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1January-March, 2020

ANGRAU, Gunture-NewsletterANGRAU

E-mail : [email protected] Vol. IV (1), 2020

The academic programmesof the university aredynamic and focus onempowering the students asimportant stakeholders inagricultural development. Iam happy to inform thatANGRAU is bestowed with ‘2nd Highest P.G.Scholarships Award’ by ICAR second time in a row.The network of colleges, research stations andextension centres of the university are playing aninfluential role in holistic agricultural developmentof the Andhra Pradesh state.In the month of January2020, a total of 40 Know India Pogramme (KIP)delegates, which is a prestigious programme ofMinistry of External Affairs, GoI, New Delhi visitedANGRAU for orientation. Sports, Games andCultural Meet for teaching faculty are also held inJanuary, 2020. The Journal of Research ANGRAU,University level publication is indexed with IndianCitation Index (ICI) for citationsfrom scientific andstudent fraternity.Webcasting of Hon’ble PMaddress during 3rd Global Potato Conclave isarranged by all KVKS. KisanMelas in various zonesare conducted to create awareness on latesttechnologies. Extension scientists of the university

From the Vice-Chancellor's Desk

(V. DAMODARA NAIDU)

are working closely withextension personnel ofDept. of Agriculture, linedepartments and farmers.Our partnership withMSSRF, Chennai isextended and three more

KVKs are added to demonstrate FSN models intheir districts. Institutional Development Plan(IDP) of NAHEP is reviewed by World Bankofficials and is making its progress for thefinancial year 2020-21. Workshop on dataanalysis in R using STATCRAFT was organized atAgricultural College, Bapatla. Two-day NationalSeminar on “Innovations in Agriculture for RuralDevelopment” is also organized at AgriculturalCollege, Bapatla during February, 2020. QRT teamreviewed 11 A.P. KVKs and ANGRAU KVKsparticipated in the meeting. In this quarter,Republic Day, International Women’s Day andNational Science Day are celebrated withenthusiasm by the staff.



The Orientation meeting on crop diagnostic bulletinspreparation was held at RARS, Lam on 09.1.2020.Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension presided themeeting. In his remarks, he stated that the crop diagnosticbulletins are serving as ready reckoners for the farmersand field extension functionaries. Maize, Redgram,Bengalgram and Millets (Sorghum, Bajra and smallmillets) bulletins will be published, he added. Dr.S.B.S.Narasimha Rao, Principal Scientist andDirectorof Research representative said that the bulletins shallinclude latest information of pests and diseasesandcontrol measures that are time tested and proven infield conditions. Dr. G. Sivanarayana, PAIO, AI&CCsaid that the focus of the team members should be onthe symptoms of damage pertaining to pests, diseasesand nutrient related problems in the identified crops.Group Coordinators identified for the four crops - Dr.

Orientation Meeting on Preparation of Crop Diagnostic Bulletins

I. Sudheer Kumar,PS(Maize) for Maize; Dr.M.V.Ramana,PS(Pulses) for Redgram; Dr.V.Jayalakshmi,PS(Chickpea)for Bengalgram; Dr. M. Hemanth Kumar,PS(Millets) for sorghum and small millets brainstormed onthe contents of the bulletins with their teams and preparedaction plan for the publication. Dr. O. Sarada, SeniorScientist, AI&CC coordinated the meeting.

DhanukaAgritech Company felicitated farmers at the firstedition of the Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Award(DIAA) at National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC),New Delhi on 09.1.2020. On this occasion, awards weregiven to farmers and institutes in various categories for

Dhanuka Confers Best KVK Award to ANGRAU KVKadopting and practising innovative farming techniques.KrishiVigyan Kendra, Amadalavalasa has bagged the awardunder Institution- South Zone category and is felicitated bySri Gajendra Singh Shekawat, Hon’ble Minister for Jalshakti,Dept. of Water Resources, River Development and GangaRejuvenation. Hon’ble Minister bestowed memento and acash award of Rs. 1,00,000 to the KVK and Dr. B.Vijayabhinandana, PS & University Head (Agril. Extension)and Dr. D. Chinnam Naidu, PC, KVK received the award.Also, three farmers from Andhra Pradesh( Sri K.Ramakrishna, Prakasam dist.; Sri P. Krishna Murthy,YSR Kadapa dist.; Sri N. Nageswara Raju, Chittoor dist.)received Innovative Farmers Award with a memento & cashaward of Rs. 25,000 from the hands of Sri. KailashChoudhary, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agricultureand Farmers Welfare, New Delhi.

