from the vice-chancellor's deskangrau.ac.in/angrau/pdf/e-news letter vol 3(4), 2019 oct- dec.,...

1October-December, 2019

ANGRAU, Gunture-NewsletterANGRAU

E-mail : [email protected] Vol. III (4), 2019

Acharya N.G. RangaAgricultural University is strivinguntiringly to serve the farmingcommunity with the goal of“Reach the Unreached”.Presently, the ANGRAU, withits headquarters at Lam, Guntur,is carrying out teaching,research and extension activities in the faculties ofAgriculture, Agricultural Engineering & Technology andCommunityscience. The teaching mandate of ANGRAUis carried out through a network of five agriculturalcolleges, one advanced postgraduate centre, 19polytechnics, two colleges each of Agril. Engineering &Technology and Food Science & Technology, and onecollege of Homescience. In addition to these colleges,six private Agricultural Colleges and 78 privatePolytechnics are affiliated to the University. DuringDecember 2019, Open and Distance Learning Centre,Guntur organized new certificate course on MushroomCultivation. Apart from agricultural education, ANGRAUis contributing a lot to agricultural research and extensionwith 33 Agricultural Research Stations, 13 each ofDAATTCs and KVKs located in six agro-climatic zonesof Andhra Pradesh state. On the research front, strategiccrop production and management through systemsapproach, genetic enhancement of agricultural crops andfrontiers in soil and plant health management are the thrustareas. Satellite based Rice Monitoring System for AndhraPradesh Project (SRMS for AP), a collaborative projectof Govt. of A.P., International Rice Research Institute(IRRI), Philippines and ANGRAU is progressing forwardand a review meeting was organized with all stakeholdersin this quarter. Faculty of Agril. engineering is

From the Vice-Chancellor's Desk

(V. DAMODARA NAIDU)

concentrating on innovations in Agril.Engineering and Food ProcessingTechnology and ValueAddition.Further, Three daystraining programme on “FarmMachinery and Food ProcessingTechnologies”was organized atTirupati to orient scientists of KVK

and DAATTC and Agricultural Engineering facultyserved as resource persons. Faculty of Homescience isconcentrating on contemporary innovations in resourcemanagement and community development for food andnutrition security. Directorate of Extension is focusingon institutional interventions through KVKs andDAATTCs for agricultural and rural development.In thisquarter, Kisan Melas are organized by few researchstations of ANGRAU and Agricultural College, Bapatlaand 49th REAC meeting was held. The year 2020 isproclaimed as “International year of Plant Health” andthe IYPH Poster of United Nationis already releasedby the Agricultural College, Bapatla to createawareness among the general public. New Board ofManagement for ANGRAU is formed duringDecember, 2019. Mahila Kisan Diwas, World FoodDay and Soil Health Day Celebrations were organizedwith enthusiasm by ANGRAU centres.

I wish you all a Happy New Year 2020



ANGRAU 1st Phase Inter-Collegiate Sports, Games,Cultural and Literary Meet2019-20 was held from30th September to 04th

October, 2019 at SBVRAgricultural College,Badvel. In the first phaseCricket (Men), Sports andGames for Women andcultural and literary competitions for men and Women wereconducted. A total of 17 colleges (constituent and affiliatedcolleges) of ANGRAU with 745 students haveparticipated. The sports meet was inaugurated by Dr. V.Damodara Naidu, Hon’ble Vice-chancellor, ANGRAUin the presence of Dr. S. R. KoteswaraRao, Dean ofStudents Affairs and Dean of Agriculture (FAC),ANGRAU and Dr. P. Gidda Reddy, Associate Dean,SBVR Agricultural college, Badvel.

Inter- Collegiate Sports, Games and Cultural Meet Phase–II (14th Oct- 18th Oct, 2019) was inaugurated by SriKona Raghupati, Hon'ble Deputy Speaker and MLA,Bapatla at Agricultural College, Bapatla.While addressing

A live telecast of nationwideinauguration of ‘Fertilizer ApplicationAwareness Programme’was held on22nd October, 2019 that wasaddressed jointly by Shri NarendraSingh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister forAgriculture and Farmers Welfare,GoI, New Delhi and Shri SadanandGouda, Hon’ble Minister forChemical and Fertilizers, GoI, NewDelhi. The Live Telecast and FertilizerApplication Awareness Programme was organized at 13ANGRAU KrishiVigyanKendras premises.Chief Guestsand Programme Coordinators of KVKs spoke aboutjudicious use of fertilizers, macro and micro plant nutrientsand their role in plant growth and development; deficiencies

