MMPUAT ~ NewsA Newsletter of Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture& Technology Udaipur, Rajasthan

From Vice-Chancellor's Desk...

I proudly present this MPUAT Newsletter covering the

significant events of the University. It is a matter of great pleasure that

one more college i.e. College of Home Science is celebrating this year

as its Golden Jubilee Year. Further the University has got accreditation

from ICAR for a period of five years (from 28.3.2016 to 27.03.2021).

The UG and PG programs of the constituted colleges of the University

i.e. RCA, CTAE and College of Home Science have been accredited.

The College of Dairy & Food Science Technology and College of

Fisheries will be accredited in due course. The State Government has

conveyed bank guarantee for sanctioning a loan of Rs. 50.0 crores

from Bank of India for payment of due gratuity and commutation amount to the retired employees. The long pending

issue of bifurcation of land and buildings between Mohan Lal Sukhadia University and Manarana Pratap University of

Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur was finalized by the Bifurcation Committee in its meeting held on 6th June, 2016.

Decision regarding establishment of Research Chair (Shodh Peeth) in the name of Maharana Pratap has been taken. A

committee has been constituted for finalizing Invocation Song (Kul Geet) of the university before the next convocation.

The university has requested to the State Government for transferring the four State Farms to the University for research

work. I urge upon all our staff, faculty and senior officials to keep up the tempo of work and work hard to bring name and

fame to the University.

Volume 16 No. 1 January - June, 2016

State Level Oilseed Farmer's Fair

MPUAT organized State Level Oilseed Krishi

Vigyan Mela during 17-19th March, 2016 at Rajasthan

College of Agriculture, Udaipur. This Mela was sponsored

by Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan,

Jaipur under National Mission on Oilseed and Oil palms.

The theme of the mela was Self Reliance through

Celebration of Golden Jubilee Year of the

College of Home Science

The constituent College of MPUAT i.e. College of

Home Science has stepped into its Golden Jubilee year and

various activities have been planned to adorn this year.

The Golden Jubilee celebration "Swarn Abhuday Fest -

2016" was organised on January 23rd, 2016 in which Smt.

Aparna Vaish, Additional Director General , Operations,

Prasar Bharti, New Delhi was the Chief Guest, Sh.

Niranjan Arya, IAS, Chief Commissioner, Scouts &

Guides, Rajasthan was Guest of Honour and Sh. Hemant

Purohit, IPS, Additional Director General of Police,

Rajasthan was Guest of Eminence. Prof. P.K. Dashora,

Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, Maharana Pratap University of

Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur presided over the

function. Dr. Arti Sankhala, Dean of the college presented

achievements of the college during last 50 years.

Foundation stone laying of Swarn Jayanti Dawar was also

done by the Chief Guest Mrs. Aparna Vaish.

Prof. U. S. SharmaVice-Chancellor

Important Meetings held

Second Alumni Meet of Home Science

Association Udaipur

Maharana Pratp Memorial Lecture

1. The Senior Officers' Council Meeting was held on

14th March, 2016.

2. The Senior Officers' Council Meeting was held on

22nd April, 2016.

3. The Senior Officers' Council Meeting was held on 5th

May, 2016.

4. Academic Council Meeting was held on 21st May,

2016.

5. Academic Council Meeting was held on 14th June,

2016.

6. Meeting of Finance Committee was held on 16th

June, 2016.

7. Meeting of Board of Management on 17th June, 2016.

Two days II Alumni Meet was organised on 23rd &

24th Jan., 2016 in which 255 alumni participated

enthusiastically. Chief Guest of the programme was Dr.

Ajit Gupta, Former Chair person, Rajasthan Sahitya

Academy & BOM Member, MPUAT. On this occasion 50

Alumni were facilitated. Oath was also taken by the newly

elected Executive committee.

One the eve of 476th birthday of Maharana Pratap,

the legendary King of Mewar and freedom fighter

Maharana Pratap Memorial Lecture-2016 was organised

on 6th June, 2016 on the topic "Relevance of Pratap in

Present Context". The speech was given by Prof. K.S.

Gupta, Former Professor and Eminent Historian, MLSU,

Udaipur and Dr. P.K. Dashora, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor

was Chief Guest of the function. The programme was

presided by Prof. Uma Shanker Sharma, Hon'ble Vice-

Chancellor, MPUAT, Udaipur. 02

Improved Production Technologies of Oilseeds. The mela

was inaugurated by Prof. V.B. Singhji, Former Vice-

Chancellor of MPUAT and the inaugural function was

presided by Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of MPUAT, Prof.

