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1October-December, 2017

ANGRAU, Gunture-NewsletterANGRAU

E-mail : [email protected] Vol. I (2), 2017

Agriculture sector inIndia plays a pivotal role infood, livelihood security and foroverall economic development.The goal set by the PrimeMinister Shri Narendra Modiin the year 2015 to doublefarmers income by 2022 iscentral to promote farmer’swelfare, reduce agrarian distress and bring parity betweenincome of farmers and those working in non-agriculturalprofessions. The Govt. of A.P. is also giving lot ofimportance for doubling the farmers income and in thatdirection A.P. Agritech Summit 2017 has been organizedduring 15-17, November 2017 in Visakhapatnam.

ANGRAU strongly believes that technology is thedrive to achieve the goal of doubling farmers income by2022. In this context, ANGRAU has revisited its ‘ResearchMandate’ duly emphasizing climate smart strategiesincluding varieties and farming systems.

ANGRAU is also in the forefront of nanotechnology research with a nano technology laboratory atInstitute of Frontier Technology, RARS, Tirupatiestablished in the year 2010 and marked several firstreports to its credit which includes field evaluation of thenano materials in agricultural crops, phloem transport ofnano scale calcium oxide in ground nut, etc. In Nov, 2017Society of Agri nano technology conducted a nationalseminar on “Emerging trends in Agrinanotechnology -2017” to gather and develop work force in agri nanotechnologies for future farming.

Use of ICTs infarm information delivery(Annapurna Krishi PrasaraSeva, mobile apps (Eruvaka,Plantix, Mana Verusanaga,Greeshma, Krishi Vigyan, etc),Phone-in-Live, ANGRAUResearch Management system(ARMS) and Geospatial

Technology Centre (GTC) are the steps towardsdigitalization of Agriculture. ANGRAU is utilizing Satellitebased Rice Monitoring System (SRMS) Project, whichuses SarMap technology from Switzerland and cropmodels from IRRI for area and yield mapping in 13 districtsof A.P. for timely crop insurance to farmers.

On the academic front, the student READYprogramme was implemented from academic year 2016-17 that prepare the students to start their own enterpriseand turn as “job creators instead of job seekers”.

ANGRAU will take all other measures to doublefarmers income involving active and coordinatedparticipation of various line Departments. ANGRAUcommits to the goal of doubling farmers’ income by 2022through its technological interventions.

I wish you a very happy and prosperousNew Year 2018.

From the Vice-Chancellor's Desk

(V. DAMODARA NAIDU)



The delegation led by Hon’ble C.M of A.P., Sri N.ChandraBabu Naidu has participated in the “Mega SeedPark-Work Plan Discussions” held at “Seed ScienceCentre-Iowa State University(ISU)” during 18th-20th,October, 2017. These discussions are in continuation toFoundation Stone laid on 9th October, 2017 by Hon’bleC.M of A.P. for Mega Seed Park at Thangadancha Village,Jupadu Bungalow Mandal, Kumool district, A.P. in an areaof 252.23 ha. The team including Sri SomireddyChandramohan Reddy, Minister for Agriculture,Horticulture, Sericulture & Agro Processing; Sri

49 th Annual Convocation of ANGRAU was conductedon 4.10.2017 at Nellore, A.P and convocation addresswas delivered by Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Honble’ Vice-President of India. In his address, Chief Guest mentionedto adopt two pronged approach for doubling of the indianfarmers income by 2022. The first is to provide an end-to-end (E2E) eco system comprising of “4-Is” namely‘Irrigation’, ‘Infrastructure’, ‘Investment Credit’ and‘Insurance’. The E2E initiatives of the Govt. have to besupplemented by the Private sector’s efforts as well. The

second is strengthening Lab-to- land (L2L) transfer oftechnology, Sri Naidu added. Sri E.S.L Narasimhan,Hon’ble Governor of Andhra Pradesh and the Chancellorof ANGRAU delivered Presidential address and Dr. V.Damodara Naidu, V-C, ANGRAU has presented theconvocation report. Sri Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy,Hon'ble Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture& Agro Processing; Members of the Board ofManagement and Members of the Academic Council werepresent.

