Director

Dr. V. Venkatasubramanian
Director
ATARI,Zone-VIII, MRS, H.A.Farm
Post: Hebbal, Bangalore-560024
Phone: 080-23510616 & 080-23410614
Fax: 080-23410615 & 080-28567175
e-Mail: atari.bengaluru@icar.gov.in

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India launched the LAB TO LAND PROGRAMME to commemorate its Golden Jubilee during 1979. Directorate, ATARI, Zone VIII, Bangalore was established during September 1979 as Zonal Coordinating Unit, Zone VIII at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore to monitor the activities of Lab to Land Programme. Subsequently, the unit was shifted to Bangalore in September 1981. Presently the Directorate is located at Hebbal, Bangalore, in Karnataka state.