ANGRAU Bags National Award Second Time Consecutively for2nd highest P.G. Scholarships

Highest ‘P.G. Scholarship award” was conferred to ANGRAU for securing 2nd position at National level with a totalof 34 P.G .scholarships during 2019 for entry into 71 agricultural universities offering P.G. courses. ANGRAU receivedthis award second time consecutively for 2018 & 2019.



A total of forty delegatesfrom eight countries(Suriname, Myanmar,Trinidad & Tobago,Guyana, Maruritius, Fizi,South Africa and Srilanka)participated in theorientation meeting aboutANGRAU on 10.1.2020 held at RARS, Lam.Dr.D.Bhaskara Rao, Registrar, ANGRAU in his presidentialremarks said that ANGRAU is happy to receive Know IndiaProgramme delegates and introduced about various research& developments of the university.Dr.V. Damodara Naidu,Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor who was the Chief Guest statedthat ANGRAU is a renowned Agricultural University in thecountry with many milestones in the last 55 years. Heelaborated on the mandate and vision and recent internshipsacquired by the ANGRAU studentsfor the US universitiesunder IDP. Smt. C. Nagarani, IAS, Director, Dept. of YouthServices said that during the 10 days programme in the A.PState, the delegates will be visiting places of historical &cultural importance. Shri.Vineet Kumar, Secretary, MoEA,

Know India Programme Delegates Visits ANGRAU

Review Meeting of the “FarmingSystem for Nutrition (FSN) toaddress nutritional deficiencies inIndia” programme implemented inthree KVKs (KVK,Rastakuntubai; KVK, Reddipalliand KVK, Undi) of ANGRAUfunded by MSSRF, Chennai wasorganized on 07.1.2020 atRARS, Lam. Dr. B. Vijayabhinandana, PS & UniversityHead (Agril. Extension) invited the participants and statedthe objectives of the review meeting. Dr. P. Rambabu,Director of Extension stated that the three KVKs selectedare conducting FSN model demonstrations in KVK farmsincluding nutrient dense crops such as pulses, millets, fruitsand vegetables coupled with animal foods for increasingnutritional awareness among farming communityespecially rural women and children.Dr. R.V.Bhavani,Director, Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Programme,MSSRF, Chennai said that three more KVKs of ANGRAU

Review Meeting of the FSN Programme of KVKs

New Delhi said that this 59th Know India Programme isof 25 days duration and the delegates will be interactingwith various ministries at New Delhi, after spending 10days in Andhra Pradesh. Dr. L. Uma Devi, Dean, HomeScience, elaborated on various activities of faculty ofhome science to the delegates and showed them theMillets Value Addition Unit functioning at RARS,Lam.Dr.G.Sivanarayana, PAIO, delivered Power pointpresentation about ANGRAU’s overall functioning &latest developments in Teaching, Research andExtension. Dr. M. Adinarayana, Principal Scientist andDr.C.Rani, Scientisttook the delegates for field visit atRARS, Lam, Guntur and shown them on-going researchexperiments of Cotton, Pulses and Maize crops.

(Utukur, Kadapa dist.; Darsi,Prakasam district andAmadalavalasa, Srikakulam dist.)will be covered. She stated that anamount of Rs.1,50,000/- will begiven to these three KVKs toreplicate FSN modeldemonstrations in their districts.Dr. L. Uma Devi, Dean of Home

Science stated that tribal women and women farmersvisiting KVKs are responding positively to the FSN modeldemonstrations and homescientists working in variousKVKs are orienting these women towards nutritionalknowledge. Dr. R. Gopinath, Senior Economist,Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Programme, MSSRF,Chennai stated the cost concepts to be kept in mind whiledemonstrating FSN model in KVK farms. Dr. T.Gopikrishna, PS (Agril. Extension) proposed vote ofthanks. Programme Coordinators and Home Scientists ofthree KVKs participated in the review meeting.