U.S. Sharma. While speaking in his inaugural address he

appealed to the farmers for the adoption of new

technologies to obtain maximum production from per unit

area. He also advised farmers that crop diversification is

must for sustainability for that they should include oilseed

crops in their system. During this mela various crop

competitions, exhibitions, and special technical sessions

were organized.

Valedictory function of the Krishi Vigyan Mela

was organized on 19th March,2016 and the function was

chaired by Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of MPUAT, Prof.

U.S. Sharma and Chief Guest was Shri Arjun Lal Meena,

MP, Udaipur & Shri Chandra Singh Kothari, Chairman,

Udaipur Nagar Nigam was the Guest of Honour. While

speaking on this occasion Shri Arjun Lal Meena appealed

to the farmers for less dependence on chemical

agriculture. In this mela more than 5000 farmers visited

and saw the exhibitions. On this occasion a special issue of

Rajasthan Kehti, technical bulletin written by Dr. P.

Chaplot & Dr. I.J. Mathur, Professor, DEE was published

and released by honorable dignitaries on the eve of

inaugural function.

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The Pushpanjali Programme was organized on 7th May, 2016 in front the statue of the great leader Maharana Pratap on the occasion of Pratap Jayanti by Prof. Uma Shanker Sharma, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, MPUAT, Udaipur and the staff of the University.

The International Yoga Day was organised on 21st June, 2016 at University Indoor Complex with Yoga camp from 22nd to 25th June, 2016. An exhibition was also organised on this occasion. The Yogasan and Pranayaam training was given by Sh. Sanjay Dixit and Sh. Deepesh Vats along with volunteers. University staff and students participated in the programme.

International Yoga Day

Conferences, Seminar, Workshop, Summer School, Winter School, Orientation Courses etc. organized

programmes being conducted at 21 centres in

different states of country was done through 4

technical sessions during three days meeting.

�ICAR Sponsored 21 days Summer School entitled

"Technological Advances and Productive Strategies

in Organic Agriculture and their Internalization with

Agro-ecosystems" was organized during 1 - 21

June, 2016 at Directorate of Research, MPUAT,

Udaipur. Prof. U. S. Sharma, Hon'ble Vice-

Chancellor, MPUAT, Udaipur and Dr. A. S. Panwar,

Director, Indian Institute of Farming System

Research, Modipuram were present during the

Inaugural Session held on June 1, 2016. Thirty

scientists of 10 disciplines from 6 states (Punjab,

M.P., Rajasthan, Gujrat, J&K and U.P.) participated

in the Summer School training programmes. Dr. N.

S. Rathore, DDG, Agricultural Education, ICAR,

New Delhi, Dr. P. K. Dashora, Vice-Chancellor,

University of Kota, Kota and Dr. G. S. Ameta,

Director Research, MPUAT, Udaipur addressed the

participants during special session and valedictory

At Directorate of Research

�The 46th Annual Group Meeting of All India

Coordinated Research Project on Sorghum in

collaboration of Indian Institute of Millet Research

(IIMR), Hyderabad was organized at Directorate of

Research, MPUAT, Udaipur during 25-27 April,

2016. Dr. U. S. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, MPUAT,

Udaipur as a Chairman, Dr. I. S. Solanki, ADG

(FFC), ICAR, New Delhi as Chief Guest and Dr. V.

A. Tonapi, Director IIMR, Hyderabad addressed the

Group Meeting. About 130 Scientists participated in

the meeting. The review of on-going research

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At College of Home Science

�Dr. Arti Sankhla, Dr. Neeta Lodha and Dr. Renu

Mogra organized two days' workshop on Promoting

Quality of life through Health Awareness and

Education from 18th - 19th January, 2016. About 80

women and adolescent girls were benefitted.

�21 Refresher Training Course of six days duration

were organized from Jan. to June 2016 benefitting

278 ICDS supervisors.

�Ten days coordinated training for 40 adolescent girls

and women from 15th to 25th February 2016 of all

the five components of Home Science was

conducted in the Operational village of AICRP.

�One day training was organized in February, 2016

on "Care and Nutritional Aspect of Early Childhood

years" for III year nursing students of Kalptaru

Nursing Institute of Udaipur.

