It also has central textile research institutes like the Central Institute for Cotton Research ( CICR ) and Sardar Vallabhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management.
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The city houses Government research institutes including the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Sugarcane Breeding Research Institute, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding ( IFGTB ), Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies.
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Coimbatore houses a number of textile mills and is the base of textile research institutes like the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles & Management, Central Institute for Cotton Research ( CICR ) and the South India Textile Research Institute ( SITRA ).
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Joshi served the Quintennial Review Team of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT ), Hyderabad as a member and chaired the Research Advisory Committees of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, NABARA, Mumbai and the Agharkar Research Institute, Pune.