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ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal Celebrated Agriculture Education Day
Agriculture Education Day was jointly celebrated by ICAR - Indian Institute of Soil Science,
Bhopal and Bhopal Chapter of the Indian Society of Soil Science. Fifty students comprising 9th to 12th
standard from different schools of Bhopal participated in the programme. A series of events was
organized for students to mark the occasion. Notable among them were:- (i) Motivational talk to
students by Prof. D.L.N. Rao ii) Visit to Soil museum at
IISS (iii) Elocution Competition (Topic: How to
integrate agriculture and rural India with Digital India?
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djs?)(iv) Quiz contest on Soil, Agriculture,
Environment, Water, Natural Resources, Personalities
in the field of Agriculture and Environment (as per
NCERT Syllabus).
Dr Rao motivated the young students with his scintillating lecture on opportunities and new avenues
in agriculture.He urged the students for optingagriculture in their higher studies/profession.
Prof. Sunil Kumar Gupta, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv
Gandhi PradyogikiVishwavidyalaya, Bhopal was the
Chief-Guest in the function who gave away the prizes
to the students. In his address he inspired upon the
students to work for the society and the
downtrodden. He also emphasized on the need for
attracting the youth and the students towards
agriculture as a profession and a career.
Earlier,Dr.A.K.Patra, Director of the institute welcomed all the students and dignitaries and
illustrated the mandates, objectives and activities of the institute and called upon the students to
study hard and join agriculture as a profession for the benefit of farming community.