ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal Celebrated Agriculture Education Day

Agriculture Education Day was jointly celebrated by ICAR - Indian Institute of Soil Science,

Bhopal and Bhopal Chapter of the Indian Society of Soil Science. Fifty students comprising 9th to 12th

standard from different schools of Bhopal participated in the programme. A series of events was

organized for students to mark the occasion. Notable among them were:- (i) Motivational talk to

students by Prof. D.L.N. Rao ii) Visit to Soil museum at

IISS (iii) Elocution Competition (Topic: How to

integrate agriculture and rural India with Digital India?

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djs?)(iv) Quiz contest on Soil, Agriculture,

Environment, Water, Natural Resources, Personalities

in the field of Agriculture and Environment (as per

NCERT Syllabus).

Dr Rao motivated the young students with his scintillating lecture on opportunities and new avenues

in agriculture.He urged the students for optingagriculture in their higher studies/profession.

Prof. Sunil Kumar Gupta, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv

Gandhi PradyogikiVishwavidyalaya, Bhopal was the

Chief-Guest in the function who gave away the prizes

to the students. In his address he inspired upon the

students to work for the society and the

downtrodden. He also emphasized on the need for

attracting the youth and the students towards

agriculture as a profession and a career.

Earlier,Dr.A.K.Patra, Director of the institute welcomed all the students and dignitaries and

illustrated the mandates, objectives and activities of the institute and called upon the students to

study hard and join agriculture as a profession for the benefit of farming community.