CSIR-CCMB launches third campus at Bommaipalli in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
CSIR-CCMB has launched its third campus at Bommaipalli in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, expanding its focus on agricultural research. The 50-acre facility will cultivate advanced Super Rice varieties developed with ICAR-IIRR and distribute seeds to local farmers.
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) on Thursday announced the launch of its third campus at Bommaipalli village, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, marking a major milestone for research in agricultural science.
Spanning 50 acres, the new facility currently utilizes part of its land to cultivate advanced ‘Super Rice’ varieties. Developed jointly with the ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), these innovative strains exhibit high resistance to infections, parasites, high salinity, and low soil phosphorus. The rice varieties also include high-yielding and diabetic-friendly varieties tailored to public health needs.
The main CCMB campus is located at Tarnaka, its wildlife conservation facility LaCONES (Annexe-I) near Attapur, its Medical Biotechnology Complex (Annexe-II) at Uppal and Annexe-III, focussing research on agriculture, has come up at Bommaipalli.
To mark the campus opening, CCMB hosted its first-ever scientist meet and seed distribution programme, which attracted over 150 farmers, district officials, local representatives, and more than 100 CCMB scientists and administrators.
During the event, newly developed rice seeds were distributed directly to over 150 farmers, fostering vital dialogue on practical farming challenges.
Director, CCMB, Dr. Vinay K. Nandicoori on the occasion said that the new CCMB facility at Bommaipalli will drive future institutional expansion and spur local socio-economic growth.
Additional Collector A. Bhaskar Rao, District Agriculture Officer, Ramana Reddy, RDO Upendar Reddy, Chief Scientists Dr. Hitendra K. Patel and Dr. Mohammed Idris and other senior scientists were present.
