How Hyderabad got ICRISAT
The Hindu
Rain in the city before the study team’s visit proved to be a clincher to locate the research facility
It was one of the first battles between Bangalore and Hyderabad that the city won without Twitter diplomacy.
In early 1971, the international Feasibility Study Team for establishing International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) visited seven locations in Africa and five in India. Bangalore was a front runner as climate and soil conditions were the main factors for locating the research facility.

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The Union and State governments provided support in several ways to the needy people, but private institutions should also extend help, especially to those requiring medical assistance, said C.P. Rajkumar, Managing Director, Nalam Multispeciality Hospital, here on Saturday. Speaking at a function to honour Inspector General of Police V. Balakrishnan and neurologist S. Meenakshisundaram with C. Palaniappan Memorial Award for their contribution to society and Nalam Kappom medical adoption of Type-1 diabetic children, he said the governments implemented numerous welfare programmes, but the timely help by a private hospital or a doctor in the neighbourhood to the people in need would go a long way in safeguarding their lives.











