ICAR Rules and Guidelines for Professional Service Functions (Training, Consultancy, Contract Research and Contract Service)

Abstract

The rules and guidelines on 'Training, Consultancy, Contract Research and Contract Service in ICAR System' was implemented in the ICAR from April 1, 1997. Some need based amendments were carried out and specific orders issued from time to time. From October 2, 2006, the 'ICAR Guidelines for Intellectual Property Management and Technology Transfer/Commercialization (IP guidelines in short)' were also implemented. It was imperative, therefore, that the ICAR's Intellectual Property and Technology Management (IP&TM) Unit take up the task of revising the 1997 guidelines. The finalization of these rules and guidelines has gone through a long-drawn strenuous process of meetings and consultations, and it involved much-valued input of a large number of scientists and ICAR institutes. While it would be difficult to enumerate the names of a large number of contributors, I would particularly remember the leadership and guidance of Dr PK Joshi, former Director, NCAP ICAR in the initial stages; and later of Sh Rajiv Mehrishi, former Additional Secretary DARE and Secretary ICAR. In the final stages, Sh PK Pujari, the present Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor DARE/ICAR guided us in finer aspects of the financial issues involved. The document then was cleared by Administrative Sub-Committee of the Governing Body of ICAR; for which contributions of Shri Arvind R Kaushal, Additional Secretary DARE and Secretary ICAR; Dr BS Dhillon, Vice Chancellor PAU Ludhiana; Dr AK Srivastava, Director, NDRI; and Dr Ramesh Chand, present Director, NCAP are duly acknowledged. The Governing Body in its 231st meeting held on 25th June, 2014 finally approved it for adoption in the Council. The contributions of each one of the members of this highest body in ICAR are gratefully acknowledged.