The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) celebrated its Foundation Day on Friday. A.K. Singh, Deputy Director General (Horticultural Sciences), ICAR, New Delhi, inaugurated the celebrations.
Manoj P. Samuel, Executive Director, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), delivered the Foundation Day lecture on ‘Water: quantity and quality management strategies in view of changing climate scenario’.
In a new initiative aimed at supporting women entrepreneurs, the institute launched a traditional recipe product, Mallikappi, a brew of coriander and spices developed by its off-campus incubatee, Suman Research and Rehabilitation Centre, Palazhi, Kozhikode. The institute will provide support for development and marketing of spice-based value-added products to the incubatee.
