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- Call for applications for Cohort 7 under RKVY RAFTAAR scheme ::
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses webinar on implementation of Budget in agriculture sector ::
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- Advertisement no 01/2019 for filling up the post of Assistant may be treated as cancelled due to administrative reasons ::
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Dr. KV Raghavendra Rao
Designation: Chief Technical Officer | At IIMR Since: 1994
Email: raghavendra@millets.res.in; raghavedndra@icar.gov.in | Mobile:9848257475
Phone(O): +91-40-24599333 | Fax :- +91-40-24599304
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. (Botany)
Master of Science (Botany)
Work Experience:
- Germplasm collection, evaluation, passport data collection.
- Management of information system for Director
- Replies to Parliament questions and ICAR queries
- Preparation of significant Documents for ICAR (Vision 2020,2025,2030,& 2050 documents& EFC – X, XI & XII plans)
- One of the Editors of Annual Report of DSR / IIMR since 1998.
- One of the Editors of Sorghum News Letter (Formerly Happenings at DSR & AICSIP News) since 2003.
- Coordination in organizing Annual Sorghum Group Meetings since 1998.
- Member of various institutional committees
- Designated as “Assistant Public Information Officer” (APIO) for scientific / Technical information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) since 2008
Conference / Seminar / training Attended:
- Training Programme on Hindi course “Parangat” organized by Central Hindi training Institute, Official language division, Min. of Home Affairs, Govt of India , Hyderabad at Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad during 4 – 23 Jan, 2016
- Competency enhancement Training Programme for Technical Officers at NAARM, Hyderabad during 14-23 Dec, 2015
- 11th “Awareness cum Training Programme on Plant Variety Protection and DUS testing” at DSR, Hyderabad during 22 March, 2013
- Training cum learning workshop - “Awareness programme on plant variety protection” at DSR Hyderabad during 30 March, 2011.
- Training programme on “IT- based decision support system for multimedia content development” at NAARM, Hyderabad, during 17-27 Nov, 2009.
- Training cum learning workshop on “Legalities in the Protection of Plant Varieties and EDVs” at DSR Hyderabad during 27-28 Aug, 2009.
Publications / Books
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KV Raghavendra Rao
Last Updated on 23th February 2017