PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Pantnagar
The 77th Republic Day was celebrated enthusiastically in G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology with participation of students, teachers, scientists, officers and employees. Addressing the gathering after hoisting the tricolor, the vice- chancellor, Manmohan Singh Chauhan gratefully remembered the sacrifice of martyrs and freedom fighters on the altar of the country’s independence. While highlighting the university’s major achievements, he mentioned establishment of Bhimrao Ambedkar Chair in the College of Community Sciences and semiconductor lab in the College of Technology, the first in an agricultural university. “This will provide students with advanced training and better placement opportunities,” he said.
Giving details of research being conducted in the field of animal husbandry and dairy production, he stated that under the All India Coordinated Research Project, work is being done on Kisan Chaupal, training programmes, IVF technology and cloning of indigenous cows to increase milk production in the State and the country.
