BackStakeholders meeting of at CSWRI, Avikanagar

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A meeting of state government senior officials and executives dealing with sheep and wool development was held on 14/02/2014 at CSWRI campus, Avikanagar in collaboration with Central Wool Development Board (CWDB). The meeting was chaired by Dr. S.M.K. Naqvi Director, CSWRI. It was attended by the Heads/ Senior officers of the animal husbandry /sheep and wool development federation /corporation from the different wool growing states like Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra along with other stake holders, viz. KVIC, WSC, Jaipur and people from industry. Dr. S M K Naqvi has made a presentation on R&D activities being conducted in the institute and available research infrastructure. He also briefed the delegates about the R&D activities which are sponsored by CWDB. Executive Director, CWDB, Sh. K. K. Goyal, made a brief presentation on different activities and schemes of CWDB and stated that main objective of the present workshop is to sensitize various state government officials on issues related to sheep and wool development.  The presentation session was followed by an open discussion in which various state government representatives raised various issues and queries which were addressed by the house. Dr. Shakyawar, Nodal officer, CWDB and I/C TMTC division proposed vote of thanks. The meeting was followed by sheep sector, farm and wool processing plant visit.