KRISHI (Knowledge Based Resources Information Systems Hub for Innovation in Agriculture)
https://krishi.icar.gov.in/
- Nodal Officer: Dr. N. Uttam Singh
- Co-Nodal Officer:
KRISHI is an initiative of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to bring its knowledge resources to all stakeholders at one place. The portal is being developed as a centralized data repository system of ICAR consisting of Technology, Data generated through Experiments/ Surveys/ Observational studies, Geo-spatial data, Publications, Learning Resources etc. At the institute level KRISHI is being maintained by a team of scientists led by a nodal officer who has been given authenticated access. Issues encountered by the scientists of the institute in accessing the system is resolved by the said team.
ICAR Knowledge Management Portal
https://iims.icar.gov.in/Institute_SMD3.aspx
- Nodal Officer: Dr. N. Uttam Singh
ICAR-Portal is an integrated system which provides information on all institutions/ Regional Centres and KVKs under a single roof. This system has reduced the dependence of administration on the use of Institutional, Regional Centres and KVKs during cultivation of Institutional data and financial/budgeting data. It also provides information on AICRP project, major achievements, RAC/IRC/IMC/QRT meeting, land assets and RMPs which provides a Master Monitoring system to higher authority or nodal Officer to keep an eagle eye on the institute activities as well as the Institutional network and availability of employee on particular institute. At the institute level this portal is being maintained by a team of scientists led by a nodal officer who has been given authenticated access. Issues encountered by the scientists of the institute in accessing the system is resolved by the said team.
ASRB Online Examination Centre
- Nodal Officer: Dr. N. Uttam Singh
- Co-Nodal Officer:
- Technical: Mr. Swaroop Sharma
- : Mr. S.E. Nongroom
- : Mr. Jesterfield Lanstiah
Under the project “Developing, Commissioning, Operating and Managing an online system for NET/ARS - Prelim Examination in ASRB, ICAR” ASRB had taken a lead in transforming from pen and paper examination to computer-based test for NET and ARS (Preliminary) examinations with objectives to bring efficiency, accuracy, fairness, and to improve the overall quality of examination system. The institute has been one of the 23 partners of the project across the country. The 100 capacity Examination Centre of the institute is well equipped with servers, desktops, LAN, furniture, power backups and AC Units. This facility has been being used not only by ASRB but also for other examinations conducted by ICAR. The first complete online examination was conducted successfully for NET-2014(1) from 26th March, 2014 to 4th April, 2014. At present a team of scientists and technical Officer look after the centre for its maintenance and conduct of online examination.
Agricultural Statistics:
List of working equipments with charges for facilities available for outside users:-
- 1. An AC lab of 10 computers (installed SAS) along with projector and UPS backup of 2.30 hrs. with internet facility. Charge to use the lab with internet facility for one day is Rs 5000/- only.
- 2. Available Books and manuals to use different modules of SAS (each copy of these books and manuals are also distributed to the nodal centre, regional centre and other NARS organizations in NE Region)
- 3. SAS Software depot of 67 GB is available in the lab. Anybody in NARS can get installed the software in their official machines free of cost. The software is also distributed to all the nodal centre of this centre and users also can get the software from the nodal centre.
