ICAR to open two cotton research centres in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, has agreed to establish two All India Coordinated Research Project Centres (AICRP) on cotton in Telangana, said Prof. Aldas Janaiah, the vice-chancellor (VC) of Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTSAU) in a press release on Thursday.
In the release, he said, “After the state's bifurcation, Telangana lost its representation in the national-level cotton research coordination centres. As a result, the PJTSAU could not participate in the national cotton research system for the past decade.”
Recently, Prof. Janaiah met ICAR director general Dr Himanshu Pathak and deputy director general Dr T.P. Sharma in New Delhi and explained to them the need for AICRPs in Telangana. The VC requested the ICAR leadership to include the PJTSAU in the national cotton research coordination program by establishing two centres in the state - the main centre at Warangal and a sub-centre at Adilabad.
ICAR has agreed to establish the two centres and provide staff and funding to support cotton research. The centres will begin full-fledged research activities from the next financial year, informed the VC.