Inter- Collegiate Sports, Games and Cultural Meet

ANGRAU Held Meet for Farmers on Use of Balanced Fertilizers

and correction measures. Programme Coordinators advisedthe farmers about efficient use of fertilizers, utility of soilhealth cards, right methods and balanced fertilizersapplication for crops. On this occasion, various linedepartments and private agencies exhibited farmimplements, new fertilizers, bio fertilizers and other newproducts for creating awareness among farmers.

the sports meet, theChief Guest said thatevery student must playhis favourite sport atleast one hour everyday, which willcontribute for bothphysical and psycholo-gical development. Dr.S.R. Koteswara Rao,

Dean of Agriculture (FAC) who presided the meetingsaid that ANGRAU is in the forefront in encouragingsports and cultural events and ANGRAU students wonmany national level competitions. Dr. D. Bhaskara Rao,Registrar, ANGRAU was the Guest of Honour.Dr. P.V.Krishnayya, Associate Dean, Bapatla; Dr. A. Mani,Associate Dean, Dr. N.T.R. College of AgriculturalEngineering, Bapatla and Dr. Ch. V.V. Satyanarayana,Associate Dean, Dr. N.T.R. College of Food Science &Technology participated in the meet. A total of 639students from 17 colleges have participated in the Phase-II meet. Seven games events, four sports events and manyLiterary & Cultural events were organized.



One day meeting was organized to review theactivities of Satellite based Rice Monitoring System forAndhra Pradesh Project (SRMS for AP), a collaborativeproject of Govt. of A.P., International Rice Research Institute(IRRI), Philippines and ANGRAU on 24.10.2019 atRARS, Lam, Guntur. Dr. A.S. Rao, Director of Research,ANGRAU presided over the meeting. Dr. Prabhu Prasadini,ADR(HQ) & Project Coordinator, ANGRAU;Dr. V.Satyanarayana Rao, ADR, RARS, Lam; Dr. RenaudMatheiu, Cluster Head, Geospatial Science and Modeling,IRRI; Dr. Tri De Setiyono, Project Leader, APSRMS, IRRI;Scientists of GTC; and Project Staff participated in themeeting.

Dr. A.S. Rao, Director of Research and Dr. RenaudMatheiu, Cluster Head, Geospatial Science and Modeling,IRRI has appreciated the progress of the SRMS Project.

A workshop on Development of TrainingMaterial for Master Trainers of FarmerProducer Organization (FPO) Members ofSERP- APRGIP was held on 17.10.2019 atRARS, Guntur. Dr.A.S.Rao, Director ofResearch; Dr.P.Rambabu, Director ofExtension; Smt. R.V.V.SwarnaVijaya, StateProject Manager, APRIGP-SERP ValueChain Leader, Sri P. Penchala Kumar,APRIGP-SERP Coordinator, Dr.B.Vijayabhinandana, Principal Scientist & Univ. Head(Agril. Extension) participated in the workshop.Dr.P.Rambabu stated that ANGRAU has an agreementwith SERP-APRIGP and accordingly trainingprogrammes and 150 field demonstrations wereorganized on critical interventions in different crops wereorganized by the scientists of ARSs, Agricultural Colleges,KVKs and DAATTCs during 2018-19. To organizeMaster Trainer’s training programmes effectively trainingmaterial has to be developed, he added. Dr.A.S. Rao inhis remarks emphasized that curriculum development forthe master trainers training programme is crucial. Smt.R.V.V.SwarnaVijaya said that from each FPO 10progressive farmers will be selected and residential

Review Meeting of SRMS for Andhra Pradesh Project

Workshop on Development of Training Material for Master Trainers

After thorough discussions, it was decided to plan for thedevelopment of timely midseason rice yield forecastproducts for Kharif,2019 to provide real time informationtoGovernment of Andhra Pradesh and to explore the satellitebased technology for estimating direct seeded rice, whoseextent of area is gradually increasing.

training will be given to the farmers for four days daysat RARSs, ARSs and KVKs to develop them as mastertrainers. The coordinators identified viz., Dr. P.V.Satyanarayana (rice), Dr.I.Sudheer(maize), Dr.M.Adinarayana (pulses), Smt. M.ShanthiPriya (millets),Dr.R.P.Vasanthi (groundnut) and Dr.S.Ratnakumari(cotton) and other committee members expressed theirviews and suggestions for curriculum development inrespective crops. Dr.B.Vijayabinandana gave fewsuggestions on the content developed by thecoordinators during their presentations. Dr.T.GopiKrishna, Principal Scientist (Extension) proposed voteof thanks to all the dignitaries and participants whoattended the meeting.