Sports, Games, Cultural andLiterary Meet for Teaching FacultyAgricultural College, Mahanandi hosted the AnnualSports, Games, Cultural and Literary Meet for theteaching staff during 22nd to 24thJanuary, 2020. Sri T.V.Muralinatha Reddy, Member, Board of Management,ANGRAU was the Chief Guest. In his address, he saidthat Sports Meet is a recreational activity for teachingstaff from daily routine. Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao, Deanof Student Affairs presided the meeting.The Chief Guestand other dignitaries took the salute of the impressiveMarch Past of the women scientists. A total of 210 facultymembers from various units of ANGRAU participatedin the indoor and outdoor competitions with zeal,excitement and frolicsome atmosphere. OverallChampionship in Sports and Games (Men& Women)&Overall Championship in Sports and Games (Women)was bagged by Krishna Zone. Physical Director Sri A.Pratap Reddy acted as observer for the meet. Dr. J.Lakshmi, Univ. Head (Foods & Nutrition) & Member,BoM; Dr. V. Chenga Reddy, Principal Scientist (Retd.)&Member, BoM; Dr. V. Srinivasa Rao, Univ. Head

The mid-term review of the Institutional Development Planof National Agricultural Higher Education Project inoperation at the University by the World Bank team andICAR officials was organized during 24.1.2020 &25.1.2020 at Board Meeting Hall, Administrative Office,ANGRAU. Dr. N Trimurtulu, Dean of Agriculture &Principal Investigator of IDP welcomed the dignitaries Dr.V. Damodara Naidu, Vice-Chancellor & IDP Projectleader; Mr. Abel Lufafa, Senior Agricultural Specialist,World Bank; MsKumidiniChoudary, Programme Assistant,World Bank; Dr. Dilip Roy, Under-Secretary, NAHEP;University Officers; Nodal Officers, IDP team atheadquarters and at five accredited colleges and studentbeneficiaries from colleges who participated in IDP activities.Dr. T. Srinivas, Professor (Academic) & AssociateCoordinator of IDP presented briefly about the significantachievements of the University in teaching, research andextension. Dr. N. Trimurtulu presented component wiseactivities and discussions were held. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu

(Agril. Statistics & Computers) & Member, BoM; Sri.C. Rammohan Reddy, Member, BoM,; Sri S.V.S.R.K.Netaji, Member, BoM; Prof. L. Vijay Bhaskar, Member,BoM;Dr. Sampath Kumar, ADR, RARS, Nandyal andDr. A. Pratap Kumar Reddy, Associate Deanparticipated.

Review of the IDP byWorld Bank and ICAR team

expressed his happiness on the status of IDP activities atANGRAU and assured the ICAR and World Bank teamsthat more efforts will be directed to meet the objectives ofthe project. On Day1, the review team also visited Collegeof Home Science, Lam, Guntur. On Day 2, the reviewteam visited newly constructed classrooms, centralinstrumentation cell and virtual class rooms at AgriculturalCollege Bapatla and Dr. NTR College of AgriculturalEngineering, Bapatla. The delegates also interacted withthe students who had international exposure at OSU andKSU, USA.



