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Research Divisions
Soil Physics
Dr. N.K. Lenka, HOD,
Email: Narendra.Lenka[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in
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major focus of research of this division is on enhancing/
sustaining soil quality, productivity and input use efficiency
through studies on conservation tillage, interaction of
water and nutrient/ tillage, crop diversification, rain-water
harvesting and moisture conservation, simulation models
for water and nutrient transmission and uptake, management
of soil physical properties, soil aggregation dynamics,
soil organic carbon conservation and sequestration in relation
climate change etc.
The divisional laboratory is equipped with sophisticated
equipments (pressure plate apparatus, sand box, neutron
moisture meter, depth density gauge, Guelph permeameter,
K-permeameter, rainfall simulator, wet sieving apparatus,
root scanner and image analysis system, automatic runoff
recorder and sediment collection, automatic weather station
etc.)
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Soil Chemistry and Fertility
Dr. Sanjib Kumar Behera, HOD,
Email: Sanjib.Behera[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in
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The Division is poised to play a key role
in meeting out the challenges enumerated in the vision 2050
of the institute, especially, the challenges for ensuring
food and nutritional security from shrinking land resources
and achieving self reliance in crop fertilization through
indigenous mineral and by-product sources. The Division
will also be playing a key role in generating wisdom, and
techniques for sustaining soil health and improving nutrient
use efficiency through precision agriculture, nanotechnology
and biotechnology. Besides, the Division will continue to
collaborate with scientists from other divisions in meeting
out the challenges of characterizing and conserving large
soil-biodiversity for appropriate deployment in agriculture;
developing efficient technologies of waste recycling; maintaining
soil quality and ecological balance, and developing energy
efficient agriculture, carbon sequestration etc..
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Soil Biology
Dr. S. R. Mohanty, HOD,
Email: mohantywisc[at]gmail[dot]com
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 Division
of Soil Biology is entrusted with responsibility to undertake
research on maintaining soil biodiversity in agro-ecosystem.
Soil biochemical attributes and produce quality indices,
development of technologies of recycling of various C: N
ratio wastes, assessment of soil quality parameters, quality
of organic pools, soil C/C sequestration under different
agro system, characterization of functional communities
of soil organisms and microbial biodiversities have been
taken up as major programme of research.
Important equipments in this divisional laboratory
include HPLC, GLC, laminar flow, BOD incubator, research
microscope with camera and CCTV system, automatic media
distributor, incubator shaker and other basic facilities
like muffle furnace, vacuum driver, water purification system,
Gerhardt block digester and inoculation room.
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Environmental Soil Science
Dr. Tapan Adhikari, HOD,
Email: tapan_12000[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
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Division is entrusted with the responsibility to create
a database on the extent of soil pollution due to indiscriminate
use of fertilizers, city, industrial and agricultural wastes
for crop production and to develop suitable prescriptions
and technologies for safe recycling of these wastes into
agriculturally productive soils. The division is also engaged
in evaluating sink capacity of soils for heavy metal pollutants
and major environmental issues related to organic farming.
The divisional laboratory is equipped with
the equipments like, Polarographic analyzer, Water analyzer,
Soxlet apparatus, BOD and COD analyzer, Infra red gas analyzer
(IRGA), Water potential system, TLC, Ion chromatograph,
UV-visible spectrophotometer, N distillation system, Flame
photometer, Nephalometer besides other basic facilities.
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Remote Sensing and GIS Section
Dr. Nishant K. Sinha, In-Charge,
Email: nishant.sinha[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in
The Remote sensing and GIS laboratory has been established
to disseminate knowledge of geospatial technologies in natural resource
management and to support advanced research and education in environmental
remote sensing, GIS, spatial analysis and modeling. The laboratory
is well equipped with work stations, digitiser, plotter, ArcGIS,
ERDAS Imagine and SPSS. It provides state-of-art facility for GIS,
image processing, modelling, statistical analysis and visualisation.
PME Cell (Prioritisation,
Monitoring and Evaluation Cell)
Dr. R. Elanchezhian, In-Charge,
Email: elanchezhian.r[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in
PME Cell is undertaking the coordinated compilation
of following activities:
- To coordinate and synthesize the recommendations of QRT,
RAC, IRC, Vision documents of institute and ICAR to recommend
research priorities of the institution for shortlisting priority
researchable problems across crop(s)/divisions/programmes, commodity/livestock
etc. at institution level. (Priority setting).
- Annual updating and presenting the report to the Director
of the institution for assigning research projects.