Two months Internship programme forAgripreneurship Orientation &Agribusiness Incubation organized byANGRAU Poshan Incubator wascommenced on 25.09.2019 at RARS,Tirupati. Dr.A.S. Rao, Director ofResearch; Dr. Prabhu Prasadini,ADR(HQ), Guntur; Dr. P. Rajasekhar,ADR, RARS, Tirupati; Dr. K. Mohan,Scientist(Agril. Extension), PrincipalInvestigator of ANGRAU PoshanIncubator Project and Dr. K.Vishwanath,Co-PI participated in the inaugurationmeeting. The objective of the internship was to orient andequip the interns on various aspects of innovation andstartup ecosystem and to mentor the interns to their ideafor prototype development; Market viable product andcommercialization of product. Around 32 applicants wereselected based on their innovative ideas for the internship

ANGRAU Biotech KISAN Hubproject team conducted review onthe activities and progress carried outunder the project in Kurnool Districtduring 24th and 25th October 2019at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banavasi.Dr. T. Srinivas, Principal Investigatorand Dr. T.V. Sridhar, Co-PrincipalInvestigator and G. Prasad Babu,Programme Coordinator, KVK,Banavasi have attended themeetings. Farmer-Scientist Interaction Meeting with fellowfarmers and demo farmers of the project was conductedon 24.10.2019. Dr. T. Srinivas explained about theimportance of ICM, IPM practices and suggested thefarmers to follow the practices to achieve the targetedoutcomes with low input costs. He suggested farmers touse the seeds of latest varieties for next season to continueseed to seed chain. Dr. T.V. Sridhar suggested that Fellowfarmers should take the lead in adopting the recommended

Biotech KISAN Hub Project Review Meetings

Meetings of the POSHAN Internship Programme

technologies and farmers should follow suggestions ofscientists of KVK and DAATTC and Dept. of Agricultureofficials. Further, on November 4th , 2019, the DBT PI&Co-PI visited KVK, Kondempudi. During the meeting, theteam suggested the fellow farmers of Visakhapatnam districtto implement all the critical interventions in the demo fields.Dr. P. Jamuna, ADR, RARS, Anakapalle participated inthe farmer-scientist interaction meeting.

programme from different sectors viz., FarmMechanization & Agricultural Engineering, AI & IOT inagriculture, Food Processing, Supply chain managementin Agriculture and ICT in Agriculture. Concluding meetingwas held on 26.11.2019 and certificates were distributedto the 32 interns on successful completion of internship.



Kisan Melas

Three days training programme on “Farm Machineryand Food Processing Technologies”was conducted to 24Subject Matter Specialists (Crop Production/Agril. Engg.)of KVK’s and Scientists of DAATT Centres fromANGRAU; YSR Horticultural University; SriVenkateswaraVeterinary University and NGO KVK’sduring 6th-8th November, 2019 at RARS, Tirupati.Dr.P.Rajasekhar, ADR, RARS, Tirupati inaugurated theprogramme on 6th November, 2019 and highlighted theimportance of the farm mechanization in increasing the cropproduction and reducing the labour cost. He said that thetrainees should keenly observe the operations of variousfarm implements and machineries, which will help them totroubleshoot operational difficulties in their regular worksat KVKs. Dr.S.Kaleemullah, Principal Scientist & TrainingCoordinator informed that the lectures cum demonstrations

Training on ‘Farm Machinery and Food Processing Technologies’

New Board of Management for ANGRAU

Kisan Melas were organized at Agricultural ResearchStation, Vizianagaram (19.10.2019); RARS, RegionalAgricultural Research Station, Maruteru (15.11.2019);RARS, Anakapalle(23.11.2019) and ARS, Ragolu(19.11.2019); ARS, Kadiri (23.11.2019) and AgriculturalCollege, Bapatla (13.12.2019). Farmer-Scientistinteraction programme and Agricultural Technologyexhibition including farm machinery were held during theseKisan Melas. Quiz was conducted for farmers in theafternoon session.

ANGRAU is governed by a 21 members Board of Management with the Vice-Chancellor as the Chairman. Govt.of A.P. announced new Board of Management for ANGRAU on December 2nd, 2019 consisting of 21 members includingIAS Officers, Distinguished Agricultural Scientists, Member of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly, Agri-Entrepreneurs and Progressive Agriculturists. This apex body will be responsible for taking policy decisions.

