture (2+1) = 6 hrs. AQC-511: Culture based capture fisheries (1+1) = 13 hrs.Ph. D.: AQC-601: Fisheries enhancement in open waters (1+1) = 12 hrs.

In addition to the regular M.F. Sc. and Ph.D. courses, guest lectures were taken in the CAFT and STP programs organised by ICAR-CIFE from time to time.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. A. K. Singh

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, P.O.Dilkusha, Lucknow, 226002.

C. Title of the project: Appraising the existing trout (Oncorhynchys mykiss and Salmo trutta fario) farming practices in India to develop guideline and policy framework for strategic support and sustainable development.

i. Date of Start : 14th May, 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 13th May, 2021

D. Objectives: Assessment of current trout farming practices and scope for technological expansion and ecological safety. Development of scientific guidelines and standards for propagation of trout farming on sustainable basis. Addressing issues related to the policy framework for strengthening of trout farming.

E. Significant achievements: The baseline information on trout culture was generated which included the production trend, physical nature, farming system, feed, husbandry and diseases. Information related to Income, employment, infrastructure and market particularly from larger trout farming states i.e., J&K and Himachal Pradesh was generated.

Fig. 1: Improved strain of rainbow at Fig. 2: Grow-out raceways for rainbow Beerwa Trout Farm, J&K trout culture

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Assessed standards for trout farming practices in view of ecological safety and future technological expansion of trout farming. Identified various critical areas such as race ways structure, flow of water, environmental parameters and management skills that covered rainbow trout culture to develop a comprehensive trout-farming ecosystem beyond farm activities.

F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Title along with year of Name of the Journal NAAS No. Author(s) publication Rating

1. A.K. Singh Emerging scope, technological up- Aquaculture 518 (2020) 9.02 scaling, challenges and governance 7348263 of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus http://doi.org.10.1016/ mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) j.aquaculture.2019.734826 production in Himalayan region, India.

2. Shahi N, First report on characterization and Transboundary and 9.55 Mallik SK, pathogenicity study of emerging Emerging Diseases (2018), Sahoo M, Lactococcus garvieae infection in 65:1039–1048. Chandra S and farmed rainbow trout, https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.1 A. K. Singh Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), 2843 from India.

G. Annual action plan (2020-21): i) Identifying standards and Governance for good culture practices of rainbow trout. ii) Information generation for promoting brown trout culture and propagation. iii) Assessing the scope of developing trout for angling and ecotourism. iv) Impact assessment of trout farming for sustainable development.

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A. Name of the ICAR-Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Ajit Singh B. Address of the Institution where working: Q '1 0 (Haryana) C. Title of the project: Production and diagnostic applications of immunobiologicals for infectious diseases of livestock (*with teaching and capacity building as additional works proposed).

i. Date of Start : 01st June, 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 31st May, 2021

D. Objectives: I. Research: Determine by next-generation sequencing the size of phage display library of nanobodies derived from Indian desert camel for its sequence-informed uses in future. Select Trypanosoma evansi Ag-binding nanobody clones from the phage display library for surra diagnostics. Conduct the multi-centre validation of TE-LAT test as a rapid, easy-to-use, field adaptable/point-of-care test for surra in animals.

II. Teaching: PG courses for Immunology degree programme at LUVAS, Hisar.

III. Participation in Capacity Building programme: ICAR-CAFT & other trainings for advances in Veterinary Microbiology & Immunology.

E. Significant achievements: Next-gen sequencing of the phage display library of nanobody clones done [NCBI acc. no.: SAMN10790513], and bioinformatics revealed diversity of nanobodies. Anti- Trypanosoma evansi nanobody clones and monoclonal antibodies have been selected and being characterized further for diagnostic applications. TE-LAT reagent has been produced and preliminary testing done. Participated in various trainings/conferences & teaching activities.

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F.Transferable Technologies developed: Phage display library of nanobodies of known sequences [NCBI acc. no.: SAMN10790513; release date: Feb. 20, 2020] developed. Anti- Trypanosoma evansi nanobody clones selected from the phage display library. Anti-Trypanosoma evansi monoclonal antibodies produced by hybridoma technology.

Fig. 1A: WB 1B: TE-LAT 1C: Nanobodies WB

Fig. 1 A-C. Diagnostic applications of nanobodies and monoclonal antibodies

G. Course(s) taughht along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): 1. Principles of Immunology 2+1 (PG course) in Sem. I, 2018-19 & 2019-20.

H. Annual action plan (2020-21): i. Sufficient amount of TE-LAT reagent will be produced by coating 1D7 and recently produced mAbs onto blue latex beads suspension as per the protocol standardized in our laboratory. ii. Known positive and negative control sera samples from animals will be collected, divided into 0.5 ml aliquots in cryovials and preserved at -80°C. iii. The reproducibility testing of TE-LAT will be performed by double-blinding of the same positive and negative samples, with at least three participating centres. iv. If found satisfactory, TE-LAT technology’s IP protection, licensing and commercialization would follow. v. In a collaborative project, dAb clones will be employed to develop ‘Lateral flow device’ (LFD)- based POC test for detection of T. evansi circulating Ags in sera samples. Monoclonal Abs (1D7 & other recently produced clones) will be used as one of the positive controls. vi. In a collaborative project, dAb clones will be developed as immunosensors for detection of T. evansi circulating Ags. Monoclonal Ab (1D7 and other recently produced clones) will be used as a positive control. vii. If the above results are found encouraging, IP so-generated will be pprotected by filing of patent(s) applications.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Akhilesh Nandan Mishra

B. Address of the Institution where working : ICAR-IARI, Regional Station, Indore 452001 (M.P.)

C. Title of the Project: Characterization of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes for race non-specific pleiotropic adult plant rust resistance (PAPR) genes viz., Lr34/Yr18/Sr57, Lr46/Yr29/Sr58, and Lr67/Yr46/Sr55 using closely linked molecular markers, and their evaluation under heavy disease pressure across different environments to identify widely effective and stable sources of multiple rust resistance in wheat.

i. Date of Start : 9th January, 2017 ii. Date of completion : 8th January, 2020

D. Objectives: Characterization of selected bread wheat genotypes showing closely associated ltn (leaf tip necrosis) phenotype for race non-specific pleiotropic adult plant rust resistance (PAPR) genes viz., Lr34/Yr18/Sr57, Lr46/Yr29/Sr58, and Lr67/Yr46/Sr55 using closely linked molecular markers. Seedling tests of these genotypes with selected virulent rust pathotypes to assess the relative contribution, if any, of the “seedling” genes to the host resistance. Field evaluation of these genotypes under heavy disease pressure across different environments to identify widely effective and stable sources of multiple rust resistance in wheat.

E. Significant achievements: A large number of wheat genotypes were identified showing multiple rust resistance including 29 to all the three rusts, 106 to stem and leaf rusts, 21 to leaf and stripe rusts, and nine to stem and stripe rusts. These genotypes can be utilised as sources of multiple rust resistance with desired agronomic traits in wheat crop improvement as most of the test genotypes being released varieties or lines selected from advanced varietal trials have agronomic superiority also.

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None of the test genotypes was found to carry all the three PAPR genes. The genes Lr67/Yr46/Sr55 and Lr34/Yr18/Sr57 occurred more frequently, compared to Lr46/Yr29/Sr58. About one-fourth of the genotypes each carried these genes singly, whereas about one-fifth of the genotypes carried them in combination. Only about 9% of the genotypes carried Lr46/Yr29/Sr58, either singly or in combinations with the other two PAPR genes. None of the PAPR genes could be validated in about 20% of the genotypes. No significant additive or synergistic effects were apparent among combinations of these genes in imparting rust resistance in the genotypes studied.

New insights were gained into the genetic base of rust resistance in the test genotypes representing the current gene pool of common wheat in India which can provide useful guidelines to rust resistance breeding in wheat. Resistance to stem and leaf rusts was mostly associated with seedling or all-stage resistance (ASR), while stripe rust resistance was based mainly on adult-plant resistance (APR). In all, 28, 34, and 40 different groups, respectively, for resistance to stem rust, leaf rust, and stripe rust could be delineated based on the presence of PAPR gene/s and seedling resistance to the test pathotypes, indicating good extent of diversity for rust resistance in Indian wheat germplasm. Genotypes from diverse resistance groups can be utilized as resistance donors toward broadening the rust resistance base and prolonging the durability of rust resistance in wheat.

The present study indicated that additional genes for ASR as well as APR are functional in a number of test genotypes which need to be characterized for utilization in rust resistance breeding in wheat.

F. Transferable Technologies developed: The information generated is being submitted to the Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research, Karnal, and after the crop harvest, the seed of these multiple rust resistant genotypes will be deposited in their gene bank for maintenance and utilization by sharing with wheat researchers under the All India Coordinated Wheat & Barley Improvement Project.

G. Success story: A large number of sources of multiple rust resistance were identified as listed below. These can be utilised in breeding for rust resistance and other desired agronomic traits as most of them being released varieties or lines selected from advanced varietal trials have proven agronomic superiority also.

Resistant to all the three rusts (29): CHEWINK, CPAN 4027, GW 532, HD 3263, HI 1498, HI 1585, HPW 160, HPW 217, HS 396, HS 490, HS 623, HS 628, HW 3014, KBRL 93-3, KINGBIRD, NIAW 2349, PBW 777, RAJ 4042, RAJ 4500, UP 2990, VL 809, VL 829, VL 1003, VL 1012, VL 3011, VL 3013, WB 5, WH 1223 and WH 1226.

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Resistant to Stem and Leaf rusts (106): CPAN 1235, DBW 17, DBW 39, DBW 60, DBW 93, DBW 110, DBW 173, DBW 182, DBW 217, DL 788-2, DL 896-5, DPW 621-50, EC 573561, EC 573989, GW 366, GW 451, GW 477, GW 504, HD 2631, HD 2637, HD 2669, HD 2864, HD 2987, HD 3093, HI 1490, HI 1500, HI 1507, HI 1531, HI 1532, HI 1535, HI 1544, HI 1548, HI 1563, HI 1566, HI 1572, HI 1584, HI 1600, HI 1601, HI 1608, HI 1613, HI 1616, HI 1618, HI 1622, HI 1624, HI 1625, HI 1627, HI 1628, HP 1744, HP 1748, HPW 162, HPW 448, HS 365, HS 547, HUW 234, HUW 677, HW 2004, HW 2044, HW 3008, HW 3016, HW 3048, HW 4011, HW 4060, HW 5216, HW 5254, HW 5255, IND 457, IND 466, IND 469, IND 478, JAUW 584, JWS 151, K 1317, K 9465, KBRL 81-1, KRL 350, LBPY 2013-15, LBPY 2013-3, MACS 6714, MP 3288, NIAW 34, NIAW 917, NIAW 1415, NW 1067, PBW 475, PBW 496, PBW 500, PBW 621, PBW 719, RAJ 3965, RAJ 4037, RAJ 4086, RAJ 4088, RAJ 4229, RAJ 4238, RAJ 4270, RAJ 4324, RAJ 4350, RAJ 4393, RAJ 4496, RAJ 4504, UP 2594, UP 2825, UP 2828, VL 822, VL 1004 and WH 1021.

Resistant to Leaf and Stripe rusts (21): DBW 129, HD 3086, HI 1579, HPPAU 10, HPW 433, HS 626, HS 627, PBW 701, PBW 718, PBW 721, PBW 723, PBW 725, PBW 750, PBW 756, PBW 757, PBW 760, PBW 763, VL 3002, WB 1, WB 2 and WH 1310.

Resistant to Stem and Stripe rusts (09): CPAN 3031, CPAN 3050, EC 573556, HPPAU 05, HPW 157, HPW 42, HS 593, HS 622 and PBW 681.

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A. Name of the ICAR-Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Arvind Kumar Geda

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Plant Physiology, Agril. Biochemistry, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants IGKV,Raipur-4920016 (Chhattisgarh)

C. Title of the project: Chromatographic fingerprinting and spectroscopic characterization of secondary metabolites of Hadjod (Cissus qudrangularis): the healer of bone fractures used by traditional healers.

i. Date of Start : 3rd January 2017 ii. Date of completion : 2nd January 2020

D. Objectives: Development of extract/isolate from the traditional preparation and medicinal plants having bone healing activity. in-vitro clinical trial of extract/isolate for their clinical effectiveness on bone healing. Purification and molecular characterization of clinically active extract/isolate for identification of novel compound.

E. Significant achievements: • Isolated nineteen organic molecules (secondary metabolite) in pure form from different fractions by gradient chromatography of various extracts of experimental herb Hadjod (Cissus qudrangularis). • Nomenclature of each compound is under progress. Some of them have been identified by spectral analysis, Co_IR and with available standard. • Methods were standardized for clinical trials on experimental animals based on HU (Hounsfield unit) value of CT scan in term of bone callus formation and histopathological observations based on bone healing, gradually starting from Necrosis with inflammation, fibrosis, cartilage, woven bone and then lamellar bone formations. • Out of eighteen fractions isolated from crude extract, only four fractions having four to six molecules were found active, as indicated by formation of lamellar bone (soft bone) as per histopathological results.

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F. Success story: This program is coordinated and having sharing the experience of renowned Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Purnendu Saxena at V.Y. Hospital, Raipur. The histopathological observations were done at Deptt of Pathology, AIIMS, Raipur.

Total 18 fractions were gradually separated by gradient chromatography on alumina and silica gel absorbents followed by non-polar to polar gradient solvent system i.e petroleum ether, benzene, ethyl acetate and alcohol. Finally, the repeated chromatography result indicated that out of eighteen fractions, four fractions were found active in clinical trials. Two fractions petroleum ethers i.e. petroleum ether and ethyl acetate and two fractions of alcohol i.e. Benzene and ethyl acetate having the mixture of five to six molecules showed formation of lamellar bone (soft bone), this is the vth stage of bone formation in histopathological results as compared with control animals. All these results were interpreted by team of medical doctors associated in the project. The above two fractions of petroleum ether (petroleum ether and ethyl acetate) and two fractions of alcohol (Benzene and ethyl acetate) were further separated on silica gel column and prepared 12 fractions using petroleum ether, benzene and ethyl acetate solvent system representing 3-4 molecules in each fraction were under the animal experiments up to the completion of project. To get the novel molecule causing bone healing requires further fractionation of extract and two batches of animal experiments, and then hopefully get the molecules for drug formulation for bone healing.

The encouraging research finding

definitely will be helpful for drug

formulation on above aspects in the field of medical science. The molecule available in this plant material will become a source for commercial production in the field of agricultural science.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Arvind Prasad B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, (U.P.)-243122. C. Title of the Project: Effect of ethnobotanicals against GI parasites for mitigation of anthelmintic resistance. i. Date of start : 01.02.2017 ii. Date of completion : 31.01.2020

D. Objectives: Evaluate the anthelmintic efficacy of selected medicinal plant extract against gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) in vitro and in vivo. Develop a plant derived drug/formulation from plant for treating GIN infections.

E. Significant Achievements: Ethanolic extract of Neem leaves in Larval Development Assay (LDA) could inhibit conversion of L1 larvae of Haemonchus contortus to L3 larvae upto 99% but could not inhibit hatching of eggs in Egg Hatch Assay (EHA) whereas ethanolic extract of papaya seed could inhibit 75.81% eggs of H.contortus from hatching indicating better ovicidal properties of papaya seed extract as compared to Neem leaves. Embelia ribes fruit extract showed both ovicidal and larvaicidal activity against benzimidazole resistant population of H.contortus. At a concentration of 30mg/ml, the extract inhibited 84.51% eggs from hatching in Egg Hatch Assay (EHA). In LDA, 87.50% of first stage larvae (L1) could be inhibited from development to L3 larvae of H.contortus at a concentration of 15mg/ml of ethanolic fruit extract of E.ribes whereas 1000μg/ml concentration of pure molecule Embelin could inhibit 100% larvae from developing to L3 indicating anthelmintic potential of the fruit extract. In Adult Mortality Assay (AMA) ethanolic fruit extract of E.ribes at a concentration of 25mg/ml caused 100% mortality of adult H.contortus worms 6 hours post exposure, indicating high efficacy of the fruit extract against adult worms.

In in vivo trial, in sheep infected with 5000 L3 larvae of H.contortus, ethanolic fruit extract of E.ribes@ 75mg/kgbw reduced mean EPG by 43.18% at 13 days post treatment by FECRT. [email protected]/kgbw could reduce EPG by 72.46% which indicated levamisole resistance by FECRT in anthelmintic treated sheep.

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F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sl. Detail of Author(s) Title & Year of Publication Name of the NAAS No. Journal rating

1 Dipali Parmar, Dinesh Chandra, Efficacy of closantel against Indian 6.2 Arvind Prasad, Muthu Sankar, benzimidazole resistance Journal Abdul Nasir, Bhawna Haemonchus contortus of Animal Kushwaha,, Ravi Khare and infection in sheep-2019 Research Navneet Kaur

G. Course taught along with credit hr (UG/PG/PhD):

Course Title Credit hour UG (BVSc) Veterinary Parasitology 3+2 PG (MVSc) Veterinary Helminthology 3+1 Ph.D. Nemathelminthes 2+1

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A. Name of the ICAR Emeritus Scientist: Dr. B. Mohan Kumar B. Address of the Institution where working: College of Forestry, KAU, KAU PO, Thrissur -680656, Kerala.

C. Title of the project: Carbon and biodiversity in the tree-based land use systems of central, Kerala. i. Date of Start : 3rd December 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 2nd December 2021

D. Objectives: Investigate the aboveground C storage along a range of tree-based land-use systems from natural forests to homegardens, coconut groves, and rubber plantations in central Kerala, India, Study the differences in C sequestration in homegardens of varying ecological characteristics and holding size and Assess the relationships between the aboveground carbon stocks and biodiversity levels contained by the different land use types.

E. Significant achievements: Homegardens, coconut and rubber plantations in a total of 17 Panchayaths along an altitudinal gradient in central Kerala from coast to highlands were sampled (number sampled households: 153). GPS coordinates of the sampled small, medium and large gardens were noted and all common herbs, shrubs, and trees were (>5 cm girth at breast height) enumerated. Natural forest patches in the adjoining forest reserves of the selected panchayaths were sampled by establishing six 10 x 10 m quadrats at each of the selected locations and all trees (>5 cm girth at breast height) were enumerated by measuring the height and diameter at breast height. Initial results indicate that Simpson’s floristic diversity index (0.64, 0.41, and 0.46 for a subset of small, medium, and large homegardens respectively), species richness, and tree density (per hectare) were highest for small-sized holdings. Large-sized homegardens, however, had more stems per ha (per garden basis). Average aboveground standing stocks of C ranged from 16 to 36 Mg ha–1, with small homegardens having higher C stocks on unit area basis than large- and medium-sized ones. Implicit in this is the potential for C sequestration and agrobiodiversity conservation, especially by small the homegardeners. Simulation studies indicate that soil C stocks were influenced by growth form, lignin content of tree tissues, increasing temperature and soil texture. Carbon in aboveground biomass was relatively little influenced by increasing temperature and soil texture, however. Inclusion of trees with traits that promoted C sequestration, along with use of best management practices, resulted in the greatest C storage among the simulated agricultural systems. Greater use and better management of trees with high C storage potential can thus provide a low-cost means for mitigation of climate warming.

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F. Research Publications: (NAAS rating 6 and above)

Sr. Details of Title along with year of publication Name of the Journal NAAS No. Author(s) Rating 1 Russell A.E. and Modeling Experiments for Evaluating the Forests, 10, 803; 7.96 Mohan Kumar Effects of Trees, Increasing Temperature, doi:10.3390/f100908 B. and Soil Texture on Carbon Stocks in 03 Agroforestry Systems in Kerala, India (2019) 2 Jose, S., Walter, Ecological considerations in sustainable Agroforestry Systems 7.2 D. and Mohan silvopasture design and management 93 (1): 317–331 DOI Kumar, B (2019). 10.1007/s10457-016- 0065-2. 3 Mohan Kumar, Phenotypic plasticity of roots in mixed Agroforestry 7.2 B. and Jose, S. tree species agroforestry systems: review Systems, 92:59–69. with examples from peninsular India doi:10.1007/s10457- (2018) 016-0012-2.

G. Transferable Technologies developed: To promote greater C storage in agricultural systems, inclusion of trees with traits that promoted C sequestration, along with use of best management practices is important. Greater use and better management of trees with high C storage potential can thus provide a low-cost means for mitigation of climate warming.

Fig.1: Livestock an integral part of many tropical homegardens in Thrissur, Kerala

I. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.) i. Agroforestry and Reclamation of Degraded and Problem Areas: 2+0 (M.Sc and Ph. D. students) ii. Climate Change Mitigation through Land Use Management: 2+0 (M.Sc and Ph.D. students) J. Annual action plan (2020-21): Enumeration of the homegardens, coconut groves, and rubber plantations in Thrissur district, will be continued along an altitudinal gradient. Computation and analysis of homegarden data: Quantitative estimates on homegarden aboveground carbon storage and floristic diversity and differences in carbon sequestration in homegardens of varying ecological characteristics including altitudinal zones, and holding size will be computed.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. B. R. Ranwah B. Address of the Institution where working : MPUAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan)

C. Title of the project: Teaching Biometrics in PG classes and Book writing for PG students entitled “Advances in Biometrical and Quantitative Genetics.

i. Date of Start : 16-01-2017 ii. Date of completion : 15-01-2020

D. Objectives : Teaching M. Sc. (Ag) GPB and Ph. D. GPB students and writing book for them.

E. Significant achievements: Under shortage of teachers, taught M.Sc. (Ag) and Ph. D. GPB students and developed teaching aids for them.Developed programmes for numerical exercise of these courses in Excel to facilitate the students and clear the steps. Students were trend to analyse their data using above programme.

F. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): M.Sc. (Ag) 3 (2+1) and Ph. D. 3 (2+1).

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Biswanath Sadangi B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar (Odisha) C. Title of the project: Current Approaches of ATMA and KVK of Odisha in Addressing Gender Issues in Agriculture. i. Date of Start : 01.02.2017 ii. Date of completion : 31.01.2020

D. Objectives: Examine the system interventions of selected ATMA and KVK in gender perspective. Assess the gender sensitivity of the functionaries. Assess the capacity of the organizations to undertake gender sensitive interventions. Evaluate gender impact of the interventions implemented by ATMA and KVK. Find out the extent of coordination/convergence among ATMA, KVK and other agencies in gender mainstreaming. Suggest short term and long term actionable points to effectively address the gender issues.

E. Significant achievements: The Survey research and multi stage random sampling were employed to select 3 ATMA districts and 6 KVKs for the study. Ninety extension functionaries, 30 KVK scientists, 240 farmers and 240 farm women constituted the sample. Institutional data from districts, blocks, Directorate of extension OUAT and Institute on Management of Agriculture Extension were collected to study the gender sensitive interventions in agriculture. Gender composition of ATMA and KVK was compared which revealed that the percentage of women staff in KVK was found above 20 in all the three cadres, highest being in the technical cadre (35.62). Absence of women functionaries holding Block Technology Manager (BTM) was observed. On an average, each KVK had 17.44 recommendations per year in SAC meetings, out of which 4.22 (24.19 %) were on gender / women issue. A comparison between ATMA and KVK on organization mechanisms brought out a better picture for KVK than ATMA. At block and district levels of ATMA, general meeting, orientation programmes and awards were implemented for awareness building and visibility to women farmers. The women awardees constituted about 23 to 25 percent of the total awardees. Gender sensitization training for the farmers and farm women were not held by ATMA during the reference years (2014-15 to 2017-18).

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Cent percent women participation was formed in home science training, FLD, and OFT of KVKs. It was interesting to find positive developments in terms of participation of women in three above domain areas i.e. training, FLD and OFT of KVKs. Majority of district and block level functionaries of ATMA and KVK scientists had perceived to have had gender awareness. The mean score for district, block level ATMA functionaries and KVK scientists were found to be 5.7, 6.2 and 5.6 respectively (out of 10). The attitude scores of the above staff towards gender mainstreaming was found to be 38.4 for district level functionaries followed by 37.3 for KVK scientists and 36.9 for block level functionaries. The ‘t’ test revealed no significant differences between them. Multiple linear regression analysis suggested that the independent variables namely age, education, service status, experience and training on gender were not significantly linearly related to attitude. So, gender remained to be deep rooted due to traditional environment in the family and community. A comparative analysis of DEE and IMAGE on their capacity to promote gender in official activities revealed that by and large IMAGE was better than DEE. Under extension reform, the IMAGE got more managerial positions, more funds for gender programmes, provisions of HRD for managers and scope for outsourcing experts than DEE. But, both the institutions had not given due attention for capacity building of the officers on gender in agriculture. Both cited that insufficient demand from the staff for gender training during training need analysis was an important reason for sluggish progress. However, DEE, OUAT cited that poor scope under HRD and insufficient fund to implement gender programmes affected their capacity. About 51 percent of farm women had no general awareness about ATMA as against 44 percent farmers. Highest percentage (23) of the farm women got information about ATMA from President/member of SHG where as 19 percent (highest) of farmers got it from village agriculture workers. Social participation of farm women was found significant positive relationship with awareness level. Thirteen gender issues within the scope of ATMA interventions were selected for impact analysis. Farmers and farm women perceived that ATMA had no significant positive impact on all the issues although reasonable positive changes had taken place on issues, namely participation in decision making, opportunities in farming, participation of women in group activities and equity in benefit sharing. The impact of KVK was analysed on qualities of training, FLD and OFD on gender perspective. The co-ordination and convergence between ATMA , KVK and other agencies revealed that KVKs participated mostly in capacity building programmes, planning and strategy making meetings of ATMA with average frequency of 9.5 times/ year/ KVK. The most important area of co-ordination was agriculture followed by fisheries and exhibition. During these programmes, KVK contacted on an average 520 farm women per year. Field level convergence for bigger goals/problem solving of farm women was found to be rare. Some case studies on the said aspect were made and shortcomings were identified.

Finally, based on the findings of the study, short term and long term actionable points were proposed for improvement in gender composition, organisational mechanism, activities on gender perspective, gender sensitivity of functionaries, capacity of DEE, OUAT and IMAGE and co-ordination and convergence between ATMA and KVK on gender dimensions of agriculture.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. C. S. Chaturvedi

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-NBFGR, Aquaculture Research & Training Unit, Chinhat, Lucknow (UP).

C. Title of the project: Development of Brood Bank and Establishing demonstration hatcheries for commercial seed production of Asian catfish Clarias batrachus (Linn).

i. Date of Start : 29th March, 2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 28th March, 2020

D. Objectives: Developed the larval development with grand success. Disseminate the technology at farmer's pond. Developed the portable hatchery for ruler areas. Popularizes the magur seed production and culture for commercial ventures.

E. Significant achievements: Magur indoor portable hatchery with showering was constructed and established at ARTU wetlab, Chinhat for breeding. Magur Breeding trail without scarifying the male brooder and reutilization of same male brooder for next session breeding was first time standardize in India with successful breeding result. Magur specific nursery and rearing pond (25 x 20) was successfully constructed and make it functional for rearing of magur seeds at ARTU, Chinhat farm. Standardization of magur maximum survival technique under captivity was successfully designed from spawn-fry, fry-fingerling & fingerling-Adult stages.

F. Transferable Technologies developed: As per the request of Director, Department of Fisheries, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) magur breeding and rearing technology was successfully demonstrated & transferred to farmer field level. Induced breeding trail programme of Clarias batrachus was carried out in the month of July, 2017-2018. Breeding trail was successfully conducted at Raipur Fisheries Department. A total of 50 sets were breed successfully and 50,000 fry were produced after rearing of magur spawn after 1 month. 30,000 magur fingerling were obtained successfully during the breeding trail and handed over to Deputy Director Fisheries, Raipur (Dr. R. K. Singh).

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G. Success story: Portable hatchery with showering was successfully designed and installed for magur breeding and rearing at farmers level. To aware farmers at field level and to introduce the importance of magur catfish breeding in fish culture an initiative was carried by Mr. Shiv Murat Saroj (Former Gram Pradhan) of village Sarsi khama, Patti-Magraura, Pratapgarh District, Allahabad (UP) for construction of magur portable hatchery at village level. At the early stage the land was surveyed for construction of hatchery and four ponds were also constructed for rearing of brooders/fingerlings. In the coming days for the success of the hatchery and breeding tech. training programmes for skill development of farmers will be conducted ASAP at district Pratapgarh. Consultancy for the development of Solar powered integrated fisheries turkey project on built, operate, maintain, train and transfer (B.O.M.T.T.) basis on "Brood Bank and Pangasius Seed Hatchery Complex" at Lucknow for the Department of Uttar Pradesh Fisheries Cooperation and UPDASP, UP Government was provided to Fisheries Department. The total project cost is Rs.6 .13 crores.

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D): Ph.D thesis entitled "Comparative evaluation of fresh & Cryo-preserved milt for quality seed production of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)" by Ms. Rashmi Sateesh Ambulkar from ICAR-CIFE; Mumbai was successfully completed & submitted under my supervision within the due time. Under the training teaching programme during (2017-2019) on RAS System, Feeding strategy for brood catfish & integrated fish culture, 34 hours credit courses was taught under different sessions at ICAR-ARTU, Chinhat and Department of Fisheries (Uttar Pradesh Govt.) Training Centres.

I. Annual action plan (2020-21): Preparation of knowledge material (Manual & Brochures) for magur breeding & culture. Communication of publications and review articles in National/International journals. Two days awareness progmme for magur breeding techniques/skill developments for rural farmers.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. D. K. Sharma

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Lucknow.

C. Title of the project: Study on resodification of reclaimed sodic soil to identify causes and to suggest remedial measures in Uttar Pradesh.

i. Date of Start : 1st March 2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 29th February, 2020

D. Objectives: Estimate the annual crop production and monetary losses grown in salt-affected soils. Assessment of the area under resodification in different zones of Uttar Pradesh. Know the effect of resodification on crop productivity. Suggest suitable remedial measures for resodification of sodic soils.

E. Significant achievements: The highest production losses was estimated in case of wheat (2.35 million tonnes) followed by rice (1.27 million tonnes). Total potential production losses due to sodicity in case of cereals, oilseed and pulses and cash crops were 7.55 million tonnes in Uttar Pradesh. Maximum monetary losses was estimated in case of wheat (INR 31761 million) followed by rice (INR 16512 million). Total monetary losses in case of cereals, oilseed and pulses and cash crops were INR 73420 million in Uttar Pradesh, which is having the sodic land to the extent of 1.35 million hectares. Analysis revealed that 1.71 to 8.84 % land affected due to resodification in Western zone of Uttar Pradesh. The corresponding values are 2.4 to 12.5 % in Central zone and 4.4 to 14.5 % in Eastern zone, respectively. The reversion of sodicity also observed more in Eastern Uttar Pradesh followed by Central and Western Uttar Pradesh.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. D. L. N. Rao

B. Address of the Institution: ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal-462038, M.P. C. Title of the project: Improvement of Soil Health by Novel Microbial Inoculants. i. Date of Start : 13-01-2017 ii. Date of Completion : 12-01-2020

D. Objectives: Assess the improvement of soil biological health resulting from inoculation of various consortia of novel plant growth promoting Actinobacteria. Validate improvement of soil health using rapid methods of testing soil biological health.

E. Significant achievements: Microbes belonging to Arthrobacter spp., Streptomyces spp. and Bacillus spp. produced highly aromatic organic molecules in culture media. Inoculation of microbial consortium of above three species along with addition of plant residues (wheat straw + legume residue) in Vertisols, improved carbon sequestration and soil health. Labile carbon content of soil was found to be highly correlated to soil organic matter content and soil dehydrogenase activity and found to be a good surrogate indicator of soil biological health. The novel microbial consortium improved grain yields of chickpea, wheat, soybean and maize by 3.3, 9.2, 23.3 and 30.5% respectively over uninoculated control in farmers’ fields.

F. Transferable Technologies developed:

Novel Microbial Consortium has already been transferred to Farmers’ fields.

G. Success story Microbial Inoculation Improves Carbon Sequestration and Soil Health Low availability of organic manures, reduced recycling of agricultural wastes and imbalanced fertilization are some of the principal reasons for the low organic matter content in Indian soils. The role of microbes in maintaining soil health is well known, however their role in sequestering carbon and formation of soil organic matter (SOM) is poorly understood. The formation of melanin and other precursor molecules in the formation of organic matter by bacteria- Microbacterium testaceum, Arthrobacter sp., Streptomyces spp. Lysinibacillus sp. and Bacillus subtilis was studied in vitro in culture media. Spectrophotometric measurements showed that melanin production was highest in total consortium of all cultures and in Arthrobacter spp. The role of these bacteria in vivo in soil microcosms for formation of SOM and improvement of soil health attributes was studied in incubation experiments over nine months. The microbial consortium of Arthrobacter+ Streptomyces+

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Bacillus inoculation increased C mineralization in plant residue (wheat straw + legume residue) amended soils by 15 % over uninoculated soils and led to higher accumulation of organic C (by 0.05%) and labile C (by 0.003%) along with 13% higher soil dehydrogenase activity (generalized indicator of soil biological activity). There was good relation between soil organic carbon, labile carbon and dehydrogenase activity of soils. Labile carbon is thus a good surrogate and can be assayed as a rapid indicator and be included as a reliable soil biological health indicator in soil health card. The microbial consortium of Arthrobacter+ Streptomyces+ Bacillus performed well in farmers’ field trials for two years in Village Parwaliya and Raslakehdi, Dt. Bhopal with yield increases in chickpea, wheat, soybean and maize ranging from 3.3, 9.2, 23.3 and 30.5% respectively. The farmers own perception of an increase of ~3-4 quintals/acre in wheat and ~8 quintals/acre in maize based on his visual observations match well with the measured increases and are indicative of the confidence gained by farmers on the benefits of using inoculants. It is recommended that bio- inoculants use should be widely promoted not only for the well-known benefits of reducing fertilizer nutrient usage but also to build up soil organic matter and soil health.

Fig. 1: Farmers’ field demonstrations on novel microbial consortia inoculation on soybean (left) and maize (right) at Village Parwaliya, Bhopal, kharif 2019.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. D. Rama Rao

B. Address of the Institution where working: Knowledge Management Centre, University Library, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad

C. Title of the project: Future pathways for digital learning in Agricultural Education. i. Date of Start : 25th Nov, 2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 24th Nov, 2020

D. Objectives: Foresight analysis on emerging trends in digital learning vis-à-vis its status in agricultural education. Assessment of capacity development needs of teachers for digital learning and establish a heuristic approach for its implementation Evolve knowledge management strategy and action plan to integrate emerging digital learning concepts and philosophy into agricultural education.

E. Significant achievements: Trained 100 faculties in use of simple blended teaching -learning environment. About 10 faculties from eight different institutions have been implementing it for the regular courses being taught by them. Created a knowledge management platform to deliver digital learning (https://krishisamhitha.net/elearn). This is made available free to AUs and PJTSAU already implemented four e-learning courses during semester of 2019.

