The 92nd foundation day and award ceremony of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research was organised in New Delhi on Thursday, 16th July 2020. Contributions from various institutes, scientists and staff of the ICAR were acknowledged by various awards. Dr Raghavendra Bhatta, Director, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru bagged the prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for outstanding research in the field of Animal Science for the year 2019.
Dr Bhatta’s main work is on the enteric methane emission from Indian Livestock and its amelioration. Recently, he got an Indian patent for his work on methane amelioration. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, was the chief guest, Shri Parshottam Rupala and Shri Kailash Choudhary, Ministers of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare respectively, were the guests of honour on the occasion. Secretary DARE and DG of ICAR, Dr T Mohapatra, gave a brief account of the ICAR and its achievements.
Congratulations Dr. Raghvendra bhatta
Congratulations Sir
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