ICAR-indian agricultural research institute

Administration

The Institute is a constituent unit of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, which is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1960. The Director is the principal executive officer of the Institute. The Institute has five main bodies which are responsible for broad policy matters and decision making in the field of research, post-graduate education and training, extension education and administration.

The smooth functioning of the Institute activities is ensured by the Institute’s Management Committee with the Director as the administrative head. Three Joint Directors, viz., Joint Director (Research), Dean and Joint Director (Education), and Joint Director (Extension) dealing with research, teaching and extension provide complete support to the Director. The Joint Director (Administration) and the Comptroller/ Chief Finance and Account Officer provide support in the administration and finance of the Institute. The Board of Management, Research Advisory Committee, Executive Council, Academic Council, Extension Council and Staff Research Council facilitate the smooth functioning of the Institute with their support in various ways. The two other important statutory bodies for the smooth functioning of the Institute are the Joint Staff Council and Institute Grievance Cell.

Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao
Director & Vice Chancellor

Dr. Anupama Singh
Joint Director (Education) & Dean

Dr. Viswanathan Chinnusamy

Joint Director (Research)

Dr. R.N.Padaria
Joint Director (Extension)

Sh. Rajeev Lal

Joint Director(Admn.) & Sr. Registrar

Sh. Avesh Yadav

Comptroller

Members of Board of Management of IARI

Chairman

Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao
Director, ICAR-IARI

Members

Dr. Anupama Singh
Joint Director (Education) & Dean
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. Triveni Dutt
Director, ICAR-IVRI
Bareilly-243122 (UP)
Shri Badri Narayan
49-Gyatri Nagar-1
Toan Road, Sanganer
Jaipur-302018 (Rajasthan)

Dr. C. Viswanathan
Joint Director (Research)
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. R.N. Padaria
Joint Director (Extension)
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. Sanjay Singh Rathore
Head, Division of Agronomy
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. Alka Singh
Head, Division of Agricultural Economics
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. P.K. Sahoo
Head, Division of Agricultural Engineering
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. Gopala Krishnan S.
Head, Division of Genetics
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. M.S. Saharan
Head, Division of Plant Pathology
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. Gyan Mishra
Head, Division of Seed Science and Technology
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Dr. A.K. Singh
Vice Chancellor
Rani Laxmi Bai Central Agricultural University
Jhansi (UP)

Dr. P.K. Singh
Agriculture Commissioner
Room No. 223
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi

Dr. G.K. Koutu
Director (Research Services)
Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Jabalpur (MP)

Dr. S.K. Pahuja
Dean, College of Agriculture
Chaudhary Charan Sing Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar (Haryana)

Ms. Alka Nangia Arora / (or her nominee)

Additional Secretary (DARE) & Financial Advisor (ICAR)
Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-110001

Shri Anil Kumar Singh, IAS

Commissioner (Development)

Development Department, GNCT of Delhi

5/9, Under Hill Road, Delhi-110054

Member - Secretary

Sh. Rajeev Lal
Sr. Registrar and Joint Director (Admn.)
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Chairman
Director & Vice Chancellor, IARI

Members

Joint Director(Admn.) & Sr. Registrar, IARI

Joint Director (Education) & Dean, IARI	Head Post Harvest Technology IARI
Joint Director (Research), IARI	Head, Plant Pathology, IARI
Joint Director (Extension), IARI	Head Biochemistry, IARI
National Fellow, Agricultural Chemicals, IARI	Head, Agricultural Economics, IARI
Head, Vegetable Science, IARI	Director, Directorate of Floricultural, New Delhi
Head, IARI Regional Station, Shimla	Head, Regional Station, Karnal
Head, Microbiology, IARI	DDG (CS), ICAR, Krishi Bhawan
Member-Secretary To be Announce Joint Director(Admn.) & Sr. Registrar, IARI