�Exhibition on "Agriculture and household drudgery

reducing technologies" was arranged at State level

Kisan Mela organized by MPUAT, Udaipur during

17 to 19thMarch, 2016.

�A two days training on Nutrition for family was

organized by PG students at village Hawala Khurd

on 4th &5th May, 2016 in which 16 rural women

participated.

�Dept. of Textiles and Apparel Designing organized

three days 'Rajasthani Paramparic Alankaran

Prashikshan Shivir' from 25th - 27th February 2016

for 25 adolescents/women at Nari Niketan,Udaipur.

�Three days Capacity building training on Farm stead

and Homestead drudgery reducing tools and

technologies for women farmers at KVK,

Dungarpur on 9-10thJune, 2016 benefiting 28 rural

women.

�Training on Beauty Culture (Skill India) for a batch

of 33 adolescent girls and women was organized

from 1.6.16 to 30.6.2016 in Maanpura village.

�A two days "Career fit -Employability training plus

placement drive workshop" was organized on 24th

& 25th May, 2016 for graduate (vocational

package), post-graduate, Ph.D and ex students in

College of Home Science, Udaipur.

session of the summer school. Eminent Resource

persons delivered 60 lectures including exposure of

scientists to field and laboratory work during the

training programme.Dr. S. K. Sharma, ZDR, ARS,

Udaipur acted as Organizing Secretary of meeting.

�Workshop on "Swachh Bharat- Sunder Bharat"

organized on the eve of foundation day of Indian

Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) on 27th

Jan 2016.

�A One day workshop on "Skill Development" was

organized on 29th Jan 2016 by Department of

Mechanical Engineering for Third Year Students in

association with NIIT in Department.

Trainings in association with Directorate of

Extension Education of MPUAT for farmers, farm youth

and technical person were organized:

i) Exposure visit cum training program from 11th Jan.

- 15th Jan., 2016 on Processing & Value Addition in

Maize.

ii) Training on Processing and Value Addition of Maize

(Banswara) from 16th - 20th Jan., 2016 and 17th -

19th March, 2016 from 18th - 22nd May, 2016 on

Processing & Value Addition in Maize.

iii) National Seminar on "Technological Start-up &

Entrepreneurial issues in Dairy & Food Industry on

11th June 2016 was organized jointly by Alumni

Association & CDFST.

iv) One day training cum demonstration of value added

products of maize on 27th June, 2016 on

Entrepreneurship Development through Value

Added Maize Products.

At College of Technology and Engineering

At College of Dairy and Food Science Technology

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Significant Research Achievements

a. Varieties Released/Notified:

b. Varieties Included in Package of Practices

c. Technology incorporated in Package of Practices

�Two varieties of maize viz. Pratap Makka-9 (PM-9)

and Pratap Hybrid Maize-3 (PHM-3) have been

notified by Central Variety Release Committee

during April, 2016.

�The composite variety Pratap Makka-9 has grain

yield potential of 45-47 q/ha with maturity duration

of 81-87 days. The grain colour of this composite is

yellow. It is suitable for rainfed conditions of

Rajasthan. Pratap Makka-9 is resistant to major

diseases and stem lorer.

�The hybrid variety PHM-3 has grain yield potential

of 55-60 q/ha with maturity duration of 84-88 days.

The grain colour of this hybrid is yellow. It has stay

green fodder at the time of harvesting. Pratap

Hybrid Maize-3 is resistant to MLB, PFSR and

moderately resistant to TLB and cyst nematode.

1. Maize: DHM-121 and HQPM-5

2. Sorghum:Co-FS 29

Zone IV a

Zone IV b

�The fodder variety Pratap Makka Chari-6 should be

sown at spacing 30x15 cm and apply 130 Kg N + 50

P2O5 ha-1.

�Application of 60kg ha-1P2O5+40kg ha-1 K2O for

maize hybrid cultivation.

�Popcorn variety V.L. Amber with plant density

83,333 plants ha-1 application of nitrogen and

phosphorus with site specific nutrient management

i.e. 134 kg N and 52 kg P2O5 ha-1.

�Multi cut fodder variety Co-FS 29 for irrigated

conditions.

�Spray of zinc sulphate @ 0.5% + NPK (soluble) @

2% at knee high and tasseling stage to mitigate

drought in maize.

�Cenchrus grass sowing by mud ball/pallet method

with 20 kg N+30 kgP2O5 /ha for better grass

establishment.

�Horse gram variety AK-53 for rainfed condition.

