Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SAMBA, Feb 12: Counselling & Placement Cell of Dogra Degree College organized an awareness programme in college auditorium to attract students towards Agri-preneurship schemes under Holistic Agriculture Development Programme.
The event was conducted on the direction of Chief, Agricultural Officer, Agricultural Department, Samba, Sanjay Verma and guidance of Joint Director, Animal Husbandry Department, J&K, Tara Chand.
Students evinced keen interest in employment opportunities in the Agri-sector. The participants were encouraged by experts to become job providers instead of job seekers by undertaking projects under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP), in the Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries, and other allied sectors. They were also informed about Kisan Sathi and Daksh Kisan.
The Chief Animal Husbandry Department, Rahul Dev enlightened the youth about the benefits of agriculture as a profession. Chief, Agricultural Officer, Agricultural Department, Samba, Sanjay Verma, Joint Director, Husbandry Department J&K, Ex-Chairman, Municipal Corporation, Bari Brahmana, Bachan, Waste Segregation & Management ,Municipal Corporation, Bari Brahmana, Roshi Sharma, JAEO, Agricultural Department, Gulshan Sharma, Ward Member, Bassi Kalan, Tarsem Thapa, Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Dr Manmeet Singh, Sanitary Supervisor, IEC, Ankur Bhadauriya , Assistant Surgeon, Veterinary Sciences, Animal Husbandry J&K, Mohd. Ashrat Mir, Expert, Horticulture Department J&K, Shresta Gaur, Agriculture Extension Assistant, Rakesh Kundan, Expert Apiculture Sumesh Sharma, Expert, Mushroom Cultivation, Koushal Singh Jamwal & officers/officials of other departments also gave their inputs in their area of expertise and students queries and doubts were well addressed by experts.
In the second session, the seminar on career guidance was organised by the Counselling and Placement Cell of Dogra Degree College conducted by Aryan Verma, Branch Head, T.I.M.E Institute, Jammu.
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