Research Advisory Committee (RAC)

Apex body which gives overall direction for research activity in the institute and it also reviews the research progress. The recommendations of the committee are approved by the Council. The committee has a panel of experts drawn from different fields in which the institute undertakes research activity. The duration of the committee is for three years. The committee meets once in a year. The constitution of the XX committee is as follows:

Name	Designation
Dr. S.M. Ilyas , Former Vice Chancellor, Narenda Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya	Chairman
Prof. Gopal P. Agarwal, Former Professor, IIT, New Deli	Member
Dr. S.P. Borkar, Professor, (TMD), VJTI, Mumbai	Member
Dr. Pitam Chandra, Former Director, ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal	Member
Dr. Ravindra V. Adivarekar, Professor, DF&TPT, ICT, Mumbai	Member
Dr. S.K. Shukla, Director, ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai	Member
Dr. K. Narsaiah, Assistand Director General (PE), ICAR, New Delhi	Member
Dr. V.G. Arude	Member-Secretary