F. Transferable Technologies developed: e-vidyasamhitha was designed and developed for easy and low cost delivery of regular courses for online e-learning. This was tested on four regular PG/Ph.D. courses at PJTSAU.

G. Success story: The project survey on experiences of teachers and students associated with e-learning in the NARES pointed to certain constraints from infrastructure, faculty training, technical resources, etc. The current project evolved an easy and pocket friendly way of implementing e-learning through the model ‘e-vidyasamhitha’ based on blended learning requiring minimal effort and resources.

In the blended learning mode, teacher will continue with the conventional teaching and use net based free e-learning platform for interactions with the students. The later includes course contents, scheduling, assignments, discussions and link or content for further reading. Uploading class material is optional. For this, the teacher and students need smart mobile or laptop with internet access. The details of popularising e-learning at PJTSAU and other educational institutions are given below.

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Implementation at PJTSAU: The model ‘e-vidyasamhitha’ was pilot tested at PJTSAU and put to use during the first semester of 2019-20 (www.pjtsau.gnomio.com). The project supported the regular teachers of four PG courses in implementing them online. The faculty were provided technical support in the form of 30 min demo on use of the online platform and kick start the course. Besides, the team also helped the teachers to host their course online by adding students, course out line, time table and an email notification to the students to begin with. Following this, the teachers added week wise relevant resources, assignments, discussions and associated instructions to the students. The softwares check on timely submission of assignments online or penalty on the same platform within the specified time limit or else penalty for late submission, etc.

Capacity development of general university faculty: The project team designed and developed a two-day training module on “Online Teaching Learning” to train faculty from general universities. It was put to use in the HRD programmes orgainsed by Moulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. The trainee faculty are teaching UG/PG courses in multi-disciplinary subjects like humanities, social sciences, basic sciences and technical sciences. Good number of faculty come from colleges having inadequate infrastructure and hardly any technical support for e-learning. The blended approach made teachers comfortable as they could continue with their conventional way of teaching and use online platform for interaction with the students through assignments, discussions, etc. Some teachers could also host their courses on line and manage them.

Low cost online distance mode of delivery: To popularise about agri-horticulture education and opportunities, the project team in association with KBH Human Development Foundation, a Hyderabad based NGO, oranised a course on ‘Basic Horticulture’ to UG students of Stella Mary College, Vijayawada in distance mode. The interactive lectures were delivered from Hyderabad by Dr Padma Raju, Former VC, ANGRAU, D Rama Rao, Former Director NAARM, Ms Soujanya, PhD (Horticulture) and Ms Sahana, MSc (Horticulture). The college projected the lessons live to 28 BSc final students and they could also access it on their mobile and lap tops. The NGO organisers, college faculty and students were happy at the simplicity in making use of technology. On follow up, the project team counselled students to intern at some horticulture farms near Vijayawada and also connected them to Horticulture professors for further technical support. Outcome: Based on this successful experience, the e-learning model is now being implemented for UG courses at PJTSAU.

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Fiig. 1: Screen shot of Course Structure

H. List of Copyright(s) obtained:

a) Date of filing : Jan 2020 b) Date of grant : NA c) Name of Contributors in the Copyright(s): D Rama Rao & T. Sushumna Rao d) Copyright(s) licensed with details: NA

I. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/PhD):

Facilitated following courses delivery in online mode using the project e-learning platform e-krishividya. Support PJTSAU faculty in implementing four PG/PhD courses during firsst semester of 2019. Taught 2-day module on to about 100 faculties on “Online Teaching Learning” to faculty from general universities attending HRD programmes orgainsed by Moulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. Taught one day course on ‘Basic Horticulture’ to 28 UG students of Stella Mary College, Vijayawada in distance mode.

J. Annual action plan (2020-21):

Targets Outputs Review of courses and methods for Comparison of learning modes and teaching-learning effectiveness refinement of methodologies for effective learning Review of experiences on digital Assessment on action plan for collaborative learning and strategy for NARES efforts on digital learning in NARES

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A.Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. J. V. Patil

B.Address of the Institution where working : Sorghum Improvement Project, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri Tal.- Rahuri, Dist.- Ahmednagar State – Maharashtra Pin.- 413 722

C. Title of the project: Identification of quantitative trait loci for drought related traits in post- rainy Sorghum. i. Date of Start : 05/06/2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 04/06/2021

D. Objectives : Characterize the sorghum RIL population for physiological and biochemical parameters under drought stress and control conditions. Identify novel quantitative trait loci for drought stress related traits in post-rainy sorghum.

E. Significant achievements :

Completed phenotyping of 200 BC2F5 progenies for drought related physiological traits, and other agronomic traits in two (CRS4 and RSLG262) rabi sorghum backgrounds. Identified 28 lines (11 in CRS4) and (17 in RSLG) to be superior over respective parents and are further characterised. The analysis of variance clearly indicated significant genotypic differences for various physiological traits. The trait correlations indicated Rate of photosynthesis was significantly correlated with Rate of transpiration (-0.43***), stomatal conductance (0.17*) and Canopy temperature (0.24***). Rate of transpiration was significantly correlated with Canopy temperature (-0.21***), stomatal conductance with Canopy Temp. Difference (-0.28***), Photosynthetically Active Radiation with Canopy Temperature Difference (-0.12*), Canopy temperature with Canopy Temperature Difference (0.29***). High heritability of the traits viz., Rate of photosynthesis (0.85), Canopy temperature (0.74), Canopy Temperature Difference (0.79), Photosynthetically Active Radiation (0.86), Rate of transpiration (0.70), stomatal conductance (0.90) was observed. 235 RILs of M35-1 x B35 population are characterised for various agronomical and physiological traits under irrigated and moisture stress conditions.

F.Annual action plan (2020-21):

Sl. No. Achievable Targets Quantifiable Outputs 1 Data compilation, QTL analysis Novel QTLs for drought tolerance related traits identified 2 Report writing and preparation of Final report submission research paper

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. J. Venkatesha

B. Address of the Institution where working: College of Horticulture, UHS Campus, Bengaluru-560065 University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot

C. Title of the project: Collection, Evaluation and Fingerprinting of Turmeric Landraces Prevailing in Karnataka i. Date of Start : 27-06-2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 26-06-2020

D. Objectives: Collection and phenotypic characterization of landrace populations of turmeric prevailing in Karnataka. Understanding the genetic diversity and delineating the constituent genotypes of landrace populations of turmeric. DNA fingerprinting, registration and conservation of new and novel genotypes / accessions of turmeric.

E. Significant achievements: As per the technical programme, during first year (2017-18) surveyed and Collected 112 turmeric accessions from potential turmeric growing areas of southern region viz., Chamarajanagar, Mysore, Mandya and Shivamogga Districts and northern region viz., Uttar Kannada, Haveri Belagam, Bagalkot, Bidhar and Raichur Districts of Karnataka. During second year (2018-19) and third year (2019-20) collected 112 genotypes were planted both in field and pots for morphological, duration of maturity and yield performance. Based on duration of maturity seven short duration (<239 days), 70 medium duration (240-269 days) and 35 long duration (>270 days) types were identified. Morphologically all the genotypes are medium to higher in plant height (78.30 cm), number of leaves per plant (18.09), number of suckers per plant (3.2), leaf area per plant (90.17dm2) and petiole length (11.97 cm). Based on fresh yield,112 accessions were grouped in to 9 were very high yielders (>30 t/ha), 39 were High yielders (20-30 t/ha), 25 were average yielders (16-20 t/ha) and 39 were low yielders (<16 t/ha). The curcumin content ranged from 3.0 to 6.5 per cent. Genetic diversity of 112 turmeric accessions along with 30 known varieties were genotyped with 39 SSR markers resulting in generation of 5538 data points with 1 to 6 alleles per marker. Accession specific fingerprints and population genetic structure of the collected genotypes is in progress.

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Fig.1: Distinguish morphological traits based on DUS guidelines

F. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

a.Courses offered

Sl. Course Course title Degree Semester and No. Number and year Credit hours

01 PMA601 (2+1) Advances in production Ist PhD Ist semester technology of plantation (PSMAC) 2017-18 crops 02 PMA 502 Production technology of Jr. MSc. IInd Semester (1+1) beverage crops. (Hort.) 2017-18 (PSMAC) 03 PMA601 (2+1) Advances in production Ist PhD Ist semester technology of plantation (PSMAC) 2018-19 crops 04 PMA 502 Production technology of Jr. MSc. IInd Semester (1+1) beverage crops. (Hort.) 2018-19 (PSMAC) 05 PMA601 (2+1) Advances in production Ist PhD Ist semester technology of plantation (PSMAC) 2019-20 crops (under progress)

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b. Serving as Co-chairman and member of the Advisory committee: Ph.D. 05 and M.Sc.05 students

F. Annual action plan (2020-21):

1. Analysis of the morphological and yield data. 2. Analysis of curcumin contents of different accessions/genotypes.

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A. Name of the ICAAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. K. K. Philipose

B. Address of the Institution where working: Calicut RC of ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB No 917, Westhill Post, Kozhikode-673005, Kerala

C. Title of the project: Review of Marine and Brakish water cage farming along the West coast of India. i. Date of Start : 02.07.2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 01.07.2021

D. Objectives: Assess the technical and financial performance of the cage culture along Kerala, Karnataka and Goa coasts. Analyze the production and economics of finfish and shell fish farming in different indigenous cages. Understand the economic and financial viability of mariculture in India. Analyze practical constraints and develop suitable guidelines for better management practices to generate innovative strategies for sustainable mariculture.

E. Significant achievements: The fish production from brackish water cage farming in different indigenous cages at Kerala and Karnataka carried out. The production in Kerala optimized as 25 kg per cubic meter from 2 m ×2 m ×1.5 m rectangular cages and Karnataka as 50 Kg per cubic meter from 4 m × 2 m × 2 m rectangular cages. In Goa, the production rate is approximately 50 Kg per cubic meter from 6 m × 6 m square cages. The suitable species identified for farming in brackish water cages along Karnataka coast is Sea bass followed by Red snapper and Grouper. In Kerala, cage farming is limited to Pearl spot, Sea bass and Indian Pompano. The stocking size optimized for brackish water cage farming along Karnataka is 50 grams for Sea bass and Red snapper. In Karwar and Goa, seeds are reared in nursery and supplied to farmers by Karwar RC of CMFRI. In other places, nursery rearing carried out in hapas inside the grow-out cages and later released to the cages. The technical performance of the cage culture along Kerala, Karnataka and Goa coasts were evaluated. Review survey carried out at Calicut, Kollam, Kannur, Kasargode, Malappuram districts along Kerala coast and along Dakshin Kannada, Uduppi and Uttar Kannada districts of Karnataka. Survey and regular monitoring is carried in the South and North districts in Goa also.

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F. Transferable Technologies developed : i. Low cost cage technology suitable for marine and brackish water cage farming. ii. A nursery rearing technology to reduce the mortality of fish seeds in early stages and to increase the production in the grow-out system (sea and brackish water cages developed as part of the technology transfer process under the project).

G. Success story: Cage farming is developed as a back yard farming method in the brackish waters of Uppunda area where the fishes are stocked in 4 m x 2 m x 2 m sized cages tied on fixed poles in the back water. The mesh size of the cages was 14 mm on all sides and an 80 mm net is provided on the top to prevent birds from predating the smaller fishes. The cage is having an area of 16 m3 and on an average 800 fishes is stocked in each cage. Feeding is done two times a day by using trash fishes available as by-catch in their own fishing nets. Stocking is normally done in December –January months in the cages and fishes are reared for 18 months in the cages and harvested in the trawl ban period or during festival seasons. A survival rate of 60% is observed, that 480 to 500 fishes survive in the cage. Within 18 months the fishes grow to an average weight of 2.5 Kg and give Mr. Chandra a production of 1200 Kg fishes from the cage in 18 months. Fishes are marketed in Goa where Sea bass fetches very high rates such as Rs. 400 per Kilo gram. The income from the cage works out to be approximately Rs. 4,80,000/- from a single cage. Even after deducting all the input costs, the fisherman earns a handsome profit year after year. The cage culture technology developed by CMFRI had transformed the lives of many fishermen like Mr. Chandra Karvi along the Karnataka and Goa coast.

Cages of Chandra Kafrvi in Uppunda back waters

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. K. M. Shankar B. Address of the Institution where working: Veterinary College, KVAFS University, Shivamogga-577204, Karnataka.

C. Title of the project: Development of farmer level monoclonal antibody (MAb) based flowthrough (FT) diagnostic kits for detection of aquatic pathogens(A hydrophila, Vibrio, A invadans) and antibiotics (Oxytetracycline and Sulfadimethoxine). i. Date of start : 1st February, 2017 ii. Date of completion : 31st January, 2020

G. Objectives: Developing MAb based diagnostic Flow Through Assays(FTA) Developing FTA to farmer level kits Improving shelf life of kit reagents Field evaluation of the kits for technology transfer

E. Significant achievements: MAb based immunogold Flowthrough Assay (SFTA) with silver staining developed for 3 aquatic pathogens (A hydrophila, Vibrio, A invadans) and 2 antibiotics (Oxytetracycline and Sulfadimethoxine). Sensitivity of SFTA for detection of pathogens 100-1000 times that of I step PCR and much below the antibiotics safe Maximum Residue Level(MRL) prescribed by WHO. The rapid 10 min SFTAs was further developed to field level farmer kits with ready to use components at low cost of one tenth of I step PCR( Rs 50 /sample ). Samples of fish, shrimp collected from hatcheries, farms of AP and Karnataka for evaluation.

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F. Research Publications: (NAAS rating 6 and above)

Sr. Details of Author(s) Title along with year Name of the NAAS No. of publication Journal Rating

1. Abhiman Purandara Development of a simple Aquaculture 7.28 Ballyaya, Moumita and rapid monoclonal International, Mondal, Shankar antibody-based flow DOI.10.1007/s 10499-018-0278-7 Mariappa Kalkuli through immunogold

&Suresh Babu assay (FIA) for detection Padinhate Purayil. of Aeromonas hydrophila, 2018

2. M. Moumita, K.M. Development of a Food Chemistry, 10.95 Shankara, P.B. sandwich vertical flow 270,585-592 Abhimana, B.A. immunogold assay for Shamasundarb. rapid detection of Oxytetracycline residue in fish tissues, 2019

3. Inchara U.B., Evaluation of the Journal of 8.19 Sathish R.P., Sensitivity of the Flow immunological Shankar K.M., Through Assay for methods, 456,54-60 Abhiman P.B., detection of White Spot Prakash P, Syndrome Virus (WSSV) using a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies

G. Transferable Technologies developed:

Farmer level SFTA kits developed for detection of: i. A. hydrophila ii. Vibrio harvei iii. A invadans iv. Oxytetracycline v. Sulphadimethoxine

H. Success story: MAb based Silver staining Flow through Assay kits (SFTA) developed for 3 pathogens (A hydrophila, Vibrio, A invadans) and 2 antibiotics (Oxytetracycline and Sulfadimethoxine) of aquaculture importance. The ready to use rapid kits can detect the pathogens in 10 min at one tenth the cost of I step PCR (Rs 50 per sample). The SFTA are 100-1000 times

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sensitive than I step PCR for detection of the pathogens. The SFTA could detect the antibiotics residue much below the safe Maximum Residue Level (MRL) prescribed by WHO. Based on our experience from developing and transferring similar test kit for detection of white spot virus of shrimp, these kits allow field level testing of a large number of samples by a large number of farmers saving time and reducing loss adding to better disease management. Furthermore, the kits for antibiotics residue help farmers, traders, processors to detect antibiotic residues ultimately improving consumer safety and curbing antibiotics resistance by pathogens.

J. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): Fish Pathology for UG veterinary graduates only few lectures during 2017 and 2018.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. K. Ram Krishna B. Address of the Institution where working: SKN College of Agriculture (SKNAU), Jobner-303329, Rajasthan

C. Title of the project: Molecular characterization of the fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) germplasm using SDS-PAGE of seed storage proteins and the DNA markers.

i. Date of Start : 1st February 2017 ii. Date of completion : 31st January 2020

D. Objectives: Characterization of fennel germplasm accessions maintained at AICRP on Spices, Jobner, based on morphological traits, SDS-PAGE typing and DNA markers.

E. Significant achievements: Contributed to PG teaching (7 courses), imparted one day training to participants of 4 CAFTs/ 2 Winter Schools/ 2 Orientation programmes, undertaken M.Tech/Doctoral thesis evaluations / viva-voce examinations ( IARI, New Delhi; BAU, Ranchi and SVBPUAT, Modipuram) and Assignments of Education Division, ICAR ( as member of PRT /expert member for project validation). Evaluated 280 genotypes of fennel germplasm using seed storage protein profile and identified specific SDS-PAGE types. Instrumental in initiating work on use of DNA marker based genotyping. Undertaken diallel crossing between 8 different SDS-PAGE types for storage seed proteins

(field evaluation of Parents and F1 hybrids is in vogue).

F. Success story: Implementation of this project has marked the first step in the use of molecular techniques in crop improvement at this campus. Thus it made it possible to fully utilize the existing infrastructure for genotyping fennel accessions using molecular techniques, impart hands-on training on SDS-PAGE to various training participants and conduct laboratory exercise for PG students in Genetic Engineering subject course. Besides, while it is possible to utilize SDS- PAGE of seed storage proteins profile to segregate fennel germplasm in different groups, results of our experiments may indicate to potential utility of such diversity in generating new variability and may be utilized as supplementary input for selection of parents in conventional breeding programme. The results of our initial assessment of 33 RAPD and 27 SSR primers

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(reported as polymorphic in fennel crop) revealed that in view of less amplification potential of these markers and occasional polymorphism observed, the protein based polymorphism may be important.

G. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.):

S.No. Academic Semester Course Credit Course session Number Hours Title

1 2016-17 II PBG-524 3(2+1) Principles of Cytogenetic 2 2017-18 I PBG-513 3(3+0) Molecular Genetics 3 2017-18 I PBG-531 3(2+1) Mutagenesis & Mutation Breeding 4 2017-18 II PBG-524 3(2+1) Principles of Cytogenetics 5 2017-18 II PBG-621 3(2+1) Genetic Engineering* 6 2018-19 I PBG-612 3(3+0) Advanced Genetics 7 2018-19 II PBG-621 3(2+1) Genetic Engineering *

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. K.V. Bhat B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi

C. Title of the project: Genetic enhancement of cultivated okra genepool for tolerance to OYVM and OELCV through introgression of genes from wild species of Abelmoschus L.

i. Date of Start : 08 May 2018

ii. Likely date of completion: 07 May 2021

D. Objectives : Collection of population diversity for A. enbeepeegearense and A. mizoramensis for identification of alternate sources of tolerance to OYVMV and OELCV. Development of crosses between wild OYVMV and OELCV tolerant species and cultivated okra for generation of segregating populations to study genetics of tolerance. Tagging of genes for to OYVMV and OELCV tolerance to facilitate marker-assisted breeding.

E. Significant achievements: Genes for tolerance to Okra Yellow Vein Mosaic and Okra Enation Leaf Curl viruses were transferred to cultivated okra genetic background from the new sources in the species; A. angulosus var grandiflorus, A. enbeepeegearense, A. mizoramensis and A. tetraphyllus. Attempts to cross A. moschatus and okra were not fully successful as the hybrid embryo abortion and degeneration was the hindrance. Selection among the aphidiploids, F1s and BCs exhibited vigorous growth, branching pattern and perennial habit in addition to tolerance to OYVMV and OELCV.

The F2 and F3, BC1 and BC2 generation selections produced fruits with characteristics closer to cultivated okra with high fertility as exhibited by the increased seed set on selfing. The advanced generation selections from four diverse origins can now be used readily in okra tolerance breeding programmes.

F. Transferable Technologies developed: Genetically enhanced progenies with genes from wild species for tolerance to OYVMV and OELCV as source of new genes.

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G. Success story:

The project on genetic enhancement of cultivated okra genepool with genes for tolerance to Yellow Vein Mosaic and Enation Leaf Curl viruses was initiated exploit the potential of the five new Abelmoschus species. The virus tolerance donor species were, A. angulosus var grandiflorus, A. enbeepeegearense, A. mizoramensis, A. moschatus and A. tetraphyllus. All these sources were screened earlier in two ICAR funded projects in Delhi, Guntur and Bengaluru locations for virus incidence and were found to be consistently tolerant to Okra Yellow Vein Mosaic (OYVMV) and Enation Leaf Curl (OELCV) viruses. The amphidiploids of F1 hybrids of these species with okra were generated by colchiploidization. The resulting amphidiploids (150) were multiplied and screened under three locations for ascertaining tolerance to OYVMV and OELCV. Only the tolerant amphidiploids were selected for back crossing to okra cultivars. Under Delhi conditions in open field and nethouse conditions, 65 F1s and back crosses were grown for screening and generation advance. Fresh crosses were also attempted between three okra cultivars (Arka Anamika, 2288 (a local landrace from Kerala), Ruchi, Pusa Sawani and Parbani Kranti) and the tolerant species, A. enbeepeegearense, A. angulosus var grandiflorus, A. moschatus and A. mizoramensis. Initial observations indicated successful fruit set in crosses involving okra and A. enbeepeegearense, A. angulosus var grandiflorus, A. tetraphyllus and A. mizoramensis. However, fruit drop and hybrid embryo degeneration was common in the crosses between A. esculentus and A. moschatus.

During 2019, the crosses generated were planted in pots as well as field conditions in February-March and June-August. Due constraints on availability of quality field facility with irrigation and protection, the initial results indicated varied seed viability and seedling survival which appeared to be influenced by the soil moisture and temperature. As a result, out of the 235 cross combinations sown, plants were successfully established in 122 combinations. Observations on the plant morphology, floral characteristics and response to virus infection were recorded. The virus tolerant plants from the amphidiploids, F1, F2 and F3, BC1 and BC2 generations of the crosses were selected and harvested separately. All the aphidiploids, F1, F2 and F3, BC1 and BC2 plants exhibited vigorous growth, branching pattern and mostly perennial habit. The fruits of plants in early generation were smaller with prickly hairs on surface and high fibre content. However, the F2 and F3, BC1 and BC2 generation selections produced fruits with characteristics closer to cultivated okra. Fertility of the later generation selections had substantial increase in fertility as exhibited by the increased seed set. The selections can now be utilized as sources for resistance to OYVMV and OELCV.

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Fig.1: F1 and advanced generation wide cross derivatives with tolerance to OYVMV and OELCV

H. Annual action plan (2020-21): Attempts to transfer virus tolerance from A. moschatus to A. esculentus (okra) through alternate approaches using other wild species in bridge crosses. Comparative trial of the 122 successful advanced generation selections. Generation advance of selected advanced generations.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Prof. Kasturi Samantaray B. Address of the Institution where working : ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar (Odisha) C. Title of the project: Impact of brewer’s spent yeast on growth performance, survival and immunostimulation of rohu (Labeo rohita) challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila. i. Date of Start : 17th April 2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 16th April 2020

D. Objectives: The efficacy of brewer’s spent yeast, on growth performance, survival of Labeo rohita. Immunostimulation of Labeo rohita fed with brewer’s spent yeast challenged with A. Hydrophila.

E. Significant achievements: 30 to 40% replacement of fishmeal by Spent brewer’s yeast gave better growth compared to fishmeal based controlled diet. The glucose level was less in 30% replacement which shows stress level is less. Most of the digestive enzymes such as amylase, lipase, GPT and GOOT are higher at 30% replacement level. The blood parameters such as total bilirubin, serum total protein, albumin and globulin are higher at 30% replacement level which shows the immunity of fish is better feeding with spent brewer’s yeast.

F. Transferable Technologies developed: Spent brewer’s yeast is suitable to replace fishmeal in rohu (Labeo rohita) feed to reduce feed cost and better growth.

Fig.1: Experimental setup G. Annual action plan (2020-21): 1. The proteomics analysis is under process. 2. The Aeromonas hydrophila challenge experiment is to be conducted.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. (Mrs.) Mayabini Jena

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack-753006, Odisha, India.

C. Title of the project: Evaluation and Utilization of BPH-resistant rice gene pool for multiple insect resistance traits.

i. Date of Start : 2nd July, 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 1st July, 2021

D. Objectives: Validating the resistance of already identified BPH-donors at late vegetative stage and through antibiosis, biochemical and molecular basis of resistance mechanism to identify donors for both initial and late vegetative crop-stage resistance coinciding with pest incidence. Evaluating BPH resistant genotypes for resistance for multiple resistance traits, particularly for YSB and gall midge. Preparing a database of all the screened genotypes and the resistant donors identified there of, for further use nationally.

E. Significant achievements: Registered two rice donors, purified Salkathi (CR AC. 35181; IC IC0256801; INGR 17069) and Dhoba numberi (CR AC. 35184; IC0256804; INGR19005) for BPH resistance. Identified thirty high BPH-resistant genotypes through revalidation. Antibiosis and biochemical basis of resistance was worked out for 28 red rices (Prajna et al, 2018, 2019) and also the molecular analysis with 38 SSR markers suggested significant difference in allelic diversity with respect to red rice resistance against BPH. Among the BPH- resistant genotypes, CR AC. 38456, CR 3006-8-2, IC283226, IC 256547, SS22(NRRI doubled haploid line) and a breeding line of Pusa 44xPTB10 showed high early stage resistance against yellow stem borer and 18 were resistant(1 & 3 score) at PI stage. Only 15 genotypes were resistant at both initial as well as PI stage. Since irratic weather conditions did not allow gall midge to establish during kharif 2019. Eighty NRRI released varieties screened earlier against BPH, were evaluated against rice blast disease. Satyakrishna, a BPH resistant cultivar of NRRI, was found resistant to blast (Yadav et al, 2019).

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F. Research Publications: (NAAS rating 6 and above)

Sr. Details of Author(s) Title along with year Name of the NAAS No. of publication Journal Rating

1. Manoj Kumar Gupta, Insights into the structure– Journal of 9.11 Ramakrishna Vadde, function relationship of Biomolecular Ravindra Donde, Gayatri Brown Plant Hopper Structure and Gouda, Jitendra Kumar, resistance protein, Bph14 Dynamics. 37(7); Subhashree Nayak, of rice plant: A p1649-1665 Mayabini Jena & Computational Structural Lambodar Behera. Biology Approach (2019)

2. Yadav MK, Arvindan S, Candidate screening Journal of 6.67 Ngangkham U, of blast resistance Genetics. 98:73. Prabhukarthikeyan donors for rice https:// doi.org/ SrKeerthana U, Raghu S, breeding. (2019) 10.1007/s12041- Pramesh D,Banerjee A, 019-1116-z Roy S, Sanghamitra P, (Springer India) Adak T, Priyadarshinee P, Jena Mayabini, Kar MK, Rath PC.

G. Transferable Technologies developed: i. Purified Salkathi (CR AC. 35181) , a highly resistant donor for rice BPH has been registered by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research for further use in resistance breeding. ii. Purified Dhoba numberi (CR AC. 35184) , a highly resistant donor for rice BPH has been registered by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research for further use in resistance breeding . iii. High BPH-resistant genotypes CR 2711-76 (TapaswinixDhobanumberi) and CR3006-8-2 (Pusa 44xSalkathi) have been tested successfully in farmers’ field of the BPH-endemic area of Bargarh, Odisha. The proposal is being processed for state release. iv. Resistant red rices against BPH has been identified which can be grown in BPH-endemic red rice areas. They are also ready for use in breeding programme to develop BPH-resistant rice varieties alongwith other desired traits.

H. Success story: Successful utilization of identified donors for development of BPH-resistant high yielding varieties: Salkathi and Dhobanumberi, two land races of Odisha, were purified, screened and identified as highly resistant against BPH through phenotyping(CRRI Annual Report, 2000-2007; AICRIP, 2003,2004). Both these donors were utilized in the resistance breeding programme of CRRI in the back ground of popular varieties Tapaswini, Samba mashuri and Pusa 44. Ten highly resistant lines were identified at NRRI and susequently through multilocational trial of AICRIP (CRRI, 2011-2013; AICRIP(DRR), 2009, 2011, 2012). Genotyping resulted in identifying QTLs/genes imparting

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resistance. Two QTLs, qBph4.3 and qBph4.4 in Salkathi and Bph 31 gene in Dhobanumberi has been worked out during previous years (Mohanty et al, 2015; Prahalada et al, 2017). Two breeding lines, namely, CR 2711-76 (Tapaswini X Dhobanumberi) and CR 3006-8-2 (Pusa 44 x Salkathi), promising against BPH earlier in multilocational trial of AICRIP, were tested in BPH- endemic areas of Bargarh, Bolangir, Phulbani and Cuttack district of Odisha through minikit trial during kharif, 2018. Both the genotypes resisted BPH infestation effectively. CR 2711-76 was reported to have multiple resistance against insect pests under AICRIP trials. In addition, tolerance to bacterial blight and sheath blight was also reported by the farmers as well as agricultural officers of the concerned areas for the genotypes. The average grain yield of CR2711-76 was 5.88 t/ha and of CR 3006-8-2 was 6.43 t/ha (Reports of concerned DDAs, 2018). The genotype CR 2711-76 was also reported to be resistant against Laguana BPH-population of Philippines under IRRI-India collaborative programme. Both the genotypes are processed for registration at NBPGR, New Delhi. Both are also found moderately resistant to YSB in the present work. Steps are being taken to submit Proposals for State release of the varieties (Odisha).

Screening against BPH Field screening against YSB

I. Annual action plan (2020-21):

i. Screening against gall midge and if possible, against other major diseases. ii. Molecular characterization of identified resistant donors for presence of reported genes. iii. Compiling all the data generated for indivisual as well as multiple pest resistance and depositing resistant germplasms to gene bank of NRRI, Cuttack.

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A. Name of the ICAR-Emeritus Scientist: Dr. N.G. Kumar

B. Address of the institution where working: Department of Agri. Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-560065 (Karnataka)

C. Title of the project : Sustainable management of soil fertility through enhancing native soil fauna i. Date of start : 5th May, 2017 ii. Likely date of completion: 4th May, 2020

D. Objectives: Develop the mass production of indigenous soil fauna (mesofauna and micro-flora) by using house hold kitchen wastes. Analyze the survival of introduced indigenous soil fauna in various agro/horticultural ecosystems. Assess the impact of introduced indigenous soil fauna on soil physico-chemical properties.

E. Significant achievements : Native soil mesofauna of undisturbed forest, grassland were mass multiplied in equal diversity in soil, coir pith, FYM or in combination by using household vegetable wastes in urban areas, FYM heap and back yard in rural areas. Developed simple method (coir pith/soil/combination) to convert house hold vegetable waste into vermicompost in urban /rural households. Mass multiplied mesofauna survived well in more than 15 t of FYM /ha or FYM based integrated treatments or organic treatments. Mesofauna rich soil or coir pith based media possessed significantly increased pH, EC, Organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen content compared to existing agriculture soil.

F. Transferable technologies developed: Native soil mesofauna of undisturbed forest or grass land of any location can be multiplied in local soil or coir pith or FYM or in combination by using house hold vegetable waste in urban areas to conserve soil mesofauna to introduce to the agro/horticulture ecosystems or use in terrace gardensor back yards for re-establishment of mesofauna in the rural agro /horticultural ecosystems. Coir pith or soil or in different combination can be used for the production of vermicompost in simple method in urban and rural areas. This reduces mixing of wet and dry wastes in urban areas which reduces pollution, separation of wastes and spending of budget by city corporations.

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Mass multiplied mesofauna can be introduced to agro/horticulture ecosystem safter germination of the crop or on set of rainfall. Conservation of native soil fauna is very important for introduction to the already degraded agro ecosystem soil due to over exploitation during green revolution period or drought or flood situation.

Fig. 1: Soil mesofaunal diversity Fig. 2: Culturing of Mesofauna in soil /coir pith media with household green waste

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D):

Sl. Course No.& Course title Semester Degree No. credit hours programme

1. AET 614 (1+1) Ecology and biology of soil I semester Ph.D. invertebrates (2017-18, 2018-19 &2019-20 2. AET 516 (1+1) Soil arthropods and their II semester M.Sc (Agri) management (2017-18 & 2018-19 )

I. Annual action plan (2020-21): 1. Long term maintenance of soil mesofauna of different agro-ecological regions (like plant genotypes) to avoid loss of diversity of soil mesofauna due to climate change (flood/drought) or altered ecosystems. 2. Document the stability of different taxonomic groups based on feeding behaviour in long term maintained cultures compared to the natural ecosystem ( as existing in western ghat without outbreak of pests and diseases). 3. Effect of various crop residues (finger millet, paddy, sorghum, pulses etc.) on the abundance and diversity of soil mesofauna. 4. Assess the survival of mesofauna in the introduced experimental plots. 5. Analyze the mesofauna rich soil for macro, micro nutrients and soil enzymes. 6. Study the impact of mixed culture (native and natural forest –western ghat) on the diversity of mesofauna.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. N .K. Maiti

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-CIFA Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar -751002

C. Title of the project: Characterization of gut microbiome of Labeo rohita: A step towards manipulation of bacterial communities for enhancement of productivity in aquaculture system. i. Date of Start : 26/06/2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 25/06/2021

D. Objectives: Characterization of gut microbiome of rohu (Labeo rohita) reared in different culture systems Identification of microbiome from different rohu phenotypes Development of effective strategies for manipulation of gut microbial communities for enhancement of productivity in aquaculture system

E. Significant achievements: The gut microbiome of rohu reared in captivity and open systems showed an enormous diversity and Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria were more abundant in both captive and open conditions The members of Rhodobacteraceae family were dominant under open condition whereas Aeromonadaceae dominated in captivity High abundance of microbial metagenome was associated with the membrane transport in captive as well as open condition Stable Core microbiota included 8 OTUs of Streptomyces sp., Staphylococcus sp., Bacillus sp., Aeromonadaceae (Unclassified), Rhodobacteraceae (Unclassified), Microbacteriaceae (Unclassified), Enhydrobacter sp. and Ellin6529 (Chloroflexi) were identified in all the environments

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Heat map showing abundant families under captive and open conditions

Venn diagram of core gut microbiota at OTU level

F. Annual action plan (2020-21):

1. Identification of microbiome from different rohu phenotypes 2. Development of effective strategies for manipulation of gut microbial communities for enhancement of productivity in aquaculture system.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Nagaraju

B. Address of the Institution where working: University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-560065

C. Title of the project: Studies on System Productivity, Sustainability and Livelihood Security of Integrated Farming System under Rainfed and Irrigated Ecosystems.

i. Date of Start : 01th June, 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 31th May, 2021

D. Objectives: Assess the sustainability of system production, profitability and employment generation of Integrated Farming Systemmodels. Identify suitable enterprise combinations and develop suitable farm plan through suitable combinations of farm enterprises based on the resource base of thefarmers. Associate with the KVK’s and Extension Education Units in capacity building programmes to educate the farmers and line department officials on adoption of suitable IFS models. Bring out publications on IFS models and developing instructionalmaterials.

