वार्ष्णेय, जाय दायो आई.सी.आर.आई.एस.एटीनि गोख्रै आबाद जौगाहोनाय मावथांखिनि बिजिरसं मावथांखि सालायगिरि, बिथाङा बुङो, जथुम्माया आंनि जिउहाबानि मोनसे दिंग्राय बिन्दोमोन। "आं जार्मानीयाव मावबायथानाय गुदि बिजिरसं बिथांखिखौ गारनो थिरांथा लादोंमोन आरो भारताव फैफिनदोंमोन आरो जिन आरोंदायारि गोनोखोनि गोहोखौ बाहायना आबादारिफोरनि थाखाय साबसिन आबादफोर दिहुनदोंमोन।"
The conference was a turning point in my career, says Varshney, who is today ICRISAT's Research Program Director – Accelerated Crop Improvement Programme. "I decided to give up the basic research project I was pursuing in Germany and return to India and use the power of gene technology to create better crops for farmers in my country."