School of Agricultural Sciences of the Shri Guru Ram Rai University had organized one day National Webinar on Current Scenario of Agriculture Education in India on 3rd December, 2020 to commemorate the birth anniversary of first President of Independent India and Union Minister of Agriculture, Bharat Ratna, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. The objective of this day was to expose students including schools to various facets of agriculture and its relevance to country's development, inspire them and attract them towards agriculture, so that they develop interest in agriculture and allied subjects, choose professional career after schooling in some of these courses, engage themselves in agriculture and related activities or become agrientrepreneurs in future.
Dr. Ajeet Karnataka, Vice Chancellor UUHF, Bharsar was the Chief Guest of the event. In his presidential address, he emphasized that agriculture has over 20 disciplines with components related to engineering, computer science, biotechnology, nanotechnology, space technology, etc which would match the diverse aspirations of the current generations. He stressed that agriculture faces multiple challenges, the largest being from the changing climate and called upon the young minds to explore agriculture for addressing the issues and serving the farmers of our country. More than 300 students participated in various events.
