:: Indian Institute of Millets Research(IIMR) ::

DG, ICAR & SECRETARY DARE, GoI visit to IIMR Stall during Krishi Unnati Mela held at IARI NEW DELHI
Sorghum DUS monitoring
Nutricereal conclave 2018 to launch agribusiness incubator of IIMR
Visit of Mr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman, NABARD to discuss development programme on Millets
NABARD sponsored national crop seminar on entrepreneurship development for millet products in progress

Announcements:

Important Notice reg. Technician (T-1) Examination - 2016 :: Sorghum in the 21st Century- “Food, Feed and Fuel in a Rapidly Changing World”- Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, 9-12 April 2018 :: Dialogue on Millets, Monsoon and Market during 15-17 April 2018 :: International Proso Millet Symposium, 8-13 August 2018 in Fort Collins, CO, USA ::

About the research centre

Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) upgraded from Directorate of Sorghum Research (DSR), is the central agency to work on all aspects of millets research and development under the auspeces of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). While the main centre at Hyderabad campus is principally engaged in both basic and strategic research on millets, region-specific research and services are organized through two other centres - Solapur in Maharashtra and OSN, Warangal in Telangana.

About Millets

Millets are ancient Super grains the reservoirs of nutrition for a better health. Millets (sorghum, pearl millet and small millets) are the important food and fodder crops in semi-arid regions... More

Mandate

To conduct basic and strategic research to increase productivity of millets and their diversified utilization for enhancement of profitability...

Technologies

The millet based varietal and value added technologies encompassing the products, processes and packages may be utilized to enhance income to the millet growing farmers, processors and millet based industries...

Marvelous Millets : The climate resilient smart crops (click on photo for nutritional info)