Sri. Kurasala Kannababu, Hon'ble Minister forAgriculture and Cooperation, Govt. of A.P. participatedas Chief Guest in the Kisanmelas held at RARS, Maruteruand RARS, Anakapalle. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, Hon’bleVice- Chancellor participated in various Kisan Melas andemphasized about the importance of Kisan Mela inbringing new technologies to the door steps of the farmers.Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension; Dr.A.S. Rao,Director of Research; ADRs of the respective zones; LocalM.P.; Local M.L.As, Scientists and District officials ofDept. of Agriculture participated in the Kisan Melas.

on various agricultural implements and machineries is partof the three days curriculum. Dr.C.Ramana, Dr.S.JosephReddy, Dr.M.V.Ramana and Dr.M.John Sudheer deliveredvarious lectures and demonstrated improved farmmachinery to the participants.



Innovative Farmers Network Coordinators Review MeetingTwo-day Innovative Farmers Network (IFN)

Coordinators Review meeting was held during 4th

November to 5th November, 2019 at RegionalAgricultural Research Station, Maruteru and ARS,Vijayarai. Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension,ANGRAU graced the occasion as Chief Guest on 4th

November, 2019. Dr. B. Vijayabhinandana, PrincipalScientist (Agril. Extension) & University Head explainedthe importance of Innovative Farmers Networkprogramme and the major activities of the coordinatorsand the proposed action plan o f the IFN programme forthe year 2020-21. Dr. P. V. Satyanarayana, ADR, RARS,Maruteru explained RARS activities and how the IFNcan help in varietal and technology dissemination in ricecrop. Dr. P. Rambabu addressed the gathering and statedthat the IFN programme is one of the prestigious extensionprogrammes of the University and all the IFNcoordinators has to work hard and reach their targetswith utmost attention. Dr. P. Rambabu also emphasizedthat the new technologies or varieties generated from theUniversity can be disseminated among the IF networkand also to the other farmers through IF network. TheIFN Coordinators of each district presented the workdone report for the year 2019-20 and also proposedactivities for 2020-21. First day meeting was ended withfield visit to different research activities of RARS,Maruteru.

Meeting was conducted with ADs of six AffiliatedAgricultural Colleges for detailed discussion on the deficitsidentified by the affiliation committees and measures tobe followed to improve the academic standards onNovember 14th, 2019 in the presence of Dr. V. DamodaraNaidu, Hon’ble Vice - Chancellor at AdministrativeOffice, Guntur. Dr. D. Bhaskara Rao, Registrar; Dr. S.R.Koteswara Rao, Dean of Student Affairs&Dean ofAgriculture (FAC);Dr.D. Balaguravaiah, Dean of PGStudies; and Dr. A. Sivasankar, Controller ofExaminations participated.The meeting was commencedwith welcome address by Dr. T. Srinivas, Professor(Academic & Education). Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor inhis address said that the ADs should inform theirmanagement about the process of accreditation by ICARand its importance, so that the management will take care

Meeting with ADs of Affiliated Agricultural Colleges

The second day meeting was organized atAgricultural Research Station, Vijayarai. Dr. S.R.Koteswara Rao, Dean of Student Affairs & DeanAgriculture (FAC), ANGRAU was the Chief Guest. Dr.K. Mohana Rao, Principal Scientist (Entomology) &Head, ARS, Vijayarai explained various research activitiesof the ARS. Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao said that IFNprogramme is Universities smart extension programme.He added that through this programme, large number offarmers are benefitted with new and modern technologiesand improved their livelihood. A half day hands-onexperience training in Honeybee production wasconducted by Dr. K. Mohana Rao. The second dayprogramme ended with field visit to Maize research fieldsand Horticulture Research Station, Vijayarai. About 19Innovative Farmers Network Coordinators and 12Scientists have participated in the meeting.

the process to fulfill the requirements. Dr. S.R.Koteswara Rao stated that the ADs should strictlymonitor the academic activities in the college. Six ADsof Affiliated Agricultural Colleges of Etcherla;Markapuram; Tadipatri; Ananthapuramu; C.S Puram;Badvel and Dr.T. V. Sridhar, Associate Professor(Academic & Education), ANGRAU participated.



