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Doctorate for 60 at agricultural varsity

BANGALORE: Sixty candidates will be conferred with doctorate at the 42nd convocation of the University of Agricultural Sciences (Bangalore) at its GKVK campus on April 28.

Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, UAS-B Vice-Chancellor P.G. Chengappa said Governor Rameshwar Thakur, who is also the Chancellor of the university, will preside over the convocation programme, while M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Union Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, would deliver the convocation address.

Of the 747 students to receive degrees, 399 will receive Bachelors degree and 288 Masters degree.

Thirty-seven gold medals (nine university merit and 28 donor’s medals) would be awarded to meritorious graduates and 60 gold medals for postgraduate students, the Vice-Chancellor said. The university has territorial jurisdiction of 10 southern districts of Karnataka comprising nearly 50 per cent of the total geographical area of the State. The university offers programmes in eight undergraduate courses and 25 postgraduate courses.

Prof. Chengappa said job opportunity for graduates and postgraduates of the university had widened. During 2007-08, about 25 companies, including Canara Bank and State Bank of India, attended campus placement and selected 100 students. Three students of the university have been selected to Indian Forest Service in 2007-08, he said.

He said seven new varieties — three in paddy, one each in cowpea, field bean, rice bean and cashew — were recommended for release during the year. The university has developed 11 technologies in crop production, three in weed control and eight in plant protection.

He said in 2007-08, the university had produced 35,089 quintals of quality seeds in 16 crops and 2,100 quintals of breeders in 12 crops and also implemented Seed Village Programme in 2,500 acres covering groundnut, sunflower, red gram and paddy.

UAS-B Registrar B. Raju and Agriculture Extension Director G. Eshwarappa were present on the occasion.

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