Constitution of the Academic Council, IARI

i)	Director & Vice Chancellor ICAR-IARI	Chairperson	Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao
ii)	Dean & Jt. Director (Edn.), ICAR-IARI	Vice-Chairperson	Dr. Anupama Singh
iii)	Deputy Director General (Edn.), ICAR	Member	Dr. R.C. Agrawal
iv)	Directors of sister institutes and nodal coordinator Directors, ICAR-IARI hubs	Members	Dr. Rajender Parsad Director, ICAR-IASRI Dr. G. P. Singh Director, ICAR-NBPGR Dr. R.C. Bhattacharya Director, ICAR-NIPB Dr. C.R. Mehta Director, ICAR-CIAE, nodal coordinator, IARI Bhopal hub Dr. P.K. Ghosh Director, NIBSM, Raipur; nodal coordinator, IARI Raipur hub Dr. Sujay Rakshit Director, IIAB, Ranchi; nodal coordinator, IARI Ranchi hub Dr. K. Sammi Reddy Director, NIASM, Baramati; nodal coordinator, IARI Baramati hub Dr. V.K. Singh Director, CRIDA, Hyderabad; nodal coordinator, IARI Hyderabad hub Dr. Y.G. Prasad Director, CICR, Nagpur; nodal coordinator, IARI Nagpur hub Dr. A.K. Nayak Director, NRRI, Cuttack; nodal coordinator, IARI Cuttack hub Dr. Gouranga Kar Director, CRIJAF, Kolkata; nodal coordinator, IARI Kolkata hub Dr. V.K. Mishra Director, RCNEH Umiam, Shillong; nodal coordinator, ICAR-IARI Shillong hub Dr. Rasappa Viswanathan Director, IISR, Lucknow; nodal coordinator, ICAR-IARI Lucknow hub Dr. O.P. Yadav Director, CAZRI, Jodhpur; nodal coordinator, ICAR-IARI Jodhpur hub Dr. Anup Das Director, RCER-Patna, nodal coordinator, ICAR-IARI Patna hub Dr. T.K. Behera Director, ICAR-IIHR; nodal coordinator, IARI Bengaluru hub Dr. Ratan Tiwari Director, IIWBR, Karnal; nodal coordinator, ICAR-IARI Karnal hub
v)	Joint Director (Res.), ICAR-IARI	Member	Dr. C. Viswanathan
	Joint Director (Extn.), ICAR-IARI	Member	Dr. R.N. Padaria
vi)	Four Eminent Scientists/ (Out-side Members)	Members	Dr. A.K. Singh Former Vice Chancellor RVSKVV, Gwalior, M.P. Dr. A.K. Singh Vice-Chancellor Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, U.P. Dr. H.C. Sharma Former VC, YSPUHF, Nauni, Solan Dr. N.S. Rathore Former VC, MPUAT, Udaipur and Former DDG (Edn.), ICAR New Delhi
vii)	Project Director, Water Technology Centre	Member	Dr. P.S. Brahmanand Water Technology Centre
vii)	Professors of teaching disciplines at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi	Members	Dr. (Ms.) Suman Gupta Professor, Agricultural Chemicals Dr. Pramod Kumar Professor, Agricultural Economics Dr. A.K. Mishra Professor, Agricultural Engineering Dr. M.S. Nain Professor, Agricultural Extension Dr. (Ms.) P. Krishnan Professor, Agricultural Physics Dr. (Ms.) Cini Varghese Professor, Agricultural Statistics Dr. Y.S. Shivay Professor, Agronomy Dr. Anil Dahuja Professor, Biochemistry Dr. (Ms.) Sarika Professor, Bioinformatics Dr. (Ms.) Alka Arora Professor, Computer Application Dr. Subramaniam S. Professor, Entomology Dr. D.K. Sharma Professor, Environmental Science Dr. K.P. Singh Professor, Floriculture and Landscaping Dr. Radha Mohan Sharma Professor, Fruit Science Dr. H.K. Dikshit Professor, Genetics and Plant Breeding Dr. Rajeev Kaushik Professor, Microbiology Dr. (Ms.) Jasdeep Chatrath Padaria Professor, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Dr. Anil Sirohi Professor, Nematology & M.O.H.R Dr. Sunil Archak Professor, Plant Genetic Resources Dr. Aundy Kumar Professor, Plant Pathology Dr. (Ms.) Anjali Anand Professor, Plant Physiology Dr. Ram Asrey Professor, Post Harvest Management Dr. T.J. Purakayastha Professor, Soil Science Dr. R.K. Yadav Professor, Vegetable Science Dr. (Ms.) Susama Sudhishree Professor, Water Science and Technology
viii)	Professors (UG)	Members	Dr. T.K. Das Professor, B.Sc. (Agriculture) Dr. (Ms.) Rashmi Singh Professor, B.Sc. (Community Science) Dr. D.K. Singh Professor, B.Tech. (Agril. Engineering) Dr. …………….. Professor, B.Tech. (Biotechnology)
ix)	Associate Dean PG Affairs	Member	Dr. Atul Kumar
x)	Associate Dean UG Affairs	Member	Dr. Harshawardhan Choudhary
xi)	Associate Dean International Affairs	Member	Dr. K.K. Vinod
xii)	Associate Dean Hubs/Off campuses and sister Institutes/constituent colleges and Professor, SST	Member	Dr. (Ms.) Monika A. Joshi
xiii)	Associate Dean Student Opportunities, Outreach and New Initiatives	Member	Dr. M.R. Khan
xiv)	Associate Dean Placement Cell	Member	Dr. (Ms.) Arti Bhatia
xv)	Controller of Examinations	Member	Dr. Akshay Talukdar
xvi)	Comptroller	Member	Shri Avesh Yadav
xvii)	Elected Faculty Representative	Members	Dr. Harshawardhan Choudhary Pr. Scientist, Vegetable Science Dr. Sandeep Kumar Lal Pr. Scientist, Seed Science & Technology
xviii)	Incharge, IARI Library	Member	Shri Deep Chand
xix)	Elected Students of PGSSU (2)	Members	Shri Sudhir Bhinchar President PGSSU Shri B. Sharatchandra Students' Representative to the Academic Council
xx)	Senior Registrar & Joint Director (Admn.)	Member-Secretary	Shri Rajeev Lal

