Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu made his maiden visit to ICAR National Research Centre on Mithun, Jarnapani, Medziphema, Dimapur on 7th October 2021. The Vice President was received by Director ICAR (Mithun), Dr. M.H. Khar; Principal Scientist NRC Mithun, Dr. N. Haque; Joint Director ICAR Nagaland Centre, Dr. Raj Khowa; ADC Medziphema, Imsong Meren; SDO (Civil) Tokai V Sumi and scientists of ICAR. The Vice President was accompanied by Governor of Assam and Nagaland, Jagdish Mukhi, Deputy CM, Y. Patton, Minister of Agriculture G. Kaito Aye and DC Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan. On his arrival the Vice President witnessed a live Mithun and fed fodder, visited the exhibition hall and addressed the gathering. Naidu expressed his joy visiting the North East region, being one of the richest bio-reserved states in the world. The Vice President encouraged the gathering to protect, preserve and continue to give top priority in research in the North East Region. He also expressed his happiness to hear and know about the Institute and wished all the scientists and people working in the ICAR to focus more and more and come out successful in this research institute. Welcome address was proposed by Director ICAR (Mithun), Dr M.H. Khar who also highlighted the achievement and development of ICAR. Joint Director ICAR (NEH) highlighted on the activities of ICAR. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Nazrul Haque. (Sashimong, IA Medziphema)