As per the directives of the ATARI, ZONE X,the webcasting of Hon’ble Prime Minister ofIndia, Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s address duringinauguration of the 3rd Global Potato Conclave-2020 held at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat wasarranged by the Programme Coordinators ofthe A.P. KVKs at their campuses at 10.00 A.Mon 28.1.2020. The Hon’ble Prime Minister ofIndia addressed the gathering through remotevideo conferencing and he appreciated thecontributions of the scientists, farmers,processing industries in increasing the production,productivity and shelf life of potato in India. The

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Webcasting of Hon’ble PM Address by KVKs

Workshop on Data Analysis in R Using STATCRAFTTwo- day workshop on data analytics with R using

STATCRAFT was organized by the Dept. of Statistics

& Computer Applications at Agricultural College, Bapatla

during 08.2.2020 & 09.2.2020. Dr. N. Trimurthulu, Dean

of Agriculture graced the inaugural function as theChief

Guest. Dr. P.V.Krishnayya, Associate Dean presided the

function. Resource persons from Productive Analytics,

Bangalore imparted first day training on STATCRAFT.

Dr. A. Dhandapani, Principal Scientist working at

NAARM was the Resource Person for the second day

training on R programming. Dr. V. Srinivasa Rao, Univ.

Head (Statistics& Computer Applications) &Member,

BoM, ANGRAU was the organizing secretary for the

workshop. The workshop is a self-financing event and

52 applicants were accommodated in the two-day

workshop. Faculty and students from various Universities

(Andhra University, Yogi Vemana University, JNTU,

Acharya Nagarjuna University, YSRHU and ANGRAU)

participated. The participants were trained on Descriptive

Statistics, Chisquare, ANOVA, t- test, correlation, logistic

regression, graphs, etc using both R and STATCRAFT.

Practical sessions were conducted on R and

STATCRAFT software. Dr. A. Siva Sankar, CoE,

ANGRAU was the dignitary in the valedictory function.

Assistant Professors of the Dept. of Statistics &

Mathematics Dr. Sk. Nafeez Umar, Dr. E.S.V. Narayana

Rao and Dr. D. Ramesh also served as coordinators for

this two day workshop.

in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities toturn raw data/information into knowledge. The Journal ofResearch ANGRAU is listed in the database of ICI andthe previous issues of the Journal can also be accessedthrough ICI.

programme was attended by the scientists of KVKs,farmers and staff members of the KVKs.



One day Orientation Meeting on the Farming System forNutrition programme was organized on 11.2.2020 at RARS,Lam. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor &Chief Guest stated that the main purpose of FSNdemonstration models is to design strategies for nutritionalsecurity that could be adopted at farmer level and 1.5 lakhrupees have been allotted to each of the three implementingKVKs in 2019 and 2020.Dr. R.V. Bhavani, Director ofAgriculture, Nutrition and Health Programme, MSSRF,Chennai stated that FSN demonstration programmes areimplemented in Orissa, Maharastra, Tamilnadu and AndhraPradesh and the main objective is to free rural familiesfrom nutritional deficiencies. Dr. P. Rambabu, Director ofExtension said that FSN models aims at combating caloriedeficiency, protein deficiency and nutrients deficiency of ruralfamilies. Dr. L. Umadevi, Dean of Home Science said thatthe FSN model aims at nurturing nutrition security at

Orientation Workshop on the FSN Programme

Kisan Melas were organized at RARS, Nandyal(29.1.2020); RARS, Lam (30.1.2020);AgriculturalResearch Station, Nellore (14.2.2020); RARS,Tirupati(19.2.2020);RARS, Chintapalle (25.2.2020) andARS, Peddapuram (29.2.2020). Farmer-Scientistinteraction programme and Agricultural Technologyexhibition including farm machinery were held duringthese Kisan Melas. Quiz was conducted for farmers inthe afternoon session.

Sri. Kurasala Kannababu, Hon’ble Minister forAgriculture and Cooperation, Govt. of A.P. participated

family level. Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao, Director ofResearch said that besides human nutrition, soil nutritionshould be given equal importance. Dr. G. Sivanarayana,PS (Agril. Extension) and Dr. T. Gopikrishna, PS (Agril.Extension) participated.Programme coordinators and homescientists of FSN three implementing KVKs (KVK, Undi;KVK, Reddipalli and KVK, Rastakuntubai) and threenewly added KVKs (KVK, Darsi; KVK, Amadalavalasaand KVK, Utukuru) participated in the meeting.

