Right to Information (RTI)
1.7 Boards, Councils, Committees and other Bodies constituted as part of the public Authority [Section 4(1)(b)(viii)]
| 1.7.1 | Name of Boards, Council, Committee etc. |
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| 1.7.2 | Composition | QRT QRT is constituted for every five years by ICAR to review the activities of the Academy. Present QRT RAC The RAC is constituted by the ICAR as per ICAR by-laws. RAC has two persons representing agricultural/ rural interests on the Institute Management Committee in terms of Rule 66(a)(5) for the period of their membership of the Management Committee, who take active part in the deliberations and decisions of these Committees. Present RAC IMC Director is the chairman of the committee and Administrative Officer is its member secretary. The members of the committee include experts and 2 farmers’ representatives. The committee is constituted by the ICAR. Present IMC IRC Director is the chairman of IRC and all scientific staff members are members and one senior level scientist is designated as Member Secretary who is responsible for conducting the meeting of IRC. The institute conducts at least two meetings of the IRC every year, one at the respective divisional /sectional level and the other one at the Institute level. The new research project proposals are examined and discussed among the scientists at length before formal approval. Also the achievements of the on-going research projects are discussed and mid-course corrections, if any are suggested. BoS Director is the chairman of BoS and selected scientists are its members and Officer In-charge, Post Graduate Education and Training (PGE&T) Section is its member secretary. Present BoS |
| 1.7.3 | Dates from which constituted |
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| 1.7.4 | Term / Tenure |
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| 1.7.5 | Powers and functions |
QRT The term of reference for the QRT of the Institute. RAC The powers and functions of the Research Advisory Committee are as follows:
IMC The powers and functions of the Management Committee are as follows :-
Institute Research Council – It was earlier called as Staff Research Council (SRC). All the scientists are its members. The powers and functions of the Institute Research Council are as follows :
BoS The Board of Studies is responsible for overseeing the curriculum design, implementation and evaluation of the post graduate diploma programmes and any other job assigned by director. The BoS also looks into allocation of students to the faculty members for conducting students’ research. |
| 1.7.6 | Whether their meetings are open to the public? | No |
| 1.7.7 | Whether the minutes of the meetings are open to the public? | No |
| 1.7.8 | Place where the minutes if open to the public are available? | NA |
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