B.Rajsekhar, Special ChiefSecretary (Agriculture &C o o p e r a t i o n ) t oGovernment of A.P.; Sri G.S. Prasad (PrincipalSecretary to ChiefMinister); Sri J. Krishna Kishore, CEO of Andhra PradeshEconomic Development Board; Sri Hari Jawaharlal,Special Commissioner of Agriculture, Govt. of A.P. and Dr.V. Damodara Naidu, Vice-Chancellor, ANGRAU, hasvisited the ISU. The team participated in discussionsrepresented by Dr. Wendy Wintersteen (Dean of Collegeof Agriculture and Life Sciences, ISU); Dr. Manjit K. Misra(Director, Seed Science Centre, ISU); Mr. Bill Northey,Secretary of Agriculture, Iowa; Dr. G. Dileep Kumar (GlobalProgram Leader, SSC-ISU) and Dr K.S. Varaprasad (fromIndia) as International Expert, ISU-A.P. Mega Seed Park.Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, V- C, ANGRAU also participatedin the “Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium” held atDes Moines, Iowa, USA.

49 th Annual Convocation ConductedEnd to End (E2E) ecosystem and strengthening Lab-to- Land (L2L) transfer of technology approaches

can be adopted to double farmers’ income by 2022 – M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice- President of India

High Level Delegation from A.P. @ISU, USA Discussed on Mega Seed Park



The ICAR Monitoring and Review Committee visited theCollege of Food Science and Technology, Bapatla on 13th

October, 2017. Dr. K. Pradhan, Former Vice-Chancellor,RAU; Dr. Bangali Babu, National Director (Ex.), NAIP;Dr.M.B.Chetti ADG, ICAR; Dr.K.L.Khurana PrincipalScientist (EQR), ICAR were the team members. UniversityOfficers of ANGRAU- Dr. D. Bhaskara Rao, Dean ofAgricultural Engineering & Technology; Dr.R.Veeraraghavaiah,Dean of P.G. Studies; Dr.T.Ramesh Babu, Dean ofAgriculture and Dr. M. Raghubabu, University Head, Dept.of Soil and Water Engineering, accompanied the team. Thecommittee visited ICAR funded ELP modules, interacted withthe final year students and examined the quality parametersin ICAR funded Milk Processing ELP unit. The ICAR teamchecked the status of working of equipment procured during

ANGRAU short duration sugarcane clone 2006 A 223(Co A 12323) developed by RARS, Anakapalle hasreceived national recognition for its high yield at the Annualgroup meeting of AICRP on Sugarcane held at TNAU,Coimbatore from September 22nd- 23rd, 2017. Speakingon the recognition to ANGRAU clone, Dr. M.Bharathalakshmi, Principal Scientist (Sugarcane), RARS,Anakapalle said that the clone is a cross between CoA92081 (87 A 298) and 87 A 380 varieties. Multi locationaltrials were conducted from 2015 -17 at various locations(Anakapalle and Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh, Nellikuppamand Cuddalore in Tamilnadu and Nayagarh in Odisha) intwo plant crops and one ratoon crop. The results revealedthat the clone gave 12.0% higher cane yield than CoA92081 (87A 298) (Viswamitra) and Co C 01061. The

2012-16 under ICAR Development Grants. The teamalso visited various Laboratories of CFST. The team alsointeracted with the staff in Agricultural College, Bapatlaand suggested about the maintenance of libraries,conducting study tours for students and furthermodifications that can upgrade the basic knowledge ofagricultural students.

ICAR Monitoring Committee Visits CFST, Bapatla

National Recognition to ANGRAU’s Sugarcane Clone

clone yields 130 tonnes per ha and jaggery yield is 13 -14 tonnes per ha and sucrose percentage is 20. The cloneis tolerant to red rot disease. It can also tolerate moisturestress and water logging. It gives good quality jaggery.

The Govt. of A.P. in association with Indian Chamber of Commerce organizedIndia Rice Conclave 2017 during Nov 22nd – 23rd, 2017 at Vijayawada.Strengthening of rice production and food security in the A.P. state were discussed.Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of A.P. inaugurated the India RiceConclave 2017 and shared the efforts being put in to retain A.P.’s position as oneof the leading States in rice cultivation. The Chief Minister further added thatdrones should be used to monitor pest control. The conclave also focussed onmarketing and value addition of the paddy. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, V-C,ANGRAU; Dr. N.V. Naidu, Director of Research; Dr. K. Raja Reddy, Directorof Extension and Rice Scientists have participated.

