Two days workshop on Farm Mulberry commenced at Poonch Campus
Poonch , November 23 : The two days workshop on “Farm Mulberry
Cultivation Practices” organised by department of Sericulture , Poonch
Campus commenced at here todays.
Prof. Jasbir Singh Principal SKCGDC , Poonch whiles as Prof. Gurvinder
Raj Verma HOD , Sericulture SKCGDC Poonch was the guest of the honour
on the occasion . Director Poonch Campus Prof. Dipanker Sen Gupta who
is the Coordinator of the Seminars inaugurated the workshop along with
chief guest and other reputed academicians from University of Jammu
and other educational institutions.
Prof. Seema Langer Dean Life Sciences and Head Zoology University of
Jammu besides Dr Arti Sharma , Dr Sarabjeet Kour , Dr Rakesh Panjalia
from department of Zoology and Dr Shamim Ahmad Banday GDC Billawar
were special invitee during the inauguration ceremony their online
mode.
In his address , Director Poonch Campus thanked all the special
invitees for their valuable lecturers. “I on behalf of Poonch Campus
thanks all the guests especially special invitees from University of
Jammu and their valuable feedback regarding the Farm Mulberry
Cultivation Practices,” he further said that such seminars are always
helpful for not only the students but also for the faculty of the
concerned department.
He further Said that Poonch Campus will continue to strive for the
overall development of Poonch Campus and attempts are on to make this
Campus one of the premier intuition of this region. “Department of
Sericulture Poonch Campus is to be complemented for organising such
seminar,” he added
He further said “I assure the participants that in a very short period
of time the department of Sericulture will be shifted to newly
constructed IT of Scicec of technology and all the facilities will be
provided to department in coming times,” he added
Prof. Seema Langer Dean Life Sciences and Head Zoology University of
Jammu in his address said that the students will learn each and
everything about Sericulture. She congratulated Poonch Campus for organising this workshop.
115 participants registered for the workshop comprising UG and PG students for attaining practical exposure on the various aspects of mulberry cultivation.
Dr Suraksha Chanotra Incharge Sericulture , Poonch Campus in her
address presented the welcome address where she welcomed all the
guests present on the occasion. She said that this workshop will help
to explore the possibilities to promote Sericulture in twin border
districts , Rajouri and Poonch. “This practical exposure will help the
stakeholders to strengthen the potential bivoltine , sericulture
industry,” she added
Dr. Chanotra also delivered an elaborative lecture on Mulberry cultivation and scope of sericulture.
Campus Officer and Lecturer department of Sericulture Dr Rubia Bukhari in her address underlined the
objectives of the workshop. She said that the seminar is being
organised with prime objective to provide the participants the
practical exposure on Mulberry Cultivation Practices.
Dr. Muzafar Ahmad Bhat, Lecturer, Department of Sericulture gave an elaborative lecture on Introduction to sericulture
In the second session Ms. Kalpna Sudan, Teaching Assistant, Department of Sericulture JU and Ms. Sumya Kapoor, Teaching Assistant, Department of Sericulture delivered lectures on IPNM in mulberry cultivation and By-product utilization in mulberry cultivation.
Ms. Sumya Kapoor presented formal vote of thanks.
