- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology
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Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology Abbreviation NIAB Motto Striving for Agricultural Development of Pakistan. Formation April 6, 1972 Type Industrial and Scientific research Legal status Institute Purpose/focus Agriculture Industrialization and Food irradiation Headquarters Location Location Faisalabad, Punjab Province Official languages English and Urdu Director Dr. Javed Akhtar Affiliations Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Website www.pcsir.gov.pk/ The Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, also known as NIAB, is an agriculture and food irradiation national research institute managed by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. Along with Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the NIAB reports directly to the PAEC Biological Science Directorate whose its current member is dr. Abdul Rashid. The current director is dr. Javed Akhtar, and it is located in Fasailabad, Punjab Province of Pakistan.
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History
The NIAB was established by Ishrat Hussain Usmani when PAEC established its first Biological Science Directorate in 1965. In 1967, with the efforts led by dr. Abdus Salam, the Government approved a project, and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission began its construction. The operations and research began in 1970, and it was officially inaugurated by Munir Ahmad Khan, then Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, in April 6, 1972. Khan later developed the institute and led the research activities in the institution. The nuclear medical research was also put under Khan, and NIAB had developed 23 different crop varieties, which are high yielding; they are disease resistant and are being cultivated throughout the country[1].
At first, the institute was mandate to create and maintain new genetic material for sustained agriculture development and to conduct research on applied problems in the field of agriculture and biology using nuclear and other related techniques.
Facilities
The institute is equipped with well-equipped laboratories having facilities. The institute currently operates 60Co irradiation sources, gas chromatographs, Photo-documentation system, and atomic absorption[2].
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Nuclear power in Pakistan Operational plants and reactors Chashma Nuclear Power Complex · Karachi Nuclear Power Plant · Khushab Nuclear Complex · Multan Heavy Water Production Facility · Pakistan Atomic Research Reactor
Facilities under construction Chashma Nuclear Power Complex · Karachi Nuclear Power Complex · Khushab Nuclear Complex · Pakistan Nuclear Power Fuel ComplexResearch Institutes Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP) · High Tension Laboratories (HTL) · International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics (INSC) · KANUPP Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering · Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) · National Centre for Physics (NCP) · Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) · Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) · Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH) · Pakistan Institute of Physics (PIP)Research and testing Baghalchur · Chagai District · Chagai Hills · Chagai-I · Chashma · Kahuta · Kala-Chitta Mountain Range · Kharan Desert · Khushab District · Kirana Hills · Kirthar Mountains · Mianwali · Ras Koh Hills · Sehwan Sharif · WahOrganizations Projects and Nuclear tests Other topics List of missiles of Pakistan · National Development Complex · Pakistan national energy policy · Sino-Pak Nuclear Technology ConsortiumCategories:- Energy in Pakistan
- Nuclear technology in Pakistan
- Pakistan federal departments and agencies
- Science and technology in Pakistan
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- Nuclear organizations
- Food safety organizations
- Constituent institutions of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
- Government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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