The National Rice Research Institute has been established since 1966 under

Indian Council of Agricultural Research 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. Th ...

(ICAR) but it was setup on April 23, 1946 at Bidhyadharpur,

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with an experimental farm land of 60 hectares.

Research

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

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* Entomology * Food technology *

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* Plant breeding and genetics *

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and mycology

Site

The site occupies approximately . Many of the scientists are housed on the campus, which includes a co-operative store, co-operative dairy, and a CGHS dispensary. There is also a hostel and in-transit accommodation.

Organisation

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

Notable staff

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

References

External links

Central Rice Research Institute
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