• भारत सरकार

    Government of India

  • कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्रालय

    Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

कृषि वैज्ञानिक चयन मंडल

Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board

Department of Agricultural Research and Education

Historical Perspective

The Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) is a premier recruitment agency under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. Established in 1973, ASRB is responsible for recruiting scientists and other officers for the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

Established as a single-member body in 1973, the Board was restructured in 1986 to comprise one chairman and two members. In 2018, the ASRB was delinked from ICAR, reconstituted with one chairman and three members, and designated as an Attached Office of DARE.

The establishment of ASRB was a recommendation of a ministerial committee chaired by ShriFakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the then Minister of Agriculture, appointed by the Prime Minister to oversee the reorganization of ICAR. The Cabinet approved the establishment of ASRB on November 1, 1973.