ANGRAU participated in India Rice Conclave 2017



Biennial Tobacco Workshop Organized

XXIII Biennial Workshop of All India NetworkProject on Tobacco was jointly organized by ICAR -Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry andAcharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, atRARS, Nandyal during 23rd -24th November 2017.Inaugural session of XXIII Biennial Workshop of All India

Network project on Tobacco was chaired by Chief GuestDr. N.V. Naidu, Director of Research, ANGRAU. Theresearch progress, results and varieties released during2015-16 and 2016-17 were reviewed. Present tobaccoscenario and key issues for enhancing the exports andfarmers income in tobacco crop were discussed.Technical programme of 2017-18 tobacco research wasfinalized in the workshop. A publication on ‘Twenty fiveyears of research achievements in Bidi and Natu tobacco(1992-2017)’ was released. Dr. D. Damodar Reddy,Director, ICAR-CTRI; Dr. C. Chandra Sekhara Rao,Nodal Officer, All India Network Project on Tobacco;Dr. M. Subba Rao, Associate Director of Research,RARS, Nandyal and scientists working on tobacco crop participated in the workshop.

ANGRAU Participated inAP AgTech Summit 2017

The Govt. of A.P. in association with Confederation ofIndian Industry, Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation andDalberg has organized the AP Agritech Summit 2017at Visakhapatnam during 15th -17th November, 2017.The summit was the platform that brought togetherglobal leaders, start-up founders, leading policymakers, and technology experts and discussedinnovative ideas, reducing barriers to technologicalinnovations and supporting smallholder farmers of theA.P. state. Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice- President,GoI; Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister ofA.P.; Sri Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy, Ministerfor Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture & AgroProcessing, Andhra Pradesh; Sri B. Rajsekhar, IAS,Special Chief Secretary (Agriculture & Cooperation)to Govt of A.P.; Dr. V. Damodara Naidu,V-C,ANGRAU were the dignitaries present. Thetechnologies of ANGRAU were dispalyed digitally inthe exhibition for the benefit of farmers. Scientists andstudents from ANGRAU have also participated in theAP AgTech Summit. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Chairman, Mr. Bill Gates presented the key note addressat the valedictory session on 17th November, 2017 andpraised the A.P. Govt. for using technology to help farmersin the state. “We can turn the largest economic sector inthe country into a source of growth”, Mr. Gates added.



National Seminar on “Emerging Trends in AgriNanoTechnology-2017” was organized by the Acharya N.G. Ranga AgriculturalUniversity and Society of Agri Nanotechnology, Tirupati during2nd -3rd , November 2017 at Tirupati. The Deputy DirectorGeneral (Education), ICAR, Dr. Narendra Singh Rathore wasthe Chief Guest. In his speech, Dr. Rathore stated that nanotechnology research shall help in developing low cost qualityfood. India faces no food security threat due to sustained effortsof agricultural scientists. Dr.V. Damodara Naidu, V-C,ANGRAU; Dr. Seri Intan Binti Mokthar, Director, Universityof Malaysia; Dr. A.Damodaram, V-C, Sri Venkateswara

University; Dr.P. Visweswara Rao from University of Malaysia; UniversityOfficers, Dr.T.C.M. Naidu, ADR, RARS, Tirupati; Dr.T.N.V.K.V Prasad,Senior Scientist & Organizing Secretary, Dr. V. Raja Rajeswari, AssociateDean, S.V. Agricultural College participated.

Agri Nano 2017 Seminar Organized

ANGRAU is in the forefront of NanoTechnology Research - Dr. Narendra

Singh Rathore, DDG, ICAR

Agricultural College, Bapatla celebrated the NationalAgricultural Education Day on 03.12.17 at Bapatla.Dr. R.Veeraraghavaiah, Dean of P.G. Studies was theChief Guest. In his address, Dr. Veeraraghavaiah saidthat agricultural students have bright future. AssociateDean incharge Dr. V.Radha Krishnamurthy , professorsand students participated in the celebration.

