Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 30: The 15th Research Council meeting of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, was held at the Varsity Campus under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Pradeep K Sharma.
The two-day meeting deliberated upon the outcome of the research work, carried out by the scientist in the field of Agriculture, Animal Sciences & Biotechnology and other allied sectors during last two years and recommendations made for the benefit of farmers of Jammu region.
The council also discussed about the future research proposals based on the feedback of line department for farming community of different agriculture regions of Jammu province.
Besides the statutory members of the council, consisting of the officers of the University, Directors of the Line Departments ( J&K Govt), Deans of Faculties, Head of the Divisions of Agriculture, Veterinary, Basic Science and School of Biotechnology, Stations of the University and four external experts in the field of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, attended the meeting.
The Vice Chancellor, in his introductory remarks, emphasized upon the scientist to work on the monopoly crops of the respective regions in consonance with climate change of State particularly for dryland areas to boost production and productivity of crops and animals. He exhorted the young scientist to write projects for external funding. He also advised for close rapport with the officers of the line departments so that benefit of the research outcome could be duplicated in farmers’ field as well.
Dr Jag Paul Sharma, Member Secretary & Director Research, SKUAST-Jammu, presented the research achievements made by the scientist of the University in various fields. He informed that 68 adhoc projects worth rupee 20.35 crores were currently running in the University and 70 research projects have been submitted to various agencies for funding.
During five technical sessions, lasting for two days, heads of the Division of Veterinary Sciences, Basic Sciences, Agriculture, Biotechnology and Stations, presented achievement in their respective fields. On each day, at the end of concluding sessions, Dr J S Sandhu, DDG (Crop Sciences), ICAR; Dr U C Sharma, Former Director, NATP (ICAR); Dr K L Khurana, Principal Scientist, Education Division (ICAR) and Dr R K Agnihotri, Dean, COVS, CSKHPKV, Palampur, exhorted the scientists for cohesively developing technologies on climate resilient agriculture for betterment of farmers of Jammu province in general and Kandi areas in particular.
The vote of thanks was presented by Dr Parmod Baru, Associate Director Research, Directorate of Research.
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