National Agriculture Innovation Project(NAIP),Component-3

Composition of the Consortium Advisory Committee (CAC):

1. Professor Nilangshu Mukherjee:  Chairman, Consortium Advisory Committee.
   Retired Professor, Former Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India.
   
2. Dr. R. K. Samanta.
   Vice-Chancellor, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia.
   
3. Dr. N. K. Bhattacharya
   Central Institute for Research on Goats,
   Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
   Makhdoom, Mathura- 281122. Uttar Pradesh.
4. Dr. Dipak Bagchi
   Head, Biological Division,
   Indian Statistical Institute ( ISI), Kolkata.
5. Dr. Amalendu Ghosh, I.A.S.
   Commissioner (Retired),
   Department of Rural Development,
   Government of West Bengal,Kolkata.
6. Mr. Tusher Bhattacharyya
   Development Professional,
   Ex-State Manager, CARE, West Bengal.
7. Tarun Roy
   23, Raja Manindra Roy Road.
   Bankura Road, Bankura. West Bengal.
8.  Mr. Manindra Gope
   Guru Charan Dey Road..
   Medinipur, West Bengal.
9. Ms. Mala Bagdi.
   Mission Road,
   Purulia.West Bengal. 
10. Dr. Amit Kumar Roy
    CPI, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya,
    West Bengal, India.

1. To increase food security and enhance income through increased productivity in Aman Rice.
2. To ensure irrigation through harvesting water.
3. To enhance farmers’ income through productivity enhancement of livestock and fisheries.
4. To ensure farmers’ income through productivity enhancement of cotton and cashew as second crop to Aman Rice.
5. To trigger entrepreneurship among small and marginal farmers and landless labourers through commercial seed production.