The first batch of five students from the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology of the OUAT was sent to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Phillipines.
Attending as chief guest on the send-off ceremony, Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo said, "This day will be written in golden letters and serve as a mile stone in the history of OUAT, as far as improvement in the learning environment of OUAT is concerned."
Presiding over the function, Vice-Chancellor, OUAT, Dr PK Agrawal highlighted the future plan and perspectives of an ambitious project which has been sanctioned to OUAT on competitive basis amongst the 75 State agriculture universities of the country.
Among others, Registrar, Comptroller, Deans, Directors, teachers and students were present.
Notably, Under Institutional Development Plan (IDP) of National Agricultural Higher Education project (NAHEP) funded jointly by World Bank, Government of India and Government of Odisha, 25 students and equal number of teachers will go abroad for higher training and research each year at internationally reputed laboratories and institutions with a budget outlay of Rs 5.42 crore spread over three years.