Agricultural EducationDay Celebrated

The 47 th meeting of Research and Extension AdvisoryCouncil (REAC) was held during 21 st – 22 nd December,2017 at RARS, Guntur under the chairmanship of Dr. V.Damodara Naidu,V-C, ANGRAU. In the meeting,research and extension achievements of 2016-17 werereviewed and directions are given to formulate strategiesfor 2017-18 research and extension activities. The councilsuggested directions based on the feedback of theproblems encountered by the farmers of 13 districts ofA.P. Dr. Hari Jawahar Lal, Special Commissioner ofAgriculture, Govt. of A.P, was the chief guest. Dr. N.V.Naidu, Director of Research, ANGRAU; Dr. K.Raja

REAC Meeting Held

Reddy, Director of Extension; the Associate Directors ofResearch of six agro climatic zones; Principal Scientists(Crops); selected Board Members and Farmers;Programme Coordinators of KVKs participated in themeeting.



Dr.V.Damodara Naidu, V-C, ANGRAU has participatedas resource person in Phone-in- Live programme ofDooradarshan (Saptagiri Channel) at DooradarshanKendra, Vijayawada. The programme with a title –‘ANGRAU in the service of farmers’ was telecastedduring 6.00 P.M to 7.00 P.M on 18.12.2017. Hon’bleV-C answered several questions received from the farmersof both A.P. and Telangana States, pertaining to cropproduction, crop protection, integrated farming system,research and extension services, etc.

Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, V-C, ANGRAU releasedthe Diary, Wall Calendar and Table Calendar of theyear 2018, at Lam, Guntur on 29.12.2017. Hon’bleV-C appreciated the efforts made by the Registrarand Director of Extension for timely release of thediaries and calendars. University Officers, PrincipalAgricultural Information Officer and Public RelationsOfficer participated in the release ceremony.

V-C participated in Phone- in- Live Programme on DD

ANGRAU Diary and Calendar- 2018 Released

A conference titled “ Digital and EngineeringTechnologies for Precision Agriculture and ValueAddition & Farm Engineering Expo- 2018” isscheduled to be jointly organized by Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, A.P. State Agro IndustriesDevelopment Corporation Ltd. and Indian Society ofEngineering - Andhra Pradesh Chapter on 26th and27th , February 2018 at College of AgriculturalEngineering, Bapatla. In this context, a brochure wasreleased by V-C, ANGRAU on 03.1.2018 at Gunturand Dr.V. Damodara Naidu expressed that digital andengineering technologies are needed in agriculture toincrease yields with reduction in cost of cultivation. Dr.D. Bhaskara Rao, Dean of Agricultural Engineering &Technology; Dr. A. Mani, Associate Dean, College ofAgricultural Engineering participated in the meeting.

National Conference on Precision Agriculture

to be Organized by ANGRAU in February, 2018



A one day training programme on Work Excellence wasconducted on 14.11.2017 to the non-teaching staff ofGuntur Campus. Dr.V. Damodara Naidu, V-C,ANGRAU emphasized the importance of a good workingenvironment to achieve the targets, subsequent tobifurcation of the A.P. state and shifting of University toGuntur. Renowned Psychologist, Dr.B.V. Pattabhiram,the resource person motivated the non teaching staff onhow to perform better in a working environment withminimum stress and gave strategies such as 7Ds (Duty,Devotion, Dedication, Discipline, Decision Making,Determination, Discriminate) and Six Ts( Time, Talk,

Training Programme onWork Excellence Conducted

Night School is an extensionmethod to motivate farmers, farm women, rural youthand school drop outs. KVK, Rastakuntubai,Vizianagaram district has initiated the “Farmers NightSchools” in tribal and non- tribal villages. Nightschools are conducted when all the farmers and

Night Schools toFarmers Conducted

farm women return from their farm activities and spare theirtime, leisurely to the messages or information given by theKVK scientists. Activities of Farmers Night Schoolsincluded small skits with village rural youth on successfulenterprises, role plays with RAWEP students on advantages

of scientific farmingcompared with conventionalfarming, extension talks onintegrated farming system,integrated pest management,uses of ICT in agriculture,farm implements and sharingof experiences by successfulfarmers.

