Ram Asre: Personal Profile at a glance

Name                           :      Ram Asre

Date of Birth                :      04.01.1956

Father’s Name             :      Late Param Sukh

Mother’s Name            :      Late Ram Katori

Wife’s Name                :      Smt. Indu Bala

Kids Name                   :      Neetu, Neelam & Nisha (Daughters)    

Home Town                 :      Dayalpur, Auraiya (U.P)

Nationality                    :      Indian

Qualification                 :      M.Sc (Zoology with Specialization in Entomology) in 1977

       from Kanpur University, Kanpur

Contact Details            :     +91-8826175860 (Mob), 0129-2413023 (O), 0129-2418504 (R)

E-mail                          :      ramasre56@gmail.com

Address for correspondence (Residential): Q.No-1109, type-V, NH-IV, Faridabad-121 001, Haryana

Address for correspondence (Official): Addl. Plant Protection Adviser, Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine & Storage, NH-IV, Faridabad, PIN-121 001, Haryana

Positions held	Duration	Stations
Technical Assistant, (Bio-control)	Feb 02,1978 to 19 March, 1982	Central Biological Control Station (CBCS), Faridabad (Har)
Surveillance Officer	22 March 1982 to 07 Aug.,1982	Central Surveillance Station (CSS), Baramulla (J&K)
Entomologist (Bio-control) / Assistant Director (Entomology)	13 Aug.,1982 to 14 May, 1988	CBCS Surat, Gujarat
Assistant Director (Entomology)	15 May, 1988 to 02 April 1998	CBCS/ Central Integrated Pest Management Centre (CIPMC) Faridabad
Deputy Director (Entomology)	03 April 1998 to 14 October 2001	Regional Plant Quarantine Station (RPQS), Amritsar (Pb.)
Deputy Director (Entomology-Locust Control)	15 October 2001 to 30 July 2007	Head Quarters, Dte. Of P.P.Q.&.S, Faridabad
Deputy Director (Entomology)	31 July 2007 to 02 September, 2010	RPQS, Amritsar
Joint Director (Entomology)	03 September 2010 to 01 February 2011	CIL, Faridabad
Joint Director (Entomology)	02 February 2011 to continue….	Head Quarters,                                                      Dte. Of P.P.Q.&.S, Faridabad
Joint Director (Entomology)- Scheme in charge Integrated Pest Management (IPM)	w.e.f 01-08-2012 to continue….	Head Quarters, Dte. Of P.P.Q.&.S, Faridabad
Addl. Plant Protection Adviser (IPM)	w.e.f 20-05-2013 to continue….	Head Quarters, Dte. Of P.P.Q.&.S, Faridabad

Scientific publication:  Twenty six

Experience Profile    : 35 years-Techno Administrative in Central Civil Service, Government of India

Sl. No.	Type of experience	Brief of experience
1.	Applied research:	·         Worked in a pilot project for the establishment of parasites and predators for the control of insect pests and weeds which was later on turned in a scheme entitled “control of insect pest and weeds by biological means. ·         Mass rearing of dominant exotic and indigenous parasites, predators and pathogens of crop pests and phytophagous  insects ·         Biocontrol trials through mass release of bio-control agents against crop pests and weeds, assessment of their effectiveness in crops like Sugarcane, Cotton, Rice, Gram, Apple, Tomato, Pomegranate etc. and weeds like Water hyacinth, Parthenium
2.	Development:	·         Preparation of IPM modules and IPM packages of different crops for various agro-ecosystem of the country. ·         Listing of endemic pests of different crop in different state of India ·         Good agricultural practices in IPM
3.	Technical:	·         Bio-control of crop pests and weeds ·         Application of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques in different crops in different agro ecosystem in India. ·         Pest surveillance including e-pest surveillance ·         Organizing locust control campaign in Scheduled Dissert Area (SDA) and cold Dissert of Ladak region of J&K state. ·         Worked related with plant quarantine and fumigation ·         Analysis of quality control of bio pesticide and assessment of bio efficacy of different chemical and bio pesticide. ·         Worked related with NABL and ISO certification
4.	Human Resource Development (HRD):	·         Organizing and supervising Session long and short duration IPM training Programme to the Agriculture extension officers and farmers. ·         Conducting and supervising IPM farmers field school
5.	Administrative:	·         Human resource management and financial management ·         As a head of office, controlling officer, and drawing and disbursing officer ·         As Scheme in charge at national level, responsible for administration of the Plan Scheme “…. “ ·         Has also functioned as scheme in charge of locust control and research scheme. ·         Scrutiny and recommendation of the proposals of the state Governments for grant in aid. ·         Consideration of the proposal received from CIPMC and SBCL for procurement and supply of equipments
6.	Executive:	·         Execution of national IPM programme, Locust control camping  and plant quarantine programmes.
7.	Financial:	·         Operation and management of annual budget of 22 crores
8.	Regulatory:	·         National and international obligations under plant quarantine legislation, locust control operation and Integrated Pest Management
9.	International:	·         International coordination on technical matters concerning IPM, Locust control and Plant Quarantine

