The Indore-based ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research known for the development and promotion of improved soybean production technologies as well as seed varieties among the farmers of soybean-growing states would celebrate its 35th Foundation Day on Thursday at its main campus using virtual mode on zoom app.
The program will begin with a welcome address by Nita Khandekar, Acting Director, ICAR-Indian Soybean Research Institute, and brief research achievements of the institute. During this program, the institute is going to felicitate its retired employees who have contributed to the soybean crop and the overall development of the institute.
The institute is also going to release four kinds of publications on the occasion including “Soyavrtika”- an official language magazine which contains articles, poems, and thoughts of the farmers, researchers, employees of the institute, e-book on “Front Line Demonstration of All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Soybean” leaf folders on “Managing Abiotic Stresses in Soybeans”, “How Farmers Store Soybeans” and “Testing Soybean Seed Germination at the Farmer’s Level” and extension bulletin on "Advanced Methods of Soybean Farming, Latest Methods, and Technical Recommendations".
On this occasion, 7 progressive farmers which are coming under the Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Scheduled Tribes Sub-Plan of the Institute of different districts of Madhya Pradesh will be honored with “Progressive Krishak Samman”.
After this, the special invitee of the Foundation Day program, D.N. Pathak, Executive Director, Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA), and Dr. Sanjeev Gupta, Assistant Director General (Oilseeds and Pulses), ICAR, New Delhi will deliver their addresses. The chief guests of the event will be Dr. Tilak Raj Sharma, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), ICAR, New Delhi, will deliver a second memorial lecture in the series of "Late Prem Swaroop Bhatnagar Memorial Lecture" in remembrance of its Founder Director Prem Swarup Bhatnagar, who even after his retirement devoted his scientific life in establishing and nurturing the institute. In the lecture, he shall be highlighting the latest breeding technologies for soybean improvement.
The function will be presided over by R. R. Hanchinal, Ex-Chairmain of P.P.V. & FR, and Ex-Vice Chancellor of University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. The vote of thanks for the program will be given by Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Principal Scientist, and Organizing Secretary. The program will end after singing the national anthem. After lunch, the cultural programs will be organized at the end of the program.