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Virtual User's Training cum Workshop on AICRIP Intranet functionalities (www.aicrip-intranet.in) during 15 – 17 February, 2022

As part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR) has successfully conducted a Virtual users training cum workshop on AICRIP Intranet functionalities (www.aicrip-intranet.in) during 15-17 February 2022. This programme was organised by ICAR-IIRR in association with Society for Advancement of Rice Research, Hyderabad.

The training program was targeted to sensitise AICRIP Co-operators on data uploading, analysing and generating the reports through AICRIP Intranet with live demonstrations and discipline-wise hands on training sessions were also conducting as part of the training cum workshop. A total of 160 participants took part in the training cum workshop among which, 40% are from crop improvement, 33% are from crop production and 27% are from crop protection.

During the Inaugural session of the programme, Dr. A.K. Singh, Director, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI) highlighted the importance of digital database and advised to make it compulsory for all the AICRIP co-operators to upload data through the Intranet. Dr. RM Sundaram, Director, ICAR-IIRR briefed about the significance of AICRIP Intranet in uniform data receipt and use of this database for use in machine learning and Artificial Intelligence.

The three days’ sessions covered an overview of trials and statistical designs in various AICRIP disciplines, viz., Plant Breeding and Hybrid rice, Agronomy, Soil Science, Physiology, Entomology and Pathology followed by demonstration and hands on training on the designs in AICRIP Intranet Portal.  Test data cases along with step wise instructions were shared to the participants in each session. Statistical designs covered in these sessions include RBD, Split plot, Screening Nurseries for pests and diseases. Each demonstration/hands-on session covered data upload, analysis and report generation for the above statistical designs using AICRIP Intranet.

A team of scientists headed by AICRIP PI from each discipline delivered a talk about the gist of trails in their respective sessions and actively involved in the feedback and discussion sessions. E-Manual for different menus and interfaces of AICRIP Intranet was prepared for practice sessions and future reference.

The training programme sensitised participants on various menus and interfaces of AICRIP Intranet for data upload, analysis and reports on major statistical designs used in AICRIP. The following decisions were agreed unanimously by all the participants of the training cum workshop.

  1. Data will be collected as per the AICRIP Intranet template in each discipline
  2. As flowering, panicle initiation and maturity dates vary with treatments, Crop Condition form needs refinement.
  3. Screening Pest form needs refinement to add few more parameters like date of observation, uploaded co-operator name, remarks column, noting not germinated values as NG etc.
  4. Inserting validations to data entry like disease score between 0-9 only

 

 

ICAR-IIRR celebrated World Soil Day on 5 December, 2021 at Rudraram village, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana

ICAR-IIRR CELEBRATED WORLD SOIL DAY

            World Soil Day was organised on 5th of December, 2021 by ICAR-IIRR at Rudraram village, Shabad mandal, Ranga Reddy District of Telangana. A team of scientists from ICAR-IIRR belonging to Soil Science, Agronomy, Plant Breeding, Entomology and Pathlogy along with village sarpanch and more than 50 rice farmers were participated in the programme. Soil Scientists of ICAR-IIRR delivered talks on importance of soil day and its theme of the year (Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity); highlighted the importance of soil health, primary and micro nutrient management, saline soil management, vermicompost preparation and straw management. Other subject scientists explained about newly released varieties with high Zn content and for pest and disease resistance; use of leaf colour chart (LCC) for urea economy; pest and disease management aspects etc. Soil samples brought by the farmers were analysed by rapid soil health testing kit and the soil health cards were generated on the spot and they were distributed to the farmers with proper guidelines on the fertiliser input management. Posters on soil sampling, saline soil management, compost preparation using straw, images of pest and diseases were displayed. 

 

 

  

Employment Corner : Walk-in/Virtual Interview Notification for Temporary Positions at IIRR

 

Research Associate / Senior Research Fellow / Junior Research Fellow / Technical Assistant / Young Professional I & II Notification 

 

Project: "Genomics Assisted Identification of Loci Associated with Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Grain Protein Content in a Novel Donor"

PI: Dr. J. Aravind 

Post: Junior Research Fellow  (01 position)

Essential:

Master’s Degree in Plant Breeding & Genetics / Biotechnology / Plant Sciences with NET qualification

Desirable:

  • Experience in molecular breeding.
  • Knowledge on handling biotechnological tools and laboratory works proven through publications in peer reviewed journals.

Download : Notification   Application  


Project: "DUS Testing in Rice"

PI: Dr. J. Aravind 

Post: Senior Research Fellow  (01 position)

Essential:

4 years’ bachelor degree in agriculture and post-graduation in Genetics & Plant Breeding from any recognized university and two years’ experience in conducting DUS tests.

OR

3 years of bachelor degree in sciences and 2 years’ post-graduation in botany / genetics from any recognized university plus NET qualification and a minimum of two years of experience in conducting DUS tests.

Desirable:

  • Knowledge about IP issues, Patent application filing, Breeder’s Rights and farmers Rights and filing the applications there of for the rights.
  • Computer knowledge and skills to handle large sets of data
  • 4-5 years’ experience in conducting agricultural field experiments.  

Post: Young Professional I (01 position)

Essential:

Graduates in Agricultural Sciences / Graduates in Life Sciences

Desirable:

  • Experience of at least 3 years in rice field studies, crossing work and data collection.
  • Computer knowledge and skills to handle large sets of data.