- To coordinate and arrange for annual monitoring of each
ongoing projects and evaluation of completed projects through
internal and external experts.
- To coordinate and arrange for technology validation and/or
impact assessment of successful technology claimed by scientist(s)
through internal and external experts.
- Regularity sensitizing and capacity building of research
managers and scientists through training programmes.
- Maintaining a database on all publications, technology development,
IPRs, consultancies, projects undertaken in the past 10 years
and ongoing projects.
Manpower
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Name |
Present Designation |
Date of joining ICAR |
Email ID |
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Dr. R. Elanchezhian |
Pr. Scientist & I/c PME Cell |
09-11-1998 |
elanchezhian.r[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in; pmecelliiss[at]gmail[dot]com |
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Mr. Sanjay Kumar Kori |
Personal Assistant |
03.01.2012 |
sanjay.kori[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in |
Proforma to be submitted to PME Cell by author(s)
for forwarding
research manuscript for publication in research journals
Proforma to be submitted to PME Cell by author(s)
for forwarding
abstract/full paper for presentation to the National/International
seminar/symposia/conference etc.
CR - I of IISS
CR - II of IISS
CS - I of IISS
CS - II of IISS
RPPs Annexures
Status Report & RPP-I of IISS
RPP-II of IISS
RPP-III of IISS
Agricultural Knowledge Management
Unit (AKMU)
Dr. Nishant K. Sinha, In-Charge,
Email: nishant.sinha[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in
Agricultural Knowledge Management Unit (AKMU) is
equipped with all modern facilities to provide e-mail connectivity
and browsing facility through Internet to all the scientists and
officials. Local Area Network (LAN) Server has been connected to
Internet through our own VSAT. LAN is in operation with 75 nodes.
AKMU is maintaining its own e-mail server (iiss) using Linux (Red
Hat 9.0). E-mail accounts of all the scientists and officials have
been created. The AKMU is also engaged in creating database related
to soil nutrients. Home page and website for the Institute have
been launched.
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Library, Information
and Documentation services
Mrs. Nirmala Mahajan,
In-Charge,
Email: nirmala.mahajan[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in
The library is well maintained with
facilities lending, reference service, reprographic services
etc. The Library also exchanges the institute publication
with the other ICAR Institutes, SAUs and renowned Scientists
in the field of Soil Science. The institute library has
been further strengthened with following new additions.
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Documents
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Addition during 2015-16
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Total
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Books
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Nil
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2591
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Bound Journals
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Nil
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2555
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Annual Reports
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99
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2251
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Foreign journals subscribed
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3
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3
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Indian journals subscribed
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19
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19
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library is well maintained with the facilities of Document
Lending Service, Reference service, Reprographic Service.
During this year, library has acquired AGRIS database of
FAO under the NATP scheme in order to strengthen the library.
The library is already having SOIL-CD on the CD media and
is providing search facilities to users. The databases of
books, annual reports, and other documents are being maintained
on Window version of CDS/ISIS, i.e., WINISIS. Current Awareness
Service (CAS) is also being provided to the users by content
page of the journal(s).
Infrastructure
Development
Screen House
The institute has developed two screen houses
for providing facilities to conduct pot experiments as per
the requirement of different research projects.
Conference Hall
The institute has well furnished and air-conditioned
conference room with a sitting capacity of 120 persons.
It has an excellent conferencing facility consisting of
audio system with detachable cable mounted microphones,
audio-visual projection systems with DLP technology based
multimedia projector. Stand by arrangements of slide projector
and overhead projector have also been made.
Conference Hall
A well-furnished and air conditioned committee
room equipped with audio system with detachable cable mounted
microphones, audio-visual projection systems with multimedia
projector, computer and stand by arrangemnets of slide projector
and overhead projector has been developed to facilitate
the organisation of meeting, group discussions and seminars.
The committee room has total sitting capacity for 65 persons.
Training/ Referral Soil Testing Laboratory
 The
laboratory has been established to develop new methods or
modify existing methods of soil and plant analysis and to
provide refresher training to personnels of state/central/private
organisations involved in the analysis. It also provides
facilities for analytical quality check among the laboratories
through sample exchange. All the routine facilities for
soil and plant analysis including distillation unit, spectrophotometer,
flame photometer, precision balance are available in the
laboratory.
Other Facilities
In addition to the above facilities the Institute
also have facilities like Training hostel, Staff Recreation
club, Indoor/Out door Games etc.
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