Exposure Visit for NCS students to ICAR-CIARI conducted

An Educational trip was conducted , to enlighten the young minds of the students representing Class IX & X (65 nos in each )of Navy Children School (NCS), Port Blair along with five faculty,on the ongoing R & D activities in Organic farming, Soil water conservation and watershed management, Integrated Farming System, Speciality flowers & Dragon fruits , at Garacharma Research Complex of ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair on 26th and 27th October, 2022.

Dr. Sirisha Adamala, Scientist (Land and Water Management Engineering), dwelt in length and gave practical exposure on the subject viz Organic Farming, Integrated Farming System & Water shed management. Beside the students were informed about the role of Agricultural Economics in production system by Dr. R. Jaya Kumaravaradan, Scientist(Agricultural Economics), and on the IoT of computer application in agriculture by Shri. D. Karunakaran, Scientist (Computer Application in Agriculture),Dr. V. Baskaran, Principal Scientist(Floriculture) exposed the students on the importance of speciality flowers, & dragon fruits. Earlier Dr. S.K. Zamir Ahmed, Principal Scientist(Agricultural Extension) welcomed and introduced the Institute and its role in furthering agriculture in these Islands, beside he stressed on building up scientific temperament, and becoming the ambassador of ICAR-CIARI hereafter.

The students expressed their happiness on the knowledge gain due to exposure to ICAR-CIARI and interacted with the team of Scientists to get their doubts cleared. They also showed interest in seeing the other activities during future visit.

The two days visit was coordinated by the team, of Social Science comprising of Dr. S.K. Zamir Ahmed, Principal Scientist & In-charge, Social Science, Dr R. Jaya Kumaravaradan, Scientist, Shri. D. Karunakaran, Scientist, along with Shri Ali Akbar, Technical under the plan & guidance of Dr. Eaknath B Chakurkar, Director, ICAR- CIARI, Port Blair