The Director General is based at ICRISAT’s headquarters and reports to the Governing Board.
The role of the Director General is to lead ICRISAT to ever-increasing development impact through its research. Specific responsibilities and activities include:
Managing ICRISAT as Chief Executive Officer with responsibility to the Governing Board for the overall management of the Institute.
This includes: Providing dynamic leadership and vision in a rapidly changing world for creating strategies to meet the demands of sustainable agricultural development.
Developing strategies and policies for the research agenda and fostering commitment from scientists from various disciplines for implementing the strategies and policies.
Inspiring trust from staff of different nationalities and cultures; leading an internationally dispersed senior management team through modern management methods and technologies.
Policy setting, research planning, fundraising, budget development and allocation, as well as responsibility for global political and public relations both within and outside the
This includes: Enhancing and maintaining collaborative relationships involving international and advanced research centers and national agricultural research institutes in developing countries.
Attracting sustained financial commitment from donor countries, agencies, and international organizations.
Developing amongst governments the long-term interest and support for the promotion and advancement of agricultural research in the semi-arid tropics.
Conceiving and stimulating appropriate and productive interactions amongst the public and private sectors and the NGO communities in agricultural research.