�Weed management in ajwain with 50 g

Oxyadircila.i. applied as post emergence at 20 DAS.

�Seed treatment with streptocycline @ 100 ppm for

8-10 hours + foliar spray with streptocycline @ 100

ppm + Copper oxychloride @ 0.25 % at the time of

2nd, 3rd and 4th spray schedule for central of

angular leaf spot of cotton.

�Performance of Bt hybrids under different plant

spacing and fertility levels.

�Moisture conservation techniques of ET based drip

irrigation in Bt Cotton.

�Improving use efficiency of inputs (water and

nutrient) through drip irrigation in Bt cotton.

�Weed management in maize-wheat cropping

system.

�Bioefficacy of newer molecules against Heli cover

paarmigera in chickpea.

�Management of powdery mildew in black gram.

�Efficacy of insecticides against sucking pests of

cotton.

�Management of pest complex (defoliators like

semiloopers& hairy caterpillars) in blackgram.

Prata Makka - 9

Pratap Hybrid Maize- 3

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Season ARS, Udaipur ARS, Banswara ZREAC Kharif-2016 02-03 March 2016 09-10

March 2016

ZREAC Meetings held at ARS, Udaipur & Banswara

S.No. Projects Cost (Lakh Rs.) 1.

Enhancing the productivity of crops under saline-sodic soils 585.35 2.

Development and dissemination of economically viable farming systems for southern Rajasthan

170.03

3.

Promotion of rainwater management in rainfed areas of Mewar

433.85

4.

Development of area specific mineral mixture for livestock in Rajasthan

135.95

5.

Development and dissemination of different enriched compost

50.67

6.

Establishment of Instructional Farms at CoA, Bhilwara

524.40

7.

Anaerobic decomposition of fruit & vegetable wastes

292.44

8.

Development of bioformulation from native isolates of Trichoderma

49.23

9.

Monitoring of insect-pests in Spodopteralitura in soybean.

62.91 10.

Bio Intensive pest management technology for spices.

11.

Improvement of Sonadi sheep through genetic management.

53.53 12.

Promotion of backyard poultry for nutritional and livelihood security.

226.75

13.

Development of designer health foods and their promotion among rural women for prevention

and management of non-communicable diseases

58.45

14.

Estimation of district wise input costs of major crops of Rajasthan

26.50

15.

Modules for skill sub sectors and entrepreneurship development in agriculture

24.00

16.

Capacity building of rural women

10.00

New Research Projects sanctioned

EXTENSION ACTIVITIESwas chaired by Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor Prof. Uma

Shankar Sharma. In this meeting invited eminent

scientists Prof. P. K. Dashora, Vice-Chancellor, Kota

University, Kota and Prof. P .S. Rathore, Vice-Chancellor,

S.K.N Agriculture University, Jobner participated. At the

outset Prof. G. S. Tiwari, Director Extension presented the

action taken report for the previous year & progress report

of extension activities carried out during 2015-16. Prof. U.

S. Sharma in his presidential address congratulated DEE

for the remarkable work done and advised KVKs to

strengthen the process of transfer of technology in South

& South-East Rajasthan so as to enhance productivity of

Scientific Advisory Committee Meetings

Extension Education Council Meeting

Scientific Advisory Committee Meetings were

organized at KVKs of MPUAT during March, 2016. The

purpose of these meeting were to review the progress of

2015-16 and finalize the action plan for the year 2016-

17.In these meeting Prof. G.S. Tiwari, Director Extension

chaired these meetings and gave his valuable suggestions

for improvement and smooth functioning of KVKs. Prof.

P.P. Rohilla, from ZPD unit VI, attended the SAC meeting

at Dungarpur, Banswara & Pratapgarh. He emphasized on

development of model village by KVK through

convergence of all developmental activities, inclusion of

new varieties in FLD, issue of 10000 soil health cards, etc.

In these meeting Zonal Director Research of respective

Zones, Joint Directors, District Level Officers of

Department of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal

Husbandry, NABARD, Soil & Water Conservation,

NGOs etc., participated.

17th Extension Education Council Meeting of

MPUAT was organized on 22nd June, 2016. The meeting

were sponsored by Bio-fuel Authority, Govt. of

Rajasthan, Jaipur. The participants were

disseminated knowledge regarding production

technology of Jatropha, Karanja and Mahua, bio-

fuel policies and strategies for wasteland

improvement.