Foreign Visits   : Indonesia, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, Singapore, Thailand, USA

DUTIES BEING PERFORMED AS JOINT DIRECTOR (ENTOMOLOGY) AND ADDITIONAL PLANT PROTECTION ADVISER (IPM)

·                     To assist the Plant Protection Adviser to the Govt. of India in formulating and implementing

             policies, programmes and schemes of Plant Quarantine, at regional, national and International levels.

·                     Formulation and implementation of Plant Quarantine Programmes, policies and schemes (foreign

           and domestic) including post entry quarantine at national and international levels and supervise and                 guide the functioning of Plant Quarantine Stations.

·                     Liaison with research and developmental organizations, institutes and universities for introducing

 Advanced/innovative technologies and procedures in the field of Plant Quarantine.

·                     To assist the Plant Protection Adviser in policy planning for extending guidance to the

 Centre/States on various aspects of Pest Management in Plant Protection.

·                      To guide and coordinate collection of technical information from national and international

 Literature on different aspects of insect/pest problems and their control.

·                      To plan, guide, supervise, coordinate and implement the programmes on Biological control/IPM

 of crop insect pests and weeds.

·                     To formulate policies for regional, national and international cooperation for IPM/Pest

 Surveillance, regionalization and training of technical staff etc.

I dedicated 35years of my services to the Indian Plant Protection in the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage (Dte of PPQ&S) in Department of Agriculture and Co-operation (DAC) under Union Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India. During this period, I served in Bio-control, Surveillance, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Plant Quarantine, Locust Control & Research schemes and its Central Insecticide Laboratory (CIL), Faridabad under Implementation of Insecticide Act scheme of the Dte and gained the experience and knowledge of field, laboratory, and extension work besides formulating policies and planning for the scheme of Locust Control & Research and Integrated Pest Management as a Scheme Officer. Liaisoning and interacting with national and international agencies and personalities, farmers, extension workers and other stake holders remained some of the spokes of umbrella of my work.

           The stopping of aerial spraying on my advise in most of the sugar cane growing states of India due to colonizing and establishing the ectoparasite Epiricania melanoleuca by me, launching of successful locust control operation for the first time in cold desert area in Ladakh region of J&K state during 2006 and in Schedule Desert Area (SDA) of Rajasthan in 2005, destruction of 14 No's of consignments of garlic imported from Pakistan at Rail Cargo Amritsar during 2007-08, revision of IPM packages of different crops with latest inputs of Good Agricultural Practices and conducting of Season Long & Short duration programmes for the benefit of Indian farmers & citizens, the promotion of e-pest surveillance in country gave me heartfelt satisfaction in the interest of the nation. Yellow rust of wheat appeared in Northern states like Punjab, Himnachal Pradesh, UP, Haryana & Uttrakhand since 2011 in significant proportion which was managed by way of operating strict surveillance and advisory programme operated under my supervision since then. However, pest forewarning and networking of all field stations of the Directorate need to be paid more attention.

                             More environment, eco and trade friendly and safe to the animals and human being plant protection measures are needed to conserve Indian Bio Security for which my services are ever ready.

PUBLICATIONS IN CREDIT

1. Pawar A D,Prasad Jagdish, Singh Ravendra,Yadav K P,and  Asre Ram.1981. Introduction and Establishment of an Ectoparasite,  Epipyrops melanoleuca.Fletcher (Epipyropidae: Lepidoptera)  in Bundi distt.(Rajasthan) for Biocontrol of Sugarcane pyrilla, Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker).Indian Sugar Vol.30 No.12, pp 1-5.

