9 December 2011
No. 1496
Dr Gengyun Zhang, Vice-President, BGI-Life Science Division, Shenzhen (China) delivering his address at the 39th annual day celebration of ICRISAT. Also seen are (L to R) Cristina Bejosano, DG William Dar, DDG-R Dave Hoisington and HRO Director Hector Hernandez.
Innovate, grow, prosper
ICRISAT celebrates its 39th Annual Day A dynamic strategy of connecting poor farmers to markets, purposeful partnerships, and innovations with a systems perspective to achieve the mission to “reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation across the dryland tropics” were the main messages in this year’s annual day celebration. This, as the Institute moves forward to convert opportunities into successes in its quest for a better livelihood for the forgotten poor.
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CRISAT celebrated its 39thAnnual Day on 9 December at Patancheru by honouring its staff members, scientific triumphs, partnerships, loyalty and team spirit. The Special Guest on the occasion was Dr Gengyun Zhang, Vice-president, Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)-Life Science Division, Shenzhen (China). In his message, Director General William Dar pledged to renew and reinvigorate ICRISAT in a big way towards the larger objective of reducing
poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation across the dryland tropics. He went on to highlight the importance of thinking creatively and innovatively to be able to do so. “ICRISAT is now on top of the game, maintaining a good balance of science and institutional health, financial strength and stability, staff morale and development,” he said, elucidating on the successes achieved by the Institute. to page 2 ...4