The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. The Union Minister of Agriculture serves as its president. It is the largest network of agricultural research and education institutes in the world.''India 2016'', "Agriculture" p.93, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, (New Delhi). The committee to Advise on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education (Yashpal Committee, 2009) has recommended setting up of a constitutional body – the National Commission for Higher Education and Research – which would be a unified supreme body to regulate all branches of higher education including agricultural education. Presently, regulation of agricultural education is the mandate of ICAR, Veterinary Council of India (Veterinary sub-discipline) and

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(Forestry sub-discipline).

Milestones

*2006: ICAR represented in the First Governing Body of the FAO Seed Treaty ( ITPGRFA) in Madrid, Spain. *2006: ICAR developed a

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. The vaccine was developed at the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory,

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, the only facility in the country to conduct tests for the

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variant of bird flu. It was entrusted with the task of developing a vaccine by the ICAR after the

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outbreak in February. *2007: Launch of US - India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative. *2008: India-Brazil-South Africa Joint Working Group on Agriculture Initiated. *2009: In December 2009, it announced that it was considering a policy to provide open access to its research. *2009: New and restructured postgraduate curricula & syllabi introduced. *2010: In March 2010, ICAR made its two flagship journals (''Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences'' and ''Indian Journal of Animal Sciences'') as Open Access Journals. *2011: ICAR scientists were the first in the world to sequence the

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. It was an indigenous effort by 31 scientists led by

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of NRCPB. The first draft of the sequence was published in J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. *2013: On 13 September 2013, it announced the Open Access Policy and committed for making all the public funded scholarly research outputs openly available via open access repositories. *2019: ICAR has also published an Integrated Mobile App called KISAAN (Krishi Integrated Solution for Agri Apps Navigation) for Farmers of country Mobile App has interface in 12 Indian Languages.

Accreditation

ICAR provides accreditation to agriculture universities, colleges and programmes, through its accreditation unit, National Agricultural Education Accreditation Board (NAEAB). The board was established in 1996 and given its current name in 2017. The accreditation serves only as a badge of quality assurance. It is not mandatory, is not a form of affiliation or recognition and does not give approval to open an institute or a program. , NAEAB lists only 39 accredited institutes. While ICAR accreditation is voluntary, since 2016-17 it is linked with the release of grants for education quality assurance for State Agricultural Universities. It is also used by some institutes as an affiliation or admission requirements. In September 2021,

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has reinstated affiliation to a college, after previously cancelling the affiliation because the college was not accredited by NAEAB. In 2022, students were not accepted to master's degree at

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because their B.Sc. in Agriculture degree was from an unaccredited private university.

ICAR institutions

, ICAR has following institutions: * 4 Deemed Universities * 65 ICAR Institutions * 14 National Research Centres * 6 National Bureaux * 13 Directorates/Project Directorates

ICAR headquarters

Indian Council of Agricultural Research's headquarters is in New Delhi.

Examination system

All India Entrance Exam for Agriculture (AIEEA) conducted by

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(NTA) is an entrance exam for admission into the agricultural universities recognized by ICAR.

Number of applicants by year

Agricultural Research Service

The Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) conducts all India competitive examination Agricultural Research Service (ARS), to recruit posts in the ARS of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

ICAR awards

ICAR presents the following awards: *

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Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created in 1956 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. The award is named after Indian Independence activist Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. Award ...

* Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Tribal Areas *

Hari Om Ashram Trust Award Hari ( sa, हरि) is among the primary epithets of the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu, meaning 'the one who takes away' (sins). It refers to the one who removes darkness and illusion, the one who removes all obstacles to spiritual progress ...

* Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding doctoral thesis research * Vasantrao Naik Award *

Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Award Lal ( fa, لعل, hi, लाल, bn, লাল, ur, لال, ps, Lāl) is an Indo-Iranian surname and given name, which means "darling", "precious", or "beloved", from the Sanskrit ''lala'' ("cajoling").''Dictionary of American Family Names''F ...

Bharat Ratna Dr C Subramaniam Outstanding Teacher Award Bharat, or Bharath, may refer to: * Bharat (term), the name for India in various Indian languages ** Bharata Khanda, the Sanskrit name for the Indian subcontinent (or South Asia) * Bharata, the name of several legendary figures or groups: ** Bhar ...

Punjab Rao Deshmukh Woman Agricultural Scientist Award Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

Chaudhary Charan Singh Award for Excellence in Journalism in Agricultural Research and Development Chaudhary (or Choudhary ; also: Chaudhuri, Choudhuary, Chowdhury) is a hereditary title mainly in South Asia, mainly used by Jats, Gurjar and Bhumihars. Chowdhury (Hindi: चौधरी/चौधुरी/चौधारी; Urdu: چودھری ...

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* Jagjivan Ram Kisan Puruskar * Swamy Sahajanand Saraswati Extension Scientist/ Worker Award * ICAR Award for Outstanding Multidisciplinary Team Research in Agriculture and Allied Sciences *

National Krishi Vigyan Kendra Award National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

* Dr Rajendra Prasad Puruskar for Technical Books in Hindi in The Field of Agriculture and Allied Sciences *

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for excellence in fruit growing

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Council Of Agricultural Research Agricultural research Organisations based in Delhi 1929 establishments in India Organizations established in 1929