Central Institute for Cotton Research
Panel finds lapses in development of first indigenous Bt cotton
In a damning indictment of the way some Bt cotton varieties were developed and commercialised in the country, a committee headed by Prof. S.K. Sopory, Vice-Chancellor of JNU, found that indigenous Bikaneri Nerma (BN) Bt cotton variety was contaminated by a gene patented by Monsanto. Having found lapses in the “BNLA106 event”, the committee has held as “invalid” the data obtained from bio-safety studies and field trials with BNBt as these were conducted with material that contained Monsanto’s “MON531 gene/ event”.
The committee’s finding raises disconcerting questions over the claims made by developers, the role of regulatory body, the public sector research institutions and their ethical standards. The BNBt cotton variety and Bt NHH hybrid were developed in a collaborative effort of the National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur, and University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad.
1 SRF – One
Essential Qualification
M.Sc. (Ag) Entomology / M.Sc. Zoology with
Entomology
Desirable Qualification: Experience in Agricultural
Research and working knowledge in Computer
2 PA – One
Essential Qualification: Graduate in Science
DQ: Working knowledge in Computer
Pay: SRF ‐ Rs.16,000/‐ + HRA 20% p.m.
PA ‐ Rs.8,000/‐ (Consolidated)
(Reporting time 10AM to 10.30AM for Forenoon Session)
2 PM to 2.30 PM for Afternoon Session)
Instructions:
1. All the above engagement is temporary / contractual & carries no other allowances.
2. The Walk‐in‐interview will be held as detailed above at this Institute.
3. These temporary contractual appointment are for a specific period up to 31.3.2015 and co‐terminus
with the project or even before on the discretion of the Competent Authority. The RA/SRF/Project
Assistant will have no right to claim any employment or engagement in CICR/ICAR.
Senior Research Fellow (SRF) and Project Assistant (PA) in TMC MMI (1.5 ) “Simulation Models /Sensor based
gadget for Cotton : Protection and Production.”
VENUE: Central Institute for Cotton Research (ICAR), Regional Station, Maruthamalai Road, Coimbatore – 641 003,
walk_in_interview_cbe_2014.pdf
Panel finds lapses in development of first indigenous Bt cotton
In a damning indictment of the way some Bt cotton varieties were developed and commercialised in the country, a committee headed by Prof. S.K. Sopory, Vice-Chancellor of JNU, found that indigenous Bikaneri Nerma (BN) Bt cotton variety was contaminated by a gene patented by Monsanto. Having found lapses in the “BNLA106 event”, the committee has held as “invalid” the data obtained from bio-safety studies and field trials with BNBt as these were conducted with material that contained Monsanto’s “MON531 gene/ event”.
The committee’s finding raises disconcerting questions over the claims made by developers, the role of regulatory body, the public sector research institutions and their ethical standards. The BNBt cotton variety and Bt NHH hybrid were developed in a collaborative effort of the National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur, and University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad.
1 SRF – One
Essential Qualification
M.Sc. (Ag) Entomology / M.Sc. Zoology with
Entomology
Desirable Qualification: Experience in Agricultural
Research and working knowledge in Computer
2 PA – One
Essential Qualification: Graduate in Science
DQ: Working knowledge in Computer
Pay: SRF ‐ Rs.16,000/‐ + HRA 20% p.m.
PA ‐ Rs.8,000/‐ (Consolidated)
(Reporting time 10AM to 10.30AM for Forenoon Session)
2 PM to 2.30 PM for Afternoon Session)
Instructions:
1. All the above engagement is temporary / contractual & carries no other allowances.
2. The Walk‐in‐interview will be held as detailed above at this Institute.
3. These temporary contractual appointment are for a specific period up to 31.3.2015 and co‐terminus
with the project or even before on the discretion of the Competent Authority. The RA/SRF/Project
Assistant will have no right to claim any employment or engagement in CICR/ICAR.
Senior Research Fellow (SRF) and Project Assistant (PA) in TMC MMI (1.5 ) “Simulation Models /Sensor based
gadget for Cotton : Protection and Production.”
VENUE: Central Institute for Cotton Research (ICAR), Regional Station, Maruthamalai Road, Coimbatore – 641 003,
walk_in_interview_cbe_2014.pdf
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