E. Significant achievements: Identified and selected different category of IFS farmers under irrigated and rainfed ecosystem. Participated in the capacity building programme of farmers.

F. Success story:

Integrated farming system-A viable option for improving the livelihood security of marginal farmers Mr. Kalayya, a marginal farmer, Haradhanahalli Village, Chamarajanagara District in Centrall Dry Zone of Karnataka own 1 acre (0.4 ha) rainfed land practicing traditional agriculture under rainfed condition. Finger millet and maize are the important crops cultivated as base crop with dolichos or mixture of pulses and fodder crops as intercrops. With the intervention of the Integrated Farming System technologies i.ecrops + dairy + poultry + goat, the system productivity was enhanced along with employment generation and recorded farm income of Rs. 1,14,800 over Rs.15,000 per annum under crops and cropping practices. Similarly, A marginal farmer by name Mr. Somashekara, Hanjihalli village, Alur, Hassan District located in Southern Transition Zone of Karnataka is adopted Integrated Farming System over traditional crops and cropping system in an area of 1.0 acre 32 guntas (0.72 ha) with supplemental bore well irrigation. With the introduction of Integrated Farming System the enterprise combinations such as crops + dairy + sheep + poultry + horticulture crops + kitchen garden were adopted. Thereby, besides improving the total system production and employment generation, the profitability was enhanced to Rs. 3, 55,640 per annum.

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Improvement in livelihood security of small farmers through Integrated farming system. A small farmer by name Mr. Narayana, Aravanthigepura, AnekalTaluk, Bengaluru urban district, own 4 acres (1.2 ha) of rainfed land in Eastern Dry Zone of Karnataka. The water harvesting structure farm pond was created and Integrated Farming System technologies with an enterprise combinations of dairy, sheep, goat, agriculture and horticulture crops, poultry and Agroforestry were adopted. The integrated farming system recorded Rs.10, 08,900/- as annual farm income. Another small farmer, Mr. Jaya Kumar, Kommanahalli, Channapattana, RamanagaraDistrict had 5 acres (2 ha) practicing agriculture with rain water harvesting and supplemental bore well irrigation. With the interventions of integrated farming system modules such as dairy, goat, poultry, sericulture, horticulture and crop husbandry realized the farm income of Rs. 6, 00,340 per annum.

Integrated farming system: A boon to enhance the farm income of the mediumfarmers. Mr. Naveen Kumar, resident of Chikkabommanahalli village of Arakalagudtaluk, Hassan District in Southern Transition Zone of Karnataka have 11 acres of arable land (4.4 ha). Practicing integrated farming system with supplemental bore well irrigation and surface water harvesting. The enterprise combinations adopted were Agriculture crops, Horticulture crops, dairy, poultry, goat and sheep, Fish culture, plantation crops, seedling nursery and Agroforestry. With the adoption of Integrated Farming System enterprise combinations with appropriate land allocation and efficiency in resource use the farmer realized a farm income of Rs.15, 97,550 per annum.

Sheep-Stallfeeding Fodder-Cereal legume intercrops

Fig.1: Improvement in livelihood security of small farmers through Integrated farming system.

G. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Sl. Courses Degree No. programme

a. Under graduate programme NRM 404 (0+5), Water Management (Watershed B.Sc. (Agri.) 1. Management, Micro Irrigation and Problematic Water) b. Post graduate programme (Master’s degree) 2. AGR 510 (1+1) Dryland Farming M.Sc. (Agri.) c. Post graduate Ph.D. programme 3. AGR 607 (2+0) Integrated farming system Ph.D.

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H. Annual action plan (2020-21): Assessingthesustainabilityofsystemproduction, profitability, employment generation, nutrient cycling of different IFSmodel. Formulation of enterprise combination, development of suitable IFS models and suggests suitable farmplans. Participating in the capacity building activities of KVK’s/ EEU’s and educating farmers and line departmentofficials. Publications viz., Research papers/folders/ leaflets/ bulletins/ popular articlesand developing instructionalmaterials. Finalizing of report and submission to the ICAR.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. P. Ananda Kumar

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad (TS).

C. Title of the project: Molecular responses of rice under aerobic conditions. i. Date of Start : 1st October, 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 30th September, 2021

D. Objectives : Carry out the gene expression (transcriptome) studies in root and shoots of rice under normal (flooded) and aerobic conditions. Identification of the genes that are differentially expressed under normal (flooded) and aerobic conditions with special reference to nutrient uptake. Develop molecular markers for efficient nutrient uptake, especially nitrogen, in rice under aerobic conditions.

E. Significant achievements: It was observed that the formation of fewer aerenchyma, thickened root and larger xylem area were critical anatomical traits associated with aerobic adaptation. The root length of CR Dhan 202 significantly increased under aerobic condition which may be attributed to its aerobic adaptation in terms of water acquisition. The photosynthetic rate was significantly higher in CR Dhan 202 as compared to that of BPT 5204 under the aerobic condition. Transcription factors (MADS) and transporters involved in sugar (SWEET3A) and nutrient uptake were highly and uniquely expressed in CR Dhan 202 under aerobic condition indicating their role in adaptation.

F. Research Publications: (NAAS rating 6 and above):

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1. Phule, A.S., Barbadikar, RNA-seq reveals the involvement Scientific 10.12 K.M., Madhav, M.S., of key genes for aerobic adaptation Reports Senguttuvel, P. in rice; 2019 (Nature) Prasad Babu, M.B.B. 9: 1-10. and Kumar, P.A.

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2. Phule, A.S., Barbadikar, Studies on root anatomy, Physiology 7.15 K.M., Madhav, M.S., morphology and physiology of rice and Molecular Senguttuvel, P. grown under aerobic and anaerobic Biology of Prasad Babu, M.B.B. condition; 2019 Plants and Kumar, P.A 25: 197–205 3. Phule, A.S., Barbadikar, Genes encoding membrane proteins 3 Biotech 7.50 K.M., Madhav, M.S., showed stable expression in rice 8:383-387. Senguttuvel, P. under aerobic condition: novel set Prasad Babu, M.B.B. of reference genes for expression and Kumar, P.A studies; 2018

G. Success story: RNA-seq analysis of root and shoot (panicle tissues) in two cultivars adapted to aerobic and anaerobic conditions revealed that the transcription factors viz. MADS4, MADS5, MADS6, MADS7, MADS15 and transporters involved in sugar (SWEET3A) and nutrient uptake (PHT1;6, MDR-like ABC and vacuolar iron transporter homolog 2) were highly and uniquely expressed in the aerobic adapted cultivar CR Dhan 202 under aerobic condition indicating their role in adaptation.

H. Annual action plan (2020-21): 1. Introduction of a MADS-encoding gene in BPT 5204 by genetic manipulation. 2. Genome editing of BPT 5204 in the gene encoding a transporter gene (PHT).

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A. Name of the ICAAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. P. S. Minhas

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 132001

C. Title of the project: Compendiums on Advances in i) Abiotic Stress Management for Resilient Agriculture and ii) Sustainable Irrigation with Saline and Alkali Waters and iii) Evaluating Bio-regulators (PBR’s) for Alleviation of Salinity Stress. i. Date of Start : 12-01-2017 ii. Date of completion : 11-01-2020

D. Objectives : Address the advances in technologies for management of abiotic stress for resilience agriculture Compile a basic book on “Sustainable management of saline and alkali waters’ Evaluate the role of selected bio-regulators (PBR’s) for alleviation of salinity stress

E. Significant achievements: To address the advances in technologies for management of abiotic stress including salinity for resilience agriculture, two state-of-the art books were compiled as:

Based upon the experiments at farmers’ fields and in controlled lysimeters (2017-2020) with paddy and wheat in soils deteriorated with alkali water irrigation, plant growth bio-regulators like thio-urea, potassium nitrate and salicylic acid emerged as viable alternatives to alleviate sodicity stress (10-17% improvement in productivity).

Lysimteric experiments Experiments at Farmers’ Field

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F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

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1. Qadir M, Schubert S, Oster JD, Minhas PS, Cheragi SAM and Murtaza MS (2019) 11.59 High magnesium waters and soils: Emerging environmental and food security constraints. Science of Total Environment. 642:1108-1117 2. Bhardwaj AK, Rajwar D, Mandal UK, Ahamad S, Bhumija K, Minhas PS, 10.01 Prabhakar M, Banyal R, Singh R, Chaudhari SK and Sharma PC (2019) Impact of carbon inputs on soil carbon fractionation, sequestration and biological responses under major nutrient management practices for rice-wheat cropping systems. Scientific Reports Nature Scientific Reports 9: 9114; https://doi.org/ 10.1038/s41598-019-45534-z 3. Minhas PS, Qadir M and Yadav RK (2019) Groundwater irrigation induced soil 9.54 sodification and response options. Agricultural Water Management. 215: 74-85 4. Wakchaure GC, Minhas PS, Meena KK, Singh NP, Hegade PM, Sorty AM (2018) 9.54 Growth, bulb yield, water productivity and quality of onion (Allium cepa L.) as affected by deficit irrigation regimes and exogenous application of plant bio– regulators. Agricultural Water Management. 199: 1–10 5. Minhas PS, Ramos T, Ben-Gal A and Pereira LS (2019) Coping with salinity in 9.54 irrigated agriculture: Crop evapo-transpiration and water management issues. Agricultural Water Management. 227:000-000 6. Bal, S. K., P. S. Minhas, Y. Singh, M. Kumar, D. P. Patel, J. Rane, P. Ratna Kumar, 6.76 P. Suresh-Kumar, N. P. Singh (2017) Coping with hailstorm in vulnerable Deccan Plateau region of India: Technological interventions for crop recovery. Current Science. 113(10): 2021-2027 7. Bali A, Awtar-Singh, Minhas PS and Yadav RK (2019) Response of paddy (Oryza 6.23 sativa L.) to exogenous application of bioregulators in soils irrigated with alkali water. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Accepted)

G. Transferable Technologies developed: As an alternate for soil amendments, small doses of bio-regulator chemicals like Thio-urea and Potassium nitrate mitigate the sodicity stress and help improving paddy and wheat productivity (10-17%).

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A. Name of the ICAAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Pradyumn Kumar

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Division of Entomology, New Delhi-110012 C. Title of the project: Development of improved screening technique of maize germplasm against insect resistance and crop loss assessment i. Date of Start : 23/12/2016 ii. Date of completion : 22/12/2019

D. Objectives: Develop improved screening technique of maize germplasm. Develop crop loss assessment method in maize against stem borer, Chilo partellus.

E. Significant achievements:

The study revealed that the Leaf Injury Rating (LIR), tunnel length and exit holes can be used to screen the maize germplasm against stem borers (Chilo partellus and Sesamia inferens) and dead hearts can be used to screen the germplasm against shoot fly Morphological traits (seedling vigour, plant height and stem girth) were found to be indicators of insect resistance. The estimation of DIMBOA and phenolic acid content can be treated as biochemical marker against Chilo partellus. The template formula was developed based on leaf injury rating for the estimation of crop loss assessment in maize against Chilo partellus.

F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

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1. Jaswinder Kaur, 2019. Differential preference Indian Journal of 6.93 Jagbir Singh, Suby for oviposition-A potential Experimental SB, Pradyumn indicator of antixenosis in Biology Kumar maize genotypes against Sesamia inferens (Walker). 2. Jaswinder Kaur, 2016.Measurement of Indian Journal of 6.25 Pradyumn Kumar, antibiosis in maize genotypes Agricultural Suby, SB, Jagbir against pink stem borer Sciences Singh and Girish Jha. Sesamia inferens (Walker)

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3. P. Lakshmi Soujanya, 2016. Evaluation of Maydica 6.58 J.C. Sekhar, biophysical, anatomical and Pradyumn Kumar biochemical traits of resistance to Sitophilusoryzae L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in stored maize. 4. P. Lakshmi Soujanya, 2016. Potentiality of botanical Journal of Food 7.85 J. C. Sekhar, P. agents for the management of Science Kumar, N. Sunil, Ch. post-harvest insects of maize: Technology Vara Prasad, U. V. Mallavadhani. 5. Anil Cholla, Subhash 2018. Improved method of Indian Journal of 6.47 Chander, Jaswinder screening maize germplasm Genetics and Kaur, Suby SB and for resistance against Breeding Pradyumn Kumar Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)

F. Transferable Technologies developed:

A template formula was developed for crop loss assessment based on leaf injury caused by spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus in maize.

G. List of Patent(s) filed / granted under the project:

Granted a) Date of filing : b) Date of grant: 29/04/2019 c) Name of Contributors in the patent(s): Pradyumn Kumar, SB Suby, JC Sekhar and R Sai Kumar d) Patent(s) licensed with details: A collapsible insect rearing cage-Patent no.- 311890/29/04/2019

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D): a. Insect Ecology b. Host Plant Resistance and Insect Nutrition c. Evaluated Students’ Seminars

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Pratibha Sharma

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Plant Pathology, SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner- 303329, Rajasthan

C. Title of the project: Consortial application of Trichoderma harzianum and Metarhizium anisopilae against major pests of groundnut and cumin.

i. Date of Start : 01.04.2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 31.03.2020

D. Objectives: Test antagonism and pathogenicity of promising strains of Trichoderma and Metarhizium in in vitro bioassay against target pathogens and insects. Developing bio-consortium containing effective T. harzianum and M. anisopliae strains and evaluating their potential on plant growth promotion, disease and insect pest reduction in green house and field conditions.

E. Significant achievements: Selection of the compatible biocontrol strains viz., Trichoderma harzianum (Th3), T. asperellum (Ta13), M. anisopilae (Ma1) and B. bassiana (Bb1).The compatible strains were molecularly characterized and sequences were deposited in NCBI. The accession numbers as follows T. harzianum Th3: ITS: KX8984234 and RPB2: KX898425, T. asperellum Ta13: ITS: KT426887 and RPB2: KT302161, M. anisopliae Ma1: ITS: MH355649, B. bassiana Bb1: ITS: MH355650.

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Fig. 1: Colonization of entomopathogenic fungi on white grubs (Third instar). (A) Colonization by M. anisopliae Ma1 (B) B. bassiana Bb1 (C) Control at 4x109 CFU/ml

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Bioconsortium of effective strains were developed. Consortium of two strains and three strains combinations were developed and tested for their efficacy against groundnut pests and cumin through soil, seed and foliar treatment. Evaluated against major pests of groundnut (root rot complex pathogens Aspergillus niger, Sclerotium rolfsii and Macrophomina phaseolina and white grub Holotrichia consanguinea) and cumin wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporium f. sp. cumini and cumin aphid Myzus persicae in field and glass house conditions of two different agro climatic zones of Rajasthan, and zone III A semi-arid eastern zone in humid conditions (Jaipur) and zone IVB southern humid zone (Banswara) The bioconsortial formulations were tested for their colony count, rhizospheric competence and interaction and also for growth promotion.

F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Author(s) Title along with year of Name of the Journal NAAS No. publication Rating

1. Jambhulkar, P., Combined application of European Journal of 6.93 Sharma, P., Raja, M., Trichoderma harzianum Plant Pathology Lakshman, D. K., and Pseudomonas fluorescens against blast Rokadia, P. and and bacterial leaf blight Jambhulkar, N. P. of rice (2018) 2. Leon, V. C, M Raja, Studies on opportunistic Indian Journal 7.47 Pandian RTP, Kumar endophytism of of experimental A and Sharma P. Trichoderma species in Biology rice (2018)

G. List of Copyright(s) obtained: Name of the Edited Volume: Trichoderma - Host Pathogen Interactions and Applications Editors: Anil Sharma and Pratibha Sharma Publishers: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore Publication ID: 87004624 a) Date of filing: July,2018 b) Date of grant: 13th August,2018 c) Name of Contributors in the Copyright(s): Anil Sharma and Pratibha Sharma d) Copyright(s) licensed with details: Order No: 87004624 GPU/PD/PS:2/28/8004, Legal Entry No: 1510, IU: 472055, Edition ID: 4

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D): PPATH612 (2+1): Molecular basis of Host Pathogen Interactions (For Ph. D in SKNCOA, Jobner and RARI, Durgapura) PPATH622 (2+1): Advanced Bacteriology (For Ph.D in SKNCOA, Jobner and RARI, Durgapura)

I. Annual action plan (2020-21): Field trial completion, writing patent and transfer of technology.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Pritam Kalia

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012

C. Title of the project: Advances in biotic stress resistance breeding and carotene biofortification in Indian cauliflower and nutraceutical mapping in carrot.

i. Date of Start : 1st February, 2017 ii. Date of completion : 1st January, 2020

D. Objectives:

Introgression of alien black rot resistant gene(s) into cauliflower. Introgression of Or gene into commercial early group Indian cauliflower varieties to enhance betacarotene content. Integrate Bt gene Cry 1b & Cry 1c into early maturity cauliflower. Nutraceutical QTL mapping in carrot.

E. Significant achievements:

Introgressed black rot resistant gene Xca1bc from Brassica carinata into Indian cauliflower.

The BC3F2 were raised in field during the current year 2019-20. The resistant plants showing resistance to Xcc races 1, 4, 6 with leaf resemblance to cauliflower, dwarfing habit and delayed bolting have been selected for backcrossing to recipient parent of cauliflower. Introgressed betacarotene enhancing Or gene into early maturing cauliflower Pusa Meghna. Also introgressed and established Erucastrum canarianse sterile cytoplasm in early and mid group Indian cauliflower and using it developed betacarotene rich hybrids. Two Ogura sterile cytoplasm genetic stocks of early maturity cauliflower group were submitted in NBPGR for registration. Bt genes Cry 1b &1c were transformed into early maturing heat tolerant Indian cauliflower Pusa Meghna raised T1 generation, identified gene positive plants, completed insect bioassay, ELISA, qRTPCR etc. and selfing of desirable plants to raise T2 generation are in progress. RIL populations in tropical carrot for nutraceuticals, namely anthocyanins, carotenoids have been developed for mapping QTLs, and four CMS genetics stocks submitted in NBPGR for registration to be used in developing Nutra rich hybrids.

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F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Author(s) Title along with year of publication Name of the Journal NAAS Rating No. 1. Kalia, Pritam, Saha, Development of RAPD and ISSR Euphytica 213:232.DOI 7.53 Partha and Ray, derived SCAR markers linked to Xca1bo 10.1007/s10681-017- Soham (2017). gene conferring resistance to black rot 2025-y disease in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.). 2. Selvakumar, Kalia, Genetic analysis of root yield and its Indian J. Hort. 74(2): 6.11 Pritam and Raje, R. contributing traits in tropical carrot 214-219. S. (2017). (Daucus carota L.). 3. Sharma, Brij B, Kalia, Introgression of Black Rot Resistance Front. Plant Sci. 8:1255. 10.11 Pritam, Singh, Dinesh from Brassica carinata to Cauliflower doi: and Sharma, Tilak R. (Brassica oleracea botrytis Group) 10.3389/fpls.2017.01255. (2017). through Embryo Rescue. 4. Muthukumar, P., Study of -carotene enhancing ‘Or’ gene Indian J. Hort. 74(4): 520- 6.11 Kalia, Pritam, effects on yield and contributing traits in 525. DOI : 10.5958/0974- Sharma, Munish and mid-season Indian cauliflower (Brassica 0112.2017.00101.3 Vashisht, Sonia oleracea var. botrytis L.). (2017). 5. Kalia, Pritam, Morphological and molecular changes Planta 9.06 Mangal, Manisha, on cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) https://doi.org/10.1007/s004 Singh, Shrawan, introgression in Asiatic carrot (Daucus 25-019-03185-4 Chugh, Chetna, carota L.). Mishra, Sheshnath Chaudhary, Shivpratap. 2019. 6. Singh, Shrawan, In Vitro screening technique and Indian J. Hort. 76(3): 430- 6.11 Kalia, Pritam, polymorphic DNA markers for 437. DOI : 10.5958/0974- Mangal, Manisha, introgression of root knot nematode 0112.2019.00069.0. Chinthagunti, resistance in tropical carrot. Hadassah, Chug, Chetna, Mishra, Sheshnath, Shivakumara. T.N and Rao, Uma. 2019. 7. Selvakumar, R., Genetic analysis of nutritional traits in GENETIKA, Vol. 51, No2, 6.46 Kalia, Pritam and tropical carrot (Daucus carota L.). 641-660. UDC 575.630 Raje, R.S. 2019. https://doi.org/10.2298/GE NSR1902641S

G. Transferable Technologies developed : Ogura and Erucastrum sterile cytoplasm genetic stocks in early and mid season cauliflower. Petaloid sterile cytoplasm genetic stocks in anthocyanin, betacarotene and lycopene nutraceutical background for developing multinutrient rich hybrids in carrot. Or gene parental type donors in early and mid group Indian cauliflower for transfer of this gene for enhancing betacarotene content in desired back ground. Or gene introgressed backcross populations in early maturing Indian cauliflower. Nutra rich RILs in tropical carrots. T2 seeds of Bt cry 1b &1c transgenics in early maturity group cauliflower Pusa Meghna resistant to diamond back moth (DBM).

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H. Success story: -carotene enhancing Or gene parental types were reconstituted in early and mid season Indian cauliflower for developing beta-carotene rich Indian cauliflowers for different regions. Improved October maturity beta-carotene lines in early maturing Pusa Meghna cauliflower background have been developed which have desirable horticultural traits. Using early maturity Or gene donor, 30 hybrid were developed with different recurrent backgrounds and evaluated for their yield, betacarotene and horticultural traits performance. Fifteen of these showed promising performances with some having beta-carotene 8-12 ppm. This achievement will go a long way in tackling Vitamin A malnutrition problem in India. To facilitate affordable hybrid seed production of beta-carotene rich hybrids diverse Erucastrum canarianse sterile cytoplasm was introgressed in Indian cauliflower and has been exploited in betacarotene rich hybrid development which showed promising results. This will go a long way in reducing the cost of hybrid seed production, thereby making it feasible for the small and marginal farmers to afford hybrid seed purchase and go for orange cauliflower cultivation. Similarly, petaloid cytoplasmic male sterility identified in tropical cauliflower was established in different Nutra back grounds such as anthocyanin and carotenoid and exploited in multinutrient hybrid development. Four petaloid cytoplasmic male sterile genetic stocks developed in different backgrounds of tropical carrot were submitted in NBPGR for registration for use by others for hybrid development. Developing Bt transgenic resistant to Plutella xylostella in cauliflower was a challenge. It was accomplished by stacking two cry 1b & 1c genes in heat tolerant Indian cauliflower Pusa Meghna confirming through PCR and insect bioassay in T1 generation with ELISA, qRT PCR and southern in progress. The T2 seeds from promising events will be deposited in NBPGR for further use.

Or gene introgressed betacarotene rich early maturing heat tolerant cauliflower Pusa Meghna, Hybrid and seed crop

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-carotene content of some promising selections in early maturity heat tolerant Indian cauliflower analyse through HPLC

S. No. Genetic background carotene Lutein (ppm) (ppm)

1. PM x EC625883 F5 14.14 14.18

2. PM x EC625883 BC2F4 15.42 17.18

3. PM x EC625883 BC2F4 16.24 3.69

4. PM x EC625883 BC2F3 17.04 6.81

R1 R2 R3

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Bt cry 1b&1c transgenic events showing resistance against Plutella xylostella in early maturity Indian cauliflower Pusa Meghna Event 2

Pusa Meghna Control

Insect kill and damage after 72 hrs of infection

J. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D): 1. Principles of Vegetable Breeding (VSC 502) (PG) (3+1). 2. Advances in Vegetable Breeding for Quality and Special traits (VSC 624) (PhD) (4+1).

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. R. K. Sarkar B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack-753006, Odisha.

C. Title of the project: Phenotyping based on chlorophyll fluorescence imaging under salinity-stagnant flooding stress and identification of quantitative trait loci of chlorophyll fluorescence traits in rice.

i. Date of Start : 01-04-2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 31-03-2020

D. Objectives : Development of protocol based on chlorophyll fluorescence imaging system to distinguish tolerant and susceptible lines under salinity-stagnant flooding stress. Identification of QTL/s for chlorophyll fluorescence traits.

E. Significant achievements: Two genotypes namely, Cherayi Pokkali (AC39416A, INGR 19004) and Khora-1 (AC41620, INGR 19006) have been registered by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of ICAR, New Delhi on January 28, 2019. Cherayi Pokkali is tolerant to osmotic stress, salinity and combined stress of stagnant flooding and salinity whereas Khora-1 is tolerant to germination stage oxygen deficiency (GSOD) with greater anaerobic germination potential (AGP). High throughput protocol to distinguish salinity-stagnant flooding sensitivity based on chlorophyll fluorescence imaging technique is established. Among the different parameters light curve of non-photochemical quenching (qN), coefficient of photochemical quenching (qP), apparent photosynthetic electron transport and effective PSII efficiency (YII) found to be highly sensitive. Quantum yield of non-regulated energy dissipation (YNO) under dark- adaptation was also highly sensitive to distinguish lines based on their sensitivity to combined effect of stagnant flooding and salinity. A total of 28 main effect QTLs (M-QTL) more than 500 digenic-epistatic QTLs for photosynthetic traits such as Fv/Fm (maximum quantum yield of primary PSII photochemistry that leads to QA (primary quinone acceptor of PSII) reduction), Eo – (efficiency or probability with which a PSII trapped electron is transferred from QA to Plastoquinone pool), Ro (quantum yield of reduction in the end electron acceptors of PSI on absorption basis), PIABS (performance index on absorption basis: signifies electron – transport to the PQ pool) and Eo (quantum yield of electron transport flux from QA to PQ pool of PSII on absorption basis) imparting salinity tolerance were detected using a backcross derived population from tolerant genotype Pokkali (AC41585) and her susceptible counterpart IR64.

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Eight QTLs with greater PVE % (phenotypic variances) for Fv/Fm [qFv/Fm1.1 (16.04%), qFv/Fm9.2 (15.29), qFv/Fm4.2 (14.96), qFv/Fm3.1 (14.91), qFv/Fm2.2 (14.39), qFv/Fm11.1 (14.03), qFv/Fm9.1 (13.26), and qFv/Fm12.1 (10.83)]; five QTLs Eo with 14.49% (qEo 4.1), 15.76% (qEo 9.1), 17.15% (qEo 10.1), 17.05 (qEo 1.1) and 18.92% (qEo 2.1); three QTLs such as qEo2.1, qEo12.1 and qEo3.1 with PVE % 14.52 - 16.26; one QTL each for Ro (qRo9.1, 17.2%) and PIABS (qPIABS9.1, 21.5%) found to be important in imparting salinity tolerance at vegetative stage.

F. Research Publications: (NAAS rating 6 and above)

Sr. Details of Title along with year of Name of the NAAS No. Author(s) publication Journal Rating

1. Chattaopadhyay K., Main effect additive and digenic- Photosynthetica 8.37 J. Vijayan , A. Ray, epistatic interaction quantitative K. Chakraborty, R. trait loci for chlorophyll K. Sarkar fluorescence traits influencing salt tolerance at seedling stage in rice. 2020. 2. Kuanar S. R., K. A. Introgression of Sub1 (SUB1) QTL Scientific 10.01 Molla, K. in mega rice cultivars increases Reports Chattopadhyay, R. ethylene production to the K. Sarkar, P. K. detriment of grain- filling under Mohapatra stagnant flooding. 9: 18567, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598- 019-54908-2. 3. Chakraborty K., K. Ionic selectivity and coordinated Planta 9.06 Chattaopadhyay, L. transport of Na+ and K+ in flag Nayak. S. Ray, L. leaves render differential salt Yeasmin, P. Jena, S. tolerance in rice at the reproductive Gupta, S. K. stage. Mohanty, P. Swain, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425- R. K. Sarkar 019-03253-9, 2019.

4. Panda D., A. Ray, Yield and photochemical activity of Photosynthetica 8.37 R. K. Sarkar selected rice cultivars from Eastern India under medium depth stagnant flooding. 57: 1084-1093, 2019. 5. Pradhan B., K. Distinction and characterization of Functional Plant 8.33 Chakraborty, N. rice genotypes tolerant to combined Biology Prusty, Deepa, A. K. stresses of salinity and partial Mukherjee, K. submergence, proved by a high- Chattopadhyay, R. K. Sarkar resolution chlorophyll fluorescence imaging system. 46: 248-261, 2019.

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6. Shasmita, H. Swain, Riboflavin- (Vitamin B2-) Functional Plant 8.33 A. Ray, P. K. mediated defence induction against Biology Mohapatra, R. K. bacterial leaf blight: probing Sarkar, A. K. through chlorophyll a fluorescence Mukherjee induction O–J–I–P transients. 45: 1251-1261, 2018. 7. Vijayan J., S. Transcriptomic and physiological Environmental 9.71 Senapati, S. Ray, K. studies identify cues for and Chakraborty, K. Ali germination stage oxygen Experimental Molla, N. Basak, B. deficiency tolerance in rice. 147: Botany Pradhan, L. 234–248, 2018. Yeasmin, K. Chattopadhyay, R. K. Sarkar 8. Chattopadhyay K., Novel screening protocol for Physiology and 7.54 A. K. Nayak, B. C. precise phenotyping of salt- Molecular Marndi, A. Poonam, tolerance at reproductive stage in Biology of Plants K. Chakraborty, R. rice. 24:1047–1058, 2018. K. Sarkar 9. Kuanar S. R., A. Physiological Basis of Stagnant Rice Science 8.37 Ray, S. K. Sethi, K. Flooding Tolerance in Rice. 24: 3- Chattopadhyay, R. 12, 2017. K. Sarkar

G. Success story: The genotypes identified are being utilized as parents in Institute’s as well as National Innovations of Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) programmes at ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack, Odisha. Elite lines are identified. Testing is going on in AICRIP.

Fig. 1. Images of Y(II), effective PS II quantum yield under different light intensities as affected by combined stress of salinity and partial submergence. A, 0; B, 21; C, 56; D, 111; E, 186; F, 281; G, 336; H, 396; I, 461; J, 531; K, 611; L, 701 mol m2 s1. Control, sample of Rashpanjor; IC-459733 and IC-115617-tolerant; Rashpanjor and SR26B – medium tolerant; IC- 461253 and Swarna- susceptible; Gayatri and AC1764- highly susceptible.

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): One Ph.D. student guided.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. R. Swaminathan B. Address of the Institution where working: Deptt. of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUA&T, Udaipur (Rajasthan) C. Title of the project: Advances in Insect Systematics and Insect Ecology, teaching advanced courses in Entomology at PG and Doctoral levels, guiding postgraduate students in their research pursuits, and publication of a book covering the practical aspects in insect taxonomy entitled, Insect Taxonomy - a field guide to insect orders of agriculture importance i. Date of Start : 5th September, 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 4th September, 2021

D. Objectives : Teaching insect taxonomy and ecology to undergraduate / postgraduate/ doctoral students. Impart training on taxonomical techniques with special reference to insect orders of agriculture importance. Bio-systematic investigations on orthopteran fauna with special reference to the families: Acrididae, Tetrigidae, Gryllidae and Tettigonidae, especially in agro-ecosystems. Maintenance of reference collections in the insect museum, “Kushwaha Keet Sangrahalya”, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur; besides, updating the museum with identified insect fauna as per curricula.

E. Significant achievements of the project: During 2018-19, insect collections accrued to a total of 1,495 insects; all of which could be processed that represented 10 orders, 65 families, 196 genera and 172 species comprising Orthoptera; Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Lepidoptera; Hymenoptera; Diptera; Odonata; Neuroptera; Dictyoptera; and Isoptera. Identification up to species levels for Orthoptera in the families, Acrididae (05), Tettigonidae (01); Tetrigidae (20), and Gryllidae (01); for Coleoptera in family Carabidae (02), Coccinellidae (05); Silvanidae (01) and Bruchidae (01); for Lepidoptera in family Noctuidae (02); for Odonata nearly 300 specimens were sorted into families and sub- families of which 16 species could be identified; for Hemiptera in the family Dinidoridae (03 genera and 02 species). Three (3) new species of crickets identified: 1 of Phalangopsidae published in Zootaxa and 2 of Gryllidae, validated by Dr. A. V. Gorochov (Global expert on Ensifera: Orthoptera), in process of publication:

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(a) Cacoplistes (Limnogryllus) latioribus (Orthoptera: Phalagopsidae) Ashok, Swaminathan and Nagar, 2019 (b) Trelleora khasiana (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) Ashok, Swaminathan and Nagar (c) Indotrella maculata (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) Swaminathan, Ashok and Nagar

Pest outbreaks during the kharif, 2018; rabi, 2018-19; and kharif 2019 recorded: Outbreak of Spodoptera frugiperda Smith during kharif and rabi seasons on maize; Lucerne weevil (Hypera postica Gyllenhal) infestation high in Churu and Jaipur districts of Rajasthan. During 2019, collections of locusts were made from Churu (Taranagar) and Udaipur (Kotda area adjoining Gujarat); reports received from other areas.