Inter-Agricultural Polytechnic Sports, Games and Cultural Meet

QRT of ATARI Zone X Reviews A.P. KVKsQuinquennial Review Team (QRT) of ATARI

Zone X under the Chairmanship of Dr. S.N. Puri, FormerVice- Chancellor, CAU, Imphal along with Dr.A.M.Narula, Dr. N. Nagaraja, Dr. H. Philip, Dr. B.T. Rayuduand Dr. N. Sudhakar as members visited BCT KVK(NGO KVK) on November 28th, 2019 in the presenceof Dr. Y.G. Prasad, Director, ICAR- ATARI, Zone X;Dr. Bhaskaran, Principal Scientist ATARI, Zone X; Dr.A.S. Rao, Director of Research, ANGRAU; Dr. P.Rambabu, Director of Extension; Dr. B. Srinivasulu,Director of Extension, Dr. YSRHU;Dr. B.Vijayabhinandana, PS & University Head (Agril.Extension); Sri. B. Sreeramamurthy, Secretary,Bhagavathula Charitable Trust; Dr. P. Jamuna, ADR,RARS, Anakapalle and Dr. G. Rama Rao, ADR, RARS,Chintapalle.Dr. S.N. Puri stated that farmers has toconsider both traditional and latest technologies inagriculture to achieve targeted yields and integrated

Inter-Agricultural Polytechnic Sports, Games and CulturalMeet was conducted at RARS, Tirupati during 27th

November - 1st December, 2019 with 410 participantsfrom 19 Agricultural Polytechnics.Dr. S. Saravanan,Chief Conservator, Forest Department was the ChiefGuest. The Chief Guest stated that students should getexposed themselves in extra-curricular activities alongwith academics.Students participated enthusiastically in13 sports events and seven cultural competitive events.Dr. S. R. Koteswara Rao, Dean of Agriculture (FAC)& Dean of Student Affairs; Dr. K. YellaReddy, Dean of Agril. Engineering & Technology; Dr. P.Rajasekhar, ADR, RARS, Tirupati; Dr. P. Ramesh Babu,AD, S.V. Agricultural College participated in themeet.Overall Championship (Boys) was won byAgricultural Polytechnic, Maruteru; Overall Championship(Girls) was won by Agricultural Polytechnic, Utukur,

farming system can lead to increased income and hesuggested that KVKs should include the aboveexperiments in their action plan. Nine KVKs PCs(Krishna, Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram andSrikakulam districts) presented their work-done reportfor the past six years. QRT Team reviewed all the nineKVK activities, visited KVK farms and discussions withscientists were held. QRT team gave few suggestions tothe KVKs for further progress.Exhibition stalls were alsoarranged by scientists.Sixty-three scientists from nineKVKs participated in the programme.

National Seminar to be conducted in February 2020National Seminar on Innovations in Agriculture for Rural Development organized by 'The Andhra Agricultural Union' onthe eve of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Agricultural College, Bapatla is to be held on 21st -22nd February 2020 atBapatla. Dr. M.V. Reddy (founder of mega rice variety BPT 5204) memorial lecture will also be delivered in the seminar.Further, the national seminar brochure is released by the Hon’ble Vice- Chancellor in the academic council meeting heldon 17.12.2019. Best Full length papers selected for presentation will be published as Special Issue of the Andhra AgriculturalJournal. Further details can be obtained from [email protected].

Kadapa and Overall Championship (Boys and Girls) forcultural events was secured by Agricultural Polytechnic,Garikapadu. Prizes and Certificates were distributed tothe winners during valedictory function held on December1st,2019.



Training programme to master trainers of APRIGP(ANGRAU-SERP partnership) on Ragi, Rajma andNizer improved production technologies was conductedfor four days from 25.11.2019 to 28.11.2019 at RARS,Anakapalle by KrishiVigyan Kendra, Kondempudi. Theselected master trainers (40) are FPO farmers from fourtribalmandalsi.e.Pedabayalu, Munchingiputtu,Hukumpeta and G.Madugula of Visakhapatnam district.Resource persons from ARS, Vizianagaram and RARS,Chintapalle trained the farmers on varieties, soil type,production practices, processing and value addition tothe master trainers during these four days trainingprogramme. Method demonstrations on soil sampling,seed treatment with rhizobium, seed treatment withinsecticides/fungicides and Cuscuta weed managementpractices in Nizer were conducted during the trainingprogramme. Trainee farmers were also taken to ARS,Vizianagaram for exposure visit. On 28.11.2019, Dr. P.Rambabu, Director of Extension, ANGRAU; Dr.A.S

Sensitisation Workshop on NAHEP Component 2activities & implementation of Academics ManagementSystem (AMS) was organised on 11th and 12th December2019 at Guntur. Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao, Dean ofAgriculture (FAC) & Dean of Student Affairs presided theworkshop. Dr. R.C. Goyal, IT Consultant, ICAR- IASRI,New Delhi was the Chief Guest. Dr. D. Bhaskara Rao,Registrar was present. Dr. T. Srinivas, Professor (Academic)& Nodal Officer of AMS briefed the purpose of organisingthe sensitisation workshop.

Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao said that the implementationof AMS will help to reduce paper work, reduce burden onteachers and bring excellence in academic management, headded. Dr. K. Balaguravaiah, Dean P.G. studies requestedthe faculty to carefully study the module and give goodsuggestions to incorporate all the requirements ofANGRAU. Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean, Agril. Engineering&Technology said that parameters for development of AMSmust be aligned to ANGRAU rules and regulations.Dr. N Trimurthulu, Comptroller said that the six componentsunder the NAHEP Component 2 are beneficial forenhancing quality in Teaching, Research and Extension. Dr.P. Rambabu, Director of Extension said on the occasionthat there is a plan to automate extension activities of the

SERP – APRIGP Master Trainers Training Programme

Sensitisation Workshop on NAHEP Component 2

Rao, Director of Research, ANGRAU,Dr.Vijayabhinandana, PS (Extension) & University Head,Guntur and Dr.P.Jamuna, ADR, RARS, Anakapalle gracedthe valedictory session and released the booklet on Ragiproduction Technologies and distributed the ragi seed(Srichaitanya Variety) to the trainee farmers. MasterTrainers Training Programme was also conducted byKVK, Garikapadu during 20th November to 23rd

November, 2019 and KVK, Reddipalle during December2nd to December 5th, 2019.

University similar to ARMS. Dr. A. Siva Shankar, CoE saidthat AMS will be useful if customised as per University rulesand regulations.

Dr. R.C. Goyal elaborated on the six components (E-Learning component, Farming activities, Virtual and Smartclass rooms, Research activities, Financial ManagementSystem, Data Centre, Academic Management System) inthe NAHEP Component - 2 and said that focus will be onthese activities. Presentation was given by Mr. HimanshuKumar Singh and Mr. VibhoreTyagi of IASRI on thedifferent formats, registration process, different componentsand roles, reporting system, print features, etc. Practicalsessions were conducted in the afternoon to orient themembers about the application of AMS in ANGRAU.Associate Deans and OAM’s from representing colleges,IDP Officers and staff, Dr. T.V. Sridhar; Dr.K.Uma Deviand Technical officers at H.O. participated.



The 103rd meeting of the Academic Council ofANGRAU was held during 16th - 17th December 2019at APGC Seminar Hall, Guntur. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu,Vice-Chancellor, ANGRAU presided the meeting.Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor in his speech said that all thefaculty should work towards improvement of theUniversity Ranking.Students should be tied up with goodenterprises, incubators, value-addition units and post-harvest technology centres for gaining hands-onexperience, Vice-Chancellor added.Dr.D. Bhaskara Rao,Registrar elaborated about the progress on the decisionstaken in the 102nd academic council meeting.Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao, Dean of Agriculture (FAC) andDean of Student Affairs; Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean of

Academic Council Meeting

The 49th meeting of Research and ExtensionAdvisory Council of ANGRAU was held at RegionalAgricultural Research Station, Lam, Guntur during18th and 19th December, 2019 under theChairmanship of Dr.V.Damodara Naidu, Hon’bleVice-Chancellor, ANGRAU. Sri V. Balshowry,Member of Parliament, Machilipatnam & Member,Board of Management was the Chief Guest and Smt.V. Kalavathi, Member of Legislative Assembly &Member, Board of Management was the Guest ofHonour. Sri V. Balashowry emphasized the need to involvefarmers in research to effectively reach the new technologiesto farmers. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu highlighted the conceptof integrated farming system duly integrating Horticulture,Aquaculture, Sericulture, Apiculture, Dairy Farming andMushroom Cultivation and stressed the need to extendintensive training programmes to farmers to make them adoptthe technology. He also suggested to give emphasis toincrease the farmers’ income. Dr. A.S. Rao, Director ofResearch presented the research highlights for the year2018-19 and DrP.Rambabu, Director of Extension in hispresentation highlighted the extension activities carried outat various KVK’s and DAATT Centers in the State.Regional Agricultural Research Station, Lam, Guntur andARS,Seethampetareceived the best research stationAwards, while, KVK, Banavasi received the best KVKaward and DAATTC, Guntur bagged the best DAATTCaward for their commendable research and extension workduring 2018-19. Distinguished retired Scientists ofANGRAU - Dr.N.SriramaReddy, Dr.L.G.Giri Rao,

Agricultural Engineering & Technology; Dr. L. Uma Devi,Dean of Home Science; Dr. D. BalaGuravaiah, Dean ofP.G. Studies; Dr. A.S. Rao, Director of Research; Dr. P.Rambabu, Director of Extension and other councilmembers attended the meeting. Various Publications werereleased during the meeting.

