National Research Centre on Mithun - [NRCM]
Overview Information
About College
The National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM) was establishe under the aegis of ICAR in the 6th five year plan. NRCM is currently working for developing the scientific and sustainable mithun rearing system and for catering the needs of mithun farmers. The mandate of the NRCM is Identification, Evaluation and Characterization of mithun germplasm available in the country, conservation and improvement of mithun for meat and milk, to act as a repository of germplasm and insormation centre on mithun.
Facts and Figures of The National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM)-
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Establishment Year |
1988 |
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Recognized by |
Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi |
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Director of the Centre |
Dr. Nazrul Haque |
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Number of Books in Library |
1214 books |
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14 journals |
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Campus Strength |
44 |
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Campus area |
62.5 acres |
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How to reach |
25 km from Dimapur Railway Station |
Why to Join National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM)?
- Training & Awareness programmes: NRCM organizes various training and awareness programmes on mithun rearing like “Therapeutic Inventions and Scientific Mithun Rearing Practices for Veterinary field assistance of kohima, Dimapur district”, “Basic aspects of first aid, treatment and vaccination strategies for mithun farmers, rural educated youth” etc.
- Research & projects work: Several research and project works are going on in the NRCM like “Genetic and Biodiversity studies on Mithun”, “Identification of SNP in Leptin gene for selection of Mithun with Higher growth traits”, “Impact of heat stress on mithun production and its Amelioration Strategies”, “Genome wide association study for growth and feed efficiency traits in mithun” etc out of which some are institutional projects and some are funded externally.
- ISO Certified- The college is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Institute.