The First National SRI Symposium in India was organized during November 17-18, 2006 at Hyderabad by the Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad and the WWF-ICRISAT Project.

The Second National SRI Symposium in the country was organized from October 3-5, 2007 at Agartala, Tripura. This event was hosted by the State Government of Tripura and co-sponsored by SDTT and WWF alongwith other sponsors that included DRR, DRD, CRRI, NABARD and ANGRAU. This symposium brought together people from a diverse set of institutions indicative of the support for SRI that was evident, then. More than 250 participants attended the event.

The Third National SRI Symposium was organized from December 1-3, 2008 at TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu with the thematic idea of “Policies, Institutions and Strategies for Scaling Up – Mainstreaming SRI for achieving Food Security while Reducing Water Conflicts”. This symposium was co-supported by SDTT.

For a detailed report of all the National Level Symposiums on SRI in India please click following links

Second National Symposium on SRI Third National Symposium on SRI