N. Raghuram has been appointed as the new Chair of INI and is the only Indian to get elected as the Chair of the INI.

•  International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) is international program set up in 2003 under sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on Problems of Environment (SCOPE) and from International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP).
• Its key aims are to optimize nitrogen’s beneficial role in sustainable food production and minimize nitrogen’s negative effects on human health and environment resulting from food and energy production.