Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in collaboration with Association of Agricultural librarians and Documentalists of India will organise a two-day national conference of agricultural librarians & user community (NCAlUC-2014) on Agricultural Information Management in Digital Era from Tuesday.
In a statement from the university, organising secretary of the conference Madhav Pandey stated that more than 300 participants are likely to take part in the conference from States like Assam, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, MP etc. librarians and students of several agricultural universities will take part in the conference that will conclude on February 5. Over 100 research papers will be presented by representatives of agricultural universities and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi.
Governor Shekhar Dutt will inaugurate the conference on the university campus. Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal will preside over the function. IAS officer Ajay Singh and Vice-Chancellor of the University will also be present of the occasion.Talks and panel discussions will be held on latest techniques revolving around agriculture, IT and its development.