The Inaugural Session of the 14th Meeting of the Governing Board (GB) was held in virtual mode on 19 October 2020. The two days technical sessions were also held in virtual mode.
The inaugural session of the 14th Meeting of the Govening Board was presided over by Dr. A. Arunachalam, Assistant Director General (International Relation), ICAR, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India in the inaugural session. Dr. Md. Abdur Rouf, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh graced the inaugural session as the Chief Guest. Dr. S.M. Bokhtiar, Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) and Mr Md. Shamsul Haque, Additional Foreign Secretary (SAARC & BIMESTEC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh addressed the inaugural Session as Special Guests. GB Members/Ministry representative from seven Member States, Ms. Ishrat Jahan, Director (ARD& SDF), SAARC Secretariat and Mr Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Director, SAARC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh attended the inaugural session.