2. Prasad Jagdish, Pawar A D, Asre Ram and Singh Ravendra.1981.  First record incidence and distribution of sugarcane scale insect, Melanaspis glomerata (Green) in Haryana and some districts of Western Uttar Pradesh .Co operative Sugar Vol.13 No.4 pp185-187.

3. Pawar A D, Prasad Jagdish, Asre Ram and Singh Raj.1985. Establishment   and hibernation of the Exotic Ectoparasitoid Bracon kirkpatricki (Wilkinson) (Braconidae:Hymenoptera) on  cotton pinkbollworm Pectinophora   gossypiella (Sounders)  (Gelechidae:Lepidoptera) In Haryana(India) Cotton Development, vol. 13-317, pp 47-50.

4. Pawar A D,Prasad Jagdish, Asre Ram and Singh Raj1983.Introduction of exotic parasitoid, Chelonus blackburni (Cameron) in India for the control  of cotton bollworms. Indian Journal of Entomology Vol.45 No 4 pp.436-439.

5. Asre Ram, Gupta P K and Pawar A D 1983.Control of sugarcane pyrilla by its natural enemies. Indian Farming September pp 37-38.

6. Gupta P K, Asre Ram and Pawar A D 1983.Ganne Kepyrilla ki  Parjeevi keeton  Dwara Roktham.              Krishi Chayanika.  October-December pp.32-35.

7. Pawar A D and Asre Ram 1986. Incidence and distribution of sugarcane Scale Insect Melanaspis glomerata (Green) in South Gujrat. Co-operative Sugar Vol. 17 no. 9 PP 691-694

8. Asre Ram and Pawar AD 1988. Biological control of sugar cane borers in Gujarat. Co-operative sugar. vol. 20 No. 2 PP 89-94.

9. Pawar A D, Asre Ram and Sukla B I 1988. Introduction and  colonization of Epiricania melanoleuca (Fletcher) for the Bio control of sugar cane pyrilla in Saurastra region of Gujarat State, Plant      Protection Bulletin vol. 40 (1) PP 1-4.

10. Pawar A D, Tuhan, N C, Mishra, M P and Asre Ram.1988. Efficacy of Nuclear Polyhedrosis virus for the control of Heliothis armigera (Hubner) infesting gram crop in four states in India. Heliothis Management Proceeding of National Workshop of TNAU Coimbatore 1988. Page 177-183.

11. Singh P B , Verma Ashok, Jadhav R B, Srinavasa Rao P , Rajak D C, Dube O P  and Asre Ram. 1994. Colonization of  Epicania melanoleuca( Fletcher) in Nizamabad (A.P). Journal of Applied Zool. Research vol. 5 (1) PP 48-49.

12. Asre Ram and Diwakar M C.1999. Role of pest surveillance in Plant Quarantine. Plant Protection Bulletin Vol. 51 (No. 3+4), pp 32-34.

13. Diwakar M C and Asre Ram. 2003. Locust Control in India – A Profile .Plant Protection Bulletin Vol. 55 (Nos. 3+4) pp.1-5

14. Asre Ram and Bhagwan Jai. 2004. Operational contingent plan for locust control campaign in Schedule Desert Area of India. Plant Protection Bulletin Vol. 56 (Nos 1+2) pp. 27-34.

15. Asre Ram. 2004 Early warning system for desert locust  in India Plant Protection  Bulletin Vol. 56 (Nos. 3+4) pp. 24-26.

16. Asre Ram.2005. Management of locust control operation. Plant Protection Bulletin Vol. 57 (Nos. 1+2) pp. 4-11

17. Asre Ram, Singh Satveer, Zadoo R K and Chandurkar P S. 2005. Outbreak of migratory locust (Locusta migratoria L.) in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir State during, 2006. Plant Protection Bulletin Vol. 57 (3+4) PP 13-19

Books /Book Chapters Published:

1. Singh Jasvir, Asre Ram and Saini Vipin. 2014. IPM package of practices for agricultural and horticultural crops. Sunrakshan Foundation, Faridabad. 1018 P
2. Asre Ram and Patni, C.S. 2013. Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) related with Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Dte.PPQ&S, Faridabad. 40 P.
3. S Mohn, D Monga, Rishi Kumar, V Nagrare, Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar. S Vennila, R K Tanwar, O P Sharma, Someshwr Bhagat, Meenu Agarwal, C Chattopadhyay, Rakesh Kumar, Ajanta Birah, N Amaresan, Amar Singh, S N Sushil, Ram Asre, K S Kapoor, P Jeyakumar and K Satyagopal. 2014. Integrated Pest Management Package for Cotton. NCIPM. New Delhi. P 84.
4. K Chandrashekar, Mrs Om Gupta, Suhas Yelshetty, O P Sharma, Someshwar Bhagat, C Chattopadhyay, Mukesh Sehgal, Arpana Kumari, N Amaresan, S N Sushil, A K Sinha, Ram Asre, K S Kapoor, K Satyagopal and P Jeyakumar. 2014. Integrated Pest Management for Chickpea. pp. 43

