executive summary - National Dairy Research Institute

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
National Dairy Research Institute is the premier
BUDGET OUTLAYS
research organization of the nation dedicated for
The financial outlays of the Institute in terms of actual
providing Research and Development (R&D) and expenditure for Plan and Non-plan for the year 2012-
Human Resource Development (HRD) support 2013 was ` 13361.52 lakhs and budget sanctioned for
towards dairy development programmes in the country. the year 2012-2013 was ` 13367.50 lakhs, respectively.
Established in 1923 at Bangalore, the headquarters of These figures include the financial outlays for the
the Institute were moved to the present location at strengthening of Deemed University/KVK and
Karnal in 1955. It has two regional stations, one at Regional Stations.
Bangalore and the other at Kalyani for providing
RESEARCH
region-specific support suited to their agro-climatic
conditions. The Institute has the distinction of being a A total number of 72 in-house research projects were in
Deemed University for implementing its educational
operation during the year 2012. In order to strengthen
programmes.
basic and strategic research, World Bank through NAIP
has funded several research projects in consortium
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE mode wherein NDRI is either the Lead Institute or
In consonance with the administrative pattern of the consortium partner. NDRI has been successful in
Deemed University System of the ICAR, the Institute is getting external funding from almost all leading
managed through various policy/decision making
national funding agencies i.e. Department of
bodies viz. Board of Management, Research Advisory
Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and
Technology (DST), National Dairy Development
Committee, Academic Council, Executive Council and
Board (NDDB), National Bureau of Agriculturally
Extension Council. The Director is the Chief
Important Micro-organisms (NBAIM), National Fund
Executive Officer assisted by the Joint Directors for
for Basic and strategic Research on Agriculture
managing research, academic and extension functions.
(NFBSRA), Ministry of Food Processing Industries
The Institute has three major areas of R&D activities
(MFPI), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Indian
viz. i) Dairy Production, ii) Dairy Processing and iii) Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Department
Dairy Extension/Management. All the R&D activities of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD). It is
are managed through thirteen Research worth mentioning that the Institute is handling one
Divisions/Sections, namely, Dairy Cattle Breeding, consultancy project amounting to ` 1.85 crores.
Livestock Production and Management, Dairy Cattle
The support from NAIP and other funding agencies has
Nutrition, Forage Research, Dairy Cattle Physiology,
encouraged scientists to work on stem cell, buffalo
Animal Biochemistry, Animal Biotechnology, Dairy
cloning, transcriptone, embryogenesis, biosensors,
Technology, Dairy Engineering, Dairy Chemistry,
nanotechnology, abiotic stress in farm animals,
Dairy Microbiology, Dairy Extension and Dairy nutraceuticals and functional foods. The funds were
Economics, Statistics and Management at the main also received for strengthening project monitoring and
station and its two regional stations. The Institute also evaluation and computing digitization of information.
has a Agricultural Technology Information Centre The grants from NAIP have helped students to opt for
(ATIC), Krishi Vigyan Kendra and Dairy Training modern tools and techniques in their dissertation.
Centre and Animal Breeding Research Centre. The
• A male cloned buffalo calf named “Swarn” was
Institute has infrastructure consisting of central
th
born on 18 March, 2013. The calf was born by
facilities such as Livestock Farm, Forage Research and
normal parturition and its weight at the time of
Management Centre, Animal Health Complex, Model
birth was around 55 kg. This cloned buffalo calf is
Dairy Plant, Technology Business Incubator,
unique and is different from the earlier clones,
Experimental Dairy Plant, Consultancy Unit, Library
because, in this case, the donor somatic cell used
and National Bio-informatic Centre, Computer Centre,
was isolated from the seminal plasma of a bull.
Estate Section and Maintenance Engineering Section.
The administrative functions viz. finance, purchase, • “Mahima”, a female calf weighing 32 kg was born
th
stores, establishment and security are under the on 25 January, 2013 to 'Garima-II' a cloned
administrative control of the Joint Director (Admn.) buffalo, which had been produced by Hand-
and Registrar. The Institute presently has strength of
guided cloning using embryonic stem cells as
153 scientists, 283 technicians, 155 administrative and
donor cells. This is the first calf in the world to be
born to a cloned buffalo.
580 skilled supporting staff.
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