Regional Chapters

The Academy has twelve Regional Chapters. The Regional Chapters make suggestions with regard to policies and problems concerning their areas of operation and also of national importance. The main activities undertaken by these Chapters are:

• to arrange lectures on current topics;
• to organize workshops/brainstorming sessions on important topics;
• to undertake public awareness exercises on popularization of science;
• to publish a directory of agricultural scientists in their respective towns/regions;
• to bring out periodicals/newsletters; and
• to undertake schemes for recognizing and motivating young scientists.