1. Post Name: Director General
2. The duties and responsibilities of the post of Director General, NIAM are as under:-
i. Giving appropriate direction to the programmes run by the Institute for training, research, education, extension and consultancy in the sphere of agri-business development and agri marketing and providing necessary inputs for policy interventions to the Government.
ii. Proper adnoinistration OCthe Institute;
iii. Prescribing the duties of all employees of the Institute;
iv. Preparation of annual budgets, supplementary budget etc. and their submission to the competent authority for approval;
v .Maintain accounts and arrange their audit;
vi. Coordinate and exercise general supervision over all the activities of the Institute and over the work and conduct of all employees of the Institute. The Director General shall nvaintain a record of the no minutes of the of the meeting Genera! BodyUExecutive Conunittee and perform such other duties as lilay be request of or as nuty be incidental to his office or as may, from time to time entrusted to him by the General body; and
vii. Prepare Annual report and Accounts of the Institute for consideration of the Executive Committee.
3. The eligibility criteria for appointment to the post of Director General, NIAM is as under:-
a. Officers of the Central Government/State Governments/ Financial Institutions/ Educational institutions/U niversities holding analogous posts on regular basis in the parent cadre/department/organization;
with 2 years' service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on regular basis in the Level-13A of the Pay Matrix or 3 years service in Level 13 of the Pay Matrix or equivalent in the pay-ent cadre /department/organization.
(ii) The candidate should have excellent academic background. Those with academic qualification in the field of Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Economics, Agri-business Development, Economics, Finance, Management, Cooperation, Developmental Administration, Rural Development or any of the Agriculture and allied subjects like Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Fisheries will be preferred.
Desirable: The officer should have 5 years experience in Developmental Administration, Academics, Research etc.
4. The period of deputation, including the period of deputation in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other Organization/Department of the Central government, shall ordinarily not exceed five years.
Age Limit:
The maximum age limit for this appointment by deputation should not exceed 55 years as on the closing date of the receipt of applications
