ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Priyanka Rabha is a skilled IT professional currently serving as a Young Professional in Information Technology at ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural Research since June 2023. Prior to this role, Priyanka worked as an Information Technology Support Engineer at Vasp Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and as a Technical Support Engineer at Kran Consulting Pvt. Ltd. from August 2020 to December 2022. Earlier experience includes a position as a Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, and as a Web Developer at Crow Info from April 2015 to December 2017. Priyanka holds an Engineer’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from BVC Engineering College, attained between 2011 and 2015, and a Higher Secondary qualification from Guwahati University completed between 2009 and 2011.
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ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural Research
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare , Government of India. Formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, it was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. The ICAR has its headquarters at New Delhi. The Council is the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. With 101 ICAR institutes and 71 agricultural universities spread across the country this is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world. The ICAR has played a pioneering role in ushering Green Revolution and subsequent developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology development that has enabled the country to increase the production of foodgrains by 5.6 times, horticultural crops by 10.5 times, fish by 16.8 times, milk by 10.4 times and eggs by 52.9 times since 1950-51 to 2017-18, thus making a visible impact on the national food and nutritional security. It has played a major role in promoting excellence in higher education in agriculture. It is engaged in cutting edge areas of science and technology development and its scientists are internationally acknowledged in their fields.