5. Ram Asre and C S Patni. 2014. Conservation & Augmentation of Bio-control agents. In Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Dte.PPQ&S, Faridabad, pp 42-68.
6. Saroj Singh, P P Thirumalaisamy, G Harish, Datta Ram, S N Sushil, A K Sinha, Ram Asre, K S Kapoor, K Satyagopal, P Jeyakumar, Ajanta Birah, O P Sharma, Someshwar Bhagat, P V Verma, Sunil Kumar, C Chattopadhyay and M S Yadav. 2014. Integrated Pest Management Package for Groundnut. pp. 49.

7. Sangit Kumar, Pradyumn Kumar, Jugal Kishor Bana, M Shekhar, S N Sushil, A K Sinha, Ram Asre, K S Kapoor, O P Sharma, S Bhagat, M Sehgal, T Boopathi, N Amaresan, C Chattopadhyay, K Satyagopal and P Jeyakumar. 2014. Integrated Pest Management Package for Maize. Pp. 44.

8. Anand Prakash, J S Bentur, M Srinivas Prasad, R K Tanwar, O P Sharma, Someshwar Bhagat, Mukesh Sehgal, S P Singh, Monika Singh, C Chattopadhyay, S N Sushil, A K Sinha, Ram Asre, K S Kapoor, K Satyagopal, and P Jeyakumar. 2014. Integrated Pest Management for Rice. p. 43

    9.   A N Sharma, G K Gupta, R K Verma, O P Sharma, Someshwar Bhagat, N Amaresan, M R Saini, C              Chattopadhyay, S N Sushil, Ram Asre, K S Kapoor, K Satyagopal, and P Jeyakumar. 2014. Integrated             Pest Management for Soyabean. pp 41.