Post: Technical Assistant (01 position)

Essential:

Graduates in Life Sciences / Diploma in any discipline

Desirable:

  • Experience of at least 2 years in rice field studies for graduates.
  • Experience of at least 3 years in rice field studies for Diploma.

 

Download : Notification   Application  

 


Project: Contractual project “DBT- Nanoscale Zeolite –Zinc–Carbo Mycolizers (Zincarbolysers) to improve the productivity of Rice”.

PI: Dr. Kannan

Co-PI: Dr. Gobinath

Post: Junior Research Fellow  (01 position)

Essential:

Master's Degree in Agriculture (Plant Pathology, Microbiology and Biotechnology) with NET qualification (or) PhD in Plant Pathology/Microbiology/Biotechnology with experience in molecular biology without NET qualification. 

Desirable:

  • Experience in Molecular Biology and laboratory works proven through publications in peer-reviewed journals.
  • Any additional qualifications relevant to the project.

Download : Notification   Application  

Post: Young Professional I (01 position)

Essential:

Graduates with at least 60% marks in B.Sc. in Agriculture/ Chemistry or M.Sc in Agriculture with specialization in Soil Science

Desirable:

  • Knowledge and experience in soil sampling, analysis and interpretation
  • Familiarity and experience in operating soil testing equipment
  • Experience in field experimentation

Download : Notification   Application  

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Project: CSIR sponsored FTT/FTC Project entitled “Development of climate resilient and high yielding trait improved varieties of Swarna; a mega rice variety of India”

PI: Dr. R. M. Sundaram

Co-PI: Dr. R. Abdul Fiyaz

Post: Principal Project Associate  (01 position)

Essential:

  • Master's Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Technology or Medicine from a recognized University or equivalent; and
  • Eight years' experience in Research and Development in Industrial and Academic Institutions or Science and Technology Organizations and Scientific activities and services

OR

  • Doctoral Degree in Science / Engineering / Technology /Pharma/MD/MS from a recognized University or equivalent;and 
  • Four years' experience in Research and Development in Industrial and Academic Institutions or Science and Technology Organizations and Scientific activities and services

Desirable: Expertise in molecular breeding is   preferred.

Post: Senior Project Associate (01 position)

Essential:

(i) Master's Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences/ M. Sc. or bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology or Medicine from a recognized University or equivalent; and 

(ii) Four years' experience in Research and Development in Industrial and Academic Institutions or Science and Technology Organizations and Scientific activities and services

OR

Doctoral Degree in Science / Engineering / Technology / Pharma/ MD/ MS from a

recognized University or equivalent 

Desirable: Expertise in molecular breeding is   preferred.

Post: Scientific Administrative Assistant/ Field Worker (02 position)

Essential:

Graduate degree in any discipline 

Desirable:

Expertise in rice crop and crossing is   preferred.

Post: Project Associate (01 position)

Essential:

Master's Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences / M.Sc. or bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology or Medicine from a recognized

University or equivalent 

Desirable: Expertise in molecular breeding is   preferred. 

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Project: "SBI CSR Fund Scheme 10: Sustainable rice production – Large scale Promotion of DSR in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to increase yield, income and resilience to the climate change"

PI: Dr. R. Mahender Kumar

Post: Project Manager  (01 position)

Essential:

PhD Degree in Agriculture Agronomy/Plant Breeding/ Extension/ Soil Science / Entomology/ Pathology  Life Sciences

Desirable:

  1. Research experience Agriculture/ Field trials management
  2. Experience in Data collection /data analysis, manuscript drafting, and reports preparation.

Desirable qualifications

Research experience in Rice particularly in Farmers Fields; Rice field studies and work experience with NGOs; Organizing/ Conduct of  training programs; Data collection and Farmer interaction

Fluent in Telugu speaking and experienced in Report writing, Computer skills and data entry. Should be able to Travel within  different districts for Project implementation. 

 

Post: Young Professional I (02 position)

Essential:

BSc

  • Bachelor of Sciences in Botony/Zoology
  • Graduates in Agricultural sciences/or
  • Diploma holders in Agricultural Sciences /or Graduates in any discipline/
  • Agri polytechnic students

Desirable:

  • Science graduates
  • Work experience in rice research
  • Field experience
  • Telugu speaking
  • Travelling
  • Documentation of field observations
  • Knowledge on computer operations (MS office)
  • Experience in rice Research

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Project: "DBT National Network Project on crop Bioinformatics: NNP"

PI: Dr. Kalyani M Barbadikar

Post: Project Associate-I (01 position)

Essential:

Master’s degree in life sciences or agricultural sciences/ or bachelor’s degree in engineering and technology from a recognized university or institute or equivalent

National Eligibility Test (NET) qualification (ICAR-NET, CSIR-UGC, DBT-BET, GATE)                                      

Desirable:

Proficiency in bioinformatics, statistics, next-generation sequencing data analysis, computer programing (Linux/ python/ C++) for data analysis, developing pipelines, tools or platforms, experience in handling big data sets

Post: Scientific Administrative Assistant (01 position)

Essential:

Graduate in any discipline, Acquaintance in operating excel, word in computer 

Desirable:

Experience in recording observations, data input, data entry in computer applications or mobile apps

Download : Notification   Application  Corrigendum


 

 

 

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