�DEE organized five days training programme on

"Bamboo Production Technology" sponsored by

Forest Department, Govt. of Rajasthan. In this

training 50 forest officers from Bhilwara,

Banswara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Pratapgarh

participated.

�One Interstate training for farmers of Mandsaur

(MP) district under ATMA on "Integrated Farming

System" was organized in which 30 farmers

participated.

�DEE organized one Master Trainers Training under

"Cluster Demonstration on Food Processing and

Value Addition of Maize and Wheat under Central

Scheme of Nutri-farms (RKVY)"at KVK Siorhi on

11th March, 2016. In these trainings 28 Sathins,

Anganwari workers, Asha Sahyogi and progressive

farm women participated. DEE also organized 14

cluster demonstrations in different villages of

Pindwara Panchayat Samiti from 13-19 March, 2016

and in these trainings 389 farm women participated.

A maize festival was also organized at Nitoda village,

district Siorhi. In this festival 112 farm women from

neighbouring villages participated. On this occasion

an exhibition based on QPM recipes was organized

and products were displayed.

�An interaction session was organized by DEE with

international participants of training pogramme on

"Entrepreneurship Education to Strengthen

Emerging Economies" on 14th March, 2016. This

programme was under the aegis of ITEC-MEA,

Govt. of India, New Delhi and organized by the

Entrepreneurship Development Institute,

Ahmedabad. In this training 42 participants from 24

countries are took part. Prof. S. M. Mathur, In-

charge PRISM and Dr. Piyush Jani, Assoc. Prof.

briefed about the entrepreneurial activities

conducted by the MPUAT.

�ACCESS sponsored three days training on

"Processing and Value Addition of Maize" was

organized. In this 16 farm women and four field

level officers participated. The purpose of the

the region. Prof. P. K. Dashora said that KVKs are playing

a significant role in transfer of technology and suggested

formulation of seed production policy and publication of

farmer's friendly literature. Prof. P. S. Rathore suggested

that KVKs under FLD programme should include latest

pipeline varieties and also focus on entrepreneurship

development.

�Directorate of Extension Education organized a

Model Training Course on "Management

Techniques for Federating Farmers into Business

Groups" during 18-25th January, 2016. This

training was sponsored by Department of

Agriculture & Cooperation,Ministry of Agriculture

& Family Welfare, GOI, New Delhi and in this

training 18 participants from different states of India

participated.

�DEE organized two trainings for Agriculture

Officers of Odisha State on "Management

Techniques for Federating Farmers into Business

Groups" and "Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)

for Agricultural Production". In these trainings 40

agriculture officers of Odisha State participated.

These trainings were sponsored by Department of

Agriculture & Food Production, Government of

Odisha.

�DEE organized five state level trainings of 5 days

duration under ATMA scheme on "Integrated

Farming Systems" and "Irrigation Water

Management". In this training 183 farmers from

Udaipur, Tonk and Jalore districts participated.

�DEE and KVKs of MPUAT organized 11training

programmes on "Production Technology of Tree

Borne Oilseeds Crops" and in these trainings 440

line officials from Govt. of Rajasthan and 110

progressive farmers participated. These trainings

Extension Education Trainings

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Chancellor, MPUAT and Prof. G.S. Tiwari, Director

Extension along with other officials attended

Valedictory Session of 13thMay, 2016. While

speaking on this occasion Prof. Sharma appealed to

the farmers to adopt Integrated Farming Systems for

sustainable development. Prof. G.S. Tiwari

addressing to farmers said that it is right time for

farmers to learn skills for establishment of their own

enterprise.

�1782 farmers, farm women from New Delhi,

Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan visited

ATIC, University Museum and provided technical

know-how.

�District collector Shri Rohit Gupta attended RATRI

CHAUPAL programme at village Undithal,

Panchayat Samiti - Gogunda on 20th January, 2016.

�Three off campus training programmes were

organized in villages Chhali, Undithal, Kadechawas

and discussed scientific and timely harvest of Rabi

crops(gram, barley and wheat). In this training 97

farmers and farm women participated.

�University scientists attended Gram Sabha on 22

May, 2016 and discussed various issues related to

village development.

�Laid out 20 demonstrations on ginger, 30 demonstrations

on colocasia, yam and turmeric. Organized off campus

trainings on cultivation of tuber crops.

�Meetings were held with Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor,

MPUAT, MLA Gogunda Sh. Pratap Lal Bhil, BDO,

AEn. MGNREGA for discussing the possible

activities to be undertaken for development of

adopted villages.

�Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, MPUAT, Udaipur, Prof.

Uma Shankar Sharma along with Prof. G. S. Tiwari

visited village P. S. Chhali on 6th June, 2016 and

inaugurated the desilting work Umaria carried out

by M/s G.R Infra-projects Ltd.

�Coordination Committee Meeting for holistic

development of P.S. Chhali was organized on 24th

June, 2016 which was chaired by Hon'ble Vice-

Chancellor, MPUAT. He said that development of

SMART Village is prestigious project of Hon'ble

Chancellor and Governor of Rajasthan. He also

appealed to the members for strengthening

cooperation and coordination in development of

Agriculture Technology and Information Centre

Activities Undertaken at Smart Village

training was to inculcate necessary skills in value

addition and processing of maize so that they can

establish their own enterprise.

�Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Pratapgarh organized

training programme on "Bee-keeping" from 12-

13th January, 2016. This training programme was

sponsored by Agriculture University, Kota under

RKVY in which 34 farmers participated.

�KVK organized 146 on and off campus and 38

sponsored training programmes benefitting 7283

farmers, farm women and extension field

functionaries. These training programmes were on

i.e. crop production, horticulture, livestock

management, plant protection, etc.

�KrishiVigyan Kendra, Pratapgarh organized training

programme on "Nematode Management in Crops"

on 16th March, 2016. This training was sponsored by

Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur.In this

training 56 tribal farmers participated. Experts from

MPUAT, Dr. Subhash Bhargava, OSD, MPUAT and

Dr.Magendra Sharma, Head, Department of

Nematology, RCA Udaipur imparted the training

and interacted with the participants. 50 farmers were

provided knap sac sprayer.

�Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banswara organized training

programme on poultry for Self Employment under

ARYA project. Prof. U.S. Sharma, Hon'ble Vice-

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�Awareness Camp on Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima

Yojna was organized by KVKs of MPUAT during

1st-5th April, 2016 and in these camps 7838

farmers, farm women and rural youth paticipated.

Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of MPUAT, Prof.Uma

Shankar Sharma & Dr.G.S.Tiwari, Director

Extension along with Govt. officials participated in

awareness camps of Rajsamand,Bhilwara

&Chittorgarh.

�KVKs organized 15 vichar gosthies, 5 scientist

farmer interaction, 5 night camps and 7 exposure

visits in which 2698 farmers, farm women and

extension field functionaries took part. In these

activit ies farmers were provided latest

technological knowledge.

�Three animal treatment camps were organized in

which 1628 animals were vaccinated. KVK

sanalyzed 488 soil and water samples of farmers and

provided fertilizer recommendations to the farmers

on soil test report.

�KVKs laid 50 FLD on summer green gram (variety

SML 668) in 16 ha area, 133 demonstrations on

Okra (variety Birlia & Jamuna) in 10.7 ha area and 8

demonstrations on summer groundnut (variety TG

37-A) in 8 ha area.

Smart Village. Prof. I. J. Mathur, Coordinator

(Smart Village) & Manager ATIC presented the

progress of work undertaken during six months.

�Scientists of College of Home Science organized a

training cum demonstration on "Energy and protein

rich foods using locally available foods" at Sr.

Secondary School, Chhali on 22nd June, 2016 and 40

women were participated. An awareness camp was

also organized on "Nutrition and health education to

school children" and 30 children were benefitted.

�One day training cum demonstration on value added

product of maize was organized by CDFST, Udaipur

at Atal Seva Kendra, Chhali on 26th June, 2016.

�Registrar, MPUAT Shri Dinesh Kothari along with

scientists of DEE attended Aapke Dwar Programme

at Atal Seva Kendra Chhali on 27th June, 2016.

�KVKs organized 17 field days on mustard, gram,

wheat, onion, barley and summer green gram. In

these field days 1229 farmers took part and saw the

performance of demonstrations.

�KVK scientists visited to 185 farmers field and about

4362 farmers were provided solution to their problems.

�About 7902 farmers visited KVKs, took round of

instructional farm, visited demonstration units and

interacted with scientists.