Significant Findings and Contributions

Sl. No.	Field of Contribution	Contribution in Brief
1.	Biological Control	·   Epiricania melanoleuca Fletcher A Potential parasite of Sugarcane Hopper Pyrilla perpusilla by established in Boondi District of Rajasthan for the first time. ·   First record of incidence and distribution of Sugar cane scale insect Melanaspis glomeratta, was reported from Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh. ·   First record of establishment and hibernation of exotic parasitic Bracon kirkpatricki on cotton boll worm from Haryana State. ·   Introduction of exotic parasitoid Chelonus blackburni was reported from the first time from Haryana state against cotton boll worm. ·   Incidence and distribution of Sugar cane scale insect Melanaspis glomeratta, in south Gujarat. ·   Biocontrol trials with Trichogramma sp. Against Sugarcane borer, conducted in Gujarat revealed significant reduction of borer incidence in Sugarcane crop. ·   Introduction and colonization of parasite Epiricania melanoleuca was done in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state for Biocontrol of Sugarcane Pyrilla. ·   Aerial spraying against Sugarcane Pyrilla and white fly was stopped and replaced with biocontrol. ·   Biocontrol trials with NPV against Heliothis armizera in different localities of Gujarat state revealed the significant motility of the pest. ·   Colonization of Epiricania melanoleuca  against Sugarcane Pyrilla in Nizamabad of Andhra Pradesh state
2.	Pest Surveillance/	·   Role of pest surveillance in Plant Quarantine ·   E-pest surveillance & e-locust ·   Marking of Endemic pest areas and listing of endemic pests in India ·   Detailed survey of Apple scab in Kashmir valley ·   Conducting rapid roving and fixed plot survey ·   Monitoring of pests through different methods. ·   Issuance of pest advisories and alerts. ·
3.	Plant Quarantine	·   Interception of Quarantine Pests: Embellisia allii, an Exotic fungal pathogen intercepted on 14 garlic consignments imported from Pakistan during the year 2007. All the infected consignments were ordered for  deportation/destruction. Finally all the 14 consignments were destroyed/incinerated in the presence of Customs and RPQS authorities during March 2008. A total of 530.864MT of garlic was destroyed. ·   Interception of Quarantine Pests: Mould infestation on almonds imported from Australia at ICD Ludhiana during September 2009 was intercepted in a consignment weighing 21.546 mt. This consignment was destroyed during November, 2009 ·   PQ Stations set up at Salamabad and Chakan-da-bagh (J & K) on 21st Oct 2008. These stations are working under RPQS, Amritsar ·   RPQS Amritsar got ISO 9001-2000 certification for the first time w. e. f. 17.11.2008.  ·    To facilitate the bulk export of five perishable commodities viz. tomato, potato, onion, ginger and meat, issuance of PSCs was started by establishing a special counter at Plant Quarantine Station Attari Wagha Border w.e.f.12.10.2007. Later on the commodity like Garlic, Green Chilli, Pine apple, cotton, soybean meal extract and assorted fresh fruits were also included. ·   8-Detailed survey was conducted for the establishment of pest free areas for Brown rot (Ralstonia solanacerum) of potato at Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Moga and Amritsar Districts.
4.	Locust Control	·      Locust warning Organization- a profile: varies technological advancements were described in the paper ·      Restructuring of Locust warning Organization ·      e-locust and RAMSES   (Reconnaissance And Management System of Environment of Schistocerca) systems of locust reporting was introduced for the first time in India during my tenure as DD(LC) during 2006-07. ·      An operational contingent plan for Locust control campaign in Scheduled Desert Area (SDA) of India was published as operational guidelines. ·      Early warning system for desert locust was developed and published. ·      Methodology for management of Locust control operation/campaign was published in length. ·      An outbreak of migratory locust appeared in Ladakh region of J&K state during 2006 was successfully controlled. The success story was published.
5.	Integrated Pest Management (IPM)	·   Input from FAO, ICAR, SAUs, State department of Agriculture & Horticulture was utilized to gradually replace conventional pesticide use with need based and subsequently by Integrated Pest Management approach in different crops. ·   Conducting Season Long & short duration Trainings on IPM in different crops ·   Conducting Farmer Field Schools on IPM in different crops ·   Significant reduction in number of application of pesticides in IPM and Non-IPM fields was achieved due to adoption of IPM.  The cost Benefit ratio remain high in IPM field in comparison to Non-IPM field similarly percent Increase in Yield was also achieved in IPM fields in different crops like cotton, Rice, Soybean, Gram, vegetables, wheat, Potato and Sugarcane etc. ·   The Consumption of bio-pesticides is remain increasing trend since 2008 whereas the use of chemical pesticides was found in decreasing trend.   ·   Encourages farmers to adopt Good Agricultural Practices ·   Revision and updating of IPM package of practices

Training Received / Participation in training programmes as Resource person

• Training course under USAID development and management training project in IPM at NPPTI, Hyderabad from October 01-30, 1986.

• Training course on insect mass rearing technologies at I.A.R.I. New Delhi from June 25 to July 07, 1990.

• International training on pest surveillance and forecasting at Pest Forecasting Centre Jattisaeri, Indonesia from November 01to December 14, 1993.

• Training on SPS Agreement WTO, New Delhi from November 11-14, 2000.

• Participated as Recourse person in WHO- India two weeks multilevel course on the use of pesticide o the diagnosis and treatment of pesticide poisoning held at CIL, Faridabad from 5-16, December 1994.

• Participated as Recourse person in Season Long Trainers training on IPM of mustard crop held at Jaipur Rajasthan from January 03 to February 01, 1996.

• Participated as Recourse person in India-UNDP training of trainers in IPM of mustard crop held at Agra, UP from December 20, 1996 to January 17, 1997.

• Participated in “In-Service Training in Plant Quarantine under UNDP-FAO” from 31st May, 1999to 4th June, 1999 at Plant Quarantine Station, Rangpuri, New Delhi.

• Training on Management at MDI Gurgaon from June 19-24, 2000. 

• Training on SPS agreement on WTO at New Delhi from 11-14 November, 2000.

• Participated  in ”One week duration training on Data Design & Analysis conducted at Regional  Computer Centre, NIC, New Delhi in 2002

• Participated in Regional Asia-Pacific Workshop for the Global Review of the Phytosanitary Surveillance in the context of the IPCC (ISPM 6) Identification of challenges and best practices, 31 January-03 February 2012 at Chiang Rai, Thailand.