- 4. One photocopier, printers and scanner are also available. All the above mentioned equipments and facilities are available under the NAIP component 1 project “Strengthening Statistical Computing for NARS”
Entomology:
List of working equipments with charges for facilities available for outside users:-
| Sl. No. | Name of the instrument | Charges for outside user |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | HPLC | Rs. 5,000 per sample |
| 2. | Spectrophotometer | Rs. 500 per sample |
| 3. | Microscope with digital photography (25X) (Lica) | Rs. 50 per slide |
| 4. | Water Purification system (milipore) | Rs. 50 per litre of water |
| 5. | UV chamber | Rs. 50 per hour |
| 6. | Potash Tower | Rs. 50 per spraying |
Plant Breeding:
List of Working Equipments:-
| 1. ABI310 genetic analyser | 11. Grain husker | 21. Real Time PCR machine |
| 2. Biolistic particle delivery system | 12. Grain polisher | 22. Refrigerated centrifuge |
| 3. BOD incubator | 13. Ice machine | 23. Research microscope with fluorescence attachment |
| 4. Deep freezer (-20C) | 14. Inverted microscope | 24. Shaking incubator |
| 5. Deep freezer (-80C) | 15. Laminar airflow | 25. SPAD meter |
| 6. Electronic balance | 16. Leaf area meter | 26. Spectrophotometer |
| 7. Electrophoresis system | 17. Moisture meter | 27. Stereo zoom microscope |
| 8. Electroporator | 18. Nitrogen analysis system | 28. Vacuum evaporator |
| 9. Gel documentation system | 19. PCR machine | 29. Water purification system |
| 10. Generator | 20. Power tiller |
Soil Science:
Equipments availability with charges for external users:-
| Sl. No. | Equipments | Charges(Rs / Sample) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | pH meter | 50/slide |
| 2. | Digestion block (For soil & plant sample digestion) | 100 |
| 3. | Distillation assembly (For Nitrogen analysis) | 50 |
| 4. | Photoelectric colorimeter | 50 |
| 5. | Flame photometer | 50 |
| 6. | Turbidity meter | 50 |
| 7. | Organic carbon estimation assembly | 50 |
| 8. | Calcium, Magnesium estimation assembly | 50 |
| 9. | Exchangeable aluminum and acidity estimation assembly | 50 |
| 10. | Bulk density estimation assembly | 50 |
| 11. | Buyoucous hydrometer cum texture estimation assembly | 150 |
| 12. | Pressure plate membrane assembly | 150 |
| 13. | Geodar apparatus | 100 |
Plant Pathology:
List of working equipment/ services/trainings and charges:-
| Sl. No. | Equipment/ services/training | Charges (Rs.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Microscopy and digital photography | 50/slide |
| 2. | Milli Q Water-purification system | 50/liter |
| 3. | Laminar flow | 50/hr |
| 4. | Mushroom cultivation training | 1000/candidate (excluding food, transport & lodging) |
| 5. | Spawn production training | 1500/ candidate |
| 6. | Potash Tower | Rs. 50 per spraying |
IGNOU(Indira Gandhi National Open University) Programme Study Centre, ICAR, Umiam (1860 P)
- Programme Incharge: Dr. N. Uttam Singh
- Assistant: Ms. Mary A. Laloo
The Indira Gandhi National Open University was established on September 19, 1985 and its School of Agriculture (SoA) was established in 2005 with a mission to improve and sustain the quality of human life and productivity of agriculture and allied sectors through Open and Distance Learning (ODL). The vision of the school is to extend out reach of agriculture education by harnessing convergence between ODL and conventional system through national and international linkages. IGNOU, ICAR Programme Study Centre was established in the year 2008 under IGNOU Regional Centre, Shillong to launch specialized academic programmes particularly in agriculture and allied sectors, education, professional, vocational and other related fields. Providing support services to learners for these academic programmes necessitates special facilities, laboratories, etc. Many times, such facilities may not be available at some of the Regular Study Centres. Therefore, IGNOU identifies institutions which have the academic expertise and infrastructure to provide support services specific to the learners of a particular academic programme. Modalities for establishment of Programme Study Centres are the same as those followed for establishment of Regular Study Centres.