Touch, Trust, Teach and Treat). Dr. T.V. Satyanarayana,Registrar and Dr. T. Ramesh Babu, Dean of Agriculturewere also present.

Rice Research Unit,

Bapatla Upgraded

The Rice Research Unit, Bapatla was upgraded to

Agricultural Research Station, Bapatla and

additionally 40 acres of land from College Farm,

Bapatla was allotted for conducting research trials.ICAR has sanctioned four new AICRP schemes to

ANGRAU– AICRP on Maize (Peddapuram), Castor

(Anantapuramu), Sesame (Tirupati) and Niger (Chintapalle).

The new AICRPs are allotted budget along with scientific

and technical staff and will start functioning soon, Dr.N.V.

Naidu, Director of Research said.

Four New AICRP

Schemes Sanctioned



Review meeting of the project entitled “Satellitebased rice monitoring and crop insurance system forAndhra Pradesh” funded by Government of A.P. wasjointly organized by ANGRAU, Guntur and IRRI,Philippines on 05-12-2017 at Lam, Guntur under thechairmanship of Dr. N.V. Naidu, Director of Research,ANGRAU. Sri. B. Rajsekhar, IAS, Special ChiefSecretary (Agriculture), Govt. of A.P was the Chief Guest,while, Dr.V. Damodara Naidu, Vice-Chancellor,ANGRAU and Dr. Nafees Meah, IRRI Representativefor South Asia participated in the meeting as specialguests.

Dr. P. Prabhu Prasadini, Principal Scientist,ANGRAU, while introducingthe project mentioned thattemporal satellite data of highresolution would help inmonitoring the progress ofcrop and estimating theacreage and yield of rice,which is a major crop grownin Andhra Pradesh. The rice

growing areas of West Godavari, East Godavari, Krishnaand Guntur districts, identified through remote sensingdata, verified by ground observations and area estimatesat district level were presented by Dr. Nasreen IslamKhan, Project Leader, & Senior Scientist and Head ofGIS Laboratory, IRRI.

Dr. C.S. Murthy, NRSC, Hyderabad and Dr.K.V. Ramana, Vice Chairman, APSAC, Vijayawada havepresented the timeline, deliverables and outputs.Discussions were also held on feasibility of digital soilmapping in improving the accuracy of area and yieldpredictions. BMGF and CIMMYT team have presentedtheir strengths in digital soil mapping and emphasized its

need for states like AndhraPradesh. Sri Hari Jawahar Lal,Special Commissioner, Dept.of Agriculture, Govt. of A.P.,Dr. Tri Setiyono, IRRI, Dr. S.Pazhanivellan, TNAU and Dr.P. Prasuna Rani, PS & Head,Geospatial Technology Centrealso participated in the meeting.

ANGRAU Inter- Collegiate Sports, Games and CulturalMeet Phase – 1 was inaugurated by V-C, Dr. V.Damodara Naidu, at S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupation 16.12.2017. In his address, V-C said that as the ratioof girl students is increasing, steps will be taken by theUniversity to increase the number of women physicaleducation teachers. V-C encouraged the students to dophysical and mental exercise at least one hour a day. Dr.T. Ramesh Babu, Dean of Agriculture; Dr. P. SambasivaRao, Dean of Student Affairs; Dr. V. Raja Rajeswari,Associate Dean; ANGRAU Board of ManagementMembers- Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao, Dr. I. Bhavani Deviand Dr. T.V. Muralinatha Reddy; Sri A. Pratap Reddy,Physical Education Director were the dignitaries present.Similarly, Inter-Collegiate meet Phase- 2 and Phase -3were conducted at Agricultural College, Naira (20th-22nd, Dec., 2017) and Bapatla (29th - 30th

Dec.,2017), respectively.

