The Joint Secretary (Seeds), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, Dr. B.S. Rajasekharan visited ICAR-IIVR, Varanasi. He expressed his happiness on the nicely maintained and clean campus of the Institute. After brief discussion with Director of the Institute Dr. B. Singh and all the Heads of Divisions about various activities and achievements of the Institute, he visited the experimental area and expressed satisfaction the way experiments were being maintained in the field. He showed keen interest in the seed production activities of the Institute and the waste management complex being maintained at the Institute. He also visited the low energy seed storage facility and the Integrated Bee Development Centre (IBDC) of the Institute and appreciated the activities of the Institute.