Cherukumalli Srinivas Rao has been appointed as the Director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), becoming the first Telugu person to hold the prestigious position. Currently serving as Director of the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), he has an extensive academic and research background, including a BSc in Agriculture from Bapatla Agricultural College, an MSc and PhD from IARI Delhi, and postdoctoral research at Tel Aviv University.
State Agriculture Minister Kinjirapu Atchannayudu congratulated Srinivas Rao, expressing pride in the achievement and wishing for continued progress in the state’s agriculture sector under his leadership.