Review Meeting of SRMS Held

ANGRAU Inter- Collegiate Meet Phase- 1, 2 & 3 Conducted

Students have to give importance to outdoor sports andevery student should excel at least in one game -

Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, V-C, ANGRAU



99th Academic Council meeting was held on20.12.2017 at Advanced Post Graduate CentreSeminar Hall, Lam, Guntur under the chairmanshipof Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, Vice-Chancellor,ANGRAU. Dr. T.V. Satyanarayana, Registrar; Dr.T.Ramesh Babu, Dean of Agriculture; Dr. P.Sambasiva Rao, Dean of Student Affairs; Dr. T.Neeraja, Dean of Home Science; Dr. R.Veeraraghavaiah, Dean of P.G. Studies and othercouncil members attended the meeting. In hisaddress, Vice- Chancellor said that every researchstation and Agricultural College farm will take upseed production in both kharif and rabi seasons.Faculty of Agricultural Colleges shall also visit fieldsand advise farmers about pest and diseasemanagement. Every year, 4000 polytechnic studentsare completing their diploma and most of thesestudents get placement in Govt. and private jobs.Unemployed polytechnic students will be giventraining on grabbing job opportunities. Polytechnicstudents will also be given training on tractormechanism, agricultural implements, drip irrigation,rain guns, fertigation and establishment of custom hiringcentres. All the newly recruited scientists will be given anorientation training for 30 days at NAARM, Hyderabad,he added. Professor Viswanathan and ProfessorKanchana from TNAU; Dr. T. Sankara Rao, AssociateDean, Agricultural College – Chandrasekharapuram

Academic Council Meeting Conducted

A seminar titled “Futuristic Agriculture for Sustainable Food Security” is scheduled to be organizedby the S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU during 6th –8th February, 2018 at Tirupati. Dr. A. Pratap KumarReddy, Organizing Secretary has requested the interestedscientists, students, researchers and academicians tosubmit papers on themes – organic agriculture and soilhealth management, conservation tillage and farm

National Seminar onFuturistic Agriculture

to be Organized in February, 2018

mechanization, management of biotic and abioticstresses for sustained crop productivity, crop improvementfor food and national security, frontier technologies forfuture agriculture and extension strategies and policyissues for resource management. Contact E-mail:[email protected].

(Prakasam Dist.);Sri Sai Madan Mohan, OrganicFarming Polytechnic – Ampapuram (Anantapur Dist.)were present as expert members.



ICAR - ATARI Zone X and ANGRAU jointlyorganized a workshop on the theme “My vision –corruption free India” at Lam, Guntur on 01.11.2017as a part of vigilance awareness week. All the officerspresent administered the pledge.Dr. K. Raja Reddy, Director ofExtension presided the function.Dr. T.V. Satyanarayana, Registrar,ANGRAU was Chief Guest andSmt. T. Sobha Manjari, Addl.Superintendent of Police andRegional Vigilance Enforcement

Vigilance Awareness Week ObservedOfficer, Guntur was the special Chief Guest. Dr. J.V.Prasad, Principal Scientist and Vigilance Officer, ICAR-ATARI Zone X was the guest of honour. ProgrammeCoordinators of ANGRAU KVKs, Dr. Y.S.R.

Horticultural University KVKsand NGO KVKs participated inthe workshop. After inauguralsession, Dr. B. Vijayabhinandana,Principal Scientist (Extension)conducted technical sessions forachieving transparency in themandated activities of the KVKs.

Krishi Vigyan Kendras and Agricultural Research Stationsof ANGRAU celebrated World Soil Day on 05.12.2017with an aim to spread the message on the importance of

World Soil Day Celebrated

soil quality for food and nutritional security, human well-being and healthy ecosystems. KVKs stressed uponimproving soil health with judicious use of fertilizers as persoil health cards. Scientists also educated the farmers onimportance of soil test, how to interpret soil health cardsand application of nutrients as per soil health cards. On thisoccasion, soil health cards were also distributed to farmers.

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry, GoI had decidedto observe 15 th October every year as Rashtriya MahilaKisan Diwas. Accordingly, the ANGRAU - KVKs celebrated

Rashtriya Mahila KisanDiwas Celebrated

Rashtriya MahilaKisan Diwas on15th October,2017 and women farmers were felicitated on that day for their key rolein agriculture. They were also appraised about various KVK activitiesthat can enhance their farm income.



