Indian scientist-academician N Raghuram became the first Indian and Asian to get elected as Chair of International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), a global policy making initiative.
a. M Raghuram
b. N Raghuram
c. S Raghuram
d. None of the above
- He will succeed Mark Sutton of the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh.
- Besides him, David Kanter of the New York University was elected as Vice-Chair.
- The new chairs will formally take up their roles on January 1, 2019.
Responsibilities of the new chair:
- Their responsibility will be to steer a network of six regional centres each under INI Regional Director (East Asia, South Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America).
- Other INI projects under their purview will include N-print activity on nitrogen foot-printing and cooperation with Global Carbon Project on establishment of global nitrous oxide budget.
- They will also enable INI to strengthen its contribution to global science-policy processes, including supporting the International Nitrogen Management System (INMS) and providing regular input to the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).
About N Raghuram:
- He specialises in biological determinants of nitrogen use efficiency in crops.
- He has been the President of Indian Nitrogen Group (co-founded by him) and Steering Committee member of UNEP Global Partnership on Nutrient Management.
- He had also served as Director of the South Asian Nitrogen Centre.
- At present, he is a professor at GGS Indraprastha University, New Delhi.
About the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI):
- INI is an international program set up in 2003 under the sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on Problems of Environment (SCOPE) and from International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP).
- Its key aims are to optimize nitrogen's beneficial role in sustainable food production and minimize nitrogen's negative effects on human health and environment resulting from food and energy production.
- INI is coordinated by Steering Committee, led by chair and six regional centre directors representing, North America, South Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and East Asia.
- INI is also currently the sustained partner of Future Earth (an international organisation that works to accelerate transformations to global sustainability through research and innovation).
Question:
Q. Who became the first Indian and Asian to get elected as Chair of International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), a global policy making initiative?a. M Raghuram
b. N Raghuram
c. S Raghuram
d. None of the above