F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 & above):

S. Author(s) Title along with year of publication Name of the NAAS No. Journal/ Book Rating

1. Ashok K. Meena, A new species of the cricket genus, Zootaxa 4700 (4): 6.99 Swaminathan & Cacoplistes from Rajasthan, India 479 – 486. Nagar (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae: Cachoplistinae: Cachoplistini); 2019

G. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D): I-semester 2018-19 (July to December, 2018) (1). Ph. D. (CW) courses in Entomology: 02 (a) Advanced Insect Systematics: Ento. 613; Credit load 3 (1+2) (b) Advanced Insect Ecology: Ento. 614; Credit load 2 (1+1)

(2). Ph. D. (CW) and M. Sc. (Ag.) all disciplines & Fisheries (97 students): 01 (a) Technical Writing & Communication Skills: Non-credit Compulsory 1 (1+0)

(3). M. Sc. (Ag.) course in Entomology: 01 (a) Insect Taxonomy and Classification: Ento. 513; Credit load 3 (2+1)

(4). UG course: 01 (jointly, taxonomy part) (a) Fundamentals of Entomology: Ento. 211; Credit load 3 (2+1)

II-semester 2018-19 (January to June, 2019) (1). Ph. D. (CW) courses in Entomology: 01 (a) Molecular Approaches in Entomological Research: Ento. 621; Credit load 2 (1+1)

(2). M. Sc. (Ag.) course in Entomology: 02 (a) Principles of Insect Ecology: Ento. 521; Credit load 3 (2+1) (b) Biological Control of Insect Pests and Weeds (Jointly): Ento. 522; Credit load 3 (2+1)

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I-semester 2019-20 (July to December, 2019) (1). Ph. D. (CW) courses in Entomology: 02 (a) Advanced Insect Systematics: Ento. 613; Credit load 3 (1+2) – Core course (b) Advanced Insect Ecology: Ento. 614; Credit load 2 (1+1) (2). Ph. D. (CW) and M. Sc. (Ag.) all disciplines & Fisheries (116 students): 01 (a) Technical Writing & Communication Skills: Non-credit Compulsory 1 (1+0) (3). M. Sc. (Ag.) course in Entomology: 01 (a) Insect Taxonomy and Classification: Ento. 513; Credit load 3 (2+1) – Core course (4). UG course: 01 (jointly, taxonomy part) (a) Fundamentals of Entomology: Ento. 211; Credit load 3 (2+1)

H. Annual action plan (2020-21): (a) Teaching assignments as per class schedule for the academic year 2020-21 in both the semesters (until June 2021) covering following courses in Entomology for: UG (1: Fundamentals of Entomology), PG (2: Insect Taxonomy & Classification and Insect Ecology), and Ph.D. (3: Advanced Insect Systematics, Advanced Insect Ecology and Molecular Approaches in Entomological Research); besides, the non-credit course of Technical Writing and Communication Skills for PG & Ph. D. Classes. (b) Completion of 3 (three) more practical manuals: Insect Taxonomy & Classification (PG); Advanced Insect Systematics (Ph. D.); and Insect Ecology (PG). (c) Publication of the proposed book “Insect Taxonomy - a field guide to insect orders of agriculture importance”. (d) Publication of “Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in agro-ecosystems of sub-humid Aravali hills and humid southern plains of Rajasthan” – a taxonomic booklet covering common carabid genera, their morphological characterization and keys to identify them. (e) Bio-systematic investigations on Orthoptera: Acrididae, Gryllidae, Tettigonidae & Tetrigidae and Coleoptera: Carabidae fauna to be continued.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. R. Uma Shankar B. Address of the Institution where working : Department of Crop Physiology and School of Ecology and Conservation, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore-560065

C. Title of the project: Bioprospecting endophytic fungi for abiotic tolerance.

i. Date of Start : 02.05.2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 01.05.2021

D. Objectives: Develop an endophytic fungal library from strategically selected plants and habitats that might be potentially useful for ameliorating crop productivity under stressful environments Evaluate endophytic fungal isolates for tolerance to abiotic stress and to identify promising isolates. Endophytes will be evaluated for their tolerance to abiotic (drought, high temperature, salinity etc) using both simulated stress environments. Evaluate the role of the identified endophytic fungi in imparting transient tolerance to abiotic stress in model systems. The identified endophytes will be used in model systems to confer tolerance to abiotic stress. Develop pilot scale endophytic fungal enrichment models of crop plants and evaluate the crop performance in field conditions. Based on the success of objective 3, efforts will be made to enrich plants with endophyte in large scale to evaluate their performance under field conditions against abiotic stress.

E. Significant achievements: 241 endophytic fungal isolates belonging to 174 operational taxonomic units from 5 sites in the cold deserts of Himalayas have been isolated and maintained in the lab. Similarly, 200 endophytic fungal isolates belonging to 50 OTUs have been isolated from the coastal dunes of peninsular India. Evaluation of these isolates is underway for abiotic stress tolerance, especially, salt tolerance. Several isolates from both the cold desert and coastal dunes were found to be extremely tolerant, tolerating upto 2M NaCl stress. An endophytic fungus from salt adapted Ipomea pes_caprae L.R.Br was shown to induce salinity tolarence in salt sensitive rice variety, IR-64.

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F. Research Publications: (NAAS rating 6 and above)

Sr. Details of Author(s) Title along with Name of the NAAS No. year of publication Journal Rating

2. Hyde, K.D., Xu, J., Rapior, S., The amazing potential Fungal 20 Jeewon, R., Lumyong, S., Niego, of fungi: 50 ways we Diversity A.G.T., Abeywickrama, P.D., can exploit fungi 97:1-136 Aluthmuhandiram, J.V., industrially (2019) Brahamanage, R.S., Brooks, S. and Chaiyasen, A…., R. Uma Shaanker

G. Success story : The research has shown the potential of endophytic fungi as an alternative tool in mitigating plant stress. The results indicate the promising potential of using endophytes to alleviate abiotic stress in crop plants.

Fig.1: Fungal OTUs isolated from Scorzonera virgata plant parts collected from Pangong Tso

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

M.Sc : Seed Physiology (1+1) Ph.D : Metabolites and Bio-prospecting (2+0)

I. Annual action plan (2020-21): 1. Evaluate endophytic fungal isolates for tolerance to abiotic stress and to identify promising isolates (we plan to evaluate for salinity tolerance and oxidative stress) 2. The selected endophytes (from 1 above) will be evaluated for their ability to impart tolerance to abiotic stress in rice model system. 3. Based on (2) above, a pilot scale endophytic fungal enrichment model of crop plant will be developed.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Rajender Prasad Gupta

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Veterinary Pathology, LUVAS, Hisar

C. Title of the project: Development and application of Immunohistochemical technique for Diagnosis of Important infectious diseases and Neoplastic conditions of livestock to provide effective and high quality services to Farmers. i. Date of Start : 12.10. 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 11.10.2021

D. Objectives: Histopathological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of Haemorrhagic septicaemia, Paratuberculosis and Tuberculosis of livestock Comparative efficacy of immunohistochemical technique with conventional diagnostic techniques Histopathological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of important neoplastic conditions of cattle and buffaloes. Teaching of post graduate courses and development of instructional material for undergraduate and postgraduate courses of Veterinary Pathology

E. Significant achievements: Histopathological examination of lung sections of most of cases of which post mortem examination were conducted revealed serous or fibrinous pneumonia and main bacteria isolated from tracheal swab and lung tissues were Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus spp. and Salmonella enterica enterica. Three cases of cattle exhibited changes of granulomatous pneumonia. Immunohistochemical staining technique for detection of Mycobacterium bovis was standardized in formalin fixed granulomatous lung tissue sections which showed positive Ziehl- Neelsen staining and presence of Mycobacterium bovis through conventional PCR, giving confirmative diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis. Histopathological examination of biopsies revealed various types of neoplasia in different species of animals namely leiomyoma, myxoma/ myxosarcoma, osteoma, fibroma/fibrosarcoma, histiocytoma,papilloma, haemangioma, adenoma/ adenocarcinoma, fibroadenoma, myoepitheioma, melanoma/malignant melonoma, fibrolipoma, squamous cell carcinoma, mastocytoma , malignant sebaceous carcinoma, haemangiopericytoma Immunohistochemical staining using pan cytokeratin, CK 14, Vimentin and Ki 76 as tumour markers was standardized for confirmative diagnosis/prognosis of epithelial, myoepithlelial and mesenchymal tumours.

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Fig. 1: Photomicrograph of lung granuloma showing intracytoplasmic brick red coloured staining for Mycobacterium bovis in macrophages and epithelioid cells. IHC 400X

Fig 2. Adenoma showing intense cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to PCK in all neoplastic cells. IHC X 200

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F. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

The post graduate courses of the department taught /assigned jointly were:

Sr. No. Course No. with title Cr.Hrs

Semester I: Academic year 2018-19 1. VPP 610 Avian Pathology 2+1 2. VPP 701 Pathology of Nutritional and Metabolic Disturbances 2+1 3. VPP 707 Advances in Avian Pathology 2+1

Semester II: Academic year 2018-19 4. VPP 608 Pathology of Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals 2+1 5. VPP 704 Ultra Structural Pathology 1+1 6. VPP 709 Molecular Pathology of Cell Injury 2+1

Semester I: Academic year 2019-20 7. VPP 610 Avian Pathology 2+1 8. VPP 701 Pathology of Nutritional and Metabolic Disturbances 2+1 9 VPP 707 Advances in Avian Pathology 2+1

G. Annual action plan (2020-21):

S. No. Objectives Achievable Targets 1. Research 1. Collection of samples in appropriate preservative from post-mortem Project cases of pneumonia for diagnosis of hemorrhagic septicaemia, and tuberculosis and enteritis for diagnosis of paratuberculosis and their histopathological and bacteriological examination. 2. Standardization of immunohistochemical staining method for diagnosis of tuberculosis using antidody against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and hemorrhagic septicaemia using commercially available antidody/ antisera against Pasteurella multocida 3. Standardize immunohistochemical staining technique for diagnosis of paratuberculosis using antisera against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis 4. Collection of biopsies of tumours and their processing for histopathology and immunohistochemical staining for diagnosis of neoplastic conditions using appropriate tumour markers.

2. Teaching Teaching of PG courses in semester I and II, Guiding M.V. Sc. Student as a member of advisory committee

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. S. D. Deshpande

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR - Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462038 (Madhya Pradesh)

C. Title of the project: Development of Process Technology for Parboiling/Dry Heat Treatment of Kodo & Kutki Minor Millets for Improved Milling Quality.

i. Date of Start : 01st March, 2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 29th February, 2020

D. Objectives: Analyze five important moisture dependent physico-chemical properties of selected minor millets. Develop model explaining inter-relationship between linear and hygroscopic expansion in millet. Study the kinetics of moisture sorption behavior of kodo and kutki minor millets during wet heating/parboiling and develop generalized kinetic model predicting optimized process technology conditions involving dry heat treatment which can yield superior milling and cooking characteristics and test model efficacy in the overall experimental range. Formulate millet based RTE/RTC health food products (health bars and museli/ crispies) and evaluate its textural, cooking characteristics and consumer acceptability. Cost economics of the technology. Demonstrate the technology and related machinery to millet growing farmers/ entrepreneurs under outreach activity. Develop monograph covering different facets of millet conditioning, milling and processing related aspects.

E. Significant achievements of the project: Regression model explaining inter-relationship between linear and volumetric coefficients of hygroscopic expansion in kodo and kutki millet were developed using moisture dependent physico-chemical properties determined. Developed process technology involving optimized hydrothermal treatment which can yield improved milling characteristics. Millet based RTE/RTC health food products were formulated. Sensory studies revealed their acceptability by the consumers. Developed technology and related machinery demonstrated to sixty farmers/entrepreneurs. Monograph on millet processing has also been prepared.

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F. Transferable Technologies developed: Developed process technology involving optimized hydrothermal treatment which can yield improved milling characteristics.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. S. R. Bhat

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Pusa, New Delhi-110012.

C. Title of the project: Investigation of variation in CMS-causing mitochondrial orf108 gene and transcripts in Brassica wild species and validation of a candidate fertility restorer gene. i. Date of Start : 01-02-2017 ii. Date of completion : 31-01-2020

D. Objectives: Study of variation in mitochondrial orf108 gene and transcripts in wild allied species of Brassica. Relate variation in orf108 gene and transcripts with CMS/fertility restoration and speciation. Identify, clone and validate candidate fertility restorer gene introgressed from Moricandia arvensis into Brassica juncea.

E. Significant achievements: CMS-causing orf108 like sequence was found in 38 of the 39 wild allied species tested and showed unusual variation as compared to other protein coding genes or conserved orfs found in plant mitochondrial genomes. Orf108 was invariably present upstream of atp1 gene and co-transcribed with atp1. In 11 species orf108 was pseudogene due to indels. Differences were recorded in the processing of orf08-atp1 transcripts among wild species indicating the variation in fertility restorer genes. Based on the above, involvement of orf108 in causing CMS in Brassica juncea carrying Enarthocarpus lyratus and Trachystoma ballii cytoplasm were predicted and the same was confirmed based on fertility restoration of these CMS lines by Moriandia arvensis restorer.

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Fig. 1. Summary of orf108 sequences (amino acid in A, B, and nucleotide in C) among wild allied species of Brassica

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. S. S. Parihar

B. Address of the Institution where working : WTC, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

C. Title of the project: Terminal heat stress mitigation in wheat through crop and irrigation water management in semi-arid regions.

i. Date of Start : 05/01/2017 ii. Date of completion : 04/01/2020

D. Objectives : Study the long-term behavior of weather parameters in selected locations of semi-arid regions Study the trends of terminal and continual heat stress and its effect on wheat yield. Study the crop growth, yield and quality attributes and impact of terminal heat stress on wheat varieties under different sowing dates and irrigation regimes.

E. Significant achievements : Both Tmax and Tmin are rising which coincide with reproductive stage of wheat among the selected locations. Across the locations, wheat yield reduction was observed, when Tmax and Tmin showed positive departure by 2 °C above long term normal during late vegetative and reproductive stages. The combined effect of positive temperature departure by 2 °C and stress duration (T×D) on wheat yield revealed that the effect was more pronounced in late vegetative stage (31.6°C days) than at the reproductive stage (29.1°C days). The crop years having Tmax less than 17 °C, 24 °C and 30 °C during the months of January, February and March recorded highest wheat yield at most of the selected locations. The crop year having Tmax greater than 24 °C and 30 °C in the months of February and March, respectively resulted in lower wheat yield in the range of 3.1-4.1 t ha- 1. On an average, crop duration and grain filling period were reduced due to delay in sowing time resulting in significant reduction in yield. The reduction in crop duration was more pronounced under late sown than normal planting and therefore loss of yield was greater in late sown condition due to delayed sowing. Irrigation at 100% Etc produced significantly higher crop growth, yield attributes, grain yield, WUE and IWUE but were at par with 80% Etc. However, irrigations scheduled at 60% Etc resulted in significant reduction in yield. The grain yield linearly decreased with delay in sowing under both normal and late planted varieties. However, varieties responded differently and the effect of heat stress was different in different varieties resulting in significant variations in grain yield.

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F. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Soil-Water-Plant-Environment System (WST-503-Credit 2L+1P)- Lectures:4 Theory+1P Crop Water Requirement& Irrigation Planning (WST-601 Credit 2L+1P)- Lectures: 4 Theory + 1practical Principal & Practices of Water Management (WST504/AG504-Credit 3L+1P) - Lectures:4 Theory +1 Practical

(These courses were taught for the three academic years)

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Samar Chandra Datta

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR- IARI, Division of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, New Delhi – 110012

C. Title of the project: Synthesis, optimization and evaluation of P - loaded Nanoclay Bio-Polymer composites (NCBPC) and NCBPC coated P-Fertilizers for increasing P use efficiency. i. Date of Start : 09-01-2017 ii. Date of completion : 08-01-2020

D. Objectives: Synthesis of cost effective P-loaded Nanoclaybiopolymer composite (NCBPC) and NCBPC coated P fertilizer. Evaluation of the NCBPC products to increase P use efficiency

E. Significant achievements: Seven products of NCBPC and eleven product of coated DAP were synthesized and tested for their P release kinetics in distilled water Two best products, one from NBPC, viz., NCBPC2 and other of coated DAP, viz., C9 were sorted out with respect to their slow release behaviour and found to reduce P fixation significantly in two Alfisols. These two products of NCBPC and coated DAP were evaluated in green house and field experiment and were found to be more efficient than normal DAP resulting same P uptake at 50 % less P application particularly in wheat crop and in P fixing Alfisols.

F. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D): 1. M.Sc and PhD. Soil Chemistry (4L+1P) 39 lectures taken in 3 years. 2. Ph. D. Soil Clay Mineralogy (3L+1P) 31 lectures in three years.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Saroj Dahiya B. Address of the Institution where working : Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS HAU, Hisar

C. Title of the project: Development of value added products from coarse cereals blended with Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum L.) and their sensory and nutritional characteristics.

i. Date of Start : 8th May, 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 7th May, 2021

D. Objectives: Assess the physico-chemical properties and nutritional composition of composite flour (Pearl millet-Sorghum-Oat-Chickpea) and Tulsi. Develop value added products, ready to eat & convenience foods using developed composite flour and to carry out their organoleptic acceptability. Study the nutrient composition, antioxidant activity and shelf life of the most acceptable products. Facilitate linkages between processors, producers and consumers.

E.Significant achievements: Nutritional evaluation and physico-chemical properties of unprocessed coarse grains of pearl millet, oat, sorghum and chickpea and tulsi leaves were assessed. It was found that these coarse grains were nutritionally superior in terms of crude protein, crude fat, crude fibre and mineral content. Blanched pearl millet, unprocessed sorghum, dehusked oat, germinated chickpea and dried tulsi leaves powder were used for preparation of composite flours/multigrain flours. Value added products i.e. traditional (ladoo, sev, matar, chapatti and parantha), baked (biscuit, cake) and extruded (pasta) were standardized and developed using all types of composite flours and found to be organoleptically acceptable by the judges. All the products prepared using composite flour of blanched pearl millet: sorghum: dehusked oat: germinated chickpea in ratios of 60:10:10:20 (Type-II) and blanched pearl millet: sorghum: dehusked oat: germinated chickpea: tulsi leaves powder in ratios of 60:10:10:15:5 (Type-V) were found to be most acceptable by the judges in sensory characteristics like taste, texture, colour, aroma and appearance.

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All the above mentioned most acceptable multigrain products with and without tulsi leaves powder were found to be rich in proximate composition, dietary fibre and minerals such as calcium, iron and zinc, in vitro protein and starch digestibility, antioxidants (total phenolic content and DPPH free radical scavenging activity) as compared to control ones. Blanching and malting reduced the antinutrients and increased the mineral bioavailability and in vitro digestibility. Supplementation of tulsi at 5% level further increased the nutritional value in respect of crude fibre, ash, total dietary fibre, soluble dietary fibre and insoluble dietary fibre, total and available minerals (calcium, iron and zinc), in vitro protein and starch digestibility and antioxidants (total phenolic content and DPPH free radical scavenging activity). Shelf life study of storable products i. e. ladoo, sev, matar and biscuits in terms of sensory evaluation, fat acidity and peroxide value showed that these stored products were acceptable by the judges upto 3 months without any changes in sensory characteristics.

F. Transferable Technologies developed: Multigrain Tulsi Biscuits Multigrain Tulsi Cake Multigrain Tulsi Ladoo Multigrain Tulsi Sev

G. Success story: During Kisan Mela held at CCSHAU, Hisar on Oct. 4-5, 2018 and September 11-12, 2019 multigrain tulsi products like ladoo, sev, cake and biscuits were displayed and around 100 village ladies participated and liked these multigrain tulsi products. There was great demand of these products because these are tasty, easy to prepare, nutritious, easily digestible and healthy, provide variety to the diet and suitable for all age groups especially children, pregnant and lactating women.

Fig.1: Multigrain Tulsi Cake

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Fig. 2: Composite flour of pearl…um-Oat-chickpea-tulsi

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

S. Course Course title Credit Contact Semester & No. No. hrs. hrs. Year Under Graduate Courses 1. FN 302 Community Nutrition 3(2+1) 4 2nd sem. 2018-19 2. FN 402 Food hygiene and sanitation 2(2+0) 2 2nd sem. 2018-19

Ph. D courses 1. FN 603 Minerals in Human Nutrition 3(2+1) 4 2nd sem. 2018-19

Total 10

Under Graduate Courses 1. FN 406 Diet Counselling I 2(0+2) 4 1st sem. 2019-20 2. FN 407 Diet Counselling II 2(0+2) 4 1st sem. 2019-20

Ph. D. Courses 1. FN 605 Advances in Energy 2(2+0) 2 1st sem. 2019-20 metabolism

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I. Annual action plan (2020-21): 1. Standardization and development of ready to eat and convenience foods (Instant daliya mix, Cake Mix, Halwa mix, Idli mix, Dhokla mix, Soups, Khichdi mix) from composite flour of pearl millet, sorghum, oat, chickpea with and without tulsi leaves powder and evaluation for organoleptic acceptability using Nine Point Hedonic Scale and most acceptable mixes will be assessed for different nutritional parameters i.e. Proximate composition (Moisture, Crude protein, Crude fat, Crude fibre, Ash), Dietary fiber (Total dietary fiber, Soluble dietary fiber, Insoluble dietary fiber), Total minerals (Ca, Fe and Zn), Available minerals (Fe ,Ca), In vitro digestibility (In vitro protein digestibility and In vitro starch digestibility), Anti-nutritional factors (Phytic acid), Antioxidant activity (Total phenolic content and 2,2-Diphenyl-l-1- picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging method). 2. Market survey will be conducted for consumer acceptability. Local food points, food restaurants, bakery units and food industries will be approached for promotion and production of already developed acceptable multigrain tulsi products. 3. Demonstration cum trainings will be imparted; awareness campaigns and exhibitions on multigrain tulsi flour and their products will be organized for rural and urban women, food entrepreneurs, Self Help Groups (SHGs), college girls for creating awareness about their techniques of preparation and will be motivated to start entrepreneurship at household and small scale level and consumption in daily diet. Feed back of consumer acceptability will be taken and impact index of nutrition education will be assessed for further refinement of technologies. 4. Efforts will be made for commercialization of multigrain tulsi products by facilitating to establish linkages with different bakeries, food industries, producers, processors and consumers. 5. Compilation of data, statistical analysis and report writing. 6. Courses to be taught/assigned during 2019-20:

Sr. Course Course title Credit Contact Semester & Year No. No. hrs. hrs.

Under Graduate Courses

1. FN 395 Dietetics Foods 3(0+3) 6 2nd sem. 2019-20

Ph. D. Courses 1. FN 610 Maternal and Child 3(2+1) 4 2nd sem. 2019-20 Nutrition

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Shailaja Hittalmani B. Address of the Institution where working: Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru – 560 065 C. Title of the project: Identification and development of drought tolerant and superior grain nutrient quality genotypes in rice.

i. Date of Start : 02-05-2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 01-05-2021

D. Objectives: Evaluation of 125 RILs (F10) derived from the cross between BPT5204 x HP-14 and their parental lines for grain nutrient and grain quality parameters in lab and yield traits in field. Map QTLs controlling grain nutrient and quality parameters like Protein, Iron, Zinc, content and other routine parameters of grain quality. Characterize the set of RIL’s, derived from RB-6 and QRT-25 parental combination for drought contributing traits. Identification of suitable genotypes under aerobic condition (limited water for irrigation) and for high grain Protein, Iron, and Zinc content.

E. Significant achievements: A Total of 402 rice Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers and 87 CISP (Conserved Intron Scanning Primers) covering all 12 chromosomes were screened and polymorphic markers identified. 28 percent SSR and 6 percent of CISP markers were observed to be polymorphic between parents; genotyping for 70 SSR markers with 120 RIL progenies was completed as of April 2019. Ten stabilized promising rice genotypes were identified with higher seed protein content of more than 12%, two lines with high zinc and iron content, and five genotypes with high methionine, lysine, and amylose content. Based on grain yield performance six superior genotypes were identified for reproductive stage moisture stress viz., 23-5-237, 23-5-297, 23-5-224, 23-5-92, 23-5-94, and 23-5-279 genotypes. Similarly, six genotypes had high drought resistance index (DRI) compared to the checks (23-5- 297, 23-5-224, 23-5-92, 23-5-94, and 23-5-279).

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F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Author(s) Title along with year Name of the NAAS No. of publication Journal Rating 1. Rabiya Bi, Lohithaswa Leveraging barrel medic genome Electronic 7.88 H.Chandappaa, Lokesh sequence for the development and Journal of Siddalingaiah, Sunil Kumar use of genomic resources for Biotechnology Kenchanmane Raju, genetic analysis and breeding in 39: 30-41 Shilpa Hassan Balakrishna, legumes (2019). JyothiKumar, Vinutha Kuruba and Shailaja Hittalmani 2. Gaurav Sharma, Atul Kumar OsNAC-like transcription factor Journal of 6.67 Upadyay, Hanamareddy involved in regulating seed-storage Genettics 98 (19), Biradar, Sonia and Shailaja protein content at different stages of 1066-05 grain filling in rice under aerobic Hittalmani conditions (2019). 3. Rabiya Bi, Lohithaswa H. Development and application Journal of 6.67 Chandappaa, Lokesh of genomic resources for Genettics 10 Siddalingaiah, Sunil Kumar comparative and translational (1008), 1-22 Kenchanmane Raju, genomics in legumes through Shilpa Hassan Balakrishna, leveraging genomic sequence JyothiKumar, Vinutha Kuruba of Medicago truncatula (2018) and Shailaja Hittalmani

4. Raghavendra, P and Shailaja Novel male sterile line Journal of 6.73 Hittalmani development through marker- Environmental assisted backcross breeding Biology 39 (3): suitable for aerobic planting 277-285 in rice (2018)

G. Transferable Technologies developed: Seven stabilized promising rice genotypes were identified with high total seed protein content of more than 12%, two lines with high zinc and iron content, and five genotypes with high methionine, lysine, and amylose content.

Fig. 2: Grain types of promising High Protein Rice genotypes

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H. Annual action plan ( 2020-21):

• 24 –30 Months (Kharif) 1. Genotyping of RIL’s derived from a cross between BPT5204 x HP-14 for grain quality /nutrient traits mapping. 2. Testing of selected genotypes in farmer’s field.

• 31 –36 Months 1. Superior genotypes grain, nutrient and cooking quality lines will be identified. 2. Linkage map development and identification of putative QTL with SSR markers. 3. Statistical analysis and report writing.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Shambhu Dayal Singh

B. Address of the Institution where working : ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Division of Pathology, Izatnagar, U.P. 243122

C. Title of the project: Development of Pen-side diagnostic test/kit for diagnosis of Marek’s Disease in Poultry. i. Date of Start : 01.02.2017 ii. Date of completion : 31.01.2020

D. Objectives: Evaluate the presence of oncogenic MDV in primary clinical samples. Development of LAMP test for rapid diagnosis of Marek’s Disease. Development of pen-side diagnostic tests (LAT and dot-ELISA) for serological screening of MD in poultry farms.

E. Significant achievements:

• Histopathology and Touch imprints cytology from fresh lymphoid tumor growths in spleen and liver nodules revealed pleomorphic lymphocytic cell population (small, medium and large lymphocytes) suggestive of Marek’s disease infection. • Polymerase Spiral Reaction (PSR) test and Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) test has been developed and standardized using in-house synthesized primers specific for MDV-1 oncogene (Meq) to visualize the amplified product under naked eye or UV light after addition of SYBR Green-I dye. • Latex Agglutination Test (LAT) has been developed and standardized using rpp38 antigen to detect MDV-1 antibody in field chicken serum samples. • Recombinant antigen (rpp38) based Immunocomb Dot-ELISA has been developed and evaluated for the detection of MDV-1 antibody in chicken serum samples.

F. Transferable Technologies developed:

1. Development of Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) test for visual detection of MDV-1 oncogene (Meq) amplified product under naked eye or UV light after addition of SYBR Green-I dye. 2. Development of recombinant antigen (rpp38) based Latex Agglutination Test (LAT) for on the spot diagnosis of Marek’s Disease in poultry. 3. Development of recombinant protein (rpp38) based immunocomb Dot-ELISA for Rapid diagnosis of Marek’s disease in poultry.

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Fig: 1. LAT result of field chicken serum samples Field serum sample No. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 are Positive Serum sample No. 2, 5, 8, are Negative

Fig.2: Screening of field chicken serum by DOT-ELISA

Strip 1-Positive control, Strip 2-Negative control, Strip-3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10,11,13,23 (++++ve) Strip 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 (+++ve), Strip 6, 7, 12,14,19,24 (-ve) for MDV infection, Strip-7, 14, 19, 24 (-ve) for MDV infection

G. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.):

Sr. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hours

1. VPL-504 Necropsy Technique P-2 2. VPL-603 Special Pathology T-2 3. VPL-604 Special Pathology P-2

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Shashi Bhalla

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi

C. Title of the project: Development of decision support system for insect and mite pests of quarantine significance to India.

i. Date of Start : 8th May, 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 7th May, 2021

D. Objectives: Collection, compilation and documentation of the information available from various sources on defined parameters (viz. common/scientific name, classification, pathway of introduction, biology,host range, geographical distribution, economic significance, phytosanitary risk, detection techniques, control measures etc.) of insect and mite pests of quarantine significance to India. Impact analysis of selected insect and mite pests of quarantine significance if introduced into India. Development of a web-enabled, interactive Decision Support System on major insect and mite pests of quarantine significance to India for easy access and retrieval. Development of multi-media enabled applications including mobile app based on decision support system to access consolidated information with respect to crop, country and pests.

E. Significant achievements: Information compiled to enhance pest risk analysis as pests not reported from India, having limited distribution, having wide host-range, causing economic yield losses, having physiological races to develop Decision Support System (DSS) to serve as a tool for plant quarantine officials, importers, exporters, researchers etc.

Compiled lists of: # Agricultural commodities/ germplasm/ transgenics etc. being imported into India through different pathways under Schedules IV, V and VI of Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order 2003 (herein after referred as PQ order). # Insect and mite pests (both endemic and exotic pests) associated with different hosts as per Schedules IV, V & VI of PQ Order. # Pests of quarantine significance associated with the import of commodities under Schedules IV, V & VI of PQ Order of PQ Order (502 insect, 29 mite pests). # Insect/mite pests (860) not yet reported from India including the pests regulated as per PQ Order.

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# Detailed information compiled on 200 insect and mite pests of quarantine significance based on parameters such as pathway of introduction, global distribution, host range, aspects related to biology, survival and spread, economic impact, phytosanitary risk, detection techniques, control measures and image links.

F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Title along with year Name of the NAAS No. Author(s) of publication Journal Rating

1. Singh SP, Shashi Efficacy of thermal Indian Journal 6.23 Bhalla, Kavita treatments for disinfestation of of Agricultural Gupta and DS wheat seeds against rice weevil, Sciences Meena Sitophilus oryzae (L.) 2019, 89 (8): 1359-61

G. Transferable Technologies developed: The Database developed would be hosted on NBPGR website as a free resource to be used by quarantine and plant protection personnels for analysing the pest risk in import of plant material into India.

H. Annual action plan (2020-21): 1. Data on intercepted pests (insects and mites) will be compiled and impact analysis of few of these will be done. 2. Data porting and Development of database and mobile apps (B version) for testing by users. 3. Decision support system to access consolidated information with respect to crop, country and pests.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Shashidhar Viraktamath

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Entomology, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru-560065

C. Title of the project: Biosystematic studies of Indian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). i. Date of Start : 20-2-2017 ii. Date of completion : 19-2-2020

D.Objectives: Study detailed morphometry of stingless bees collected from different biogeographical regions of India including Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands. Describe the poorly known taxa and new taxa of stingless bees. Describe the male genitalia of different species of stingless bees. Study the distribution and nest structure of stingless bees.

E. Significant achievements: More than 20,000 stingless bees were collected from 23 states and 1 Island. An innovative indigenous technique has been developed and evaluated successfully to collect male bees for the first time in India. Male bee activity for one entire year has been made for the first time in India. Baseline data on morphometry of females (from 23 states) and males (from 20 states) have been generated for the first time in India. Nesting behaviour, nest structure has been studied. Two new species of Lisotrigona have been described and published. A paper describing two new species of Tetragonula is sent for publication. Another 16 putative new species have been identified and these are being described and published.

F. Transferable Technologies developed: Technique to collect male stingless bees for correct identification of species

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Sudhir Raizada B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Bureau Resources, Canal Ring Road, Telibagh, PO Dilkusha, Lucknow-226002 (Uttar Pradesh)

C. Title of the project: Up-scaling protocols for broodstock development, breeding, larval rearing and fingerling production of striped snakehead (Channa striatus), for species diversification and conservation.

i. Date of Start : 01.09.2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 31.08.2021

D. Objectives: Develop broodstock for achieving uniform gonadal maturity. Analyze spawning response with different hormonal strategies and enclosures. Analyze feeds and feeding strategies for different stages of fish life from early fry to fingerling size. Evaluate cannibalism behavior and develop mitigation methods.

E. Significant achievements: Procured 90 juveniles of Channa striatus from wild stock and successfully reared them in open cement tank to maturity size. Maturity was attained by all the females but about 25% males attained maturity during complete spawning season. The problem of attaining maturity by all the males in the same pond/tank at the same time is a serious problem with this species and strategy will be made to overcome this problem in the subsequent years. Successfully achieved cent percent spawning success in which 10 sets of breeding pairs (2 female:2 male) were used under indoor conditions in the shallow FRP tanks. Out of 20 females, 18 laid 1.4 lakh fertilized eggs with fertilization percentage of 30-95 percent. Produced 77000 spawn with hatching rate of 50-93% in plastic tubs in indoor conditions. Weaning of larvae with different live and formulated feeds was carried out in indoor conditions in order to suppress high intracohort cannibalism. A success of 30% survival rate from spawn to fry and 50% from fry to fingerling has been achieved. The fry and fingerling were successfully weaned on 100% commercial floating pellet feed, which was a major achievement as this species needs meaty substances for its diet.

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F. Transferable Technologies developed: The 750 fingerling produced under the project were supplied to a farmer at Lucknow for pilot-scale grow-out production in the bio-floc system to assess its performance as a high valued species, which is most demanding in the aquaculture sector. Two-month growth study has given good encouraging results. The study is being continued.

G. Annual action plan (2020-21): a. Doubling broodstock population and design strategy for increasing availability of matured male brooders under captive rearing conditions. b. Continue captive breeding and seed production in FRP tanks in indoor conditions. c. Design strategy to increase larval survivals during fry and fingerling production with an aim to further minimize cannibalism by weaning them on commercial floating feed with higher survivals. d. Develop low cost fish graders for weaning different size larvae. e. Develop low-cost floating LDPE/HDPE tank/pond covers for winter rearing so that seed can be kept secured during winter for supply during early summers.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Suresh Kumar Kanawjia

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-NDRI, Karnal-132001(Haryana)

C. Title of the project: Teaching of Dairy Technology courses and preparation of Instruction Manual on “Cheese and Cheese Processing Technologies”. i. Date of Start : 02.01.2017 ii. Date of completion : 01.01.2020

D. Objectives:

Teaching of B.Tech. (Dairy Technology), PhD (Dairy Technology) and Diploma in Dairy Technology courses. Preparation of Instruction Manual on “Cheese and Cheese Processing Technologies.” Guidance of Ph.D. thesis and Participation in Divisional and Interdivisional activities.

E. Significant achievements:

Prepared Instruction Manual on Cheese and Cheese Processing Technologies. Taught B.Tech.(Dairy Technology), Ph.D. (Dairy Technology), Diploma in Dairy Technology courses, guided one Ph.D. thesis entitled “Studies on the Preparation of Organoleptically Palatable Casein and Whey Protein Hydrolysates” and Evaluated M.Tech.(Dairy Technology) and Ph.D. (Dairy Technology) Thesis for Best Thesis Award. Participated as Member, Peer Review Team (PRT) nominated by ICAR-National Agricultural Education Accreditation Board (NAEAB). I actively participated in the revision of courses of Broad Subject Matter Area for Dairy Science and Technology for Postgraduate studied (Master’s and Doctoral) programmes, Education Division, ICAR. Significantly contributed in the Divisional and Institutional Academic and other activities and delivered lectures to National and International trainees.

