 Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 8: Fourth convocation of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J) was held at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium of the University of Jammu. On this occasion Dr. S Ayyappan, Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi was the chief guest while NN Vohra, Governor of Jammu & Kashmir who is also Chancellor of SKUAST-Jammu presided over the function. Jenab Ghulam Nabi Lone Minister for Agriculture and Dr. Pradeep K Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu shared the presidium.
On the occasion, 727 students were awarded degrees during the convocation, of these, 52 candidates were conferred Ph.D. degrees in Agriculture, Veterinary and allied sciences, whereas, 136 candidates were awarded Master of Science in Agriculture and Master of Science in Biotechnology. Besides this, 181 candidates were awarded Master of Science in Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry.
Also, 145 candidates were awarded Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology and 213 candidates were awarded Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry. In addition, nine candidates were presented gold medals and 173 were given certificates of merit in recognition of their extraordinary academic achievements. Those who were awarded gold medals included Kanchan Bala, Umbreena Mushtaq, Vikrant Dubey and Karan Deep Singh Sasan in B.Sc.(Hons.) Agriculture; Chainika Gupta in B.Sc.(Hons.) Biotechnology; and Murtaza Rashid, Kritima Kapoor, Mohsin Firdous and Ajaz Qadir in B.V.Sc. and A.H.
Speaking on the occasion Dr. S. Ayyappan, DG, ICAR lauded the efforts of SKUAST-Jammu in developing varieties of different crops like oilseeds, rice, wheat, pulses and vegetables and appreciated the University for developing Ranbir Basmati which is the most popular rice variety in the country.
He also emphasized that specific problems of hill and mountain agriculture necessitate the need for development and deployment of extremely specialized technologies. He cautioned that climate change is emerging as a real challenge before agriculture and Jammu and Kashmir has reasons to be concerned where ill effects of climate change are already being felt. Going further on this the DG. |
