Hello, here I m providing you the details of the present Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research as under:

Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra ,
Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR)
Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi 110 001.
Phone: (Off.) 91-11-23382629, 91-11-23386711; Fax: 91-11-23384773
E-mail: dg.icar@nic.in

Current area of research:
Genomics of rice yield and stress tolerance.

Publications:
i. Kumar V, Singh A, Mithra SVA, Krishnamunrthy SL, Parida SK, Jain S, Tiwari KK, Kumar P, Rao AR, Sharma SK, Khurana JP, Singh NK and Mohapatra T (2015). Genome-wide association mapping of salinity tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa). DNA Research, 1-13. (Doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsu046)

ii. The Tomato Genome Consortium (2012). The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution. Nature 485: 635-641. (T. Mohapatra worked as Co PI of the Indian Initiative at the NRCPB, IARI, New Delhi).

iii. Parida SK, Mukerji M, Singh AK, Singh NK and Mohapatra T (2012). SNPs in stressresponsive rice genes: validation, genotyping, functional relevance and population structure. BMC Genomics 13:426.

Awards and Fellowship:
Young Scientist Award-1994 of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.

Prof. L.S.S. Kumar Memorial Award-1994, instituted by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.

NAAS-Tata Young Scientist Award of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi for the Year 2000-2001.

Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial Award of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi for the year 2002.

National Bioscience Award for Career Advancement of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India for the year 2003-04.

NASI–Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award of the National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad for Application Oriented Research for the year 2007.

Special Recognition Award carrying a cash prize and citation by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in the year 2009 for significant contribution to genetic improvement of Basmati rice.