Acharya N.G. Ranga 117 th Birth Anniversary ( 7th November, 2017)was celebrated at all the ANGRAU centres. Officers,staff and students remembered the veteran parlamentarianfor his support to farmers in his life time. Dr. R.Veeraraghavaiah, Dean of P.G. Studies and Dr. K. RajaReddy, Director of Extension spoke on the occasion heldat the Administrative Office in Guntur and enlightened aboutAcharya N.G. Ranga’s contributions to the cause offarmers’ welfare. University being named afterPadmabhushan N.G. Ranga, all the scientists and teachersmust work hard to further enhance the glory of the university,the speakers added. All the University Officers and staffoffered their salutations to the great leader.

World Food Day Celebrated

Acharya N.G. Ranga Birth Anniversary Celebrated

ANGRAU’s first edition of e- Newsletter broughtout by the AI&CC was launched on 13 th of October,2017 by the Hon’ble V-C Dr. V. Damodara Naiduin the presence of University Officers. The e-Newsletter covers significant achievements andinnovative interventions taken by ANGRAU. The e-Newsletter is being circulated through e-mail to allthe SAUs, ICAR institutes, ANGRAU units andindividual scientists to share the happenings of theUniversity. YouTube Channel developed byElectronic Wing that broadcasts videos for the benefitof farmers and important events of ANGRAU, wasalso launched on this occasion.

ANGRAU e- Newsletter and YouTube Channel Launched

Dr.D.G.Rao, Principal Scientist & Head, (Retd.)CFTRI-Resource Centre, Hyderabad and Professor,Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Ethiopia was the ChiefGuest for the event organized at CFST, Bapatla.Dr.D.Vishnu Sankar Rao, Associate Dean presided overthe function and spoke on the theme of the World FoodDay. Dr.D.Bhaskara Rao, Dean of AgriculturalEngineering and Technology and Dr. P.Sambasiva Rao,Dean of Student Affairs were present as Guests ofHonour. Dr. D.G. Rao addressed the students andreiterated on the importance of millet based foods andvalue added foods that play a role in avoiding the hungerin India. A Food expo was conducted by third year

students and final year ELP students. School children wereappraised on Food Adulteration detection. The World FoodDay - 2017 was also celebrated on 16th October, 2017 byANGRAU KVKs.



Editor : Dr. P. Punna Rao, Scientist-Incharge : Dr. A. LalithaPublished by : Principal Agricultural Information Officer, Agricultural Information and Communication

Centre on behalf of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur - 522 034E-mail: [email protected]

Sri Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy, Minister forAgriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture & Agro Processing,Andhra Pradesh laid foundation stone for AgriculturalCollege, Rajamahendravaram buildings and hostels on26.11.2017. On the same day, Sri Chandramohan Reddyalso inaugurated newly established Maize Research Stationat Vijayarai.

Hon’ble Vice- Chancellor Dr. V. Damodara Naidu in thepresence of University Officers inaugurated the prototypewatershed model with soil and water conservation structures,first floor of girls hostel and first floor of workshop buildingon 20.11.17 at College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla.

AICRP on Post-Harvest Engineering and TechnologyCentre, Anakapalle has undertaken a consortium modeproject on “Development of mechanized system for theproduction of export quality jaggery in the form of solid and

Building Foundation Stones/ Inaugurations

Dr. G. RamaRao, Principal Scientist (Crop Physiology) working with RARS, Lam, Guntur received award of“Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences for the year 2017” in recognition of his

contributions to science & technology. He received the award during Andhra Pradesh Science Congress heldfrom 7th-9th, November, 2017 at Andhra University, Visakahpatnam.

granules”. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, Vice- Chancellor,ANGRAU laid foundation stone for modern jaggery plantbuilding at the Regional Agricultural Research Station,Anakapalle on 11.12.2017. The V-C said that the ICARhas sanctioned Rs.30 Lakhs for research and fabricationof machinery to establish the modern jaggery plant, whilethe University sanctioned Rs.20 Lakhs to construct shedfor the establishment of modern jaggery plant.

Dr.M.V.S.Naidu, Professor (Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry) working with S.V. Agricultural College,Tirupati received the National level Prof. Sant Singh Memorial Award-2017 for excellence in education and

research in Soil Science on 11.12. 2017 in the 82nd Annual Convention of Indian Society of Soil Science held atAmity University, Kolkata.

Award

Fellow

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