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Established :18/06/1986

Director : Dr. M.G. Nayak


1. To undertake strategic, basic and applied research for enhancing productivity, quality, processing efficiency and value addition of cashew. 2. To serve as National Repository of genetic resources and scientific information on cashew. 3. To coordinate All India Coordinated Research Project on Cashew for addressing location and region specific problems. 4. To promote capacity building through transfer of technology and consultancy services to stakeholders.

S No.	Year	No. of Research Paper/ Article Published	No. of Scienfitic Manuals
1	2017	11	10
2	2016	13	4
3	2015	14	2
4	2014	21	1
5	2013	23	7

S No.	Year	Month	Project Type	Institute Funded	External Funded	Total No. of Projects
1	2017	September	Ongoing	24	1	25
2	2017	September	Completed	4	1	5
3	2017	September	New	2	1	3
4	2018	June	Ongoing	21	2	23
5	2018	June	New	4	1	5
6	2018	June	Completed	0	0	0

S No.	Year	No. of Sample Taken	Actual Sample Taken	No. of Sample Analyzed	No. of Health Card Issued
1	2015	20	20	20	20
2	2017	54	54	54	54

S No.	Year	No. of Village	Name of Village	Name of Scientist	Broad Area of Activities
1	2017	1	Aletti	Dr. T.N. Raviprasad, Dr. D. Balasubramanian, Mr. A	To conduct training activities in selected villages and to advise on different aspects of cashew production technologies.
2	2017	1	Irde	Dr. J.D. Adiga, Dr. Mohana. G.S, Dr. K. Vanitha, M	To conduct training and to advise on different aspects of cashew production technologies.

S No.	Year	Month	No. of Activities Planned	No. of Activities Executed	Status
1	2017	December	48	46	On Campus
2	2018	August	32	32	On Campus

S No.	Date	No. of IPR	No. of Patents	No. of Technology Developed
1	31/08/2018	6	1	14

S No.	Year	Name of Technology Commercialized	Description	Contact Person E-mail
1	2018	a) Radial arm type cashew kernel extracting machin	a) Radial Arm type Cashew Kernel Extracting Machine (Patent no.272371) In this kernel extractor, single operation enables splitting of steam treate	bavika13@email.com
2	2018	b) Dual mode dryer for raw cashewnuts	b) Dual mode dryer for raw cashewnuts Direct sun-drying and the use of solar driers depend on the intensity of the solar energy to heat up the air	bavika13@email.com
3	2018	c) Rotating drum roasting machine for raw cashewnu	c) Rotating drum roasting machine for raw cashewnuts (Patent no.3483/CHE/2013) Kernels obtained by drum roasting mode of processing are very much p	bavika13@email.com
4	2018	d) Concentric drum type rotary sieve grader for ra	d) Concentric drum type rotary sieve grader for raw cashewnuts Size grading of raw cashewnuts prior to processing is the first step in mechanizatio	bavika13@email.com
5	2018	e) Hydraullic type juice extractor for cashew appl	e) Hydraulic type cashew apple juice extractor Preparation of alcoholic beverage from cashew apple is restricted in all cashew growing states in In	bavika13@email.com
6	2018	f) Updraft gasifier for cashew apples	f) Updraft gasifier for cashew shell cake Cashewnut processing relies on thermal energy to carry out the desired operations to achieve high process	bavika13@email.com

S No.	Year	Month	Project Type	Project Name	No. of Centre	No. of Scientist	No. of Supporting Staff	Budget of the Year	Budget Released
1	2018	August	AICRP	AICRP - Cashew	14	29	23	4.07	0.83

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Director
Dr. M.G. Nayak
Phone : 08251231530 | Fax : 08251234350
Email : director.dcr@icar.gov.in

Head of Office
Shri. K.M. Jayarama Naik
Phone : 9495627079 | Fax : 08251234350
Email : jayaramanaik.km@icar.gov.in

Finance Officer
Shri. R. Arulmony
Phone : 9945635132 | Fax : 08251234350
Email : arulmony.r@icar.gov.in

PME Cell In-Charge
Dr. T.N. Raviprasad
Phone : 9448409930 | Fax : 08251234350
Email : tnrprasaad@gmail.com

Extension Activity Incharge
Dr. J.D. Adiga
Phone : 9902072036 | Fax : 08251234350
Email : dinakara.adiga@gmail.com

Institute Address
ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Mottethadka (Indira Nagar), Darbe (P.O.), Puttur , Dakshina Kannada , 574202
Phone : 08251-230902,236490,231530 | Fax : 08251-234350
Email : dircajures@gmail.com
Website : https://cashew.icar.gov.in/

ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research

Project Directorate

Established :18/06/1986