Research Council

a)      The director Research shall act as  Member Secretary of the Research Council (in accordance with section 16(1) of the act). In his absence a person in the university service shall be nominated by the Vice chancellor to act as Member Secretary.

    b)      Secretary shall give 10 days notice along with agenda  before each meeting.

    c)       The research Council may meet twice a year on the  dates to be fixed by the     Vice Chancellor.
                However,        if  required, the Vice Chancellor may call any  meeting              in addition to the above.

    d)      Quorum of the meetings of the Research Council shall  be half of the total strength           of  the members
            of     the council.  In case of emergency or special the Vice  Chancellor          may call a meeting of the
           Research Council suspending the  notice period to the extent          he deems fit. Quorum for such emergency
           meetings shall be 1/3 of the total strength of          members of the Research Council. In case such emergency
            meeting for  transaction of          same business.

  e)      All members of the Research Council other than ex-officio members shall hold office         for a period of one
           year.

 Research Stations/Sub stations/Centre:

      - Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri

     - Dry land Research Sub-station, Dhiansar

     - Rain fed Research Sub-station for Sub-trop  Fruits, Raya

     - Regional Horticulture Research Sub-station,Bhaderwah

    -  Pulses Research Sub-station, Samba

   - Maize Breeding Research Sub-station, Poonch

   - Water Management Research Centre, Chatha

   - Cropping System Research, Chatha

    - Seed Production Farm, Chakroi, RS Pura

    - All India Maize Improvement Project, Udhampur

Research Activities

      MUSHROOMS: Year round cultivation of different species have also been devised & know-how handed over to Agriculture Deptt.

      SAFFRON : Considerable success had been achieved in the crop of at Kishtwar area of Jammu region. The work on propagation of saffron through plant tissue culture is also in progress at Plant Tissue culture facility at Udheywalla

      MEGA SEED PROJECT FOR CROPS & FISHERIES:  ICAR has sanctioned mega seed project for the production of quality seed for different crops to this university with total layout of Rs. 3.91 crores in year 2006.

      At present 63 externally funded research projects including ICAR and All India co-ordinated schemes are undertaken in the university. These research projects are funded by Department of Bio-technology (DBT), National Technology Project (NATP), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), National Horticulture Board (NHB).

         Focus  on non-crop related agriculture

n      Jatropha as a source of Bio-diesel, new initiative has been taken by university. 23 species of higher potential from Jammu region  had been identified

n      500 plants of improved variety of Raj Harad, medicinal plant has been propagated and distributed among farmers and line departments.

n      A new project on establishment of Herbal garden was initiated with financial assistance from National herbal Board

             Proposal submitted with variety release Committee

                      Paddy  - RR 564

                     Toria    -  RSPT - 2

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