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List of Appellate authority & CPIO, ICAR-NDRI-Karnal & its Regional Stations

  • Sh. B.D. Phansal, Joint Director (Admn) & Sr. Registrar and Appellate authority, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Naresh Kumar Arora, Comptroller and Appellate authority, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Dr. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal Scientist and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Dinesh Nagpal, CAO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Jagdish Chander, SFAO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Gajanand Yadav, Sr. AO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Ravinder, Sr. AO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Braj Kishor , ACTO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. B.D. Phansal, Joint Director (Admn) & Sr. Registrar/Transparency Officer, ICAR-NDRI Karnal.
  • Dr. G.V. Vedhamurthy, Scientist(Sr. Scale) and APIO, SRS of NDRI, P.O.Adugodi Bangaluru
Sr. No. Name of Particulars Details of Particulars
1 The particulars of Organisation its functions and duties ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) at Karnal, Haryana is one of the premier Institutes in dairy sector which has contributed a lot in the growth of dairy industry and played a crucial role in India’s development in milk production with its continuous research. Over ninety year old NDRI’s lineage goes back to the Imperial Institute for Animal Husbandry & Dairying which was set up in Bangalore in 1923 as a centre for dairy education. In 1955, it was shifted to its present site in Karnal and renamed as National Dairy Research Institute. The infrastructure of Imperial institute was retained as southern regional station of NDRI and later in 1964 Eastern regional station was set up at Kalyani in West Bengal. In 1970, NDRI was brought under Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Since, 1989, the Institute has the distinction of being a Deemed University for implementing its academic programmes.
NDRI has secured First Rank among Agricultural University in the ranking of Agricultural Universities by ICAR (2016-17), and accreditated by NAEA Board, ICAR (up to 2021). The Institute is placed in the special mention category of Institutions by NIRF, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Ranking (2018).The Institute is also ISO 9001: 2008 certified and the process for obtaining ISO 9001: 2015 is in progress.
The primary goal of the Institute is to provide R&D support towards generation and dissemination of knowledge for development of national milch herd, milk production enhancement, greater productivity of dairy industry and upliftment of dairy profession leading to socio-economic and environmental benefits to the nation as well as contribute towards manpower development programme. This is a unique campus, which alongside Deemed University and residential buildings, has various well equipped research laboratories as well as green spaces with perennial plants and gardens. Well equipped sports facilities and attractive leisure time opportunities are offered to the students and employees of the Institute. The organizational structure of NDRI follows the Deemed University pattern of the ICAR. The policy making functions pertaining to Research, Education and Extension activities are managed through six main bodies focused at.
  • Board of Management
  • Research Advisory Committee
  • Academic Council
  • Institute Research Council
  • Extension Council
  • Executive Council
2 The powers and duties of its officers and employees The highest policy making body is the board of management (bom). The director ndri, is the chairman of this board. The research advisory committee (rac) is responsible for all round progress in research at the institute and its application. The academic council is responsible for all issues relating to the education and training. The academic council, in turn, is supported by (i) standing committees, (ii) the post graduate faculty, and (iii) the board of studies in the respective disciplines. The extension council is responsible for guiding extension programmes. Institute research committee (irc) is responsible for prioritization, monitoring and evaluation of research conducted in the institute. The executive council is the main task implementing body on administrative matters and the powers and the function of this council shall be those as may be delegated by the bom. The research, education and extension activities of the institute are managed by the director and the joint directors through scientific, technical, administrative and supporting staff. The director is the overall administrative head of the institute and its regional stations. The joint directors in addition to extending support to the director in the area of research, academics and administration are responsible to co-ordinate research and educational activities of various divisions and regional stations, respectively. Each of the regional stations is administered through the head located at the station. The scientific and teaching work at the main campus and its regional campuses is conducted in 16 subject-matter disciplines.
3 The procedures followed in the decision making process including channels of supervision and accountability The decision making process is decided on the basis of recommendations of Board of Management, Academic Council, Research Advisory Committee and Extension Council. These recommendations are implemented through Joint Directors and diffferent divisions/sections of the Institute. The research Divisions/sections are accountable to Joint Directors. Joint Directors are accountable to Director.
4 The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions National Dairy Research Institute comes under ICAR which is an autonomous organisation. However, rules of Govt. of India are applicable Mutatis Mutandis to ICAR employees.
5 The rules regulation instruction manuals and records help by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its function
  • ARS rules are applicable to Scientific staff.
  • TSR rules applicable to Technical Staff
  • Govt. of India rules are applicable to administrative staff
6 A statement of the categories of documents that are help by it or under its control Annual Report
7 The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation there of Members from the public are member of Board of Management., whose views are taken into account in decision making process
8 A statement of the boards councils committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boar councils committees and other bodies are open to the public or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public BOM, RAC, Extension Council, Academic council.
These meeting of above bodies are not open to public.
9 A directory of its officers and employees Telephone Directory
10 The monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees including the system of employees including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations Information regarding Remuneration 2016-2017
11 Citizen’s Charter Citizen’s Charter (2017-2018)
12 The budget allocted to each of its agency, indicating of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made
13 No. of employees against whom Disciplinary action has been proposed/taken (Section 26)
No. of employees against whom disciplinary action has been
1) Pending for Minor penalty or Major penalty proceedings.
2) Finalised for Minor penalty or major penalty proceedings.
As on this date
1) Nil
2) Nil
14 The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and details of beneficiaries of such programmes. This Institute is not dealing with any subsidy programme
15 Particulats of recipients of concessions permits or authorization granted by it Not Applicable
16 Details in respect of the information available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form Some of the documents such as Annual report, NDRI Newsletter, Telephone directory are available in electronic for and are loaded on Institute web-site. These can be downloaded.
17 The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information including the working hours of a library or reading room. If maintained for public use library services are being rendered exclusively for the faculty members, staff members and students of the institute. However, users of sister ICAR institutes, State Agricultural universities and other universities/organisations may use library services after taking proper permission for their study/research work. The library remains open on all working days from 9.00 A.M to 6.00 P.M and 9.00 AM to 2.00 P.M on Sundays and other gazetted holidays at present. Library remains closed on the three national holidays i.e Republic Day, Independence day and Gandhi Jayanti
18 The names, designations and other particulars of the public information Officers
  • Sh. B.D. Phansal, Joint Director (Admn) & Sr. Registrar and Appellate authority, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Naresh Kumar Arora, Comptroller and Appellate authority, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Dr. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal Scientist and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Dinesh Nagpal, CAO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Jagdish Chander, SFAO, Principal Scientist and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Gajanand Yadav, Sr. AO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Ravinder, Sr. AO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. Braj Kishor , ACTO and CPIO, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
  • Sh. B.D. Phansal, Joint Director (Admn) & Sr. Registrar/Transparency Officer, ICAR-NDRI Karnal.
  • Dr. G.V. Vedhamurthy, Scientist(Sr. Scale) and APIO, SRS of NDRI, P.O.Adugodi Bangaluru
19 Such other information as may be prescribed and thereafter update these publications every year Information is updated on 25.09.2021

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