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F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above) :

Sr. Details of Title along with year of Name of the NAAS No. Author(s) publication Journal Rating

1. Khetra, Y., Kanawjia, Using taste-induced saltiness International Dairy S.K., Puri, R. Kumar, enhancement for reducing Journal. (Elsevier, R. and Meena, G.S. sodium in Cheddar cheese: ISSN: 0958-6946) (2018). Effect on sensorial 8.74 and physico- chemical attributes.2018 2. Khetra, Y., Kanawjia, Effect of sodium and its Journal of Food S.K. and Puri, R. substitution with potassium Processing and (2017). on desorption and Preservation, thermodynamic properties 41(4).1785-1790 7.29 of Cheddar cheese.2017

3. Bansal, V., Kanawjia, Effect of whey protein Journal of food S. K., Khetra, Y., Puri, concentrate, sodium processing and R., & Debnath, A. caseinate, Cheddar cheese, preservation, (2017) and milk fat on sensory 41(5), e13174 7.85 and functional properties of cheese dip.2017

4. Giri, A., Kanawjia, Effect of inulin on physico- Journal of Food S. K. and Singh, chemical, sensory, fatty acid Science and M. P. (2017) profile and microstructure of Technology.54(8): processed cheese spread. 2443-2451. 7.85 2017 [ISSN: 0022- 1155; SCI,].

G. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i) Product Monitoring & Process Control (DT-721, Credit hours: 3+0 Theory). Taught PhD (Dairy Technology) & PhD (Dairy Chemistry) students jointly in second semester of 2017-18 session. ii) R&D Management in Dairy Industry (DT-722, Credit hours: 3+0 Theory). Taught PhD (Dairy Technology) & PhD (Dairy Chemistry) students jointly in second semester of 2017-18 session. iii) R&D Management in Dairy Industry (DT-722, Credit hours: 3+0 Theory). Taught PhD (Dairy Technology) & PhD (Dairy Chemistry) students jointly in second semester of 2018-19 session. iv) R&D Management in Dairy Industry (Dairy Technology-722, Credit hours: 3+0 Theory). Taught PhD (Dairy Technology), PhD (Dairy Chemistry) & PhD (Food Safety & Quality Assurance) students jointly in second semester of 2019-20 session. v) Dairy plant Management & Pollution Control (DT-322, Credit hours: 2+1Theory) Taught B.Tech. (DT) IVth year Students in sixth semester of 2017-18 session.

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vi) Technology of Fat Rich Dairy Products (DT-212, Credit hours: 2+1 Theory) Taught B.Tech.(DT) IInd year Students jointly in fourth semester of 2017-18 session. vii) Technology of Fat Rich Dairy Products (DT-212, Credit hours: 2+1 Theory) Taugt B.Tech.(DT) IInd year Students jointly in fourth semester of 2018-19session. viii)Technology of Fat Rich Dairy Products (DT-212, Credit hours: 2+1 Theory) Taught B.Tech.(DT) IInd year Students jointly in fourth semester of 2019-20 session. ix) Cheese Technology (DT-221 Credit hours: 3+2 Theory) Taught B.Tech. (DT) IInd year Students jointly in sixth semester of 2017-18 session. x) Cheese Technology (DT-221, Credit hours: 3+2 Theory) Taught B.Tech. (DT) IInd year Students jointly in sixth semester of 2018-19 session. xi) Cheese Technology (DT-221, Credit hours: 3+2 Theory) Taught B.Tech. (DT) IInd year Students jontly in sixth semester of 2019-20 session.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. T. K. Dangar

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack -753006, Odisha

C. Title of the project: Prospects of interactions of multistrain stress resilient beneficial phytonic microbes and rice to improve productivity under environmental adversities. i. Date of Start : 08.06.2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 07.06.2021

D. Objectives: Development of multistrain abiotic/biotic stress resilient growth supporting phytonic (mainly endophyte) bacteria compatible to selected popular high yielding rice genotype(s). Biochemical and molecular basis of durable multi-bacterial colonization on rice affected by in vitro abiotic/biotic stresses. Performance analysis of promising microbe-plant combinations in vitro and in vivo, to advocate technology for selected rice genotype.

E. Significant achievements: Rice endophytic bacteria viz. 5 osmotic stress tolerant (12 to 20% NaCl) bactera, 6 diazotrophs with 3-8% NaCl tolerance, 6 phosphate solubilizer (PS) with 3-16% NaCl tolerance and 9 Bt with 5-10% NaCl tolerance along with different plant growth promotion functions with or without abiotic stresses were identified. Confirmed compatibility among the bacteria except, as well as, incompatibility of 2 Bt with 2 other bacteria. Ascertained 100% germination of rice seeds treated with different bacteria under 2% salt stress. Endophytic colonization through the angles of secondary root emergence was confirmed under SEM and fluorescent microscope.

F. Success story: i. Effect of the endophytic bacteria on rice seed germination under abiotic stress conditions and osmotolerant PS PGPB: a. Swarna Sub-1, Naveen and Luna Sankhi seeds treated simultaneously with 108 bacteria/ml (SA11, R1, SA40 and NP2) along with 2% NaCl resulted in 100% germination and single treatment with 1.2 x 108 cells/ml (T3) and 2 treatments with 1.2 x 105 cells/ml (T4) after 5d had better effects (Fig.1a). b. Swarna Sub-1 seeds treated with 108 bacteria/ml (E35) at 5-9 pH effected 100% germination. c. Osmotolerant phytonic PSB enhanced growth of Naveen seeds over control (Fig. 1b,c)

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ii. Colonization mechanism: Colonization of the endophytic diazotroph Azotobacter sp. Avi2 at the junction of main and secondary root of cv. Swarna was conformed under SEM (Fig. 2a,b). Endophytic colonization of the bacteria was confirmed under a fluorescent microscope by FRET technique (Fig. 2c,d).

Fig. 1. Rice seedling growth effected by endophytic PGPB. a. Swarna seedling growth in control (T0) and 2% salt stress along with 1.2 x 108 cells/ml (T1), 1.2 x 105 cells/ml (T2) and 1.2 x 108 cells/ml (T3) single treatment, and 1.2 x 105 cells/ml (T4) for 2nd treatment after 5d. Rice cv. Naveen treated with phosphate solubilizing PGPB b. E1, c. R1.

Fig. 2. Colonization of endophytic Azotobacter sp. Avi2 in rice cv. Swarna. a. At primary and secondary root junction of under SEM. b. Enlarged colony under SEM. c. FRET detected fluorescent bacteria in root under fluorescent microscope. d. Enlarged FRET detected endocolonizer Avi2.

G. Annual action plan (2020-21): Performance analysis of promising microbe-plant combinations in vitro and in vivo, to advocate technology for selected rice genotype

Activity 1. Assessment of beneficial bacteria-rice interaction in the laboratory in axenic culture and net house sterile pots

Activity 2. Assessment of beneficial bacteria-rice interaction and recommendation of rice production under environmental adversities and microbial product development.

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A. Name of the ICAAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. V.V. Belavadi

B. Address of the Institution where working: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

C. Title of the project: Diversity of solitary bees in southern India and their importance as pollinators.

i. Date of Start : 01st June 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 31st May 2021

D. Objectives : Make intensive collection of solitary bee species from different agro-ecological regions of southern India Prepare identification keys, a checklist of species of south India and to develop distribution maps Make economic valuation of pollination service in selected crops

E. Significant achievements: Intensive collections of solitary bees have been made from Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh Till end of December 2019, a total of 52 species of solitary bees representing nine genera and three families have been collected Economic valuation of pollination service has been worked out for four important crops viz., cardamom, coffee, pigeon pea and musk melon which amounted to a total of Rs. 47,500 crores. Identification keys to the species of leaf cutter bees, Megachile and for the blue banded bees, Amegilla, have been prepared.

F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Title along with year of Name of the Journal NAAS No. Author(s) publication Rating

1 Prashantha, C., Two new cases of Oriental Insects, DOI: 6.24 Lucia, M. and gynandromorphism in 10.1080/00305316.2018. Belavadi, V.V Xylocopinae bees (Hymenoptera: 1508522 Apidae) from India, 2018 2 Revanasidda and Floral biology and pollination in Journal of Asia-Pacific 7.05 Belavadi, V.V. Cucumis melo L., a tropical Enntomology, 22: 215-225. andromonoecious cucurbit. 2019 3 Wenzel, A., Grass, How urbanization is driving Biological Conservation. 10.02 I., Belavadi, V.V. pollinator diversity and https://doi.org/10.1016/ and Tscharntke, T. pollination – A systematic j.biocon.2019. 108321 review. 2019

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G. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D):

Sl. Class Semester Course Credit Course title # of No. No. Hours students

1 Jr. M.Sc. I Sem AET 505 2+1 Insect Ecology 17 2018-19

2. I Ph.D. II Sem AET 601 1+2 Advanced Insect 12 2018-19 Systematics

3. Jr. M.Sc. I Sem AET 505 2+1 Insect Ecology 16 2019-20

H. Annual action plan (2020-21): Making intensive collections in the Northern regions of Western Ghats including Goa, Maharashtra and parts of Puducherry. Collections from Andaman & Nicobar Islands Developing keys for identification of species of Ceratina, Braunsapis and Xylocopa Preparation of a field guide for the identification of bees of south India Economic valuation of pollination service Preparation of half yearly reports and Final Report

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Virendra Kumar Sikka

B. Address of the Institution where working: Dept. of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, COBS&H, CCS HAU, Hisar-125004

C. Title of the project: Development of Promiscuous and Efficient Rhizobia Having Wider Host Range

i. Date of Start : 14.3.2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 13.3.2020

D. Objectives: Develop super-infecting and efficient rhizobia across legume species barriers.

E. Significant achievements: Promiscuous strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum HProRz have been identified having superior Nodulation, nitrogen fixing ability, competitiveness over the resident natural flora along with promiscuity and superior symbiotic infection and nitrogen fixation. A single inoculum from one of the developed strain could suffice for all of the rabi legume crops. A microbial consortia developed using our super symbionts has shown significant (as much as 42% seed yield advantage) and observable crop superiority in field. Introduction of these genetically modified Rhizobium strains into the legumes based farming system may serve as a good low cost input for the Indian agricultural system for an added benefit to the farming community at large. Since those neighboring farmers not resorting to bioinnoculants shall also benefit from neighbor’s HProRz application. It has high commercial value with a potential to replace a large portion of chemical fertilizer thus improving soil health and is being processed for patenting and commercialization.

F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Author(s) Title along with year of Name of the NAAS No. publication Journal Rating

1. Mukesh R. Jangra, Cloning, Sequencing and Indian J Microbiol 7.3 Ritu Batra, Nishat In Silico Analysis of phbC 59 : 58-63 Passricha, Gene from Pseudomonas spp. 2018 Virendra K. Sikka

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G. Transferable Technologies developed: Promiscuous strain of Rhizobium has been identified having superior Nodulation, competitiveness, promiscuity and higher nitrogen fixation. It has high commercial value and is being processed for patenting. A single inoculum from one of the developed strain could suffice for all of the rabi legume crops. A microbial consortia developed using our super symbionts has shown significant (as much as 42% seed yield advantage) and observable crop superiority in field. Introduction of these genetically modified Rhizobium strains into the legumes based farming system may serve as a good low cost input for the Indian agricultural system for an added benefit to the farming community at large. Since those neighboring farmers not resorting to bioinnoculants shall also benefit from neighbor’s HProRz application. It has high commercial value with a potential to replace a large portion of chemical fertilizer thus improving soil health and is being processed for patenting and commercialization. These super rhizobia have potential to become promising bio-inoculants based agro industry.

H.Success story: Treatment of pulse crop with HProRz strains leads to nearly 1.5 times more addition of net nitrogen to soil for use by the following crop. These developed Rhizobium strains with improved symbiotic association and ability to infect across strict host specificity for legumes would be of great help for the farming community at large. Besides providing more nitrogen by more nodules these bacteria provide a few additional benefits:

1. Treatment of pulse crop with HProRz strains leads to nearly 1.5 times more addition of net nitrogen to the soil/field for use by the following crop. 2. Provide improved water use efficiency to macro-symbiotic plants 3. These promiscuous rhizobia with wide host range have been found to have several gene rearrangements. Since PCR amplification using different nod gene specific primers have given multiple bands. We are proceeding to get these sequenced for their exact genomic status. 4. The period of nitrogen fixation was extended since the nodules induced by novel rhizobia had delayed senescence whereby had prolonged duration of nitrogen fixation.

Fig.1: Nodulation patterns on chickpea subsequent Fig.2: Aerial photography indicates distinct crop to treatment with diverse rhizobial strains responses to diverse rhizobial inoculums

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I. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.):

Taught regularly several M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses: Sr. No. Year Course(s) Title Contact Hrs.

1. 2017-18 Industrial and Microbial Biotechnology 3 2. Genomics and Proteomics, Environmental Biotechnology 3 3. Advances in Microbial Biotechnology 3 4. Molecular Approaches in Entomological Research 3

5. 2018-19 Genomics and Proteomics 3 6. Advances in Functional Genomics and Metabolomics 3 7. Techniques in Molecular Biology 3

8. 2019-20 Advances in Genetic Engineering 3 9. Biosafety - IPR and Bioethics 2 10. Doctoral Seminar 1 11. Masters Seminar 1 12. Environmental Biotechnology 3

Miscellaneous Responsibilities – Participated in University’s Farmers outreach efforts Kisan mela as a sole Expert from Plant Biotechnology.

J. Annual action plan (2020-21): The final crops (Lentil, Chickpea and field peas) proposed had been sown after treatment with promiscuous rhizobia developed in this project, at 2 locations on Nov 10 and 14, 2019. Both location crops are doing good at present and regular pulse crops specific field operations are being undertaken. Fairly good nodulation patterns have been observed. Aerial photography indicates distinct crop responses to diverse rhizobial inoculums. Results on rhizobial gene/genome sequences are awaited for their analysis and developing molecular signatures and fingerprints. On maturity yield data shall be analysed and extent of advantage obtainable from the use of improved rhizobia shall be ascertained and submitted to the council.

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A. Name of the ICAAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Vitthal Ruprao Bhagwat

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-IIMR, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030 (TS)

C. Title of the project: Mechanism of resistance against sugarcane aphids (Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) Homoptera : Aphididae) in Rabi sorghum genotypes.

i. Date of Start : 01-04-2017 ii. Likely date of completion : 31-03-2020

D. Objectives: Determine the mechanisms of resistance for sugarcane aphid in promising lines. Advance progenies through evaluation for aphid resistance.

E. Significant achievements:

Mechanism of resistance: Antixenosis: In a free choice test, among the tested fourteen genotypes, significant differences were observed. The genotypes, KR 191, Long SPS 43, NTJ 2 and SLR 31 preferred lesser by aphids (<14 aphids/plant) after 24, 48 and 72 h of infesting in antixenosis test. The highest preferred entry was susceptible check Swarna (> 35 aphids) and lower in resistant check TAM 428 (<17.5 aphids/plant). Antibiosis: A highly susceptible check Swarna had highest fecundity under no choice test (92.3 nymphs/female), reproductive period (29.1 days ) and female longevity (26.7 days). Lower fecundity was recorded in TAM 428 (14.1 nymphs/female), reproductive period (13.5 days) and female longevity (15.5 days). The lower fecundity were seen in SLR 31, KR 161, SLV 182, and Long SPS 43 (< 18 nymphs/female). Lower female longevity was recorded in KR 161, SLR 31 and NTJ 2 < 19 days. Tolerance: In a free-choice test, differences among genotypes were highly significant for damage rating, The genotypes SLR 31, SLV 182, EP 12, KR 191, Long SPS 43, and NTJ 2 exhibited higher resistance with damage rating < 4.5 and it was lower than check TAM 428. Lowest percent loss in chlorophyll was recorded in SLR 31, EP 12, and KR 191 (< 7.7 %). The susceptible check Swarna recorded 46.14% chlorophyll loss, whereas resistant check TAM 428 recorded 7.84 % loss in chlorophyll. Lower aphid infestation had lower cholorphyll loss. Thus, sorghum entries KR 191, EP 12, NTJ 2, Long SPS 43, SLV 182 and SLR 31 were identified as expressing either two or more resistance parameter as tolerance, antibiosis, and antixenosis. These resistant genotypes identified during the study, may be recommended to use in breeding for aphid resistance program.

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Biochemical analysis: In general, entries KR 191, long SPS 43, and SLR 31 which are less susceptible to aphids recorded higher amount of phosphorous, potash and lower amount of nitrogen and total sugars. The extraction of polyphenols for establishing correlation with aphid damage is under progress.

Advancement of progenies: One hundred and thirty seven progenies from two crosses (SLR 31 Swarna and TAM 428 Swarna) were advanced to F6 generations for further field evaluation. in post rainy 2019-20 in collaboration with breeding unit.

Fig. 1. Development of minipoly net technique Fig. 2. Seed damage rating (1-9) due to M. Saccahari for seedling test

F. Annual action plan (2020-21): Publications of two research articles on the findings. One information bulletin on bionomics and management of M. sacchari Registration of resistant genetic stock for M. sacchari. Extraction of total polyphenols for aphid resistance.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Vyas Pandey

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Agricultural Meteorology, B A College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand -388110 (Gujarat)

C. Title of the project: Calibration and validation of CROPGRO-cotton, CROPGRO-pigeonpea, SUBSTOR-potato and CANEGRO- sugarcane models for different crops of Gujarat for climate change impact studies. i. Date of Start : 1st February, 2017 ii. Date of completion : 31st January, 2020

D. Objectives: Calibrate and validate the CANEGRO – sugarcane, CROPGRO – pigeonpea, CROPGRO – cotton and SUBSTOR – potato models with experimental data. Carry out sensitivity analysis of models to variation in climatic parameters. Analyse the impact of projected climate under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 on yield of different crops using validated models. Forecast the district wise yield of selected crops using validated models.

E. Significant achievements: The models were calibrated and validated using experimental data collected at different locations for different varieties of the crops. The model performance evaluated using statistical parameter viz. RMSE, MBE, MAE, R2 and percent error showed the satisfactory result. The effect of intra-seasonal variability of temperature (±30C) and rainfall (±10, ±20 & ±30%) on different crops were simulated using validated models. The results revealed that with increase in temperature the yield decreased and vice versa in all the crops, while rainfall is found to have favourable effect. The magnitude of effect was found to vary with the crop, season and variety as well as extent of change in the parameters. The climate change projections under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 for period of 2020 to 2099 revealed that the maximum and minimum temperatures are projected to increase under both climate scenarios. Rainfall is projected to increase marginally while sunshine duration is projected to decrease in almost all the districts of Gujarat. The yields of the different crops were projected to decrease over the time under both the scenario RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5; the rate of change differed with the crops, locations and climate scenario. The validated models were used to simulate the yields of different crops in different districts and the correction factor was derived and applied in simulated yields to forecast the district wise yield of different crops.

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F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Title along with year of Name of the NAAS No. Author(s) publication Journal Rating

1. D. D. Patil, Effect of intra- seasonal variation Journal of 6.64 Vyas Pandey, in temperature on tuber yield of Agrometeorology, R. R. Acharya potato in middle Gujarat using Vol.20 (1): 22-27. and L. N. Baria SUBSTOR model (2018) 2. Vyas Pandey The discomfort levels in Gujarat- Journal of 6.64 A comparison of different thermal Agrometeorology, stress indices. (2018) Vol.20 (1): 1-10. 3. B. M. Mote, Effects of change in temperature Journal of 6.64

Vyas Pandey and CO2 concentration on summer Agrometeorology, and D. D. Patil groundnut in middle Gujarat- A 20 (3): 219-222. simulation study. (2018) 4. D. D. Patil, Vyas Effect of intra-seasonal variation Journal of 6.64 Pandey, Ramesh in temperature and rainfall on Agrometeorology, Gurjar and H.P. seed yield of pigeonpea cultivars 20 (4): 286-292. Patel using CROPGRO model. (2018) 5. D. D. Patil, Vyas Sensitivity analysis of Journal of 6.64 Pandey, Vipul CROPGRO- cotton model to Agrometeorology, Kapadia and A. C. intra-seasonal climatic variability 21(2): 148-153. Sadhu in middle Gujarat. (2019) 6. P.K. Parmar, Calibration and validation of Journal of 6.64 S.C. Mali, A.K. CANEGRO model for sugarcane Agrometeorology, Arvadiya, D.P. in south Gujarat region. (2019) 21(3): 338-391. Patel, S.V. Viyol and Vyas Pandey 7. A K Misra, Growth, phenology and yield Indian Journal of 6.25 V. Pandey, S K modeling for wheat-fallow Agricultural Mishra, S B Yadav cropping system in Anand, Sciences, and H R Patel Gujarat. (2019) 89(8):1278-81

G. Transferable Technologies developed: The genetic coefficients of following crops/ cultivars have been derived. These coefficients can be used in the DSSAT models for various applications.

Sr. No. Crops Varieties

1. Cotton DCH-32 and G. Cot. Hy. 102 2. Potato K. Badshah, K.Lokharand and K.Pokhraj 3. Pigeon pea BDN 2, AGT 2 and Vaishali 4. Sugarcane Co 86032 and Co 99004

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The climate projection data for 2020 to 2099 period under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 on maximum temperature, minimum temperature, rainfall and sunshine duration for 24 locations representing 24 districts of Gujarat were downloaded. These data can be used for climate change impact studies. The correction factors have been derived, which can be used to forecast the district wise yield based simulation model outputs.

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.): Guided Four Ph.D students; Two completed and others on role Ph.D Courses taught during 2017, 2018 and 2019

S. No. Course No. Title and credit hours 1. AGM 604 Weather, climate and Livestock (2+1) 2. AGM 605 Analytical tools and methods for agro-meteorology (2+1) 3. AGM 608 Database management and commercialisation of agro-meteorological data in e-services (1+2)

4. Agron 603 Crop production and system modelling (2+1)

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. Y. Singh

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of VPHE, LUVAS, Hisar

C. Title of the project: Strengthening of Facilities for Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Avian Mycoplasmosis. i. Date of Start : 22.10. 2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 21.10. 2021

D. Objectives: Strengthening of existing facilities of the department to conduct research on avian mycoplasmosis for providing better diagnostic facilities to poultry farmers of Haryana. Serodetection of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae in various poultry flocks affected with Respiratory infections in Haryana. Cultural and Molecular detection of M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae in poultry affected with CRD/ Respiratory Disease Complex (RDC). Study on correlation of M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae with E. coli and NDV/ IBV viral infections in causing CRD/ Respiratory Disease Complex (RDC) in poultry. Sequencing of PCR products will be used for developing a quicker, most accurate and reliable tool for differentiating closely related mycoplasma isolates.

E. Significant achievements: After preparation of antigens, hyperimmune serum against both field strains of M. gallisepticum (MG) and M. synoviae (MS) was raised in rabbits and guinea pigs. Standardization of Indirect ELISA and screening of 286 serum samples collected from chickens from different poultry farms located adjoining to Hisar, Jind, Bhiwani and Fatehabad districts of Haryana to know the seroprevalence of Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Analysis of data of ELISA for seroprevalence of M. gallisepticum revealed 160 positive (55.9%), 58 suspecious (20.3%) and 68 negative (23.8%) cases which shows endemicity of M. gallisepticum in poultry flocks in Haryana. Preparation of own coloured antigen of M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae and screening of serum samples from thirty one broilers and thirty seven adult Chabro birds with Rapid Plate Agglutination (RPA) test. Results revealed 5/31 (16.12 %) broilers and 7/37 (18.91%) Chabro birds serum samples positive for either MG and/or MS by RPA test indicating their seroprevalence in poultry in the region. The mycoplasmological examination of 26 pooled tissue samples including trachea, lungs and air sacs of commercial poultry affected with respiratory infections from different parts of Haryana revealed isolation of three M. gallisepticum (11.5%). Direct detection of M. gallisepticum in tissue specimens by PCR showed 14/26 (53.8%) positivity for its infection. Higher prevalence of M. gallisepticum was recorded by PCR (53.8%) as compared to isolation rate (11.5%). All three cases found positive with culture were also found positive with PCR. The higher prevalence of M. gallisepticum with Indirect ELISA and PCR indicates their higher sensitivity. However, it is not advisable to rely completely on one test only.

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Fig 1: Characteristic blue coloured fried-egg or nipple-shaped colonies of Mycoplasma gallisepticum (Diene’s stain x 100)

Fiig 2: Gel picture of PCR products of field isolates showing the presence of M. gallisepticum (MG), as evident by a band of 185 bp using species specific primer for MG (16S rRNA) Lane M: 100 bp DNA ladder; Lane 1-4, 9, 17-19: Negative samples; Lane 5-8, 10-16: Positive samples; Lane P: Positive control; Lane N: Negative control

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F. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.):

PG Teaching:

Period/Session Courses Title Credit Remarks (Course Number) Hrs.

Semester II Zoonoses and Public Health 2+1 Taught MVSc/Ph.D. 2018 – 2019 (VPE-603) students of VPHE

Semester I Emerging and Re-emerging 2+1 -do- 2019 – 2020 Zoonoses (VPE- 702)

G. Annual action plan (2020-21):

i. Research a) Seroprevalence of M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae by Rapid Plate Agglutination (RPA) and Indirect ELISA in different poultry flocks of Haryana b) Cultural and Molecular detection of M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae infection from clinical samples collected from poultry flocks affected with CRD/ Respiratory Disease Complex (RDC) from different parts of Haryana using culture and molecular techniques viz: Duplex PCR and/or Real Time PCR. c) Standardization of Capture ELISA and/or dot-ELISA and their application for detection of M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae infection on different poultry farms of Haryana

ii. PG Teaching Guidance and teaching of P.G. students whenever assigned by the Head of Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Scientist: Dr. R.K. Jain

B. Address of the Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Division of Plant Pathology, Pusa, New Delhi.

C. Title of the project: Characterization and preparedness for emerging Crini-, Polero-, Torrado- and Tospo-viruses affecting vegetables and ornamental crops.

i. Date of Start : 01/12/2018 ii. Likely date of completion : 30/11/2021

D. Objectives: Ascertain the occurrence of viruses not earlier known to occur in India (Crini-, Polero-, Torrado- and Tospo-viruses) on vegetables and ornamental crops by serological and molecular typing Develop preparedness for diagnostics of these viruses Ascertain the distribution profile of these viruses in various vegetable and ornamental crops growing regions

E. Significant achievements: First report of the natural occurrence of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) Subgroup-I on squash in India and Arrowleaf Dock (Rumex hastatus; a weed host) originating from Himachal Pradesh in the world. Predominant occurrence of CMV Subgroup-I with distinct symptoms (pericarp browning and epicarp distortion) on tomato fruit (healthy foliage) from Himachal Pradesh. Recorded mixed infection of CMV and Tospovirus on Spider lily in Himachal Pradesh. Submitted coat protein (CP) gene sequences of CMV isolates (8) derived from bell pepper, squash, tomato, ornamentals (calla lily, French hydrengia and spider lily) and weed (arrowleaf dock).

F. Research Publications (NAAS rating 6 and above):

Sr. Details of Author(s) Title along with year Name of the NAAS No. of publication Journal Rating

1 Holker, Somnath K., Watermelon bud necrosis Crop protection 8.17 Bikash Mondal; M, orthotospovirus, an emerging 117:52-62 Krisna Reddy and R. constraint in the Indian K. Jain. 2019 subcontinent. 2019 2 Akhter, M.S., Akanda, Plant virus diseases and their Crop protection 8.17 A.M., Kobayashi, K., management in Bangladesh. 2019 117:57-65 Jain, R.K. and Mandal, B 3 Ghosh, A., Jagdale, Genetics of Thrips palmi Journal of plant 11.13 S.S., Dietzgen, R.G. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). 2019 science DOI 10.1007/5 and Jain, R.K 10340-019-01160-2

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G. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.): Plant Virology (PL -PATH 502 (3-credit) - Delivered three lectures on Nomenclature and Classification of Plant Viruses

H. Annual action plan (2020-21): Isolation and identification of virus infection on the basis of serological and molecular typing Production of polyclonal antibodies using bacterial expressed recombinant proteins Development of ELISA and PCR based diagnostics

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Fig. 1. Various symptoms resembling virus infection on different plant hosts under natural conditions. (A) Chlorosis and mosaic patches on arrowleaf dock (Rumex hastatus) leaves; (B) chlrorosis and leaf destortion on squash (Cucurbita pepo); (C) chlorosis on the leaves of spider lily (Hymenocallis species); (D) gray patches on epicarp, (E) pericarp browning and (F) epicarp distortion on tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) fruits. (G) Isometric particles decorated with anti-CMV antibodies (Bar = 200nm). Bioassay on (H) Cowpea cv. Pusa Komal showing chlorotic and necrotic local lesions without systemic symptoms, (I) Nicotiana benthamiana showing systemic mosaic patterns.

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Introduction

The ICAR initiated the programme of Emeritus Professor (EP) in the year 2016-17 in order to provide an opportunity to the superannuated teachers/Scientists of universities, colleges and institutions under ICAR-AU System who have been actively engaged in teaching/training and research programmes of the State Agricultural Universities/CAUs/ICAR Deemed Universities/Central Universities with Agricultural faculty to undertake teaching, other related activities, student research guidance and developing instructional material/Text Books including e-learning resources for use in national agricultural education programme and distance education.

Objective The ICAR Emeritus Professor Programme is a structural method of tapping Brain and Skill Bank of the outstanding superannuated professionals of National Agricultural Research and Education system (NARES) by utilizing their talent in teaching courses and uses their experience in addressing nationally important policy issues. Retired teachers/scientists may often be in a position to teach and work in economically and ecologically underprivileged regions. Hence, their expertise should be mobilized for launching a movement in science for remedying imbalances in available faculty positions for imparting higher agricultural education. The ICAR Emeritus Professor Programme aims to utilize the talent and services of outstanding superannuated scientists/ teachers from NARS in teaching UG/PG courses, other related activities, student research guidance and developing instructional material/ Text Books including e-learning resources for use in national agricultural education programme and distance education.

Scope The programme is open to all the scientists/ teachers at the level of Principal Scientist/ Professor and above from NARS that includes State Agricultural Universities, Deemed Universities , Central Agriculture Universities, Central Universities having agriculture faculty, Centre and State funded institutions / organizations engaged in Agricultural Research, Education, Human Resource Development and Extension. The proposals for teaching of specialized courses and developing instructional material for use in national agricultural education programme including distance education in the field of Agriculture, Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Home Science, Dairy Technology and Allied sciences are considered.

Eligibility The teacher/Professor who is to retire in the next 12 months time is eligible to apply. The application should be submitted through the Executive Authority where the Emeritus Professor proposes to work in the prescribed proforma to the Deputy Director General (Education), ICAR. The maximum age limit for applying for ICAR Emeritus Professor will be 65 years. Preference will be given to applicants superannuated within one year from the date of notification. The notification for filling up of vacant slots will be issued depending upon the vacancies from time to time. The applications received within the period specified in the circular will only be entertained.

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Procedure of selection Appointment of ICAR Emeritus Professor is to be made on the basis of recommendation of the Expert Standing Committee constituted by ICAR. Please visit www.icar.org.in for further details in the revised guidelines of Emeritus Professor Programme. The number of slots available under the Scheme is 100 at a given time. At present there are 45 Emeritus Professors in position. The Emeritus Professor is entitled for an honorarium Rs.50, 000/- per month with a contingency grant of Rs. 1, 00,000/- per year. Duration of appointment of EP is strictly for 3 years. The Agricultural Education Division of ICAR is responsible for monitoring the performance of the programme.

SMD-wise distribution: Out of 100 approved Emeritus Professor Slots, during 2019-20, 45 were in position. The SMD-wise distribution was as under:

S. Name of the SMD No. of EP No. 1. Crop Sciences 20 2. Agricultural Education 06 3. Horticulture 06 4. Animal Sciences 06 5. Natural Resource Management 03 6. Agricultural Extension 02 7. Agricultural Engineering 01 8. Fisheries 01 Total 45

Around 44% EP belonged to Crop Sciences followed by 13% each from Agricultural Education, Animal Sciences and Horticulture. Majority of the EPs (89%) were males as female contributed to only 11% (05). Around 80% (36) EP were from SAUs and the remaining 20% from the ICAR- Institutes.

State-wise distribution The state-wise distribution was as under:

S. No. Name of the State No. of EP 1. Karnataka 14 2. Rajasthan 09 3. Haryana 07 4. Uttar Pradesh 05 5. Himachal Pradesh 03 6. Delhi 03 7. Uttarakhand 01 8. Tamil Nadu 01 9. Maharashtra 01 10. Odisha 01 Total 45

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Achievements Achievements made by individual ICAR- Emeritus Professor has been compiled and presented in this publication. The other achievements such as teaching and research publications are summarized as under:

No. of courses Total credit No. of No. of Book Teaching/practical taught hours students books chapters manuals prepared UG Master’s UG Master’s guided published contributed and Ph.D. and Ph.D. (Master’s and Ph.D.) 68 306 219 833 54 3 4 24

Based on the report submitted by 45 EPs, a brief sketch of their objectives/targets and achievements have been prepared, compiled and presented along with their photographs in the subsequent section of the present publication.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr.(Mrs.) Neerja Agrawal

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Entomology, C.S.A. University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur-208002

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Entomology

D. Date of Start : 01.08.2018

E. Likely date of completion : 31.07.2021

F. Objectives: (i) Teach M.Sc. & Ph.D. Entomology courses. (ii) Preparation of teaching materials. (iii) Preparation of instructional materials. (iv) Uploading of all the instructional material online . (v) Course Books and Practical Manual. (vi) Guiding M. Sc., Ph.D. Students’ for their Thesis and PDF research work.

G. Significant achievements: (i) Teaching all the courses to Post Graduate and Ph.D. Entomology students. (ii) Teaching material and e-resource developed and uploaded on website- www.profneerja.wordpress.com

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

M. Sc. I st Sem : 1. Insect Morphology 2(1+1) 2. Classification of Insects 3(2+1) M. Sc. II Sem : 1. Insect Ecology 2 (1+1) Ph. D. Ist Sem: 1. Advanced Insect systematic 2(1+1) Ph. D. II sem. : 1. Advanced Insect Ecology 2(1+1) 2. Soil Arthropods and Their Management 2 (1+1)

I. Annual action plan (2020-21): (i) Teaching 7credits in Ist Semester and 6 credits in IInd semester. (ii) Uploading of all the instructional material online. (iii) Publication of 2 course books and 3 Practical manuals. (iv) Completion of 2 M.Sc., 2 Ph.D. and 1 PDF Research work and Submission of their Thesis/report.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. Kulvir Singh Bangarwa

B. Address of the Institution where working: CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana C. Discipline : Forestry D. Date of Start : 2.11.2017 E. Likely date of completion : 01.11.2020

F. Objectives: The basic aim of programme is to teach courses and to develop full teaching material (manuals/ e- resources/ etc) including books of Forestry for courses to be taught in three years.

