Indian Agriculture and the Research and Development Deficit
Speaker: Prof. Deepak Pental, Professor of Genetics and former Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi. 

Moderator: Shri Siraj Hussain, Visiting Senior Fellow, ICRIER 

With grants from National Dairy Development Board and later from Dhara Vegetable Oil and Foods Company Limited, Prof. Pental established the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants (CGMCP) working on improvement of mustard. From his work research, mustard DMH1 with improved yield reached the farmers field.