The sixth convocation of University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, is scheduled to be held at the university auditorium here on Saturday. Addressing a media conference on the university campus on Thursday, Prakash M. Salimath, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said that Vajubhai Vala, Governor and Chancellor of the University, will preside over the event.
S.L. Mehta, former Vice-Chancellor of Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, and former Deputy Director-General (Education), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, will deliver convocation address. Krishna Byre Gowda, Minister of State for Agriculture and Pro-Chancellor of the university, will be present.
B.V. Patil, Director of Education, said that undergraduate degree certificates for 213 students, postgraduate degree certificates for 107 students and doctoral degree certificates for 22 students will be awarded at the convocation. Besides, 39 gold medals — 17 for undergraduates, 13 for postgraduate students and nine for doctoral degree holders — will also be awarded, he added.
D.M. Chandargi, Registrar of the university, said that Smitha K., undergraduate student, has topped with four gold medals — UAS, Raichur, Gold Medal, Dr. A.S. Hadimani Gold Medal, Sri Veeranagowda Patil Hireyerdihal Memorial Gold Medal and Dr. V.B. Nadagowda Gold Medal — for her outstanding academic performance.
Delighted by the academic performance of the students, Mr. Patil said that in 2014-15, 12 students had secured ICAR Junior Research Fellowship, three students had passed GATE Fellowship, five Ph.D students obtained INSPIRE Fellowship of Science and Technology, four students got Fellowship from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, 11 students got Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship by University Grants Commission, two secured Maulana Azad National Fellowship, four students were awarded the Dow Agro-Sciences Fellowship.
Mr. Salimath said that UAS, Raichur, has been in the forefront in developing crop production and protection and agricultural engineering technologies. “In 2014-15, five high yielding and stress resilient varieties/ hybrids, including IET-19251, an early maturing rice variety which is suitable for water-scarce areas, are released for the benefit of farmers,” he said.
Basave Gowda, Special Officer of Seed Unit, and S.K. Meti, Director of Extension, were present.
