| ORIGIN & GROWTH | |||
| 1930 |
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Statistical Section created under ICAR | |
| 1940 | - | Activities of the Section increased with appointment of Dr. PV Sukhatme | |
| 1945 | - | Re-organisation of statistical section into statistical branch as a centre for research and | |
| training in the field of Agricultural Statistics | |||
| 1949 | - | Re-named as Statistical Wing of ICAR | |
| 1952 | - | Activities of Statistical Wing further expanded and diversified with the recommendations | |
| of FAO experts, Dr. Frank Yates and Dr. DJ Finney | |||
| 1955 | - | Statistical Wing moved to its present campus | |
| 1956 | - | Collaboration with AICRP initiated | |
| 1959 | - | Re-designated as Institute of Agricultural Research Statistics (IARS) | |
| 1964 | - |
Installation
of IBM 1620 Model-II Electronic Computer |
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| - | Signing
of MOU with IARI, |
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| in Agricultural Statistics | |||
| 1970 | - | Status of a full fledged Institute in the ICAR system, headed by Director | |
| 1977 | - |
Three
storeyed |
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| - | Installation of third generation computer system, Burroughs B-4700 | ||
| 1978 | - | Re-named as Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI) | |
| 1983 | - | Identified as Centre of Advanced Studies in Agricultural Statistics and Computer | |
| Applications under the aegis of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | |||
| 1985-86 | - | New Course leading to M.Sc. degree in Computer Application in Agriculture, initiated | |
| 1989 | - | Commercialization of SPAR 1 | |
| 1991 | - | Burroughs B-4700 system replaced by a Super Mini COSMOS LAN Server | |
| 1992 | - | Administration-cum-Training Block of the Institute was inaugurated | |
| 1993-94 | - | M.Sc. degree in Computer Application in Agriculture changed to M.Sc. (Computer Application) | |
| 1995 | - | C |
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| established by Education Division, ICAR | |||
| 1996 | - | Establishment of Remote Sensing & GIS lab with latest software facilities | |
| - | Outside funded projects initiated | ||
| 1997 | - | Senior Certificate Course in ‘Agricultural Statistics and Computing’ revived | |
| - | Establishment of modern computer laboratories | ||
| - | First software in India for generation of design along with its randomised layout SPBD release 1.0 | ||
| 1998 | - | Four divisions of the Institute re-named as Sample Survey, Design of Experiments, | |
| Biometrics and Computer Applications | |||
| - | Revolving Fund Scheme on Short Term Training Programs in Information Technology initiated | ||
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Training programmes in statistics for non-statisticians in National Agricultural Research |
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| System initiated | |||
| 1999 | - | Strengthening of LAN & Intranet with Fibre optics & UTP cabling | |
| - | Substantial growth in outside funded projects and training programmes | ||
| 2000 | - | Two divisions re-named as Division of Forecasting Techniques and Econometrics | |
| 2001 | - | Data Warehousing activities (INARIS project under NATP) initiated | |
| 2002 | - | Establishment of National Information System on Animal Experiments Laboratory | |
| - | Development of PIMSNET (Project Information Management System on Internet) for NATP | ||
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2003 |
- | Establishment of National Information System on Long-term Fertilizer Experiments funded by | |
| AP Cess Fund | |||
| - | Development of PERMISnet (A software for Online Information on Personnel Management in | ||
| ICAR System) | |||
| - | First indigenously developed software on windows platform released Statistical Package | ||
| for Factorial Experiments (SPFE) 1.0 | |||
| 2004 |
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National Information System on Agricultural Education (NISAGENET) Project launched | |
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Training Programme for private sector initiated and conducted training programme for | ||
| E.I. DuPont India Private Limited | |||
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E-Library Services Initiated | ||
| 2005 |
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Statistical Package for Augmented Designs (SPAD) and Statistical Package for |
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Agricultural Research (SPAR) 2.0 released | ||
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Design Resources Server with an aim to provide E-advisory in NARS initiated | ||
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Strengthening of Reproductive Lab with colour photocopier | ||
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Installation of Digital Telephone Exchange | ||
| 2006 |
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Organisation of International Conference on Statistics and Informatics in Agricultural Research | |
| 2007 |
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Establishment of Agricultural Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABL) | |
| 2008 |
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Software for Survey Data Analysis (SSDA) 1.0 released | |
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