Kisan Melasas Chief Guest in the Kisan Mela held at ARS,Peddapuram . Sri P. Subhash Chandra Bose, DeputyChief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Sri.Ch. Sriranganatha Raju, Minister for Housing were theother dignitaries participated. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu,Hon’ble Vice- Chancellor participated in the KisanMelasand emphasized about the importance of KisanMela inbringing new technologies to the door steps of the farmers.Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension; Dr.A.S. Rao,Director of Research; Members of Board ofManagement, ANGRAU; ADRs of the respective zones;Local M.P.; Local M.L.As; Scientists; District officialsof Dept. of Agriculture and farmers participated in theKisan Melas.



QRT Team Reviews A.P. KVKsQuinquennial Review Meeting for the period of

2011-12 to 2018-19 for KVKs of Anantapur, Chittoor,Kadapa, Kurnool, Guntur, Nellore and Prakasam districtswas organized during 3rd - 06th of February, 2020 at RASS-KVK Vanasthali, Chittoor district. A team of Scientistsconstituted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) for QRT of A.P. KVKs- Dr. S.N. Puri, Chairman,QRT Team, Former Vice-Chancellor, CAU, Imphal andthe members Dr.A.M.Narula, Former Director, ATARI,Ludhiana; Dr. H. Philip, Former Director of Extension,TNAU, Coimbatore; Dr.N.Sudhakar, Former Director,ATARI, Hyderabad; Dr. N. Nagaraja, Former Director ofExtension, UAS, Bangalore and Dr. B.T.Rayudu, MemberSecretary, Principal Scientist, UAS, Bangalore visited andreviewed the activities of KVKs of Southern AndhraPradesh.

On Day 1, the QRT team visited Deendarlapalliand Chittecherla Villages to review the activities carried outby the RASS - KVK under NICRA Project. The teamvisited demonstration units of NRM activities. The teamalso participated in interaction meeting with farmers to obtainfeedback about climate resilient activities and know theimpact of NICRA interventions. On Day 2, the team visitedRASS-KVK, Vanasthali demo units at KVK Farm. Later,

they participated in stakeholder meeting with universityofficials and ATARI Scientists. In the afternoon, the teamreviewed the progress of all the participating KVKs whoseProgramme Coordinators delivered PowerPointPresentations. On Day 3, team visited instructional farm ofKrishiVigyan Kendra, Kalikiri and offered suggestions. OnDay 4, team visited Demonstration Units at instructionalfarm of RASS-KVK. They visited Seed Production units,Medicinal Plants nursery, vegetable nursery, pendal System,Soil Testing Lab, Ayurveda nilayam, Nutri garden, vermi-compost unit and mango orchard.

Dr.Y.G.Prasad, Director, ATARI, KVKs of ZoneX, Hyderabad; Dr.J.V.Prasad, PS, ATARI, Hyderabad;Dr.A.Bhaskaran, PS, ATARI, Hyderabad; Dr. B.Sreenivasulu, Director of Extension, Dr.YSRHU;Dr.D.Sreenivasulu, Director of Extension, SVVU, Tirupati;Dr.P.Rambabu, Director of Extension, ANGRAU;Dr.L.Uma Devi, Dean, Home Science, ANGRAU;Dr.P.Rajasekhar, ADR, RARS, Tirupati; Dr.V.Sathyanarayana Rao, ADR, Lam, Guntur; Dr. B.SampathKumar, ADR,RARS, Nandyal; Sri.P.Balaji, Chairman,Pendekanti Society; Senior Scientists, Scientists of KVKs,and Progressive Farmers participated in the programme.

The 71st Republic day was celebrated with enthusiasm atAdministrative Office, Guntur on 26.1.2020.Dr. D. Bhasakara Rao, Registrar was the Chief Guestand hoisted the tri-colour national flag. During his speech,he spoke about ANGRAU’s achievements during 2019.Dr. V. Chenga Reddy, Member, Board of Management,ANGRAU; University Officers, teaching and non-teaching staff attended the ceremony.