Extension Activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendras

STUDENTS ACTIVITIES

�The Vivekanand Jayanti was celebrated on 12th

January 2016 as Yuva Utkarsh Day in collaboration

with Divine India Youth Association (DIVA) a

group of Gayatri Parivar, Udaipur. The Chief Guest

of the function was Dr. B.P. Sharma, President,

Pacific University, Udaipur and it was presided over

by Dr. L.K. Murdia, Dean, CDFST and Special

Guest was Dr. V.N. Joshi former Dean RCA,

Udaipur.

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�The Republic Day function

was organised on 26th

January 2016 at Home

Science College ground.

The flag hoisting was done

by Dr. S.R, Maloo, Dean,

RCA in absence of Hon'ble

Vice Chancellor. University

teachers, staff members and

students were also felicitated

fo r the i r ou t s t and ing

achievements and services

in the University on this occasion.

�Directorate of Student Welfare arranged the

Insurance cover of Rs. 2.00 Lakhs per student for

3008 students of six colleges under Personal Group

Accident Insurance Policy with The Oriental

Insurance Co.Ltd. on 24th February, 2016.

" Six NSS one day camp were organised by the NSS

Units of RCA, CTAE-A and CTAE-B, CDFST,

C.H.Sc., CoF and CoA, Bhilwara an d conducted

many activities of social awareness, cleanliness drive

of statues and campus and other activities in adopted

villages. Blood donation camps were also organised

during one day special camps and more than 300

units of blood was donated by NSS volunteers.

�NCC Officer P.S. Rao has been awarded by Hon'ble

Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria at District

Level Republic Day function held on 26th Jan.,

2016 for his excellent services. Twenty cadets from

RCA attended CACT held at Kayad Vishram Sthali,

Ajmer from 4th Jan. to 13th Jan. 2016. 24 NCC

NSS and NCC Activities

cadets from RCA participated in NCC "B"

certificate examination which was held on 7 & 8th

Feb., 2016 at MB ground. 5 NCC cadets

participated in NCC "C" certificate examination

which was held on 27th & 28th Feb., 2016.

�The University Tennis team participated in West

Zone Inter University Tennis Tournament from

26thto30th January, 2016 held at D.A.U., Indore.

The team was led by Sh.Yaswant Sharma, USB, as

Manager team.

�The coaching camp was organized for Inter

Agriculture Games & Sports Meet -2016 from 2th to

17th February, 2016. XVI All India Agriculture

University Sports Meet was organized from 22 to

26th February, 2016 at Tamil Nadu Agriculture

University, Coimbatore. A contingent of 41

students along with two team managers participated

in the events of Badminton (M&W), Table Tennis

(M&W), Volleyball (M&W), Basketball, Athletics.

The Tennis team players Mr. Abhimanyu

Chakrravati, Abhitej Singh Shekhawat and Puneet

Swami won Silver Medal and Ms. Anuradha

Kaswan won Bronze Medal in Discus Throw. The

performance of Volleyball team (M) and Table

Tennis (M) was satisfactory as they played up to

Quarter final.

�A University contingent comprising of 22 students

(11 girls &11 boys) participated in 16thAll India

Inter Agricultural University Youth Festival

Sports Activities

Cultural Activities

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(Agriunifest-2016) organized by Orissa University

of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar from

1st to 4th February, 2016. The coaching camp was

organized for Inter Agriculture Youth Festival -2016

from 8th to 28th January, 2016.MPUAT team

participated in different events like music, dance,

literary & fine arts. Mr. Lakshya Bhalla won gold

medal in elocution, Ms. Rakshita Chittora and

Lakshya Bhalla won silver medal in debate, Ms.

Akansha Kharkwal won bronze medal in mono

acting and consolation prize to team in group song.

The contingent was led by Sh. Som Shekhar Vyas,

Secretary, USB and Dr. Shalini Pilaniya, Asstt. Prof.

(RCA).

�The Central Students' Union and Directorate

Students' Welfare organized MPUAT Youth Festival

"UTKARSH-2016" from 11th to 13th April, 2016.

The Chief Guest of function was Prof. Uma Shanker

Sharma, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, MPUAT and

Special Guest were Shri Akhilesh Joshi, Former

CEO, Hindusthan Zinc Ltd. and Sh. K.K. Sharma,

Paarshad Nagar Nigam, Udaipur. The fine arts,

literary, music and dance events were organized

during 3 days programme.

�The General Championship of Youth Festival was

won by RCA. On this occasion for the first time

eight merit toppers in 8 branches of Engineering

from CTAE were given fellowship of Rs. 50,000/-

each by the Hindusthan Zinc Ltd., Udaipur. The

prize distribution ceremony of University Games

and Inter-Collegiate Tournament was also held on

13th April, 2016. The General Championship of

Sports Meet was won by CTAE, Udaipur.

