The GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT) has bagged the first prize in the Junior Research Fellow (JRF) examination conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
The GBPUAT has won this award for the consecutive fifth time since 2009. A maximum number of the Junior Research Fellows (JRFs) in the competitive examination conducted by the ICAR were bagged by the student of Pantnagar University among the agricultural universities throughout the country, said Dr JP Pandey, Registrar of the GBPUAT who received this award from President Pranab Mukherjee at the annual Conference of Vice Chancellors, ICAR Directors and Progressive Farmers held recently at Baramati, Maharashtra.
Pandey said that Pantnagar University’s constant efforts in achieving outstanding awards in various fields were appreciated and applauded by everyone present in this conference.
He appreciated the role of all the teachers, deans, non-teaching staff and all the students of the GBPUAT in maintaining the performance of the Pantnagar University.
He further said that that second place of the JRFs has gone to the Agricultural universities based in Bangalore and Maharashtra and third to the Sher-e-Kashmir University.