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and presently Chairman, TAAS wasthe chief guest at the valedictorysession. Dr. S.A. Patil, Director,IARI was the chairperson at boththese sessions. Dr. K.R. Koundal,Joint Director (Research), IARI wasthe convener of the seminar.Winter SchoolThe Division of Post HarvestTechnology organized a WinterSchool on “Application of Qualityand Safety Assurance Systems forSupply Chain and Agri-businessDevelopment” from September 30to October 20, 2008. The trainingprogramme was attended byfaculty members from 14 stateagricultural universities and 3ICAR institutes.Trainings• The Centre for AgriculturalTechnology Assessment andTransfer (CATAT) and theAgricultural TechnologyInformation Centre (ATIC)organized six on-campustraining programmes foragricultural officials andprogressive farmers ofdifferent states. These wereon: (i) “Training of AchieverFarmers (under ATMA)” fromOctober 13 to 22, 2008, whichwas attended by 8 participantsfrom Ghaziabad (U.P.);(ii) “Training of AchieverFarmers on Crop Production(under ATMA)” from October16 to 20, 2008, which wasattended by 11 participants fromBijnaur (U.P.); (iii) “Basmati/Paddy and its CultivationTechniques & Allied Subject ofAgriculture” from October 20to 29, 2008, which was attendedby 38 participants from MadhyaPradesh; (iv) “IntegratedNutrient Management” onNovember 21, 2008 which wasattended by 16 participantsfrom Delhi; (v) “Production ofRabi and Horticultural Cropsand Post Harvest Technology”from November 29 to December5, 2008, which was attendedby 25 participants from WestChamparan and Nalanda(Bihar); and (vi) “Post HarvestTechnology” on December 30,2008, which was attended by 23participants from Delhi.• The KVK, Shikohpur organizedthree vocational trainingcourses on: (i) ”Dress Designing& Tailoring” from October 17to December 14, 2008 for 33rural girls and women at Teeklivillage of Gurgaon district;(ii) “Fruits & VegetablesPreservation” from December4 to 15, 2008 for 15 rural girls;and (iii) “Protected VegetableCultivation” from December 17to 27, 2008 for 10 progressivefarmers of the area.• The Division of Seed Scienceand Technology organizeda comprehensive 15-daytraining programme on “SeedTechnology” from October21 to November 4, 2008. Theprogramme was attendedby 15 participants fromdifferent SAARC countries.• The Division of Floricultureand Landscapingorganized a seven-daytraining programme (inHindi) on “Advances inResearch and Developmentof Flower Crops –Gladiolus, Marigold,Tuberose, Gerbera andRose”, sponsored by theDirectorate of Horticultureand Food Processing, UttarPradesh under the NationalHorticulture MissionScheme from November4 to 10, 2008. The trainingprogramme was attended by12 resource persons of theDirectorate of Horticultureand Food Processing, UttarPradesh.• The KVK, Shikohpur organizedan in-service trainingprogramme on “Live StockManagement” on December6, 2008 for 12 extensionfunctionaries of Navjyoti IndiaFoundation, and a 4-day inservicetraining programmeon “Protected VegetableCultivation” from December24 to 27, 2008 for 10 extensionpersonnel.• The Division of Post HarvestTechnology organized atraining course on “SynergisticImpact of Pre- and PostharvestPractices on Qualityand Shelf Life of Fruits andVegetables” sponsored by theICAR from December 15 to24, 2008. Twenty-two facultymembers from 10 different stateagricultural universities andICAR institutes participated inthe training course.Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya, Joint Secretary (SAARC),Ministry of External Affairs, Government of Indiaspeaking at the inaugural function of the trainingprogramme on “Seed Technology” conductedat the Institute. Seated on the dais (from left) are:Dr. H.S. Gaur, Dean & Joint Director (Education),IARI; Dr. S.A. Patil, Director, IARI; Dr. P.L. Gautam,Deputy Director-General (Crop Science), ICAR; andDr. (Mrs.) Malavika Dadlani, Head, Division of SeedScience and Technology6IARI News