New Positions/Nominations

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Dr. G. S. Tiwari joined as Director Extension

Education in 10th Feb., 2016.

Prof. S. P. Tailor Joined as Dean, College of

Agriculture in 10th Feb., 2016.

Dr. Anila Doshi joined as Dean, Rajasthan College

of Agriculture on 10th Feb., 2016.

ICAR nominated Prof. G. S. Tiwari, Director

Extension Education as a member for the selection

of new KVK for the district of Rajkot (Gujarat).

Dr. I. J. Mathur Director Extension Education,

MPUAT, Udaipur was nominated by Secretary,

DARE & DG, ICAR, New Delhi as a member of

Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of the ICAR –

Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur for a

period of 3 years. He also acted as chairman of the

screening committee of Mahindra Samridhi Krishak

Samrat Samman Farmer Award – 2016.

Dr. B. R. Ranwah, PGB, Dr. H. K. Jain, Ag. Statistics

and Dr. S. S. Sharma, Plant Pathology resumed the

charge as Head in their respective Departments on

15/02/2016.

Prof. Rajshree Upadhyay joined as Head,

Department of Home Science Extension and th

Communication Management, CHSc. on Feb 17 ,

2016.

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

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To,

STAMPProf. U. S. SharmaVice Chancellor

Editorial Board

Dr. R.C. PurohitDirector, DPM

Dr. Rekha VyasIncharge, Communication Centre

Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, UdaipurPh. : 0294-2471101 Website : www.mpuat.ac.in

Patron

Awards/Recognition

Farmers Award

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University Appreciation award to the team of

“Centre of Excellence on Maize” on the occasion

Republic Day on 26th January 2016.

Dr. B. S. Badhala, SMS (Extension Education),

KVK, Pratapgarh received appreciation award for

outstanding work in the field of agriculture from

district administration on 26th January, 2016.

Sh. Mohan Lal, Gardener, Dept. of Horticulture,

RCA was awarded on Republic Day function at

University level.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chittorgarh received Best

KVK Team Award for outstanding contribution in

the University from Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor,

MPUAT on 26th January, 2016.

Sh. Gopal Lal Meena, Agriculture Supervisor, DEE,

Udaipur received Best Extension Worker Award

from RCA, Alumini Association on 6th March,

2016.

Best Paper Presenter Award in the project entitled

“Centre of Excellence on Maize” in 7th

International conference on Growing Trends in Food

Technology and Nutrition for Public Health Care

organized in JNU, New Delhi, 26- 27th May 2016.

Two students Miss Anmol and Miss Nupur received

Bhamasha award.

Sh. B. L. Kumawat, village- Bhagwanda Kala,

district – Rajsamand received IARI innovative

farmers' award by Sh. Radha Mohan Singh, Central

Agriculture Minister on improved vegetable

cultivation on 22nd March, 2016. He also received

progressive farmer award from RCA Alumini

Association on 6th March, 2016.

Dr. I. V. Trivedi, Vice-Chancellor, Mohanlal

Sukhadia University, Udaipur visited Vice-

Chancellor's Office to take part in Bifurcation

Committee meeting held on 6th June, 2016.

HR manager and Vice-president of VRS Foods,

Sahibabad visited college for Campus Placements

on 20-21st June, 2016.

Project Director AICPDA-CRIDA, Hyderabad Dr.

Chadi alongwith 9 scientists of TSP Project from

different states visited KVK Chittorgarh. The team

also visited the field of progressive farmer Shri Nand

Lal Dhakar, village Jaisingpura.

Sh. S.S. Chasta, Associate Professor, Dairy and Food

Technology Deptt retired on 31st Jan, 2016 on

attaining 60 yrs. of age.

Dr. G. L. Sharma, Associate Professor of Agronomy

Department retired on 31/01/2016.

Dr. Indra Ahalawat , Prof., HDFS and Dr. Vibha

Bhatnagar. Prof., FN Department successfully

completed their services of the university and

superannuated in the month of February, 2016.

Dr. S. R. Maloo, Professor, Plant Breeding and

Genetics former Dean retired on 31/03/2016.

Dr. B. R. Ranwah, Prof. and Head, PGB

superannuated on 30/04/2016.

Visits of Dignitaries

Superannuation of staff :

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