♦ Himanshu Pathak was appointed as Director -General Designate of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Pathak currently serves as Secretary at the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Government of India and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). 

♦ ICRISAT was established on 28 March 1972, through a Memorandum of Agreement between the Government of India and the CGIAR (Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers). This was recognized as a specified “International Organisation” under section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947, by the Government of India.