Republic Day Celebrations



Tw o - d a y N a t i o n a lSeminar on“Innovations inAgriculture for RuralDevelopment” wasorganized by membersof the AndhraAgricultural Union atAgricultural College,Bapatla during February21st and 22nd, 2020.Dr. K. HemachandraReddy, Chairman, A.P. State Higher Education Council wasthe Chief Guest. In his speech, he said that natural resourcesof India are playing a key role in agriculture and scientistsshould aim for new innovations in agriculture sector.Dr. B. Venkateswarlu, Former Vice-Chancellor,VNMKV, Parbani delivered the Key Note address. OnDay 1, Dr. K. Narayana Gowda,Former Vice-Chancellor,UAS, Bangalore delivered Invited Talk. Dr.TaraSatyavathi,Project Director, Millets, Jodhpur also delivered an InvitedLecture on Millets. Prof.M.N.V. Prasad, EmeritusProfessor, University of Hyderabad, DrB.Sreedhar, Senior

National Seminar on Innovations in Agriculture

Professor, IndianInstitute of ChemicalScience, Hyderabad alsoserved as speakers.Dr.A.K. Singh, DirectorI A R I , N e w D e l h idelivered the Dr. M.V.Reddy MemorialLecture.Dr.N.Trimurthulu,Dean of Agriculture; Dr.K. Yella Reddy, Dean of

Agril. Engineering & technology; Dr. P. Rambabu,Director of Extension and Dr. D. Balaguraviah, Dean ofP.G. Studies graced this seminar as Special Guests.Dr. V.Srinivasa Rao, Member, BoM, ANGRAU was theOrganizing Secretary and Dr.P.V. Krishnayya, AssociateDean was the Chairman of the seminar.Dr.Ch.V.V.Satyanarayana and Dr.B.V.S Prasad servedas the Co-Chairmans of the seminar.Around 60 delegatesparticipated. Dr. J. Lakshmi Member, BoM, ANGRAUwas the Chief Guest for the valedictory function anddistributed the Oral presentation and Best Poster prizesand certificates to all the participants.

The 2ndPatrons Meeting of The Journal of ResearchANGRAU was held on 18.2.2020 in the Board MeetingHall, Administrative Office, Guntur. Dr. N. Trimurthulu,Dean of Agriculture; Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean ofAgricultural Engineering & Technology; Dr. L. Umadevi,Dean of Homescience and Dr. P. Rambabu, Director ofExtensionattended the meeting. The meeting commencedwith welcoming the Patrons. Dr. P. Punna Rao, PAIO &Managing Editor in his opening remarks spoke about themajor actions of the Journal achieved since 1st Patronsmeeting held in August, 2018. The Agenda itemsviz.,Plagiarism committee to The Journal of ResearchANGRAU, separate budget & head of account for theJournal, submission of research articles by Ph.D.

2nd Patrons Meeting of The Journal of Research ANGRAU

students, strategies to improve NAAS rating andstrategies for membership drive were introduced byDr. D. Balaguravaiah, Dean P.G. Studies & Editor-in-Chief and were thoroughly deliberated by the Patrons.Dr. A. Lalitha, Scientist (Extension) & Editor proposedvote of thanks.



Awareness Programme on Energy Efficiency

The staff of KVKs in A.P. celebrated the InternationalWomen’s Day on 08.3.2020 with zeal. All the KVKsorganized awareness programme on establishment ofagri-nutri garden, balanced diet, value- addition tomillets, biofortified varietiesand nutri-thali to womenfarmers, women entrepreneurs andanganwadiworkers for nutritional security of their families.Agricultural Colleges Bapatlaand Rajamahendravaramalso celebrated Women’s day. Smt. P. Bhudevi,nominated by KVK, Amadalavalasa received NariShakti Puraskar award from the President of India ShriRam NathKovind on 08.3.2020 at New Delhi for her