G. Significant achievements: (i) Performed duty as Nodal Officer for the implementation of recommendation of 5th Deans’ Committee of ICAR for Under Graduate Programme of University. Significant contribution in development of Under Graduate Course Catalogue 2018 as per recommendation of 5th Deans Committee. (ii) Organized Foundation Course - ICAR-JRF (PGS) Examination in Agriculture during November, 2017 for final year students of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agri to prepare them for ICAR Junior Research Fellowships (now PG scholarship) for postgraduate studies. Delivering Motivational lecture on “Fellowships/Awards/Career opportunities in Agricultural Sciences” for all students of University. Organized ICAR-NET coaching for Forestry. (iii) Book Chapter in Bangarwa K.S. and Sirohi, Chhavi (2018) Potentials of Poplar and Eucalyptus in Indian Agro-forestry for revolutionary enhancement of farm productivity. In: Dagar, J.C. and Tewari, V.P. (eds) Agroforestry Anecdotal to Modern Science. 1st ed. Springer Nature Singapore Pte. Ltd. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7650-3, ISBN: 978-981-10-7649-7 e-ISBN: 978- 981-10-7650-3).

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Course No. Title of the course Cr. hrs.

Semester-I (2017-18) For.511 Breeding Methods in Forest Trees (PG) 2+1 For. 591/691/692 Seminar (PG & Ph.D.) 1 Semester-II (2017-18) For.508 Tree Improvement (PG) 1+1 For.602 Advances in Tree Improvement (Ph.D.) 2+1

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Semester-I (2018-19) For.511 Breeding Methods in Forest Trees (PG) 2+1 For 201 Environmental Studies and Disaster Management (UG) 3+0 Semester-II (2018-19) For.508 Tree Improvement (PG) 1+1 For.602 Advances in Tree Improvement (Ph.D.) 2+1 For. 591/691/692 Seminar 1 Semester-I (2019-20) For.511 Breeding Methods in Forest Trees (PG) 2+1 For 201 Environmental Studies and Disaster Management (UG) 3+0

I. Success story: Workshop on “Fellowships/Awards/Career opportunities in Agricultural Sciences” As a faculty member was involved in implementation of innovative academic programmes for the benefit of students. One of popular programmes “JRF coaching (Foundation Course followed by specialized course)” showed excellent results and consequently the programme has been regularly implemented in University. Besides have been instrumental in implementation of 4th and 5th Dean’s committee report of ICAR for Under Graduate programmes of University. Involved in organizing a workshop on “Fellowships/Awards/Career opportunities in Agricultural Sciences” has been organized during 2018 and 2019. The opportunities offered by ICAR, CSIR, INSA, Indian Science Congress, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), United States – India Educational Foundation (USIEF), DAAD, Germany, JIRCAS, Japan, TWAS, FAO, CGIAR’s global network and Academic Societies for students and young faculty were covered in details during the workshop. Successful entrepreneurs (including alumni of University) also shared their experience to build up confidence among students. More than 500 students from all the colleges of University participated in the workshop during both the years. The increase in number of participant during second year has clearly reflected the success of workshop. Such types of workshops should be organized by all the University and educational Institutes. J. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. Bulletin on Forestry Education in Haryana- 2019 ii. Manual on Tree Improvement (Both theory and practical) iii. Manual on Breeding Methods in Forest Trees (Both theory and practical) iv. Manual on Advances in Tree Improvement (Both theory and practical) v. Manual on Environmental Studies and Disaster Management

K. Annual action plan (2020-21): Course to be taught Course No. Semester-II (2019-20) For.602 Advances in Tree Improvement (Ph.D.) 2+1

The writing work of two books on Forestry (Forest Tree Breeding and Introduction to Forestry) will be completed.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr Sukhdeo Singh Burark

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Agricultural Economics & Management, RCA, MPUAT, Udaipur - 313001

C. Discipline : Agricultural Economics

D. Date of Start : 10.07. 2018

E. Likely date of completion : 09.07.2021

F. Objectives : (i) Teach two courses to Ph.D. students and Guide M.Sc. and Ph. D students. (ii) Develop practical manuals of these courses.

G. Significant achievements: (i) Taught two courses to Ph. D. Students. (ii) Presented a paper in retreat workshop on water at AIT, Bangkok.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (Ph.D.): (i) AGECON 613 (Advanced Production Economics) Cr. Hrs. 3(2+1) (ii) AGECON 625 (Environmental Economics) Cr. Hrs. 3(2+1)

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.): (i). Guided Ph. D. Student as member Advisor: 2 (ii). Guiding Ph. D. Students as Major Advisor: 2 (iii). Guiding M. Sc. Students as Major Advisor: 1

J. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: (i) Practical Manual (as a member) on Agri-business Management for UG students. (ii) Practical Manual as a member on Agricultural Marketing for UG students.

K. Annual action plan ( 2020-21): (i) Teach two courses i.e. AGECON 613 and AGECON 625 to Ph. D. Students. (ii) Finalize the draft of Ph. D. thesis of one student. (iii)Finalize two practical manual on production Economics and Environmental Economics. (iv)Guide the PG students of Agricultural Economics in their research work. (v)Writing of at least two research papers.

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A. Name of the ICAR-Emeritus Professor: Dr.Sushanta Kumar Chakraborty

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Panch Marg, Yari Road, Versova, Mumbai – 400061

C. Discipline : Fish and Fisheries Science

D. Date of Start : 15th January, 2018

E. Likely date of completion : 14th January, 2021

F. Objectives: Teaching and imparting education to the Master’s and Ph.D. students

G. Significant achievements: (i) Trained students in the field of Fish Population Dynamics (ii) Conducted classes for the Masters and Ph.D. students (iii) Trained students for ARS examination conducted by ASRB (iv) In the last two Years, 14 students were selected as a Scientist S1 after clearing ARS examination.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.): Post Graduate : FRM 502 (2+1): Fish Stock Assessment Ph.D.: FRM 601 (1+2): Application of Fisheries Models in Stock Assessment FRM 605 (0+3): Data Collection and Application of Computer based Model in Fisheries Science

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph.D.): Two students completed their Ph.D. degree under the major guidance.

J. Success story: Created a group of students who are trained and interested in management of the natural resources in order to conserve and increase the catch of the country.

K. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: A text book entitled on “Methods in Fish Biology” published by Narendra Publication, New Delhi authored by A.K. Jaiswar and S.K.Chakraborty. Pages 140.

L. Annual action plan for 2020-21: (i) Continue with teaching plan and programme of the institute in particular FRM in PG and Ph.D. level. (ii) Guide /Train potential students for ARS examination. (iii)Make quality publication from student research work. (iv)Prepare a Practical Manual in Fish population Dynamics. (v) Publish a book on “Fisheries Biology and Population dynamics of Sciaenid’s of the world”.

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A. Name of the ICAAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Ganpat Singh Chouhan

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Agronomy, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MP UAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan) 313001

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Agronomy

D. Date of Start :November 1, 2017

E. Likely date of completion : October 31, 2020

F. Objectives: (i.) Teaching of U.G., M.Sc (Ag.) and Ph.D. courses in the specialized fields of Integrated Farming Systems and advance field crop production technology for sustainable agriculture. (ii.) Guiding of M.Sc. Ag. and Ph.D. students as major advisor. (iii.) Imparting professional skills and knowledge through meaningful handson experience. (iv.) Building confidence in students and making them to work in project mode. (v.) Imparting analytical skills and scientific writings. (vi.) Educating UG students for cultivation of important medicinal plants of zone IVa of Rajasthan.

G. Significant achievements: (i) Taught UG, M.Sc Ag and Ph.D. Courses of specialized fields. (ii) Guided M.Sc Ag and Ph.D. Students as major advisor for their research. (iii) Educated UG students for cultivation of important medicinal plants of zone IVa of Rajasthan. (iv) Imparted professional skills and knowledge through meaningful hands on experience.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

S.N. Course No. Title of the Course Credit hours

Year 2017-18

1. Agron 526 (M.Sc Ag.) Agronomy of Major Cereals and 2+1 Pulses 2. Agron – 532 (M.Sc. Ag,) Agronomy of Oil seeds, fibre ans 2+1 sugar crops 3. Agron – 623 (Ph.D.) Intergrated farming systems for 3+0 sustainable agriculture

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Year 2018-19

1. Agron – 532 (M.Sc Ag.) Agronomy of Oil seeds, fibre and 2+1 sugar crops 2. Agron – 526 (M.Sc. Ag.) Agronomy of Major Cereals and 2+1 Pulses 3. Agron – 623 (Ph.D.) Intergrated farming systems for 3+0 sustainable agriculture

Year 2019-20 (till Dec., 2019)

1. Agron – 211 (B.Sc Ag) Crop production technology I 2+1 (four batches, (Kharif crops) total Cr Hrs 8) 2. Agron – 532 (M.Sc. Ag.) Agronomy of oil seeds, fibre and 2+1 sugar crops

I. Annual action plan ( 2020-21):

(i) Teaching of courses

Second Semester (January, 2020 to June, 2020) Crop production technology II (rabi crops) – Agron 221 of B.Sc Ag. (2+1 Cr Hrs, four batches, total Cr Hrs 8). Intergrated farming systems for sustainable agriculture (Agron – 623) of Ph.D. (3+0 Cr Hrs).

First semester (July, 2020 to December, 2020) Crop production technology I (Kharif crops ) – Agron 211 of B.Sc Ag. (2+1 Cr Hrs, four batches, total Cr Hrs 8). Agronomy of oil seeds, fibre and sugar crops (Agron 532) of M.Sc Ag. (2+1 Cr Hrs.).

(ii) Guiding of students as major guide (to continue) i. Ph.D – 1 ii. M.Sc. (Ag) – 1

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Anjani Kumar Choubey

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi-110012

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Computer Applications in Agriculture

D. Date of Start : 16-May-2018

E. Likely date of completion : 15-May-2021

F. Objectives: (i) To teach students of M.Sc. and Ph.D. in the discipline of Computer Applications in Agriculture of ICAR-IARI Post-Graduate School, New Delhi.

G. Significant achievements: i. Taught 11(M.Sc. -5 & Ph.D. -6) courses to M.Sc. and Ph.D. students (Delivered Lectures, Class room quizzes, assignments, practical exercises, Case Studies etc.) since July2018. ii. Conducted Examination, Guided/Evaluated (Setting of Questions Papers, evaluating Answer sheets and Course Seminars) and provided additional Advisory & Support. iii. Provided guidance and support related to ICT component in Conducting of Online All India Entrance Examination System-2018 by ICAR Agril. Education Division. iv. Provided guidance in Finalization of Project Proposals and Preparation of Technical Specifications for Disaster Recovery Centre, SMART Classrooms and related equipments under NAHEP Project being implemented by ICAR-IASRI.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.):

S.No. Course Credits Trimester Academic Level of Session Course 1 CA-551: Mathematical Foundations in 4L 2018-19 M.Sc. I Computer Application 2 CA-611: Design and Analysis of Algorithms 2L+1P I 2018-19 Ph.D. 3 CA-568: Software Engineering 2L II 2018-19 M.Sc. 4 CA-573: Data Warehousing 2L+1P II 2018-19 Ph.D. 5 CA-576: Theory of Computation 2L III 2018-19 Ph.D. 6 CA-616: Big Data Analysis 2L III 2018-19 Ph.D. 7 CA-552: Computer Oriented Numerical 2L+1P 2019-20 M.Sc. I Methods 8 CA-611: Design and Analysis of Algorithms 2L+1P I 2019-20 Ph.D. 9 CA-565: Compiler Construction (2L+1P) 2L+1P I 2019-20 M.Sc. 10 CA-577: Data Mining and Soft Computing 2L+1P II 2019-20 Ph.D. 11 CA-568: Software Engineering 2L II 2019-20 M.Sc.

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Ongoing courses: Starting November 2019 and Ending March 2020. 12 CA-576: Theory of Computation 2L III 2019-20 Ph.D. 13 CA-622: Advances in Data Warehousing 2L+1P III 2019-20 Ph.D.

I. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed:

i. Lecture on Introduction to Big Data Analysis – For CAFT Training available on CAFT Portal. ii. Brief description of case study discussed during the course- Data Warehouse, Big Data Analytics, Software Requirements Analysis and Efforts estimation.

J. Annual action plan (2020-21):

(a). Teaching Courses: S.No. Courses Credits Trimester Academic Level of Session Course Ongoing and Approved for 2019-20 Session ending July,2020 1 CA-577: Data Mining and Soft Computing 2L+1P II 2019-20 Ph.D. 2 CA-568: Software Engineering 2L II 2019-20 M.Sc. 3 CA-576: Theory of Computation 2L III 2019-20 Ph.D. 4 CA-622: Advances in Data Warehousing 2L+1P III 2019-20 Ph.D. Proposed courses for 2020-21 Session starting from July 2020 1 CA-551: Mathematical Foundations in 4L I 2020-21 M.Sc. Computer Application 2 CA-611: Design and Analysis of 2L+1P I 2020-21 Ph.D. Algorithms 3 CA-568: Software Engineering 2L II 2020-21 M.Sc. CA-573: Data Warehousing 2L+1P II 2020-21 Ph.D. 4 CA-576: Theory of Computation 2L III 2020-21 Ph.D.

5 CA-616: Big Data Analysis 2L III 2020-21 Ph.D.

(b). Development of E-Resources on i. Effort Estimation for Software Development ii. Classification Algorithms in Data Mining

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A. Name of the ICAR - Emeritus Professor: Dr. L.K. Dashora

B. Address of the Institution where working: Agriculture University, Borkhera, Kota (Rajasthan) Post Box No. 20, GPO- Nayapura Kota-324001 (Rajasthan)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Horticulture

D. Date of Start : 7th May, 2018

E. Likely date of completion : 6th May, 2021

F. Objectives: i. Impart quality education in UG, PG and Ph.D. Degree Programme in faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture at the Agriculture University, Kota (Rajasthan). ii. A teaching/Practical manual and a book will be written on Post Harvest Technology of Horticulture crops. iii. Guiding of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students of Horticulture department of the University.

G. Significant achievements: i. A quality teaching has been imported in UG, PG and Ph.D. Degree Programme in the faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture at Agriculture University, Kota (Rajasthan). ii. One student of M.Sc. Horticulture (Fruit Science) has completed his degree under my supervision as a major advisor and one research paper published in Int. J. Curr. Microbiology. App. Sci. 7(10): 3030-3035. iii. Participated in different development activities of the University, Colleges and Department by sharing views in various meeting like Academic Council, Board of Management, Board of Studies, Courses Committees and preparation of project proposals etc.

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H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D)

B.Sc. Agriculture at College of Agriculture, Ummedganj, Kota

S. Course No. & Title Credit Academic session No. Hours & Semester 1. Hort-111 Fundamental of Horticulture 2(1+1) 2019-20, I Sem. M.Sc. Ag (Hort.) At College of Agriculture, Ummedganj, Kota 1. Hort-532- Post Harvest Technology for fruit crops 3(2+1) 2019-20, I Sem. 2. Hort-522- Propagation and nursery management of fruit crops 3(2+1) 2019-20, II Sem. M.Sc. Horticulture (PHT) at College of Horticulture & Forestry, Jhalawar 1. Hort- 531- Principleof Post Harvest Technology of Horticulture crops 3(2+1) 2019-20, I Sem. Ph.D. Fruit Science at College of Horticulture & Forestry, Jhalawar 1. Advances in production of fruit crops 3(2+1) 2019-20, I Sem.

I. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. Practical Manual- Processing of Fruits and Vegetables. ii. Practical Manual – Nursery Management and Propagation practices of Horticultural Crops.

J. Annual action plan ( 2020-21): (i). Following courses will be taught in the faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture at the university:

Semester – I S. Course Credit Title Class College No. No. hours 1 Hort 111 Fundamental of Horticulture 2(2+1) B.Sc. (Hons) Ag COA, Kota Principle of Post harvest technology of M.Sc. Horticulture 2 Hort 531 3(2+1) CH&F, Jhalawar Horticulture crops (PHT) M.Sc. (Ag) 3 Hort 532 Post harvest technology for fruit crops 3(2+1) COA, Kota Horticulture 4 FRS Advances in Production of fruit crops 3(2+1) Ph.D. Horticulture CH&F, Jhalawar Semester – I Production technology for ornamental 1 Hort 221 2(1+1) B.Sc. (Hons) Ag COA, Kota and mechanized Propagation at nursery management of M.Sc. (Ag) 2 Hort 522 3(2+1) COA, Kota fruit crops Horticulture

(ii). The work on preparation of practical manual on above mentioned courses will continue and brought to final printing by the end of Academic Session 2020-21. (iii). A book writing programme on post harvest technology of Horticulture crop will continue and completed in stipulated time. (iv). One ongoing student will be guided as a major advisor in M.Sc. (Ag) Horticulture at College of Agriculture, Kota (Rajasthan).

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Anil Kumar Garg

B. Address of the Institution where working : ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, 243122 UP

C. Discipline : Animal Nutrition

D. Date of Start : 23.10.2017

E. Likely date of completion : 22.10.2020

F. Objectives: (i) Undertake teaching of advanced mineral nutrition to PG and Doctoral degree students. (ii) Devise latest techniques of teaching to students of Animal Nutrition. (iii)Devise teaching of mineral nutrition at molecular biology level.

G. Significant achievements: (i) Actively participated in co-ordinating the research work on Panchgavya. At ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar and Lead a team of Scientists from IVRI, IARI, NDRI, IIHR and IIFSR to Kaneri Math, Maharashtra for Panchgavya related Project. (ii) Participated as Expert Member of the committee of SH University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (SHUATS), Prayagraj to work out Feasibility and adoptability of their B.Sc. (Hons.) Dairying/ B.Sc. (Hons.) Dairying and Animal Husbandry programme. (iii)Participated in the meetings of the EB of the Pt. DDU Vet University, Mathura as its Member.

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H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.):

Academic Semester Course(s) Session Course Title Theory/ Credit Level of No. practical Hours Students 2017- 18 Ist ANT-505 Mineral and Vitamin Theory 2 MVSc students Nutrition ANT-703 Advanced Protein Theory Ph D students Nutrition 2nd ANT-605 Advanced Mineral Theory 1 Ph D students Nutrition ANT-617 Feeding of ruminants Theory 3 MVSc/ Ph D students and other herbivores 2018-19 Ist ANT-503 Carbohydrate, lipid, protein Theory 2 MVSc students and energy metabolism ANT-505 Mineral and Vitamin Theory 2 MVSc students Nutrition 2nd ANT-605 Advanced Mineral Theory 1 Ph D students Nutrition ANT-609 Feeding systems and Theory 1 MVSc/ Ph D students Feed Resources ANT-617 Feeding of ruminants Theory 3 Ph D students and other herbivores 2019-20 Ist ANT-503 Carbohydrate, lipid, protein Theory 2 MVSc students and energy metabolism ANT-505 Mineral and Vitamin Theory 2 MVSc students Nutrition

I. Annual action plan ( 2020-21):

Achievable Targets

1. Teaching course No. ANT-605 (Advanced Mineral Vitamin Nutrition) 2 Credit Hours to M.V.Sc./ Ph D students.

2. Teaching course No. ANT-609 (Feeding systems and Feed Resources) Theory 1 Credit Hour to M.V.Sc./ Ph D students.

3. Teaching course No. ANT-617 (Feeding of Ruminants and other Herbivores) Theory 3 Credit Hours to M.V.Sc./ Ph D students .

4. Teaching course No. ANT-503 (Carbohydrate, lipid, protein and energy metabolism) Theory 2 Credit Hours to M.V.Sc./ Ph D students.

5. Teaching course No. ANT-505 (Mineral and Vitamin Nutrition) Theory 2 Credit Hours to M.V.Sc./ Ph D students.

6. Preparation of Teaching material and participation in students seminars.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. N.R. Gangadharappa

B. Address of the Institution where working : Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, UASGKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065

C. Discipline : Agricultural Extension

D. Date of Start : 23.10.2017

E. Likely date of completion : 22.10.2020

F. Objectives: (i) Offer the course entitled “Research Methodology in Behavioral Sciences” and “Theory Construction in Social Sciences” for post graduate students of Agril. Extension, Agri. Economics and Agril. Marketing and co-operation students. (ii) Develop the specialized human resources (faculty members and students) in Agricultural Extension Science. (iii) Undertake competitive mode projects funded by different agencies including ICAR. (iv) Undertake work, other than the above mentioned, assigned by ICAR and concerned university.

G. Significant achievements: (i) Offered three courses and developed the manuals for the same for Social Science students. (ii) Completed four Research Projects and one Research project is ongoing. (iii) Initiated to start joint Ph.D. exchange programme with Western Sydney University, Australia and MoU was signed on 29.11.2018 and attended a workshop with Deputy Vice Chancellor, Western Sydney University, Australia on 5th September. Discussed the selection of students for the protected cropping and rice program and water management as per the commitment made in MoUs. (iv) One of my Ph.D. student developed a scale to analyse the Farmers Suicide Syndrome in Karnataka.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.):

(i) AEX 611 (1+1): Perspectives of Distance Education. ( M.Sc.(Agri) & Ph.D. students).

(ii) AEX606 (2+0): Theory Constructions in Social Sciences. (M.Sc.(Agri) & Ph.D.students).

(iii) AEX 504 (2+1): Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences. ( M.Sc.(Agri) students).

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I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.), if any:

(i) Advisory committee member for six Ph.D. students from Agricultural Extension.

J. Success story:

Impact of Surya Raitha Mithra programme has enabled the farmers to farm an institution to monitor, implement and develop the strategy to utilize the electricity more efficiently and effectively generated through solar panels. Consequently this has helped to develop the social capital among the farmers and other stakeholders concerned. It has checked the migration of the people to urban areas in search of jobs for their livelihood. The programme has created interest among the other farmers to have solar panels to generate the electricity and are keen to become the members of Harobele Surya raitha Vidyuthchakthi Balakedarara Sangha Niyamitha Society. Consequent upon the adoption of programme, farmers started getting electricity continuously during the day time to pump the water for irrigating crops. This has facilitated to increase the cocoon yield and hence the income. This has helped the beneficiaries to improve their livelihood status.

K. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed:

(i) AEX 611 (1+1): Perspectives of Distance Education.

(ii) AEX606 (2+0): Theory Constructions in Social Sciences.

(iii)AEX 504 (2+1): Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences.

L. Annual action plan (2020-21):

Courses to be offered:

(i) AEX606 (2+0): Theory Constructions in Social Sciences will be offered for M.Sc(Agri) and Ph.D. students) and AEX 504 (2+1): Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences will be offered for M.Sc. Students in social sciences).

(ii) The revised manuals for the two courses to be offered will be prepared.

(iii) Evaluation of Integrated Coffee Development Project during Medium Term Frame Work (MTF) period (2017-18 to 2019-20).

(iv) PG students will be guided in research, seminar and colloquium regularly.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. P.H. Ramanjini Gowda

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Plant Biotechnology, UAS, Bengaluru - 560065

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Plant Biotechnology

D. Date of Start : 23-10-2017

E. Likely date of completion : 23-10.2020

F. Objectives : (i) Teach Plant Biotechnology courses to Students in the University. (ii) Guide and advice students for thesis research work and coach them for preparing for Agriculture related competitive Exams. (iii) Guide faculty to obtain competitive grants. (iv)Participate in Execution of Agri start-up programs in the University

G. Significant achievements: (i) Students were guided for competitive Exams like DBT-JRF,ICAR and CSIR Exams. (ii) One M.Sc. student obtained Khorana Program for training in molecular Biology at Cornel University and two students obtained Netaji Subhas ICAR International fellowships. (iii)Serving as Member Board of studies B.Sc. (Agri) Biotech at UAS(B) and M.Sc. Biotech at Mysore university. (iv)Serving as IBSc of UAS and DBT nomine for other Institutes. (v) Two tomato lines (L160 and L108) with high shelf life obtained in thesis research were sold to seed companies for hybrid seed production.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): (i) PBT 501 Principles of Plant Biotechnology(1+1) (ii) PBT 602.Advances in Genetic Engineering(2+1) (iii) PBT 502.Technical writing and communication skills(0+1) (iv) PBT 503. Intellectual Property and its management in Agriculture(1+0) (v) PBT 581 M.Sc. Seminar and PBT 681 Ph. D. seminars were evaluated.

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I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.): Ph.D. -1, M.Sc. , Co- guide: 02, Advisory member: 10.

J. Success story: (i) Participated in writing DST FIST grant and obtained Rs. 2.61 crores for the department to improve the infrastructure. (ii) Obtained two tomato lines (L160 and L108) with extended shelf life up to 30 days at room temperature; these lines were sold to two seed companies by the University. (iii) Two students were guided to apply for Netaji Subhas ICAR International fellowship and were successful in obtaining the fellowship, one M.Sc. student was guided to obtain Khorana Fellowship and he was trained in molecular biology at Cornel University, USA.

K. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: Laboratory manuals for PBT 501 Principles of Plant Biotechnology (1+1) and PBT 602.Advances in Genetic Engineering (2+1) were prepared and distributed to PG students. 2. Power Point presentation and video links of the lectures were supplied to the students.

L. Annual action plan (2020-21): a. Following Courses will be taught and PG seminars will be evaluated: 1. PBT 501 Principles of Plant Biotechnology (1+1) 2. PBT 602.Advances in Genetic Engineering (2+1) 3. PBT 502. Technical Writing and Communication skills 4. PBT 503. Intellectual Property and its management in Agriculture (1+0) 5. PBT 581 and 681. b. Evaluating M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis of students of the Department and also other Universities. c. Coaching students for ICAR and HRD Exams.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. Neelam Khetarpaul

B. Address of the Institution where working : CCS, HAU, Hisar (Haryana)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Foods and Nutrition

D. Date of Start : Jan. 1, 2017

E. Likely date of completion : Dec. 31, 2020

F. Objectives: (i) Teach specialized courses to UG and PG students. (ii) Undertake other related activities to teaching such as student research guidance and developing instructional material/text books including e-learning resources in the specialized discipline. (iii)Undertake any other activity assigned by the University administration.

G. Significant achievements: (i) Teaching and imparting practical hands on skills related to Bakery and confectionary like specialized courses to UG students who undertake these experiential learning courses. (ii) Teaching of advanced courses in carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and hormones to Ph.D. students. (iii) Took JRF classes of UG students. (iv) Compiled, edited and published ‘Glorious journey of CCS HAU Hisar’ since inception till date on the occasion of Golden Jubilee celebration of the university.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): S. Course title Course No. Credit hrs. Contact No. hrs Semester 2nd (2017-18) 1. Bakery sci. and cereal technology(UG) FN 391 5 (1+4) 9 2. Hospital Dietetics(UG) FN 394 4 (1+3) 7 3. Advances in carbohydrates, proteins and FN 601 4 (4+0) 4 lipids (Ph.D.) Semester Ist (2018-19) 1. Advances in Vitamins and Hormones FN 602 2(2+0) 2 (Ph.D.) 2. Development of Entrepreneurial Skills in FN 404 4 (0+4) 8 Bakery and Confectionery(UG) 3. Practical Hands on Bakery and FN 405 4 (0+4) 8 Confectionery (UG)

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Semester 2nd(2018-19) 1. Bakery sci. and cereal technology(UG) FN 391 5 (1+4) 9 2. Advances in carbohydrates, proteins and FN 601 4 (4+0) 4 lipids (Ph.D) Semester Ist (2019-20) 1. Development of Entrepreneurial Skills in FN 404 4 (0+4) 8 Bakery and Confectionery(UG) 2. Advances in Vitamins and Hormones FN 602 2(2+0) 2 (Ph.D.) Semester 2nd (2019-20) 1. Bakery sci. and cereal technology (UG) FN 391 5 (1+4) 9 2. Advances in carbohydrates, proteins and FN 601 4 (4+0) 4 lipids (Ph.D.)

I. Success story: Trained the UG students who took professional elective in Bakery and Confectionary so well that they have now become experts in preparation of buns, pizza, various kinds of breads, pastries, cakes, donuts, biscuits, cookies, various other confectionary items and value added healthy bakery products etc for which there is a great demand from the public. They are selling these products at HAU mart on daily basis regularly under ELP and earning good profit. They participate in various exhibitions and melas and put their stalls. Their products are in great demand. Some of the passed out students have started this enterprise at a small scale from their homes also.

J. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: (i) Text book on Normal and therapeutic nutrition. (ii) Assisted in research project related to Mid Day Meal being run by Chandigarh UT administration and prepared its report on the request of Govt. College for Home Sci., Chandigarh. (iii)As Chairman of the team monitored and evaluated MDM scheme being run in Punjab schools. (iv)HAU news letter. (v) Revised manual on normal nutrition and diet therapy. (vi)Updated instructional material related to courses is being taught.

K. Annual action plan (2020-21): The following courses will be taught. S. Course title Course No. Credit Contact No. hrs. hrs Semester 2nd (2019-20) 1. Bakery sci. and cereal technology (UG) FN 391 5 (1+4) 9 2. Advances in carbohydrates, FN 601 4 (4+0) 4 proteins and lipids (Ph.D.) Semester Ist (2020-21) 1. Development of Entrepreneurial Skills in FN 404 4 (0+4) 8 Bakery and Confectionery(UG) 2. Advances in Vitamins and Hormones (Ph.D.) FN 602 2(2+0) 2

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A. Name of the ICAR – Emeritus Professor: Dr. (Mrs.) Jatinder Kishtwaria

B. Address of the Institution where working: College of Community Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvidyalaya, Palampur -176062 (Himachal Pradesh)

C. Discipline : Family Resource Management

D. Date of Start : 29th October 2018

E. Likely date of completion : 29th October 2021

F. Objectives: (i) Develop ambience through counselling and guidance to inculcate professionalism among students. (JRF, student READY & Entrepreneurship) (ii) Explore possibilities to strengthen linkages with various stakeholders; for increased interaction to benefit the rural community and with industry for employability. (iii) Develop new instructional material/text book, which are relevant to V Dean’s committee Recommendations and will be useful at National level. (iv) Undertake other related tasks such as paper setting, evaluation, thesis evaluation, panel member of various screening/selection committees; staff meetings, student’s guidance & departmental meeting to strengthen Community Science Education.

G. Significant achievements: Guidance, counselling & motivation of students for innovative ideas, achieving JRF/other fellowships & overall personality development.

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H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Semester Ist (2018-19)

Sr. Course No Course Title (Oct.-Dec.) Credit Hours/ No. Contact hours

1. FRM – 111 System Dynamics & Management of 2(1+1) credit hours/ Resources. 3 contact hours 2. BHM – 111 Principle of Management 3(3+0) credit hours/ 3 contact hours

Semester 2nd (2018-19)

1. FRM – 122 Fundamental of Art & Design. 3(2+1) credit hours/ 4 contact hours/week 2. FRM – 245 Traditional & Contemporary Interiors 2(2+0) credit hours/ 2 contact hours

Semester Ist (2019-20) (July-Dec.)

1. FRM – 111 System Dynamics & Management of 2(1+1) credit hours/ Resources 3 contact hours 2. FRM – 471 Traditional & Contemporary Interiors. 3(3+0) credit hours/ (Professional 3 contact hours/week Electives)

I. Annual action plan (2020-21): i. Book/Manual on “Traditional & Contemporary Interiors” to be completed. ii. Paper Setting, Examination, thesis Evaluation will be done. iii. Invited lectures, Paper Presentation & Participation in Conferences. iv. Meetings & Discussions with Students & Faculty and motivation of students for innovative ideas achieving JRF& other fellowship. v. Overall personality development of students.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. D.P. Kumar

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, GKVK campus, UAS, Bangaluru-560 065

C. Discipline: Horticulture - Floriculture

D. Date of Start: 2nd November, 2017

E. Likely date of completion : 31st October, 2020

F. Objectives : (i) Support Human resource development through teaching advance courses for UG, PG and Ph.D. students. (ii) Share Academic and administrative experience in addressing University policy matters and administrative issues. (iii)Support research and transfer of technology activities.

G. Significant achievements: (i) Handed courses for postgraduate students (M.Sc./Ph.D.). (ii) As executive member for UASB Agri innovation centre and Agri start –up and member of Co-ordination Committee UAS, B and C –Camp(NCBS) Agri-innovation centre , involved in formation of guidelines, procedure and criteria for selection of incubates to take up start-up programme at UASB. (iii)Served as member of the committee constituted for development of new guidelines and score card for evaluation of annual reports for teachers. The report prepared and submitted to University for implementation. (iv)Served as chairman for the committee constituted to develop guidelines and selection procedure for identification and selection of progressive farmers to honour Honorary Doctorate during convocation by the UASB.

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H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): Courses offered during 2017-18 i. Course no: HRT 605, (2+1) ii. Course no: HRT 503, (2+1) iii. HRT 581 (0+1) iv. HRT 681 0+1) v. Course no: HRT 402, (0+5) vi. Course no: HRT 519, (2+1) vii. Course no: HRT 506, (1+1) viii. HRT 581 (0+1) Courses offered during 2018-19 i. Course no: HRT 603, (2+1) ii. Course no: HRT 605,m(2+1) iii. Course no: HRT 503, (2+1) iv. HRT 581 (0+1) v. HRT 681 0+1) Course offered during 2019-2020 i. Course no: HRT 603, (2+1) ii. Course no: HRT 505, (2+1) iii. HRT 581 (0+1) iv. HRT 681 0+1)

I. Success story: For the first time UASB decided to establish incubation centre and to provide facilities for entrepreneurs and incubates to take up start- up programme in Agriculture related aspects. The committee was formed to work out the procedure and guidelines for operation, selection of incubates and other related matters required for startup programme. Accordingly, University established Agri, Innovation Centre and Agri. Start-up programme during 2017-18. Presently 9 incubate registered and utilizing the services.

J. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: Following practical manuals prepared: i. Commercial floriculture ii. Landscaping and ornamental gardening. iii. Advances in production technology of commercial flower crops.

K. Annual Action plan (2020-2021)

Courses proposed to be taught: a. Ph.D.: Course no: HRT 603.Course title: Advances in production technology of commercial flower crops, Credit hr. 2+1. b. M.Sc.(Agri.) in Horticulture: Course no: HRT 503, Course title: Production technology of major commercial flower crops, Credit hr. 2+1.

Students Seminar Evaluation: i. HRT 581 (0+1) for M.Sc.(Agri.) in Horticulture students. ii. HRT 681 0+1) for Ph.D in Horticulture students.

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A.Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Prof. S.S. Kanwar

B.Address of the Institution where working: CSKHPKV, Palampur (Himachal Pradesh)

C.Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Microbiology

D.Date of Start : 22.10.2017

E.Likely date of completion : 21.10.2020

F.Objectives : i. Impart teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students. ii. Guide PG students in publication of their PG research and/or filing/processing of IPR applications. iii. Act as an examiner/paper setter in the host institute or in other institutes. iv. Prepare teaching material(s) for UG and PG students. v. Perform miscellaneous activities like invited speaker, external expert, evaluator, mentoring young faculty etc.