Dr.P.VenkataRamaiah and Dr.P.Gidda Reddy sharedtheir vast research and extension experiences with thecouncil. Publications such as Research and ExtensionHighlights 2018-19; New Varieties released during 2019from ANGRAU and ANGRAU technologies forcommercialization were released. Members of Boardof Management – Dr. Chenga Reddy; Dr. V. SrinivasaRao; Dr. L. Vijayabhaskar;Dr.S.V.S.R.K Netaji;Sri B. Srinivasa Rao;Dr. D. Balaguravaiah, Dean of P.G.Studies; Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao, Dean of Agriculture(FAC); Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean of AgriculturalEngineering & Technology; Dr. L. Uma Devi, Dean ofHomescience; Associate Deans of various colleges;Associate Directors of Research of various RegionalAgricultural Research Stations and ADR (HQ);University Heads and Principal Scientists of variouscrops; Principal Agril. Information Officer, TechnicalOfficers and nominated Progressive farmers participatedin the meeting.

Research and Extension Advisory Council Meeting



Crop Diagnostic booklets of pocket size in rice, cotton, pulses,groundnut and sugarcane crops of the A.P. state are published in telugu languageto serve as a ready reckoner for crop protection related aspects in agriculture.The five booklets were released during 49th REAC meeting at Lam, Guntur on18.12.2019 by the auspicious hands of Sri V. Balashowry, Member ofParliament, Machilipatnam and Member, Board of Management,ANGRAU.High resolution colour pictures of various pest and diseases of therespective crops for easy diagnosis of the pest, disease and nutritional disorderby the farmers, with suitable remedial measures is inserted in the booklets.

Crop Diagnostic Booklets Released

Mushroom Certificate Course Inaugurated

MahilaKisanDiwas CelebrationsAgricultural College, Bapatla celebrated the ”Mahila KisanDiwas” on October 15th, 2019 at adopted villageNallamothuvaripalem involving rural women and iscoordinated by Dept. of Extension Education students andfaculty. The Chief Guest, Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao, Deanof Student Affairs & Dean of Agriculture (FAC) emphasizedon the multi-dimensional roles played by the women inagriculture. Dr. Koteswara Rao stated that the women’scontribution to the agriculture and dairy farming is greaterthan men. He stressed the need for capacity building ofrural women and enhancing their access to the inputs, moderntechnologies and other agricultural resources. Dr. P.V.Krishnayya, Associate Dean, Agricultural College, Bapatla,briefed about the ANGRAU’s various research and

extension activities for empowering the farm women inagriculture sector. Further, quiz and games were conductedand prizes were distributed to the winners. Kitchen GardenKits were also distributed. A total of 75 farm women fromthe village participated in the celebrations.

ODLC, Guntur inaugurated the three monthscertificate course on Mushroom Cultivation at four studycentres–KVK, Nellore; KVK, Reddipalle; KVK,Amadalavalasa and ODLC, Guntur. A total of 83 membersfrom different districts of Andhra Pradesh enrolled for thiscourse. The course syllabus was published as a book andreleased by the Hon’ble Vice- Chancellor during the

academic council meet held on 17.12.2019 at APGCSeminar Hall. The first phase contact classes were heldat the four study centres on 23.12.2019 and the enrolledparticipants were exposed to theoretical as well aspractical sessions on mushroom production. Dr. R. SaradaJayalakshmi Devi, Associate Dean, S.V. AgriculturalCollege, Tirupati was the expert for the contact class heldat ODLC, Guntur.



World Food Day Celebrations

KrishiVigyan Kendras- Reddipalli andGhantasala celebrated World Food Day, 2019 at KVKcampuses and also in selected villages on 16th October,2019. Anganwadi workers, women farmers and studentsparticipated in the programme. Dr. P. Rambabu, Directorof Extension, ANGRAU while addressing the gatheringat KVK, Reddipalli explained the significance ofconducting world food day, and how it helps in increasingawareness about food security for every one and achievingSustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger by 2030.Dr. R.Veeraraghavaiah, PS& Head, ARS, Anantapuramuand Dr.K. Bhargavi, PS & Head, ARS, Reddipalliparticipated.B.Sc (Ag.) RAWEP students arranged a

food exhibition covering all the food groups and theirimportance in balanced diet.