National Science Day Celebrations

All the Krishi Vigyan Kendras of A.P. conducted one dayawareness programme on “Energy and water conservationmeasures on demand side management in AgriculturalSector” from 19.2.2020 to 07.3.2020. ProgrammeCoordinators briefed about the programme and explained

about the importance of energy saving in Agriculture sectorto the farmers and use of renewable energy sources.Otherspeakers stressed about the effective use of Pump sets,Motors and other electrical equipment in agriculture tocontrol transmission losses and to reduce tripping motors,pumpsets, generators and other electric equipment used inAgriculture. Engineers of Irrigation dept. being the resourcepersons explained about the conservation of rain waterthrough farm ponds, water harvesting structures, landlevelling practices to recharge the ground water and waterlevels. Officers of line dept. participated in the programme.A total of 100 farmers participated at each KVK andinteracted with the resource persons and Scientists regardingEnergy saving options and increased efficiency of existingPump sets.

Women’s Day Celebrations

achievements in uplifting tribal women through formingFPOs, value addition to millets and organic farming.

National Science day was celebrated at Collegeof Home Science, Guntur on 28.02.2020. Thetheme for this year is “Women in Science”. Dr.A. Sharada Devi, Former Dean and RetiredProfessor, ANGRAU was the Chief Guest. In herspeech, she spoke about eminent Indian scientistsand their contribution to science. Dr. L. Uma Devi,Dean of Home Science, teaching staff andstudents participated in the programme.



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]

SuperannuationDr. D.V. Subba Rao who is working as Professor& Head,Department of Agricultural Economics, AgriculturalCollege, Bapatla retired from his services on 31.1.2020.He served ANGRAU for 37 years in various capacities inplaces such as Garikapadu, Nandyal, Hyderabad, Gunturand Bapatla.

Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean of Agril. Engineering& Technology participated as expert in the workshoporganized by The Wageningen University (WUR), TheNetherlands to develop a ‘MOOC course on Drainageof Agricultural Lands’ with experts from differentcountriesviz.,Egypt, Belgium, India, Ethiopia, France,

Abroad Visit

Dr. G. Raghunadha Reddy, Principal Scientist (Agril.Economics) working at RARS, Lam is elected as Presidentof APAUTA. Dr. T. Giridhar Krishna, Principal Scientist(Soil Science &Agril. Chemistry), Dr. K.S.S. Naik,

Central APAUTA Elections

University HeadsDeclared

Dr. Y. Radha working as Professor& Head(Agricultural Economics) at Agricultural College,Bapatla is declared as University Head(Agricultural Economics).

Dr. P. Punna Rao working as PrincipalAgricultural Information Officer atAgricultural Information &CommunicationCentre is declared as University Head(Agricultural Extension and Home ScienceExtension & Communication Management).

Morocco and The Netherlands during March 9th to 13th,2020. He visited Haasbergen Subsurface DrainageProject and studied how the water table is controlled.Dr. Reddy also visited the IHE, Delft on March 10, 2020and made presentation on ‘Adoptive Measures at FarmLevel for Improved Water Management’ and interactedwith the students and faculty about the various issues ofwater management.

Dr. Ravi Sekhar Babuwho is working asProfessor& Head,Department of Agricultural Economics, AgriculturalCollege, Rajamahendravaram retired from his services on31.1.2020. He served ANGRAU for 34 years in variouscapacities in places such as Warangal, Hyderabad, Tirupati,Bapatla, Aswaraopet and Rajamahendravaram.

Principal Scientist (G&Pbr) and Dr. C. SyamrajNaik,Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology) are elected as Vice-Presidents. Dr. A. Sambaiah, Scientist (Agril. Engineering)is elected as General Secretary. Joint secretaries, Treasurer,Executive Members and Ex- Officio member were alsoelected.

New PostingsDr. B. Vijayabhinandana, Principal Scientist (Extension) workingat Directorate of Extension, Administrative Office, Guntur isposted as Comptroller.

Dr. P. Punna Rao, Extension Specialist working at RARS, Lam isposted as Principal Agricultural Information Officer, AI&CC, Guntur.

Dr.D. Srinivas, Professor (Soil Science &Agril.Chemistry) workingat Agricultural College, Rajamahendravaram is posted as AssociateDean (FAC) for the same college.

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