Technical Support Services Division

Technical Support Services Division consists of 5 (five) sections viz. Laboratory Section headed by Principal Scientific Officer (PSO), Training Section headed by Principal Scientific Officer (PSO), Catography Section headed by Senior Cartographer, Publication and Record Section headed by Publication & Liaison Officer and Data Processing & Statistical Section (DPSS) at head quarter.

Functions:
Planning, coordination and supervision of all technical programmes and activities of the component sections. Review and/or editing of all technical reports and maps prepared by the Division. Co-ordination with allied Government/Autonomous/other agencies in research/investigations employing physical and chemical analyses as well as adaptive research works about crop and soil-moisture relationships. Responsible for overall technical progress of the Division. Assistance to Director in general and technical administration of the Division.

Laboratory Section:
Planning and supervision of physical and chemical analyses done in the laboratory on soil samples collected by the Survey and Development Divisions. Planning and supervision of adaptive research works like crop and soilmoisture relationship studies, variation of nutrient status of different soils, soil toxicity, etc.