The Programmes offered in IGNOU, ICAR Programme Study Centre are:- 1) Post Graduate Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management (PGDFSQM)
- 2) Post Graduate Certificate in Agriculture Policy (PGCAP)
- 3) Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits and Vegetables (DVAPFV)
- 4) Diploma in Dairy Technology (DDT)
- 5) Diploma in Production of Value Added Products from Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds (DPVCPO)
- 6) Diploma in Watershed Management (DWM)
- 7) Certificate in Water Harvesting and Management (CWHM)
- 8) Certificate in Poultry Farming (CPF)
- 9) Certificate in BeeKeeping (CIB)
- 10) Certificate in Organic Farming (COF)
The ICAR Programme Study Centre is headed by a Programme In charge (PIC) Dr. N. Uttam Singh, Scientist (Agril. Stat.) and assisted by Ms. Mary A. Laloo. In IGNOU, the functions of an Academic Counsellor are well defined. The counsellor guides the learners for timely completion of course. The list of IGNOU Academic Counsellors at ICAR:
| Former Counsellors | Existing Counsellors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Programme Code | Name | Programme Code |
| Dr. A. K. Tripathi, Former PIC | DVAPFV,COF,DPVCPO, PGCAP, DWM | Dr. N. A. Deshmukh | DVAPFV, DPVCPO |
| Dr. S. V. Ngachan | PGCAP | Dr. B. K. Sethy | CWHM |
| Dr. Amit Nath | DVAPFV, DPVCPO | Dr. S. Doley | DWM |
| Dr. Arvind Kumar | DVAPFV, DWM | Dr. D. M. Firake | CIB |
| Dr. N. S. Azad Thakur | COF, CIB | Er. H. Dayananda Singh | CWHM, DWM |
| Dr. Santosh Hunshi | CPF | Dr. Pankaj Kr. Sinha | PGCAP |
| Dr. D. Kumar | CIB | Dr. Bagish Kumar | PGCAP |
| Er. R. K. Singh | DVAPFV, CWHM,DWM | Dr. Samir Das | PGDFSQM |
| Dr. B. U. Choudhury | COF, DWM | Er. H. Jiten Singh | DVAPFV |
| Dr. Pramod Singh | CPF, DWM | Mrs. Anjoo Yumnam | COF, CPF, DWM, DVAPFV, DDT |
| Dr. Anup Das | COF, CWHM, DWM | Dr. M. Thoithoi Devi | COF, CWHM, DWM |
| Dr. K. Saikia | CIB | Dr. G. Kadirvel | DDT |
| Dr. R. K. Patel | DWM | Dr. R. Sanjukta | CPF |
| Dr. Rachna Pandey | CIB | Dr. S. Ruth Assumi | DVAPFV, PGDFSQM |
| Dr. A. K. Jha | DWM | ||
| Dr. I. Shakuntala Devi | CPF | ||
| Dr. Aniruddha Roy | DWM | ||
| Dr. Ashok Kumar | CPF, DWM | ||
| Dr. R. M. Bordoloi | DWM, PGCAP | ||
| Dr. G. C. Munda | COF | ||
| Dr. Patiram | COF | ||
| Dr. S. Mandal | COF | ||
| Dr. A. Kumaresan | COF | ||
| Er. D. K. Sonwal | CWHM | ||
| Dr. M. R. Verma | PGCAP | ||
| Mrs. Snigdha R. Baruah | DVAPFV | ||
| Mrs. Eliza C. Syiemlieh | DVAPFV |
The University follows two academic cycles for student registration, one begins in January and ends in December and the second starts in July and ends in following June. The lists of no. of students enrolled in ICAR from 2008 till January 2019 are as follows:
| No. of students | Year (session) | Programme Code |
|---|---|---|
| 3 nos. | 2008 | DVAPFV |
| 10 nos. | 2009 | COF, DVAPFV |
| 8 nos. | 2010 | COF, DVAPFV, CIB |
| 4 nos. | 2011 | CIB, COF, DWM |
| 2 nos. | 2012 | DWM |
| 2 nos. | 2013 | CWHM |
| 9 nos. | 2014 | DWM, COF, CIB, DVAPFV |
| 4 nos. | 2015 (Jan) | CIB, CPF |
| 7 nos. | 2015 (July) | DWM, PGCAP, CIB, COF, DVAPFV |
| 2 nos. | 2016 (Jan) | CPF, CIB |
| 7 nos. | 2016 (July) | CIB, CPF, CWHM, DVAPFV, DWM |
| 1 no. | 2017 (Jan) | CPF |
| 9 nos. | 2017 (July) | DVAPFV, COF, DDT, CPF, CWHM, DWM, PGDFSQM |
| 12 nos. | 2018 (Jan) | COF, CPF |
| 9 nos. | 2018 (July) | CIB, COF, CPF |
| 7 nos. | 2019 (Jan) | CIB, CPF, PGDFSQM |
| 9 nos. | 2018 (July) | CIB, COF, CPF |