Dr. L. Umadevi, Dean of Home Scienceparticipated in the celebrations at Anganwadi Centre,Ghantasala and addressed the gathering on“Supplementary diets to combat malnutrition”. Further,awareness training programme was conducted atSrikakulam village by KVK, Ghantasala andDr.Umadevi spoke on “Importance of balanced diet inthe pregnancy and lactating stage of women” to 30 ICDSpersonnel. Also, Kitchen garden kits to women weredistributed. Dr. K. Jhansi, Programme Coordinator,KVK, Ghantasala participated in the event.

ANGRAU Observes VigilanceAwareness Week -2019

ANGRAU institutes across the A.P. state observedVigilance Awareness Week - 2019 from 28th October - 2nd

November 2019, as per the decision and directives of CentralVigilance Commission. The main focus of vigilance Awarenessweek is “Integrity - A way of Life”. All the KVKs and DAATTCscommenced the vigilance awareness week on October 28th, 2019by taking the Integrity Pledge with the active participation of KVKsand DAATTCs staff, agricultural polytechnic students in KVKcampuses and farmers. Dr. B. Vijayabhinandana, PS & UniversityHead (Agril. Extension) administered the Pledge ceremony heldat KVK, Reddipalli on 29th October, 2019. During the vigilanceawareness week from October 28th to November 2nd, KVKsand DAATTCs implemented various activities such as distributionof pamphlets/handouts on preventive vigilance activities,conducting workshops and sensitization programmes for students,staff and farmers on preventive vigilance measures.

Acharya N.G. Ranga BirthAnniversary 119th

CelebrationsANGRAU celebrated 119th Birth Anniversary of therenowned Kisan Leader and Great Son of AndhraPradesh, Sri Acharya N.G. Ranga on 7th November,2019. Officers, staff and students of variousANGRAU centres across the A.P. stateremembered the son of the soil for his support tothe farmers in his life time. On the occasion, Dr. D.Damodara Naidu, Vice-Chancellor, ANGRAUgarlanded Acharya N.G Ranga statue at theAdministrative Office in Guntur and spoke about theOxford educated N.G. Ranga’s contributions to thecause of farmers’ welfare since 1934. UniversityOfficers and staff offered their floral salutations tothe great leader.



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

Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, Hon’ble Vice- Chancellor,ANGRAU inaugurated 15 KWP Roof Top SolarPower Plant (CAPEX Model provided by NREDCAP)at Agricultural Research Station, Nellore on 01.10.2019in the presence of Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao,Director of Research; Dr. P. Rambabu, Director ofExtension and Dr. P. Rajasekhar, ADR, RARS, Tirupati.

Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, Hon’ble Vice- Chancellor,ANGRAU inaugurated 17 KWP Roof Top SolarPower Plant; Girls Hostel (2nd Floor) and ExaminationHall at Agricultural College, Bapatla on 03.10.2019 inthe presence of Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao, Dean ofAgriculture (FAC); Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean ofAgricultural Engineering & Technology; Er. P.V.Narasimha Rao, Estate Officer and Dr. P.V. Krishnayya,Associate Dean, Bapatla.

Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, Vice-Chancellor releasedthe ANGRAU new year (2020) diaries, wallcalendars and table calendars at Lam, Guntur on31.12.2019 in the presence of UniversityOfficers.Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension, Dr.B.Vijayabhinandana, PS & University Head (Agril.Extension); Dr. T. Gopi Krishna, Public RelationOfficer and Dr. O. Sarada, Sr. Scientist, FarmersCall Centrewere also present.

ANGRAU Diaries and Calendars 2020 Released

Inaugurations

SuperannuationDr. P. Rajeswara Reddy, Professor& University Head (Agril.Economics) working at AgriculturalCollege, Mahanandi has retired fromhis services on 31.12.2019. He hasserved ANGRAU for 36 years andworked at various places in differentcapacities.

Elected asVice-President for ISPP

Dr. G. Rama Rao, working as Associate Director of Research, RARS,Chintapalle is elected as Vice- President, The Indian Society for PlantPhysiology, NASC Complex, New Delhi for a period of two years from 2020to 2022. The Indian Society of Plant Physiology(ISPP) is established in 1958and is a member of Global Plant Council, a coalition of Plant and Crops societiesfrom across the globe. The society publishes quarterly journal -Indian Journalof Plant Physiology.

from the vice-chancellor's deskangrau.ac.in/angrau/pdf/e-news letter vol 3(4), 2019 oct- dec.,...

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