National Research Centre for Litchi, Muzaffarpur Placement Details

Ayesha Taneem

Infrastructure Facilities :-

A number of equipments were procured such as GCMS, AAS, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, leaf area meter, portable photosynthesis meter, horizontal electrophoresis unit, nitrogen analyzer, flame photometer, trinocular phase-contrast upright microscope, trinocular compound microscope, stereo binocular microscope, ultracentrifuge, modified atmospheric packaging unit, hydro-cooling system, forced-air cooling system, litchi grading machine, plastic strip sealing and packaging machine, litchi peeling machine, cool storage chamber, bottle washing machine, Litchi harvester cum pruner, power sprayer and mist chamber and a state-of-art glasshouse facility for different research and supportive activities at the centre by establishing crop production, protection and post harvest management laboratories besides central instrumentation facility.

Library

The library is has a good collection of literature in the field of litchi cultivation and other related fields including Hindi literature in horticulture and allied fields. It has 1340 books including recent editions of 400 reference books, 16 encyclopedias and 30 vol. of Britannica. Currently, 11 Indian and 11 international journals are being subscribed. The centre has published 7 technical bulletins and 9 extension bulletins that are available in the library for researchers, extension workers and farmers.

Agricultural Knowledge Management Unit

The centre has an Agricultural Knowledge Management Unit (AKMU) to manage the knowledge database with software of international repute such as SAS, FMS-MIS, CAB abstracts, horticultural abstract and other computing softwares available through LAN system as shared resources. It has its own server. Fast internet connectivity has been provided through NKN which is available to users 24×7 throughout the weekdays. The website is accessed worldwide by many users.