Make water smart farming a priority, says IARI Director; 38th annual convocation of UAS-D held

Gold medallists show their medals astatine the 38th yearly convocation of University of Agricultural Sciences successful Dharwad connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Director and Vice-Chancellor of ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, Ch. Srinivasa Rao has emphasised the request for making water-smart farming a priority.

He was delivering the convocation code astatine the 38th yearly convocation of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, connected the assemblage field successful Dharwad connected Wednesday.

Mr. Rao said that groundwater was similar a slope equilibrium and it should beryllium utilised economically by doing water-smart farming.

Emphasising the request for taking workplace acquisition beyond the 4 walls of the classrooms, Mr. Rao analysed the cultivation script successful Karnataka peculiarly with notation to North Karnataka and said that h2o conservation was crucial. He mentioned astir the emerging opportunities successful the tract of oilseed and pulse accumulation and worth summation successful North Karnataka.

Congratulating the candidates who had completed graduation and postgraduation, helium spoke connected the emerging opportunities for outgoing students. Mr. Rao stressed the relation of the young minds successful facing the challenges successful agriculture, who helium said were susceptible of ensuring sustainability successful agriculture.

Addressing the gathering, Minister for Agriculture and Pro-Chancellor of UAS-D N. Cheluvarayaswamy lauded the assemblage for its accomplishment successful improvement of assorted caller varieties. He called connected the students and module to enactment connected h2o conservation, integrated farming, earthy farming and digitalisation of the agriculture technologies.

Presiding implicit the convocation, Governor and Chancellor of UAS-D Thaawarchand Gehlot said that graduating students were ambassadors of agriculture and they had the quality to instrumentality advancement of the federation to highest level. Technological advances should beryllium adapted to marque farming much smart, helium said.

Welcoming the dignitaries, Vice-Chancellor P.L. Patil presented the advancement study of the uUniversity, including teaching, research, extension, effect accumulation and successful assorted spheres.

On the occasion, honorary doctorates were conferred connected 3 progressive farmers: Dyamanagouda Tammanagouda Patil of Hubballi (for transforming barren onshore to productive and fertile land), Shankar H. Langati of Belagavi (for conserving accepted varieties), and Muttanna V. Pujar of Hangal, Haveri territory (for integrated and earthy farming).

Aishwarya Basarikatti and Kartik Chigari., who received 4 golden medals each for securing highest OGPA (9.205/10) each successful BSc Agriculture (Hons) were jointly declared arsenic ‘golden girl’ and ‘golden boy’.

Hemalatha C., BSc Agriculture (Hons) and Bharatkumar Viresh Goudar, BSc Agriculture (Hons) and Viresh Alamel, BSc Forestry (Hons) were awarded UAS golden medals for securing highest OGPA from Agriculture College, Vijayapura; Agriculture College, Hanumanamatti, and College of Forestry, Sirsi, respectively.

Nikita Nippani, BSc (Hons) Community Science, and Chitra U., BTech (Food Tech) received UAS golden medals for securing the highest OGPA successful Community Science and Food Technology respectively.

In all, 863 candidates received 41 doctoral, 197 postgraduate, and 625 postgraduate degrees during the convocation. A full of 44 UAS golden medals, 20 different golden medals, and 9 currency prizes were awarded to the students.

Registrar A. Bheemappa, members of committee of management, Academic Council, deans of assorted colleges were present.

Published - May 14, 2025 07:51 p.m. IST