Members of Research Advisory Committee of IARI (As on 20.08.2024)

Name	Designation
Prof. Sudhir K. Sopory Emeritus Senior Scientist International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	Chairman
Dr. Surinder Singh Banga DAE Raja Ramanna Fellow and Professor(Honorary Adjunct). Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana- 141004. Punjab	Member
Prof. Kailash Chander Bansal Former Director. NBPGR. New Delhi
Dr. P.S. Naik Former Director, ICAR-IIVR, Varanasi
Dr. M.R. Dinesh Former Director, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru
Dr. Biswapati Mandal Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor. BC KV, Kalyani
Dr. Vijay Paul Sharma Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices(CACP)
Dr. Surinder Tikoo Co-Founder and Director Research-Breeding and Development, Hyderabad
Prof. Appa Rao Fodile Former vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, Senior Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Director, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi	Member
Deputy Director General(Crop Science), ICAR	Member
(i) Shri Dharamender Singh Lakra (ii) Dr. Payal Mago Principal, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Science for Women, University of Delhi	Member
Dr. Vishwanathan Chinnusamy Joint Director (research), ICAR-IARI, New Delhi.	Member Secretary

Chairman
Director & Vice Chancellor, IARI

Co-Chairperson
Joint Director (Research), IARI

Members

Deputy Director-General (Crop Science), ICAR	All Heads of Divisions/ Regional Station of IARI
All Project Director/Project Coordinator of IARI	All Principal Investigators of IARI

Member- Secretary Principal Scientist (PME), IARI

Office Order regarding Institute Joint Staff Council(IJSC)

Office Order regarding Institute Grievance Committee(IGC)

SNo.	Name & Designation	Contact Address & Phone Number
1.	Shri Rajan Aggarwal CVO, ICAR, & Director, DARE	Room No.102, First Floor Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 Phone No.-011-23382375
2.	Dr. Manjeet Singh Nain Professor & Vigilance Officer, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi -110012	Professor Division of Agricultural Extension ICAR-IARI New Delhi-110012 Phone No.-9717264950 E-Mail Id: Manjeet[dot]Singh2[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in

Organisation

The highest policy-making body of the Institute is its Board of Management. The Staff Research Council is responsible for the formulation of research projects and monitoring their progress. The Academic Council takes decisions in all matters related to post-graduate education. The Director is the executive and academic head of the Institute, which is also a Deemed-to-be-University and is the ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Management, Executive Council, Academic Council and Extension Council. The Board of Management and the Academic Council are the apex bodies of the Institute, which take decisions on administrative, financial and academic matters. Academic Council, Executive Council, Staff Research Council, Extension Council and various Standing Committees provide the necessary recommendations/suggestions to facilitate the Board of Management to take appropriate decisions. The research activities are monitored by the Joint Director (Research). The Dean and the Joint Director (Education) co-ordinate the academic activities of the Institute. Matters pertaining to extension education of the Institute are executed through the Joint Director (Extension). The Joint Director (Administration) of the Institute provides the necessary support to the Director in taking decisions regarding service matters of both faculty and staff. Matters pertaining to financial and budgetary aspects are channeled through the Chief Finance and Accounts Officer.

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