G. Significant achievements: i. Taught 19 UG &20 PG credit hours and conducted written comprehensive examination of 7 Ph.D. students. ii. Processed pending patent application (No 3169/DEL/2010) for approval by National Biodiversity Authority.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Course No. & title Credit hours Contact hours/week

1st Semester 2017-2018 Micro-691 ( Doctoral seminar) 1+0 2

2nd Semester 2017-2018 Micro-121 (Basic Microbiology) 1+1 3 FST-232 (Fermentation & Industrial Microbiology) 2+1 4 Micro-501 (Principles of Microbiology) 2+1 4 Micro-541 (Industrial Microbiology) 2+1 4

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Ist Semester 2018-2019 Micro-231 ( Fundamentals of Microbiology) 2+1 4 Micro-501(Principles of Microbiology) 2+1 4 Micro-505 (Techniques in Microbiology) 0+2 4 2nd Semester 2018-2019 Micro-123 (Food Microbiology) 2+1 4 Micro-691 ( Doctoral seminar) 1+0 2 Micro-591 ( Master’s seminar) 1+0 2

1st Semester 2019-2020 Micro-231 ( Fundamentals of Microbiology) 2+1 4

I. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: Prepared a Manual entitled “Basic and Applied Techniques in Microbiology”.

J. Annual action plan (2020-21): i. Teaching of courses. ii. Preparation of teaching material/practical manual on ‘Environmental Microbiology’. iii. Preparation of final report of Emeritus Professor.

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A. Name of the ICAR- : Dr. H.B. Lingaiah Emeritus Professor

B. Address of the Institution : College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, where working Bagalkot, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru 560 065, Karnataka

C. Discipline of the Emeritus : Vegetable Science Professor

D. Date of Start : 31.08.2018

E. Likely date of completion : 30.08.2021

F. Objectives: i. Teach M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses. ii. Serve as major Advisor and/or Member on the advisory committee of research programme of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. iii. Develop practical manuals for courses to be taught. iv. Serve as committee member on technical assignments of ICAR or university.

G. Significant achievements: i. Flip class were organized and found to be effective method of teaching for certain topics. ii. One each of tomato and green long brinjal resistant to ToLCV and bacterial wilt lines have been identified through PG research. iii. Five research papers have been published out of PG student research. iv. As Convener of BSMA-Horticultural Sciences, a report on “Restructured Post Graduate Curricula and Syllabi 2019” was finalized and submitted to ICAR.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.)

Semester/ Course No & Sl. Course title Degree No. Academic Year Credit hours 1. I Semester Advances in vegetable production VSC 601(2+1) Ph.D. 2. 2018-19 Principles and methods of vegetable VSC 504(2+1) M.Sc. Breeding 3. II Semester Abiotic stress management in VSC 605 (2+1) Ph.D. 2018-19 vegetable crops 4. I Semester Advances in vegetable production VSC 601(2+1) Ph.D. 5. 2019-20 Principles and methods of vegetable VSC 504(2+1) M.Sc. Breeding

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J. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc./Ph. D.): M.Sc: 01 Guided and 01 Co-guided Ph.D: 01 Guided and 01 Co-guided

K. List of instructional material/ text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. Practical manuals have been prepared for the courses taught. ii. Practical manuals for the courses viz., VSC 601 and VSC 504 were updated and distributed to the students.

L. Annual action plan (2020-21) : Classes to be taught: Sl. Course No & Semester/ Academic Year Course title Degree No. Credit hours 1. II Semester 2019-20 Abiotic stress management in VSC 605 (2+1) Ph.D. (Scheduled from Feb 2020) vegetable crops 2. Advances in vegetable VSC 601(2+1) Ph.D. I Semester 2020-21 production 3. (Scheduled from Sep 2020) Principles and methods of VSC 504(2+1) M.Sc. vegetable Breeding 4. II Semester 2020-21 Abiotic stress management in VSC 605 (2+1) Ph.D. (Scheduled from Feb 2021) vegetable crops

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. S. Lingaraju

B. Address of the Institution where working: University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580 005 (Karnataka)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Plant Pathology and Nematology

D. Objectives : Date of Start : 23-10-2017

E. Likely date of completion: 22-10-2020

F. Objective: i. Teaching a core Plant Nematology course recommended by BSMA Committee to Masters as well as Doctoral students. ii. Teaching an advanced Nematology course (Advanced Nematology) to fore mentioned Post- Graduate students. iii. Development of suitable laboratory manuals for the said courses. iv. Making the Post-Graduate students learn perfectly the laboratory techniques leading nematode problem-solving situations. v. Development of course module/s which can integrate with Nematology courses presently prescribed in the University or contemplated to be revised in future.

G. Significant achievements: i. Offered a Post-Graduate course entitled “ Plant Nematology (2 credits) three times in as many academic sessions (to 109 students, in all). This is in addition to 36 classes on plant nematodes to first as well as third year under-graduate students. ii. Acted as Chairman of ICAR’s BSMA Committee on Plant Protection for ‘Restructuring PG Curriculum and Revision of Syllabi’ in Agriculture and Allied Sciences.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i. PAT 500: Plant Nematology (2 Cr.) ii. PAT 101: Fundamentals of Plant Pathology (3 Cr.) iii. PAT 302: Diseases of Horticultural Crops and their Management

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.), if any: Two, one each of Master’s and Doctoral degree

J. Annual action plan for 2020-21: To complete the on-going work as mentioned in Col. F.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. Pushker Lal Maliwal

B. Address of the Institution where working : Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur (Raj) 313001

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Agronomy

D. Date of Start: 28th October, 2017

E. Likely date of completion : 27th October, 2020

F. Objectives: i. Teach courses in the specialized fields of agronomy i.e. Weed Management, Dry land Agriculture and Organic Farming. ii. Guide M.Sc. Ag. and Ph.D. students. iii. Write Practical Manuals on Weed Management and Organic Farming for the students. iv. Write Textbooks on (i) Principles of Organic Farming and (ii) Rain fed Agriculture & Watershed Management for under graduate students.

G. Significant achievements: i. Maliwal. P.L. 2019. Practical Manual on Weed Management. Agri BioVet Press, New Delhi- 110 002. ISBN - 978-81-942150-2-8. ii. Maliwal. P.L. 2019. Principles of Organic Farming: Textbook. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur- 342 001. ISBN 9789389184495.

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H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Year 2018-19 S.N. Course No. Title of the Course Credit hours

1. Agron 511 (M.Sc. Agron.) Principles of Weed Management 2 (2+1) 2. Agron 536 (M.sc. Agron) Principles and Practices of 2 Organic Farming (2+1) 3. Agron 524 (M.Sc. Agron) Dryland Farming (2+1) 2 4. Agron 622 (Ph.D) Stress Crop Production (2+1) 2 Year 2019-20 1. Agron 511 (M.Sc. Agron.) Principles of Weed Management 2 (2+1) 2. Agron 612 (Ph.D) Advances in Weed Management 1 (3+0) 3. Agron 536 (M.sc. Agron) Principles and Practices of 2 Organic Farming (2+1) 4. Agron 524 (M.Sc. Agron) Dryland Farming (2+1) 2 5. Agron 622 (Ph.D) Stress Crop Production (2+1) 1 6. Agron 212 (B.Sc. Ag.) Rainfed Agriculture and 1 Watershed management (1+1)

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.): M.Sc. 01 as a major advisor and 01 as a co-advisor. Ph.D. 01 as a major advisor and 01 as a co-advisor

J. Annual action plan (2020-21): (a) Teaching of courses Second Semester (January, 2020 to June, 2020 i. Agron 524 - Dryland Farming ii. Agron 224 - Weed Management (Elective)

First semester (July, 2020 to December, 2020) i. Agron 511 - Principles and Practices of Weed Management ii. Agron 536 - Principles and Practices of Organic Farming iii. Agron 212 - Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed management iv. Agron 612 - Advances in Weed Management

(b) Guiding of two Ph.D. and two M.Sc. students to continue.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. L. Manjunath

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad – 580005

C. Discipline : Agricultural Extension Education

D. Date of Start : 04.05.2018

E. Likely date of completion : 03.05.2021

F. Objectives: i. Offer various Post- Graduate and Under- Graduate Courses. ii. Develop the specialized human resources (faculty members and students) in Agricultural Extension Science. iii. Undertake work, other than the above mentioned, assigned by ICAR and concerned university from time to time.

G. Significant achievements: i. Offered five courses and developed the Course Digests and Manuals for the same for Social Science students. ii. One of the Ph.D. students, under her Ph.D. thesis developed a scale to Measure Social Sustainability of Farmers of North Karnataka. iii. Published 3 books and 1 research paper.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D./Diploma):

1st Sem: 2018-19 i. AEX 507: Human Resource Development (2+1) (PG COURSE) ii. AEX 301: Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication (1+1) (UG course) iii.DAEX 101: Grameen Yuvakaru mattu Udhyamasheelathe Abhivruddhi (1+1) (Diploma course) iv.AEX 699: As chairman for one PhD Student, research work was monitored v. AEX 591/691: Masters and Doctoral seminars, participated and guided.

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2nd Sem: 2018-19 i. AEX 103: Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education (2+1) (UG Course) ii. AEX 699: One student under my guidance completed her PhD programme iii.AEX 591/691: Masters and Doctoral seminars, participated and guided iv.DAEX 102: Krish Patrikodhyama mattu Samooha Madhyama (1+1) (Diploma Course)

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.), if any: One Ph.D.

J. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed:

i. AEX 507: Human Resource Development (2+1) ii. AEX 301: Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication (1+1) iii.AEX 103: Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education (2+1) iv.AEX 101: Constitution of India, Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology

K. Annual action plan (2020-21): Courses to be offered are as under:

i. AEX101 (1+1): Constitution of India, Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology for UG Students. ii. DAEX101 (1+1): Rural youth and Entrepreneurship Development for Diploma Students. iii. AEX507 (2+1): Human Resource Development for PG Students. iv. AEX604 (2+1): Organizational Development for Ph.D. students . v. AEX103 (1+1): Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education for UG Students. vi. AEX201 (1+1): Mass media and Agricultural journalism for Diploma Students. vii.The revised manuals for 3 courses will be prepared.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra

B. Address of the Institution where working: Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Microbiology

D. Date of Start : 18.06.2018

E. Likely date of completion : 17.06.2021

F. Objectives : Teaching and Research

G. Significant achievements: i. Thirty four out of 84 bacteria isolated from different agro-climatic zones of Odisha with potential for Zn and Potassium solubilisations and screened for PGP traits like phosphate solubilisation, IAA production, siderophore production, nitrification, ammonification and antibiosis. ii. Six isolates [Isolate no. 27 (T1), 46 (T2), 56 (T3), 77 (T4), 78 (T5), 84 (T6)] exhibiting maximum number of PGP traits were taken as experimental organisms in isolation & consortia. iii. The available Zinc and Potassium in soil of oilseed crops viz. Mustard & Sunflower and rice was carried out using DTPA-extractant and Ammonium acetate respectively and quantified the filtered extracts in ICP-OES. iv. Among the 6 bacterial isolates, T3 and T7 (consortia) showed increase in shoot length in rice and mustard & sunflower respectively long with Zinc and Potassium content.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Courses Taught / P.G. Microbiology Teaching Ist Sem. Courses offered: 2018-19, 2019-20 M.Sc. Microbiology: MICRO- 502: Microbial Physiology and Metabolism (3+1) IInd Sem. Courses offered :2018-19, 2019-20 M.Sc. Microbiology: MICRO-510: Bio-fertilizer Technology (1+1) III rd Sem :2018-19 Minor Research (0+8)

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Ph.D. Microbiology Ist Sem. Courses offered: 2018-19, 2019-20 Ph.D. Microbiology: MICRO-602: Advanced Microbial Physiology (2+0) III rd Sem. Courses offered :2018-19, 2019-2020 Ph.D. Microbiology: MICRO-608: Research Methodology

P.G. Botany: 2018-19 Plant Biochemistry and Metabolism: BOT (C) 5313 (2+0)

I. Annual action plan (2020-21) : i. Evaluation and selection of efficient Zn bacterial strains-based enhancement of Zn content in rice grains, both in laboratory and field conditions. ii. Study the ZSB intervention and its effect on zinc nutrients absorption & translocation of zinc in Rice grains in relation to zinc transporter genes (OsZIP4 and OsZIP8) expression using qPCR. iii. Development of liquid formulation of ZSB and validation of their efficiency on improvement of Zn nutrition in rice.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. Geeta Mahale

B. Address of the Institution where working : Dept of Textile and Apparel Designing, College of Community Science, Univ. of Agri. Sc., Dharwad-580005, Karnataka

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Textile and Apparel Designing

D. Date of Start: 1st Sept 2018

E. Likely date of completion: 31st Aug 2021

F. Objectives : Development of Human Resource in eco-friendly Apparel Designing through postgraduate Textile and Apparel Designing teaching by tutoring eco-friendly processes and techniques for a sustainable apparel Designing programme at UAS, Dharwad.

G.Significant achievements: i. Development of Text books as per CBSE syllabus of National council of Education, Research and Training (NCERT),Govt of India for Vocational Education Programmes- under Apparel Made-ups and Home furnishing sector for 11th and 12th standard - 4 (Dec 2019 onwards). ii. Textile and Apparel Designing syllabus was framed and finalised as per V Deans committee, UG syllabus of Community Science Degree programme. iii. Research paper Published : 13 published. iv. Filed for patent and copyright – 2.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Sl. No. Semester /period Course Title and No. Credit hrs 2018-19

1. I semester Colour application in Textiles 2(1+1) TAD 608 –Ph. D.

2. II semester Computer Aided pattern making TAD 313 –UG 3 (0+3) BHSc III year 3. II semester Textile Ecology 3 (3+0) TAD 603 - Ph. D.

4. II semester Doctoral Research 4 (0+4) TAD 699 - Ph. D.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. Nargund V.B.

B. Address of the Institution where working : University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Plant Pathology D. Date of Start : 20 September 2018 E. Likely date of completion : 19 September 2021 F. Objectives: i. Teaching UG and PG students in Plant Pathology. ii. Writing books in Plant Bacteriology and Fundamentals of Plant Pathology. iii. Human Resource Development for UG and PG students. iv. Help farmers in diagnosis and management of plant diseases.

G. Significant achievements: i. Offered courses in UG ((PAT 101 and PAT303) and Ph.D. (PAT603) in plant pathology subject along with manuals. ii. Worked as advisory committee member of five Ph.D. students. iii. Worked as Resource person in delivering lectures in three ICAR winter school at UAS, Dharwad and five training programmes of WALMI to farmers and one each in DAESI to Agriculture entrepreneurs and Agri Apps to officers of State Department of Agriculture, GOK. iv. Diagnosis and management of farmers’ field problem through WhatsApp and samples brought to the department.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Course Title Credit Hour Degree Year

Fundamentals of Plant Pathology 2+1 UG 2018-19 General Plant Pathology 2+1 UG 2019 -20 Advanced Bacteriology 2+1 Ph.D. 2019 -20

I. No. of students Guided / Co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.):

Advisory committee member for Ph.D. completed : 6 Advisory committee member for Ph.D. continued : 1

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J. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: a. Manuals prepared Fundamentals of Plant Pathology 2+1 UG 2018-19 General Plant Pathology 2+1 UG 2019 -20 Advanced Bacteriology 2+1 Ph.D. 2019 -20

b. Worked as member of the Committee for Revising Package of Practices (Kannada and English Version). Evaluated publications of Scientists / Teachers for promotion of Associate professor to Professor of Plant Pathology of University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka and UAS, Dharwad.

c. Worked as Governor Nominee of GOK for the appointment of Assistant professor cadre in various subjects at University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka (from 6 to 10 August 2019).

K. Annual action plan (2020-21): i. Offering courses for UG and PG as per HOD of Plant Pathology, UAS, Dharwad. ii. Writing book on fundamentals of Plant Pathology and Fundamentals of Plant Bacteriology. iii. Prepare students for JRF / SRF examination preparation for the students willing in Plant Pathology subject. iv. Human Resource development in Plant Pathology subject of both UG and PG students. Helping the farmers in identification, diagnosis and management of plant diseases through WhatsApp on friendly basis.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. B.C. Patil

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Crop Physiology, College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad (Karnataka)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Crop Physiology

D. Date of Start : 29-10-2018

E. Likely date of completion : 28-10-2021

F. Objectives : i. Assist in teaching in the faculty of Crop Physiology. ii. Assist in evaluating the seminars (all students) and colloquia (selected students) of the Department. iii. Assist in guiding students and also staff for effective teaching and research executions.

G. Significant achievements: i. Attended and evaluated all PG seminars of the Dept. ii. Served as Chairman, Advisory Committee of M.Sc.(Agri) student. iii. Served as Member of one M.Sc. student and one Ph.D. student in Genetics and Plant Breeding.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (PG/Ph.D.): i. Taught CPH-504 (2+1) Physiological and molecular responses of plants to abiotic stresses (PG). Number of M.Sc./Ph.D. students registered =51. ii. Taught CPH-501 (2+1). Principles of plant physiology-I for M.Sc/Ph.D students.

I. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: Laboratory manual developed for CPH-504 course. Web sites www.plantstress.com and www.khanacademy.com made for the students.

J. Annual action plan for 2020-21: In I Semester CPH-501(2+1) and in II Semester CPH 504 (2+1) will be taught. The PG programmes Seminars will be evaluated and guide students in research.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. R. K. Pannu

B. Address of the Institution where working : CCS HAU, Hisar (Haryana)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Agronomy

D. Date of Start : 18.10.2017

E. Likely date of completion : 17.10.2020

F. Objectives: i. Teaching UG and PG Courses. ii. Guiding M.Sc./ Ph. D. Students for thesis/presentation/writing research papers/JRF/SRF /ARS/NET. iii. Preparation of Power Point Presentations for the courses and demonstration of practical’s for improving the skill of the students. iv. Writing Books/Manuals.

G. Significant achievements: i. Successfully organized National Seminar on Agrometreology for Sustainable Development (AGMET- 2017) October 12-14, 2017 as Chairman, Seminar Steering Committee, at CCS HAU, Hisar. ii. The D. G. ICAR has nominated the member of QRT on All India Coordinated Pearl Millet Improvement Project vide F. No. 19-1/2007-FFC dated 13.03.2018. iii. Attended and chaired session to finalize the programme of work of Natural Resource Management 53rd Annual Group Meeting of ICAR- AICRP on Pearl Millet at AU, Jodhpur from March 22-24, 2018.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Semester wise courses taught during 2017-18

Sem Course Course Title Class Credit No. Hrs

I Agron 201 Irrigation Water Management UG 3 (2+1) Agron 501 Modern Concepts in Crop Production PG 3 (3+0)

II Agron 203 Field Crops – I (Rabi crops) UG 3 (2+1) Agron 601 Current Trends in Agronomy Ph. D. 3 (3+0)

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Semester wise courses taught during 2018-19

Sem Course Course Title Class Credit No. Hrs

I Agron 201 Field Crops – I (Rabi crops) UG 3 (2+1) Agron 501 Modern Concepts in Crop Production PG 3 (3+0) Agron 609 Stress Crop Production Ph. D. 3 (2+1)

II Agron 202 Crop Production Technology - II (Rabi crops) UG 3 (2+1) Agron 601 Current Trends in Agronomy Ph. D. 3 (3+0) Agron 604 Advances in crop growth and productivity Ph. D. 3 (2+1)

Semester-wise courses taught during 2019-20 upto December 31, 2019

Sem Course No. Course Title Class Credit Hrs

II Agron 202 Crop Production Technology - II (Rabi crops) UG 3 (2+1) Agron 601 Current Trends in Agronomy Ph. D. 3 (3+0)

Agron 604 Advances in crop growth and productivity Ph. D. 3 (2+1)

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.): Ph. D. One.

J. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed:

Book-Parvinder Kumar, R. K. Pannu, Ashish Dwivedi and Darvin Pal (2018) Objective Agronomy. Jaya Publishing House, Publisher and Distributor, 27-B, Pocket B, Dilshad Garden, Delhi- 110095 (ISBN: 978-93-86110-28-2) 516 pp.

K. Annual action plan (2020-21):

Semester Course Course Title Class Credit No. Hrs

II Agron 102 Principles of Agronomy UG 3 (2+1) Agron 601 Current Trends in Agronmy PG 3 (3+0)

I Agron 201 Irrigation Water Management UG 3 (2+1) Agron 501 Modern Concepts in Crop Production PG 3 (3+0)

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. V.K. Phogat B. Address of the Institution where working : CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor: Soil Science D. Date of Start: May 5, 2018 E. Likely date of completion : May 4, 2021 F. Objectives : i. Teaching at least two courses to both UG and PG students in each semester ii. Developing teaching material (text book(s)/manuals/e-resources, etc). iii. Text books: Fundamentals of Soil Science’ and Soil Management. G. Significant achievements: i. Texts books and manuals are being prepared. H. List of courses taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): Year Semester Class Course No. Course Title Credit hours

Soils 101 Fundamentals of Soil Science 2+1 I UG 1+2 Soils 402 Soil Management

Soils 501 Soil Physics 2+1 2018-19 II PG Soils 505 Soil Erosion and Conservation 2+1 1+0 Soils 515 Land Degradation & Restoration

Summer PG Soils 505 Soil Erosion and Conservation 2+1

Soils 101 Fundamentals of Soil Science 2+1 2+0 2019-20 I UG Soils 301 Problematic Soils and their Management

Soils 402 Soil Management 1+2

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph.D.), if any: Guided two, Co-guided one Ph.D. student

J. Annual action plan for 2020-21: i. Courses will be taught to both UG & PG students during both the semesters. ii. Text books and manuals proposed to be prepared will be completed. iii. Guiding of PG students, evaluation of synopses, setting of question papers and evaluation of answer booklets will be continued. iv. Power point presentations of some of the topics will be prepared and the instructional material being prepared will be uploaded on the website of CCS HAU.

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A. Name of the ICAR Emeritus : Dr. H. S. Purohit Professor

B. Address of the Institution where: Rajasthan College of Agriculture, working Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur -313 001(Rajasthan)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor: Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry

D. Date of start : 1st September, 2018

E. Likely date of completion : 31st August, 2021

F. Objectives : (i) Teach PG and Ph.D. Courses. (ii) Guide M.Sc. & Ph.D. students enrolled under me as Major Advisor & Member. (iii) Publish the research work of students guided. (iv) Prepare manuals. (v) Finalize the work plan of registered Ph.D. students of the department.

G. Significant achievements: i. Published 8 articles in referred Journals. ii. Technical programme (Synopsis) of Ph.D. students enrolled were evaluated iii. Taught the courses assigned to me

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.) :

Ist- Semester : 2018-19 (July to December) :

i. SCHEM -512: Soil fertility & Fertilizer use (1+0) PG course ii. SCHEM- 611: Advances in soil fertility (2+1) iii. SCHEM- 591: Student seminar was monitored (0+1) iv. SCHEM- 691: Students seminar was monitored (0+1)

IInd- Semester : 2019 (January to June):

i. SCHEM- 521: Soil biology and Biochemistry (1+0) PG course ii. SCHEM -622: Biochemistry of soil organic matter (1+1)Ph.D. course iii. SCHEM- 599 & 699: Research work of Ph.D. and M.Sc. students monitored as Major Advisor & Member

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Ist-Semester 2019 (July to December) :

i. SCHEM 512 Soil fertility & Fertilizer use (1+0) PG course ii. SCHEM 611 Advances in soil fertility (2+1) Ph.D. course iii. SCHEM 591 Student seminar was monitored (0+1) iv. SCHEM 691 Students seminar was monitored (0+1)

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M.Sc. / Ph.D.):

M.Sc. (Ag.) : 1 as Major Advisor Ph.D. : 2 as Major Advisor

J. Annual action plan (2020-21):

(1). Courses to be taught are as under:

(i) SCHEM -521: Soil biology and Biochemistry (1+0) (ii) SCHEM -622: Biochemistry of soil organic matter (iii)SCHEM -599 & 699: Research work of Ph.D. & (iv)SCHEM- 512: Soil fertility & Fertilizer use (1+0) (v) SCHEM -611: Advances in soil fertility (2+1) (vi)SCHEM -591: Student seminar was monitored (vii) SCHEM -691: Students seminar was monitored

(2). To publish the work carried out by students under my Supervision.

(3). Guiding students/act as advisory member.

(i) To submit the Ph.D. Thesis work of students under my supervision for the degree (two students). (ii) To submit the Ph.D. Thesis as Co-Advisor (two students). (iii) To submit the M.Sc.(Ag). thesis of one student under my supervision.

(4). To evaluate the technical programme of Ph.D. students enrolled in 2019.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. M.K. Rana

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Vegetable Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Vegetable Science

D. Date of Start : 01.01.2018

E. Likely date of completion : 31.12.2020

F.Objectives: i. Teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses to the students of Agriculture discipline of Horticulture-Vegetable Science through power point presentation. ii. Impart training to the students in coaching programmes organized for the preparation of competitive examinations. iii. Guide postgraduate students for their research and seminars preparation.

G.List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): Year 2017-18 Sr. Course No. Course Title Credit Contact hours No. hours (Shared) 1. HORT/VSC 101 Fruit and Vegetable Production 1+1 1+2= 3/2= 1.5 1+1 1+2= 3/2= 1.5 2. HORT/VSC 101 Fruit and Vegetable Production 1+1 0+2= 2/2= 1.0 1+1 0+2= 2/2= 1.0 3. VSC 508 Organic Vegetable Production Technology 1+1 1+2= 3/2= 1.5 4. VSC 511 Post Harvest Technology of Vegetable Crops 2+1 2+2= 4

Year 2018-19 Course Title Credit hours Practical Contact hours batches (Shared) Production Technology of 2+1 Two 6 Vegetable Crops (Shared with other teacher) Post-harvest Management of 1+1 Two 5 Fruits and Vegetables (Shared with other teacher) Growth & Development of 2+1 One 4 Vegetable Crops (Single)

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Year 2019-20 Sr. Course No. Course Title Credit hours Contact hours No. (Shared) 1. VSC 504 Growth & Development of 2+1 (2+2= 4) Vegetable Crops (Single) 2. VSC 691 Doctoral Seminar-II 0+1 2 (Shared with other teacher) 3. VSC 691 Doctoral Seminar-II 0+1 2 (Shared with other teacher)

H. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. Rana, M.K., 2018. Vegetable Crop Science. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742, ISBN 978-1-138-03521. ii. Kiran, Duhan, D.S., Rana, M.K., Singh, H. and Mazoka, M., 2018. Effect of phosphorus and zinc on plant growth and yield of vegetable cowpea. Vegetable Science, 45(1): 55-60. iii. Ritika, Rana, G.S., Rana, M.K., Prince and Kumar, G., 2018. Effect of foliar application of macro- and micronutrients on fruit drop and yield of Kinnow mandarin. International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience, 6(1): 1163-1169. iv. Kiran, Duhan, D.S., Rana, M.K., Singh, H. and Mazoka, M., 2018. Effect of phosphorus and zinc on plant growth and yield of vegetable cowpea. Vegetable Science, 45(1): 55-60. v. Ahlawat, Sushil, Chauhan, Reena, Rani, Savita, Yadav Surender Singh, Kumari, Nisha, Malik, Kamla and Rana, M.K., 2019. Dissipation and decontamination behaviour of pre-mix formulation of tebuconazole and rifloxystrobin fungicides in okra. Environ Monit Assess, 191: 628-637.

I. Annual action plan (2020-21): First Semester Sr. Course No. Course Title Credit Contact hours No. hours (Shared) 1. VSC 201 Production Technology of Vegetable 2+1 One (Section A) Crops 2. VSC 201 Production Technology of Vegetable 2+1 One (Section B) Crops 4. VSC 504 Growth & Development of Vegetable 2+1 One Crops 5. VSC 691 Doctoral Seminar-II 0+1 One 6. VSC 691 Doctoral Seminar-II 0+1 One

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A. Name of the ICAR –Emeritus Professor : Dr. P.Chandrasekhara Reddy

B. Name of the Institution where working: Dept. of Crop Physiology, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru C. Discipline of emeritus professor : Crop Physiology D. Date of start : 23rd Oct. 2017 E. Likely date of completion : 22nd Oct.2020 F. Objectives: i. Teach under graduate and post graduate courses. ii. Guide the PG students and publish research papers. iii. Develop instructional materials. iv. Deliver guest lectures and attend the other assignments of the universiy.

G. Significant achievement: i. Taught UG and PG courses.

H. List of courses offered along with credit hours (UG/PG/PhD.): i. HoT.402 (0+5 Cr.Hrs)-Plant tissue culture. ii. CPH.222 (0+1 Cr.Hrs.) –Nanotechnology in Agriculture. iii. CPH.508 (2+1 Cr.Hrs.) –Morphogenesis, tissue culture and transformation. iv. CPH.509(2+1 Cr.Hrs.)—Abiotic stress physiology.

I. Number of students guided/ co-guided (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i. M.Sc. guided - 1. II. Ph.D. guided - 2 .

J. List of instructional materials/text books including e-learning resource developed: i. Developed booklet on nutrient deficiency symptoms and role of hormones in crop plants in local language for farmer’s purpose in Krishi Mela. ii. Developed lecture outlines for the UG courses HoT-402, CPH-.222 and PG courses CPH-508 and CPH-509. iii. Developed practical manuals for the courses HoT-402(0+5)-Plant tissue culture, CPH-508(2+1) - Morphogenesis, tissue culture and transformation and preparing CPH-222(0+1)-Nanotechnology in Agriculture.

K. Annual action plan (2020-21): i. Teach UG and PG courses and guide PG students including evaluation of research and seminars. ii. Conduct course exams and paper evaluation of courses and also university exam papers. iii. Deliver the guest lectures and attending staff and annual technical meetings. iv. Attend any other assignments from within and outside universities.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. B. K. Ramachandrappa

B. Address of the Institution where working: College of Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru (Karnataka)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Agronomy

D. Date of Start : 03rd May 2018

E. Likely date of completion : 02nd May 2021

F. Objectives : i. Impart knowledge in the field of Water and Irrigation management. ii. Develop human resource in Water and Irrigation management. iii. Train JRF and SRF aspirants. iv. Undertake any scientific work assigned by university and ICAR.

G. Significant achievements: Organized World Water Day on 22-03-2019: Motivated UG students to participate with posters on innovative approaches of water harvesting and use and PG students to participate in Debate on “Innovative methods of water conservation”.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i. 1st Semester (2018-19), AGR: 504 (1+1): Principles and practices of Water Management for M.Sc. (Agri.). ii. 2nd Semester (2018-19), AGR: 605 (2+1): Irrigation Management for Ph.D.

I. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: Prepared practical manuals: i. AGR:504(1+1): Principles and practices of Water Management for M.Sc. (Agri). ii. AGR:605(2+1): Irrigation Management for Ph. D.

J. Annual action plan ( 2020-21): a. Courses to be taught: 2nd Semester, AGR:605 (2+1): Irrigation Management for Ph.D. 1st Semester AGR: 504 (1+1): Principles and practices of Water Management for M.Sc. (Agri.).

b. Updating Practical Manual: i. AGR 504 (1+1) Principles and practices of Water Management. ii. AGR 605 (2+1) Irrigation Management.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor :Dr.Gajendra Singh Rathore

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Plant Pathology, SKNCOA, SKNAU, Jobner , Rajasthan

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Plant Pathology

D. Date of Start: 01.08.2018

E. Likely date of completion : 31.07.2021

F. Objectives : i. Teach specialized courses of M.Sc. (Ag.) {Introductory Plant Virology} and Ph.D. (Ag.) {Advanced Virology} & also guide /Major Advisor of M.Sc. & Ph. D. research work. ii. Develop instructional material such as writing of book on Plant Virology & Advanced Plant Virology. iii. Developed Plant virology Laboratory manual & advanced laboratory manual of virology which will be very useful to upcoming post-graduate students. iv. Prepare/ develop teaching detailed lecture schedule/content as per the course curriculum of Plant Virology for M.Sc & Advanced Virology for Ph.D. in power point mode which will be later on uploaded as e-resource material.

G. Significant achievements: Published one book/ Instructional material.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

I SEM Courses : 2018-19 i. P.PATH- 531, Credit 3(2+1), Plant Virology for M.Sc. (Ag.) ii. P.PATH- 611, Credit 3(2+1), Advanced Virology for PhD (Ag.) iii. P.PATH- 543, Credit (7.5) Master Research1 M.Sc student guide & monitored iv. P.PATH- 643, Credit (20) Doctoral Research 2 PhD students guide & monitored

II SEM Courses :2018-19 i. P.PATH- 526,Credit 3(2+1),Ecology of soil borne plant pathogens ii. P.PATH- 543, Credit (7.5) Master Research 1 M.Sc. student guide & monitored iii. P.PATH- 643, Credit (30) Doctoral Research,3 Ph .D. Students guide & monitored iv. P.PATH- 531, Credit 3(2+1), Plant Virology for M.Sc. (Ag.) v. P.PATH- 611, Credit 3(2+1), Advanced Virology for Ph.D.(Ag.) vi. P.PATH- 543, Credit (7.5) Master Research1 M.Sc. student guide & monitored vii.P.PATH- 643, Credit (20) Doctoral Research 2 PhD students guide & monitored

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I SEM Courses :2020 (Jan.2020 & continue ) i. P.PATH- 526,Credit 3(2+1),Ecology of soil borne plant pathogens ii. P.PATH- 543, Credit (15) Master Research 2 M.Sc student guide & monitored iii. P.PATH- 643, Credit (20) Doctoral Research,2 PhD. Students guide & monitored

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.): Ph.D. Major Advisor/ Guide - 4 M.Sc. Major Advisor/Guide – 2

J. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. Published one book entitled “ Plant Disease Descriptor”.

K. Annual action plan(2020-21): i. Teach Specialized Major Course (P.Path-531) Plant Virology of M.Sc.(Ag.) final Plant Pathology run during the semester 3(2+1) Credit hours. ii. Teach Specialized Major Course (P.Path-611) Advance Virology of Ph.D (Ag.) Plant Pathology run during the semester 3(2+1) Credit hours. iii. Teach M.Sc. (Ag.) Plant Pathology Major course P.PATH- 526,Credit 3(2+1),Ecology of soil borne plant pathogens run during the semester.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Saroj S. Jeet Singh B. Address of the Institution where working: CCSHAU, Hisar (Haryana) C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor: Textiles and Apparel Designing D. Date of Start : 15th Oct. 2018 E. Likely date of completion : 14th Oct. 2021 F. Objectives: i. Impart theoretical and skill education to UG, PG and Ph.D. students of Home Science/Community Science. ii. Develop the reference material and e-resources for better understanding of the courses. iii. Use developed teaching material for students especially to compete at national level for NET/SRF/JRF etc. iv. Guide PG / Ph.D. students and junior faculty for submission and implementation of Research Projects.

G. Significant achievements: Finalized courses of Textiles and Apparel Designing as member of BSMAC on Community Sciences.

