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Faculty Development Programme on 'Novel Approaches in Research for Agriculture and Biotechnology' on 16th & 17th January 2018

Department of Agriculture and Department of Biotechnology organized two days Faculty Development Programme on 'Novel Approaches in Research for Agriculture and Biotechnology' on 16th & 17th January, 2018. On the first day Dr.Surbhi Sharma Assistant Professor, Agriculture Department welcomed the speakers and faculty members and briefed about the various sessions of the programme. The session was started with the presentation of Dr. Ajit Pal Singh, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, KVK (Bathinda) on Dairy farming in which he discussed various issues related to management of cattles, quality milk production, breeding methods for the production of new hybrids, marketing of milk products and cost benefit ratios. He solved various queries asked by the faculty members related to poultry, animal management and cattle rearing. Dr. S S. Bal, Dean, Department of Agriculture honoured Dr. Ajitpal Singh with memento. Then, Dr. G.S.Mahal, Senior faculty member of Agriculture Department, Baba Farid College, discussed about the procedure of release and notification of varieties developed by breeders/scientists. He clarified the various concepts that how varieties of various field crops undergone the process of different trials until they are released for distribution to the farmers with respect to distinctiveness, stability and uniformity testing of plant varieties.. After lunch break, Dr.G.S.Gatoria Senior faculty member of Agriculture Department, Baba Farid College, showed various techniques of management of Apis spp. used for honey production, artificial insemination in bees and eco-friendly co-ordination of bees with humans. Afterwards, Dr.Tarlok Singh, Senior faculty member of Agriculture highlighted on the shift in weed flora in the Punjab due to the vast production of paddy crop in the state which was not grown earlier back to 1970 and gave basic information about the floral characteristics of important agriculture, aquatic and xerophytic weeds. Mr. Pankaj Nagpal, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, explained electrophoresis in detail through practical demonstration. On the second day i.e. 17th January 2018, Dr. Prakash Singh Assistant Professor Department of Biotechnology welcomed the dignitaries and faculty members and précised the various sessions of the day.

The session was started with the presentation of Dr. Manisha Dhiman, Assistant professor, Central University, Bathinda on the applications of molecular techniques in agriculture. She discussed the various molecular tools and methodologies related to agriculture and briefed about biofertilizers and biofungicides used in the production of various crops. She briefed that how MAS (Marker Assisted Selection) simplifies the hybrid production in plants in comparison to the conventional breeding. She cleared various questions related to molecular biology as well as biotechnology. She was honoured with a memento given by Dean of Agriculture Department. After her lecture, Mr.Gurpreet Singh a member of Kheti Virasat Mission, Jaito, Faridkot explained organic farming and its impact on the health of human beings and animals, soil fertility and obviously on plants flora and fauna. He was on eye-opener for the mankind as he explained that how food consumed by us is toxicated with the large amount of applications of fertilizers and pesticides and how its directly or indirectly effect the various issues of human health. Moreover he told various successful stories of his mission related to growth of crops by applying organic farming. He demonstrated that how vegetables should be grown in the field as well as in the kitchen garden practically. Besides, he distributed pamphlets, booklets and magazines of his mission among the faculty members. With his practical demonstration the two day faculty programme was concluded by honouring him with a token by Dr. S.S. Bal.

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