Admissions Open in Central Tuber Crops Research Institute

The ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) a constituent Institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is the main research association in the World committed exclusively to the exploration on tropical tuber crops. The Institute set up in 1963 with its Headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram (= Trivandrum), Kerala has become throughout the years into a chief research association of global notoriety. The Headquarters of ICAR-CTCRI is situated at Sreekariyam 12 km away from Airport and 10 km from Railway Station/and Bus Terminal of Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala State and has a territory of 48.19 ha. The Institute has a Regional Center at Bhubaneswar, Orissa built up in 1976 with a zone of 20 ha found 8 km from Airport and 7 km from Railway Station; this take into account the requirements of Eastern India. There has been an extraordinary increment in the financial limit and labor throughout the years and the Institute's expense for the XI Plan is Rs.1774 lakhs (Plan) and Rs. 5667.56 lakhs (Non-Plan). The staff quality during XI Plan is 195 (Scientific 50, Technical 47, Administrative 31 and Supporting 67). The All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Tuber Crops (AICRP) was begun at ICAR-CTCRI in 1968, as a vehicle for the testing and promotion of tuber crop advances and this task has created area explicit proposals; 17 focuses situated in 12 State Agricultural Universities 4 ICAR foundations and 1 Central Agricultural University. This Project has a staff quality of 53 which incorporates 23 Scientists and works a spending limit of Rs.772.12 lakhs during the XI Plan.