H. List of Course (s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): Course No. Title of the Course Credit Hours 2018-2019 Semester I TAD302 Traditional Textiles of India (1+2) UG TAD 401 Traditional Costumes (2+1) UG TAD 607 Colour Application in Textiles (1+1) Ph.D. TAD591 Masters’ Seminar (1+0) PG TAD 691 Doctoral Seminar (1+0) Ph.D. TAD 692 Doctoral Seminar (1+0) Ph.D. Semester II TAD 202 Principals of Dyeing and Printing (1+2) UG TAD 504 Historic Costumes and Socio- Psycho Aspects of Clothing (2+1) PG TAD608 Recent Advances in Textiles and Apparel (2+0) Ph.D. TAD591 Masters’ Seminar (1+0) PG 2019-2020 Semester I TAD 301 Principals of Dyeing and Printing (2+1) UG

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TAD302 Traditional Textiles of India (1+2) UG

TAD 401 Traditional Costumes of India (2+1) UG

TAD608 Recent Advances in Textiles and Apparel (2+0) Ph.D.

TAD 691 Doctoral Seminar (1+0) Ph.D.

Semester II (in progress) TAD 202 Principals of Dyeing and Printing (1+2) UG TAD 504 Historic Costumes and Socio- Psycho Aspects of Clothing (2+1) PG TAD 607 Colour Application in Textiles (1+1) Ph.D.

TAD608 Recent Advances in Textiles and Apparel (2+0) Ph.D.

TAD692 Doctoral Seminar (1+0) Ph.D.

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.): Two M.Sc. co-guided. J. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: a. Instructional material: i. Traditional Textiles of India ii. Colour Application in Textiles

b. E-learning resources: i. Principals of Dyeing and Printing ii. Traditional Textiles of India

L. Annual action plan (2020-21):

Course No. Title of the Course Credit Hours

Semester I

TAD 301 Principals of Dyeing and Printing (2+1) UG

TAD 401 Traditional Costumes of India (2+1) UG

TAD608 Recent Advances in Textiles and Apparel (2+0) Ph.D

TAD 691 Doctoral Seminar (1+0) Ph.D

Semester II

TAD302 Traditional Textiles of India (2+1) UG

TAD 504 Historic Costumes and Socio- Psycho Aspects of Clothing (2+1) PG

TAD 607 Colour Application in Textiles (1+1) Ph.D

TAD692 Doctoral Seminar (1+0) Ph.D

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Kamlesh Singh

B. Address of the Institution where working: CSK HPKV, Palampur (Himachal Pradesh)

C. Discipline : Statistics

D. Date of Start : January 9, 2018

E. Likely date of completion : January 8, 2021

F. Objectives:

i. Teach statistics UG & PG courses to the students of various programs in the university where working.

ii. Provide guidance to the postgraduate and Ph.D. students of the university in planning their research experiments/ surveys, data analysis & conclusions.

iii. Write a text book and /or develop e-learning resources in statistics for undergraduate students of Agriculture, Veterinary & Animal Sciences and Community Science.

G. Significant achievements:

i. Taught Statistics courses at UG, PG and Ph.D. level in each semester during the period under reference.

ii. Provided guidance on statistical aspect to Master’s and Doctoral level students in their research as per requirement.

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H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Acad. Sem. Course No. & Title Cr. Cont. No. of Program Year I/II Hrs. Hrs. Students

2017-18 II 1. Stat 321: Introduction to 2+1 4 80 UG Statistics 2. Stat 511: Statistical 3+1 5 60 PG & Methods for Applied Ph.D. Sciences

2018-19 I 1. Stat 511: Statistical 3+1 5 84 PG Methods for Applied Sciences 2. Stat 542: Statistical 2+0 2 2 Ph.D. Inference

II 1. Stat 511: Statistical 3+1 5 54 PG & Methods for Applied Ph.D. Sciences 2. Stat 541: Mathematical 3+0 3 2 Ph.D. Statistics

2019-20 I 1. Elementary Statistics 2+1 3 22 UG

2. Stat 511: Statistical 3+1 5 73 PG Methods for Applied Sciences

I. Annual action plan (2020-21):

i. Statistics courses to be taught to UG, PG and Ph.D. students of the constituent colleges of the university as per requirement.

ii. PG students will be helped as per their needs in planning their research experiments/surveys along with data analysis and conclusions.

iii. Attempt will be made to complete the write-up of the book and preparation of e- learning resources of statistics courses for undergraduate students of Agriculture, Veterinary & Animal Sciences and Community/ Home Science.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. Virendra Pal Singh

B. Address of the Institution where working : ICAR-IARI, Pusa, New Delhi C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Plant Physiology D. Date of Start :31.03.2018 E. Likely date of completion : 30.03.2021 F. Objectives: i. Teaching and evaluation of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students for five courses and active participation in all other academic activities. ii. Compilation of abstracts of M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis from the discipline of Plant Physiology, IARI since inception. iii. Preparation of laboratory manual for courses in Plant/Crop physiology for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.

G. Significant achievements: i. Abstracts of eleven IARI Associate ship equivalent to M.Sc. degree from other universities, 100 M.Sc. thesis and 160 Ph.D. thesis were compiled. ii. Compilation and preparationof laboratory manual.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Sl No. Name of course Credit hours taught 1. PP-509: Physiology of Crop Plants-I 16 2. PP-506: Physiology of Crop Plant-II 14 3. PP-505: Physiology of Growth and Yield 18 4. PP-502: Plant Developmental Biology 14 5. PP-617: Physiology of Ripening and Senescence 10

I. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: Plant Physiology Practical Manual including Abiotic Stress, Post Harvest Physiology, Growth and Yield, Mineral Nutrition, Photosynthesis etc., for PG students is being compiled. J. Annual action plan (2020-21): i. Preparation and compilation of rest of the M.Sc. (approximately 50) and Ph.D. thesis abstracts (approximately 65). The soft copy will be uploaded on the site of Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-IARI for easy access to students and researchers. ii. Compilation and preparation of practical manual covering rest of the topics and whole Plant Physiology course curricula will be divided into two or three sections as per the convenience and subject matter classification. The soft copy will be uploaded on the site of Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-IARI for easy access to students and researchers.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Rajendra Singh

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar-243122, Bareilly (UP)

C. Discipline of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor Programme: Vety. Pathology

D. Date of Start : 15 April, 2019

E. Likely date of completion : 15 April, 2022

F. Objectives: Undertake teaching, other related activities, student research guidance and developing instructional material for the use in the national agricultural education programme.

G. Significant achievements: i. Imparted newer knowledge through PowerPoint / whiteboard classroom teaching on various courses, using information from latest reference text books / journals, to the undergraduate (10+20, B.V.Sc. & A.H.) and postgraduate students (14 M.V.Sc. and 9 Ph.D.) in Veterinary Pathology during the Ist and IInd Semesters 2019. ii. As an instructor, being proactively involved in imparting the knowledge and skills to the students on the courses offered such-like: Necropsy Technique (VPL-504, P-2 credits), Necropsy Conference (VPL-704, P-2 credits), Pathology of important emerging and exotic diseases of livestock and poultry (VPL-701, T-2 credits), Neuropathology (VPL-707/708, 2 credits) and General Pathology (VPL-502, P-2 credits).

H. Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): Courses title Course no. Credit hours Class Necropsy Technique VPL-504 P-2 credit PG Necropsy Conference VPL-704 P-2 credit Ph.D. Pathology of important emerging and exotic diseases of livestock and poultry. VPL-701 T-2 credit Ph.D.

Neuropathology VPL-707-708 T-1, P-1 credit Ph.D.

General Pathology VPL-502 P-2 credit UG and PG General Pathology VPL 4+2 UG

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I. Annual action plan (2020-21):Courses to be taught:

III i. Pathology of important, emerging and exotic infection (VPL-701/702; 2+2) Semester ii. Important diseases will be taught iii. Necropsy Techniques (VPL-504, 2 credit): iv. One credit hour for post-mortem examination v. Necropsy conference (VPL-704): 2 credits vi. General Veterinary Pathology (VPP-211, 1+1): Inflammation and healing (Part of the courses will be taught) IV i. Neuropathology (VPL707 /708, 2 credit): Semester ii. Cytopathology, degeneration, axonopathies, myelinopathies, congenital

malformation, etc, etc and brain slide reading iii. Special Pathology (VPL-604): L-2 iv. Pox, rabies, pseudorabies, ICH, Prions, SRLVs, botulinum, tetanus, Listeriosis, Leptospirosis, etc. v. Systemic Veterinary Pathology (VPP-221; 2+1) : vi. Skeletal muscle pathology, neuropathology and endocrine system vii. (Part of the course will be taught)

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Sharanappa

B. Address of the Institution where working: UAS GKVK, Bengaluru (Karnataka)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Agronomy

D. Date of Start : 3-5-2018

E. Likely date of completion : 3-5-2021

F. Objectives: i. Teaching courses in Agronomy for B.Sc.(Hons) Agri. and M. Sc.(Agri.) programme in the College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru. ii. Preparation of e-lecture notes for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses. iii. Preparation of practical manuals for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses. iv. Guiding postgraduate students for M. Sc.(Agri.) and Ph D degree programme. v. Delivering guest lectures, radio programmes, serving as external examiner and thesis evaluation.

G. Significant achievements: Prepared the Practical manuals for the courses AGR 111 Fundamentals of Agronomy (2+1) and AGR 502 Principles and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management (1+1).

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i. AGR- 111 Fundamentals of Agronomy (Cr. Hrs. 2+1) for B. Sc.(Hons.) Agri. ii. AGR -502 Principles and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management (Cr. Hr. 1+1) for M.Sc. (Agri.).

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.), if any: 2 .

J. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. Prepared the e- lecture notes for AGR 111 Fundamentals of Agronomy (Cr. Hrs. 2+1). ii. Prepared the e- lecture notes for AGR502 Principles and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management (Cr. Hr. 1+1). iii. Prepared the Slides for power point presentation material for UG and PG lectures.

K. Annual action plan for 2020-21: i. Teaching undergraduate and post-graduate courses during I and II semester of the academic year 2020-21. ii. Upgrading the e- lecture notes developed for undergraduate and post-graduate courses with latest advances in the respective fields. iii.Delivering radio talks/ TV presentation on the latest production technology of Kharif and Rabi crops of Karnataka and resource management, participation in krishimelas, evaluation of post graduate student thesis, participation in poster and oral presentation of PG students and serving as examiner for external examination and viva voce.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. M.K. Shivaprakash

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Agricultural Microbiology, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru (Karnataka)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Agricultural Microbiology

D. Date of Start : 01.08.2018

E. Likely date of completion : 31.07.2022

F. Objectives:

i. Involve in undergraduate and post-graduate teaching in the department. ii. Involve in post graduate research activities in the way of guiding/ co-guiding students in their PG research activities. iii. Involve in extension activities in the field of bio-fertilizers and biological control.

G. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Academic Year 2018-19 Sl. No. Academic Year Course No. Title Credit No. of hours students

I semester 1. 2018-19 AMB 111 Fundamentals of 1+1 98 I semester Microbiology II semester 2. 2018-19 CMA 404 Commercial 0+5 II semester Production of 29 Biofertilizers

Sl. No. Academic Year Course No. Title Credit No. of hours students

I semester 1. 2018-19 AMB 111 Fundamentals of 1+1 95 I semester Microbiology

II semester 2. 2018-19 EAM 421 Production 0+10 II semester Technology for 22 Biofertilizers

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Academic Year 2018-19

Sl. No. Academic Year Course No. Title Credit No. of hours students

I semester 1. 2018-19 AMB 512 Biofertilizer 1+1 33 I semester Technology

II semester 2. 2018-19 AMB 507 Microbial Genetics 1+1 26 II Semester

Academic Year 2019-20

Sl. No. Academic Year Course No. Title Credit No. of hours students

I semester 1. 2019-20 AMB 512 Biofertilizer 1+1 43 I semester Technology

II semester 2. 2019-20 AMB 507 Microbial Genetics 1+1 II Semester (To be offered) -

H. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M.Sc. / Ph.D.), if any:

Guided: Ph.D.: 2 :M.Sc. (Agri.): 2

I. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed:

i. AMB 111: Fundamentals of Microbiology (1+1) ii. CMA 404: Commercial Production of Bio-fertilizers (0+5) iii. AMB 512: Bio-fertilizer Technology (1+1)

J. Annual action plan for 2020-21:

Courses to be offered: i. I Semester : AMB 111: Fundamentals of Microbiology (1+1) ii. II Semester: EAM 421: Production Technology for Bio-fertilizers (0+10) iii. I Semester- AMB 512 : Bio-fertilizer Technology (1+1) iv. II Semester- AMB 507: Microbial Genetics (1+1)

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Srigopal Sharma

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Biochemistry, CBSH, GBPUAT Pantnagar (Distt. US Nagar), Uttarakhand.

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Biochemistry

D. Date of Start : 25.07. 2018

E. Likely date of completion : 24.7.2021

F. Objectives: i. Teach UG/PG courses in Biochemistry. ii. Make power-point presentation of courses taught. iii. Ppen a practical manual on Rice Grain Quality Evaluation.

G.Significant achievements: Two chapters of the Rice Grain Quality Evaluation manual finalized. Emphasized on basic concepts and latest developments in the topics taught; Prepared power-point presentations of topics and e- content for Enzymes.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i. BBC-261 (Cr hrs: 3) Elementary Plant Biochemistry ii. BBC-380 (Cr hrs: 3) Enzyme Technology. iii. BBC-361 (Cr hrs: 4) Fundamentals of Biochemistry iv. BBC- 620 (Cr hrs: 2) Nutritional Biochemistry v. BBC- 530 (Cr hrs:3) Enzymology vi. BBC- 730 (Cr hrs:2) Advanced Enzymology vii.BBC-501(Cr hrs: 3) General Biochemistry

I. List of instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. E- learning content developed for Enzymes for the departmental UG course. ii. Power point presentations developed for courses-Elementary Plant Biochemistry, Nutritional Biochemistry and Enzymology. iii. Zero draft of the Rice Grain Quality Evaluation manual was prepared and the first two chapters finalized.

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J. Annual action plan (2020-21): i. Teaching M.Sc./Ph.D. Bio-chemistry courses and reviewing departmental seminars. ii. Finalization of the remaining chapters of the Rice Grain Quality Evaluation manual. iii. Delivering at least two seminar lectures. iv. Publishing one research paper on RS, GI and GL of food combinations of rice out of previous work. v. Time to time discussion with students about their research work.

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A. Name of the ICAR Emeritus Professor: Dr. O.P. Sharma

B. Address of the Institution where working: SKN College of Agriculture, SKNA University, Jobner (Jaipur) C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Agronomy D. Date of Start : 14 June, 2018 E. Likely date of completion : 14 June, 2021 F. Objectives: i. Transferring the knowledge through active teaching at all the levels of education system of the university in order to improve its quality. ii. Guiding and co- guiding PG/Ph.D. students in thrust areas of research in the field of Agronomy and other disciplines. iii. Transmitting the advancements in the field of Agronomy in teaching and research among young faculty and senior students of the institute/university through technical discussion and tutorials. G. Significant achievements: i. Secured outstanding results in the UG/PG/Ph.D. courses taught. ii. Research papers of PG/Ph.D. research carried out during the tenure were published in NAAS rated journals due to motivational impact and teacher taught relationship. iii. On account of imparting effective guiding and training about various job opportunities and entrepreneurship in the field of Agronomy, outstanding student: job ratio was achieved. iv. Hand Book of Agro-technologies developed by SKNAU was published under my authorship.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

Class Course No. Title Credit Hrs.

B.Sc. (Ag.) Pt. I AGRON-111 Fundamentals of Agronomy 4 (3+1)

B.Sc. (Ag.) Pt. II AGRON-211 Crop Production Technology-I 3 (2+1)

B.Sc. (Ag.) Pt. II AGRON-221 Crop Production Technology-II 3 (2+1)

M.Sc. (Ag.) AGRON 512 Principles and Practices of Water Management 3 (2+1)

M.Sc. (Ag.) AGRON 524 Cropping Systems and Sustainable Agriculture 3 (3+0)

M.Sc. (Ag.) AGRON-543 Master’s Research 15

Ph.D. AGRON 612 Advances in Weed Management 3 (3+0)

Ph.D. AGRON 621 Irrigation Management 3 (2+1)

Ph.D AGRON 643 Doctoral Research 40

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I. No. of students Guided / co-guided (M. Sc. / Ph. D.), if any: Ph.D: 2;M.Sc (Ag): 3

J. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: Book: Hand Book of Agro Technologies developed. K. Annual action plan( 2020-21):

(a) UG / PG/ Ph.D. courses to be taught i. AGRON 111 (3+1) Fundamentals of Agronomy, B.Sc. (Ag.) Pt. I ii. AGRON-323 (1+1) Principles of Organic Farming, B.Sc. (Ag.) Pt. III iii. AGRON 512 (2+1) Principles & Practices of Water Management, M.Sc. (Ag.) iv. AGRON 524 (3+0) Cropping Systems and Sustainable Agriculture, M. Sc. (Ag.) v. AGRON 543 (0+15) Master’s Research vi. AGRON 612 (3+0) Advances in Weed Management, Ph.D. vii. AGRON 621 (2+1) Irrigation Management, Ph.D.

(b) Guiding 02 M.Sc. (Ag) (c) A book on “Mathematical Aspects on Irrigation Water Management” will be published.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. R Somvasnhi

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, U.P.

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor: Veterinary Pathology

D. Date of Start : 14-05-2018

E. Likely date of completion : 13-05-2021

F. Objectives: Post Graduate Teaching (M.V.Sc. and Ph.D.) and Mentoring Veterinary Science Museum.

G. Significant achievements: i. Taught 8 courses (both theory and practical) in Veterinary Pathology. ii. Published (re-print) of Necropsy Technique and Necropsy Conference Manual and it was given as complimentary copy to all students and trainees of ICAR Winter School at IVRI. iii. Mentored IVRI-Animal and Veterinary Science Education Museum (in its maintenance and further development) which resulted in visit of more than 5000 annual visitors mostly, common people, school and university students.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): S. M.V.Sc. Programme Credit Hrs No. 1 VPL-504-P2-Necropsy Technique P-2

2 VPL-601-T2-Systemic Pathology T-2

3 VPL-602-P2-Systemic Pathology P-2

Ph.D. Programme

4 VPL-506-P2-Necropsy Conference P-2

5 VPL-719-T1-Pathologyof Laboratory Animal Diseases T-1 6 VPL-720-P1-Pathology of Laboratory Animal Diseases P-1 VPL-709-T1-Toxico-pathology T-1 8 VPL-709-P1-Toxico-pathology P-1

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I. Annual Action Plan for 2020-21:

S. No. Sem. Achievable Targets 1. II i. VPL-601-T2-Systemic Pathology ii. VPL-602-P2-Systemic Pathology VPL-709-T1-Toxico-pathology iii. VPL-709-P1-Toxico-pathology iv. Development and publication of Pathology of Laboratory Animal Diseases Manual v. Supervision and strengthening of National Animal Science and Veterinary Educational Museum

2. I i. VPL-504-P2-Necropsy Technique ii. VPL-506-P2-Necropsy Conference iii. VPL-719-T1-Pathology of Laboratory Animal Diseases iv. VPL-720-P1-Pathology of Laboratory Animal Diseases v. Preparing Histopathology Teaching Slide Boxes for Pathology of Laboratory Animal Diseases Course of PhD students vi. Supervision and strengthening of National Animal Science and Veterinary Educational Museum

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A. Name of the ICAR-Emeritus Professor: Dr. Chitra Srivastava

B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-IARI, Entomology Division, New Delhi-12

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor: Entomology

D. Date of Start: 15 February 2019

E. Likely date of completion: 14 February 2022

F. Objectives: Post Graduate Teaching (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) and preparation/compilation of credit seminar write ups, theses abstracts for the library and course manuals.

G. Significant achievements: i. Taught 4 courses of M.Sc. & Ph.D. (both theory and practical) in Entomology. ii. Developed and provided Power Point Presentations of all lectures taken to students. iii. Compiled Credit Seminar Write ups of 30 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students under 3 trimesters. iv. Compiled abstracts of 45 M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses and prepared one Teaching Manual of ‘Principles of Insect Toxicology (ENT 508).

H. List of course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

M.Sc. Compulsory Core Courses Credit Hrs Remarks Theory + Practical

1 ENT-508 : Principle of Insect Toxicology 2+1 Theory -15 Practical – 11 2 ENT-504 : Post Harvest Entomology 2+1 Theory -16 Practical – 12 Ph.D. courses

3 ENT-605 : Advances in Insect Toxicology Theory -15 Practical – 11

4 AC-514 : Nanotechnology in Crop Protection 3+2 Theory -03 Practical – 0

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I. Annual Action Plan (2020-21):

1. I A) Teaching

i. Principles of Insect toxicology Delivery of 13 lectures

ii. Nanotechnology in Crop Protection Delivery of 3 lectures

B) Preparation of Laboratory manual

Writing of unit-I of the manual unit-I will be publish C) Documentation of thesis abstracts Draft of thesis abstracts Ph.D. thesis abstracts will be edited and documented will be ready D)Preparation of seminar compilation Draft of seminar abstracts Seminars delivered by students will be documented will be ready /publish 2. II A) Teaching

Advances in insect toxicology Delivery of 15 lectures

B) Preparation of Laboratory manual Draft of unit-II and unit-III Writing of unit-II & unit-III of the manual will be ready C) Documentation of thesis abstracts 35 M.Sc. thesis abstracts will be edited and Draft of thesis abstracts will be documented ready

D)Preparation of seminar compilation Draft of seminar abstracts Seminars delivered by students will be documented will be ready 3. III A) Teaching

Post Harvest Entomology Delivery of 18 Lectures

B) Preparation of Laboratory manual Draft of unit-IV and unit-V Writing of unit-IV & unit-V of the manual will be ready C) Documentation of thesis abstracts

35 M.Sc. thesis abstracts will be edited and Draft of 35 thesis abstracts documented will be ready

D) Preparation of seminar compilation Draft of seminar abstracts Seminars delivered by students will be documented will be ready

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. Sudarshan Singh Thakur B. Address of the Institution where working: ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, Haryana

C.Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Animal Nutrition

D. Date of Start : 18-05-2018

E. Likely date of completion : 17-05-2021

F. Objectives : Teaching of Animal Nutrition & Feed Technology courses and preparation of Instruction Manual on “Analytical Techniques in feed Technology.

G. Significant achievements: i. Three M.V.Sc./Ph.D. courses taught during First Semester 2018-19, three PhD courses and one pre-requisite course taught during Second Semester 2018-19. ii. Two M.V.Sc. courses and one pre –requisite course taught during First Semester-2019-20. iii. Evaluated applications received for international training of Scientists under NAHEP and for Dr. S.K. Sirohi outstanding young scientist award.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i. AN 611(2 credit hours) Energy and Protein ,Theory to M.V.Sc. and PhD Ist year students during Ist Semester of 2018-19 as sole teacher. ii. AN 615, (2 credit hours) Feed Technology, Practical to M.V.Sc. Ist year Students in Ist semester of 2018-19 as a sole teacher. iii. AN 719 (1+0 credit hours) Credit Seminar to Ph.D (Animal Nutrition) students in Ist Semester 2018-19 as a co-teacher. iv. AN 722(1+0 credit hours) Advances in feed Technology, Theory to Ph.D. Animal Nutrition students during IInd Semester 2018-19 as a lead teacher. v. AN 421(2 credit hours) Applied Animal Nutrition, Theory to M.Sc./ M.Tech/ Ph.D. Animal Biotechnology students during IInd Semester 2018-19 as Co teacher. vi. AN 725(2+0 credit hours) New feed resources and toxicants in animal feeding, Theory to Ph.D. Animal Nutrition students during IInd Semester 2018-19 as a Co teacher. vii.AN 729(1+0 credit hours), Credit Seminar to Ph.D. Animal Nutrition students during IInd Semester 2018-19 as co teacher. viii.AN 611(2 credit hours) Energy and Protein, Theory to M.V.Sc. and Ph.D.Ist year students during Ist Semester of 2019-20 as sole teacher. ix. AN 615, Feed Technology, Practical (2 credit hours) to M.V.Sc. Ist year Students during Ist semester of 2019-20 as a sole teacher.

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x. AN-411(2 Credit hours) Fundamentals in Animal Nutrition, Theory to M.Tech./ M.Sc./ Ph.D. Animal Biochemistry and Animal Biotechnology students during Ist Semester 2019-20 as a co teacher.

I. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: The material for preparation of Instruction Manual on “Analytical Techniques in feed Technology” has been collected and is being compiled and processed.

J. Annual action plan(2020-21): i. AN 722 (1+0 credits hours) Advances in feed Technology, Theory to Ph.D. Animal Nutrition students during IInd Semester 2020-21 as a lead teacher. ii. AN 725(2+0 credit hours) New feed resources and toxicants, Theory in animal feeding to PhD Animal Nutrition students during IInd Semester 2020-21 as a co teacher. iii. AN 629 (1 credit hours) Credit Seminar for M.V.Sc students during IInd Semester of 2020-21. iv. AN 611(2 credit hours) Energy and Protein, Theory to M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. Ist year students during Ist Semester of 2020-21(August to Dec.2020) as sole teacher. v. AN 615, Feed Technology Practical (2 credit hours) to M.V.Sc. Ist year Students in first semester of 2020-21 as a sole teacher. vi. AN-411(2 Credit hours ) Fundamentals in Animal Nutrition, Theory to M.Tech/ M.Sc./ PhD Animal Biochemistry and Animal Biotechnology students during Ist Semester 2019-20 as a co teacher.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. G.S. Tiwari

B. Address of the Institution where working: Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Farm Machinery & Power Engineering

D. Date of Start: 1-09-2018

E. Likely date of completion: 31-08-2021

F. Objectives : i. Teaching PG and Ph. D courses at College of Technology and Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur (Raj.). ii. Guiding PG and Ph. D students. iii. Development of instruction material/ practical manual in the field of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering.

G. Significant achievements: Taught PG and Ph. D courses Guided PG and Ph.D Scholars

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i. Soil Dynamics in Tillage and Traction. FMPE -511; 3 (2+1) ii. Testing and Evaluation of Tractors and Farm Equipment. FMPE 521. 3 (2+1). iii. Machinery for Special Farm Operations. FMPE 623. 3 (2+1). iv. Advances in Hydraulic Controls for Agricultural Machines, FMPE-614; (3+0). v. Tractor Design, FMPE 515. 3(2+1).

I. Annual action plan for 2020-21: a) Teaching of courses (i) Testing & Evaluation of Tractors and Farm Equipment (M.Tech.). (ii) Power Hydraulics (M.Tech.). (iii) Tractor Design (M.Tech.). (iv) Soil Dynamics in Tillage & Traction (M.Tech.).

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A.Name of the ICAR - Dr. K Umesha Emeritus Professor:

B. Address of the Institution College of Horticulture, UHS Campus, where working: GKVK Post, Bangaluru – 560 065.

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor: Horticulture (Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops)

D. Date of Start: 31-08-2018

E. Likely date of completion: 30-08-2021

F. Objectives: i. Offering courses to Undergraduate (B.Sc. Hons.), Post graduate (M.Sc. Hort. (PSMA) & Ph. D. Hort. (PSMA)) students of College of Horticulture, Bangalore. ii. Guidance to M.Sc. Hort. (PSMA) & Ph. D. Hort. (PSMA) students. iii.Preparation of manuals, lecture outlines, e-notes, power point presentations for UG & PG courses.

G. Significant achievements: i. Identified varieties and elicitors for profitable cultivation of Black cumin in Bangalore. ii. Identified Centella varieties for hill zone of Karnataka. iii.Molecular and chemo profiling of ginger genotypes . iv. Published research papers in peer reviewed journals (18), conference (1) & contributed one chapter in a book.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): i. PMA 504, Production Technology of Medicinal Crops (2+1). ii. PMA 603, Advances in Production Technology of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops (2+1). iii. PMA 102, Plantation Crops (2+1). iv. DCH 121, Medicinal Plants (1+1).

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided: (M. Sc. / Ph. D.), if any: 5 Ph.D. & 1 M.Sc.

J. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. PPTs of production technology of Medicinal & Aromatic plants listed in PMA 504 & PMA 603 courses. ii. E-learning resources given to students of UG, M.Sc. & Ph.D. iii.Practical manual for PMA 102 has been prepared.

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K. Annual action plan for 2020-21:

Teaching i. For under graduate students: ii. PMA 102 (2+1), Plantation Crops iii. For M.Sc. (Horticulture): iv. PMA 504 (2+1), Production technology of Medicinal Crops v. For Ph.D. Horticulture: vi. PMA 603 (2+1), Advances in Production Technology of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops. vii.Practical manuals for the courses PMA 504 and PMA 603 will be prepared and will be distributed to the students.

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor : Dr. Rishendra Verma

B. Address of the Institution where working : Division of Bacteriology & Mycology, ICAR- IVRI, Izatnagar Distt: Bareilly -243 122 (UP)

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Veterinary Microbiology D. Date of Start : 01-06-2019 E. Likely date of completion : 31-05-2021

F. Objectives: Post Graduate Teaching (M.V.Sc. and Ph.D.) and Mentoring.

G. Significant achievements: I. Taught 4 courses (both theory and practical) in Veterinary Microbiology II. Developed Power Point Presentation of all lectures

H. Course(s) taught* along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

S.No M.V.Sc./Ph.D. Programme Credit Hrs 1. VMC-508 P-1 2. VMC606 T-1 3. VMC-603 T-1 4. VMC-604 P-1 5. VMC606 T-1

*Jointly with other instructors

I. Annual Action Plan (2020-21): S. No. Semester Achievable Targets Quantifiable Outputs

1. II VMC-511 Mycoses T-1 • Theory and 2020- 2021 VMC-512 Mycoses T-2 Practical Jan-Aug M.V.Sc/Ph.D. VMC603 Antibacterial T-1 Courses will be Agents and their Action taught (15+15 classes) VMC604 Antibacterial P-1 Agents and their Action

VMC-606 Bio-safety & T-1 Bio-security in Veterinary Microbiology

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A. Name of the ICAR- Emeritus Professor: Dr. B. L. Yadav B. Address of the Institution where working : S K N Agriculture University, Jobner (Rajasthan) C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor : Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry D. Date of Start: 25.10.2017 E. Likely date of completion : 24.10.2020 F. Objectives : Impart quality education to UG, M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph. D. Students of Soil Science.

G. Significant achievements: i. Imparted quality education to UG, M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph. D. Students. ii. Technical and advanced subject lecture delivered in summer/winter schools and farmers trainings. iii. Visited other universities and ICAR Institutes to conduct interview of Scientists, Viva-voce exam. of Ph.D. and accreditation as member of PRT.

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.):

(1). Courses taught during First Semester (2017-2018): S. No. Class Course No. Title Credit hours

1. M.Sc. (Ag.) SSAC-511 Soil Chemistry 3 (2+1) 2. M.Sc. (Ag.) SSAC -532 Management of problem soils and water 3 (2+1) 3. Ph.D. SSAC--611 Advances in soil fertility 1 (1+0) 4. Ph.D. SSAC--613 Physical chemistry of soil 3 (3+0) Total 10 (2). Courses taught during Second Semester (2017-2018):

Sr. Class Course No. Title Credit No. hours

1. B.Sc. (Hons) RAWE-421 Skill oriented course on soil & water 6 (0+6) Ag. testing and INM 2. M.Sc. (Ag.) SSAC-521 Soil fertility and fertilizer use 2 (2+0) 3. M.Sc. (Ag.) SSAC- 524 Soil, water and air pollution 2 (1+1) 4. Ph.D. SSAC-623 Land use planning and watershed 3 (3+0) management Total 13 (3). Courses taught during First Semester (2018-2019):

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Sr. Class Course No. Title Credit No. hours

1. M.Sc. (Ag.) SSAC-511 Soil Chemistry 3 (2+1) 2. M.Sc. (Ag.) SSAC -532 Management of problem soils and 3 (2+1) water 3. Ph.D. SSAC--611 Advances in soil fertility 1 (1+0) 4. Ph.D. SSAC--613 Physical chemistry of soil 3 (3+0) Total 10 (4). Courses taught during Second Semester (2018-2019):

Sr. Class Course No. Title Credit No. hours

5. M.Sc. (Ag.) SSAC-511 Soil Chemistry 3 (2+1) 6. M.Sc. (Ag.) SSAC -532 Management of problem soils and water 3 (2+1) 7. Ph.D. SSAC--613 Physical chemistry of soil 3 (3+0) Total 09 (5). Courses taught during First Semester (2019-2020):

Sr. Class Course No. Title Credit No. hours

I. Annual action plan for 2020-21:

(a). Courses to be taught in I Semester 2020-2021 (01.07.2020 to 31.12.2020) i. SSAC- 221 Problematic soils and their management Credit hrs.- 2 (UG) ii. SSAC-511 (Soil Chemistry), Credit hrs.- 3 (PG) iii. SSAC-532 (Problematic soils and water and their management), Credit hrs.- 3 (PG) iv. SSAC -613 (Physical Chemistry), Credit hrs.- 3 (Ph.D.)

(b). Courses to be taught in II Semester 2020-2021 (01.01.2021 to 24.10.2021) i. RAWE-421 B.Sc. (Hons.) Ag. Part –IV Skill oriented course on Soil, water testing and INM, Credit hrs.- 6 (UG) ii. SSAC-524 (Soil, water and Air pollution), Credit hrs.- 3 (PG) iii. SSAC-623 (Land use planning and watershed management), Credit hrs.- 3 (Ph.D.)

(c). Guiding of three M.Sc (Ag.) and Ph.D students each, respectively. (d). Revision of practical manual and research papers to be published. (e). Impart the entrepreneurship to students through Experiential learning unit.

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A. Name of the ICAR - Dr. Robinson J.J. Abraham Emeritus Professor:

B. Address of the Institution Dept. of Livestock Products Technology where working: (Meat Science) Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai- 7, Tamil Nadu

C. Discipline of the Emeritus Professor: Livestock Products Technology (Meat Science)

D. Date of Start: 01-06-2018

E. Likely date of completion: 31-05-2021

F. Objectives: i. Preparation of lecture notes and practical manual for PG and Ph.D students of LPT (Meat Science) ii. Survey on animals in Chennai city for diseases and condition iii. Involving suitable system for by-product utilization I Chennai city

G. Significant achievements: i. One practical manual and one lecture notes for LPT Course No. 605, Abattoir and poultry processing practical was prepared ii. A survey was conducted on animals slaughtered at Chennai city iii. Proforma for live Animal grading sheep/Goats were developed iv. A survey on diseases and conditions affecting sheep and goats slaughtered in Chennai city were done

H. List of Course(s) taught along with credit hours (UG/PG/Ph.D.): LPT 605 Abattoir and Poultry Processing (1+1) for PG

I. No. of students Guided / co-guided: (M.Sc. / Ph.D.), if any: Co-guiding one M.V.Sc student

J. Success story, if any (in not more than 500 words):

K. Instructional material/text book(s) including e-learning resources developed: i. First time in Tamil language a book on ‘Iraichi Arivial Thozhilnuitpangal’ was prepared for which Tamil Peravai of TANUVAS prize awarded ii. “Hygienic processing of meat and value added meat products” an instructional book is being prepared

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