• Participated  in “Plant health system analysis course” from 18th June to 29th June-2012 at Raleigh (North Carolina) and Riverdale (Maryland) organized by USDA (United States dept. of Agriculture) /APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) USA.

• Participated in “Audit Training Course” under Australian Fumigation Accreditatiation Scheme auditing against the AQIS Methyl Bromide Standards at Chennai in April, 2013.

• Participated in Meeting on Desert Locust Control financing system. 11-13 March 2014 at FAO HQ, Rome.

Milestones / achievement as Additional Plant Protection Adviser-IPM

A.    Infrastructure Development :

1.   Establishment of 4 new CIPMCs one each at Nasik, Vijayawada, Agra and Jaipur was got sanctioned by DAC vide letter no. 12026/04/2014-pp-I dated 14^th, Jan, 2015.

2.    One pest diagnostic unit at CIPMC Faridabad was got sanctioned vide  DAC letter no 12026/01/2014-PP-I dated 29^th October, 2014

3.   12^th plan EFC memo has approved the e-pest surveillance system to be implemented with close coordination with ATMA (Agriculture Technology Mission Agency).

4.   Efforts were made to create facility for quality control of bio-pesticides at five regional CIPMCs and 2 RPTLs by way of procurement of equipment and placement of staff.

5.   A new building at CIPMC Sriganganagar was completed /constructed.

B.     Technical Programme:

1.       “Grow Safe Food” campaign was launched by wide publicity through placement of hoarding at prominent public places in 28 states and one UT by 31 Central Integrated Pest Management Centers located in these states. Apart from public places the similar hoardings are also placed and also being placed in the villages where the IPM FFS have been and are been conducted in the ensuing Rabi Season.

2.      Special training programme of pesticides dealers of 2 days duration on safe and judicious use of pesticides were also conducted in 28 states and 1 UT by the respected CIPMCs of these states during 2014-15. The  message of “Grow Safe Food” is also been uploaded on the website of Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine & Storage (DPPQ&S) under DAC of Govt. of India and been scrolled on home page of the website for wide publicity of this programme.

3.      Participated in Krishi Vasant programme organized at CICR Nagpur from 9-13 Feb 2014, by way of organizing an Agro Eco System Analysis (AESA) based ecological engineering demonstration in cole crops and by organizing an exhibition of live specimen of farmers friendly insects and models related with Integrated Pest Management Technology.

4.      Mitigation of Pest Emergencies –

The following pest emergencies/pest outbreaks were mitigated timely:

i.        The problem of swarming caterpillar on rice crop in Odisha state was mitigated by way of launching e-pest surveillance an advisory programme organized with the closed collaboration with state government, NCIPM, CIPMC Bhubneshwar during 2010-11 to 2014-15 in 30 districts of the state.

ii.      The problem of yellow rust of wheat is being managed every year since 2010-11 in Northern State like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, J&K, Western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand every year through regular disease monitoring and surveillance programme.

iii.    CIPMC Lucknow has successfully managed late blight of potato and leaf curl of tomato by IPM method during 2013-14.

iv.    Containment of brown rust of wheat during 2012-13 and 2013-14 by CIPMC Lucknow.

v.      CIPMC Bangluru Participated in eradication and management programme of Ambrosia psilostachya and invasive weed of South America origin being organized by NIPHM Hyderabad and state government of Karnataka.

vi.    Containment of stem gall disease (Longia disease) of coriander crop in Haroti region of Rajasthan state during 2014-15 by way of regular pest surveillance and issuance of regular disease advisories.

vii.  Tuta Absoluta An invasive pest of South American origin found invaded in certain western and southern states of India during 2014-15 is being managed by way of IPM approach in closed collaboration with CIPMC Bangluru, CIPMC Nagpur, CIPMC Baroda, CIPMC Hyderabad, CIPMC Trichy and their respective State government and research institutions.   

5.      Sikkim emerged as an Organic State. Sikkim has emerged as an organic state to produce Agri-products without use of chemical pesticides.

6.      Preparation of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on IPM: One Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on IPM was prepared which is placed on DAC’s and Directorate’s website for public use.

7.      Preparation of Manual on Farm Production of IPM inputs: One Manual on Farm Production of IPM inputs is prepared.

8.      Issuance of Pest Advisories: Pest advisories were issued in form of SMS through Kisan Portal of DAC and also through e-mails.

9.      Heading of National IPM Programme: Headed National IPM Programme in India.