The Shaheed Gundadhur Agriculture College and Research Center, Jagdalpur affiliated to Indira Gandhi Agriculture University (IGAU), Raipur has been awarded with ‘Best Center Award-2015’ by India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Dr KK Sahu, Public Relation officer, IGAU on Thursday informed that the award was given during the annual meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project on Tuber Crops (AICRPTC) at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The award was handed over by Deputy Director General (Horticulture) ICAR, Dr NK Krishna Kumar.
The occasion was marked with presence of Dr BNC Reddy, Vice Chancellor Dr YSR Horticulture University, Venkataramannagudem, Andhra Pradesh. The award was bestowed to Shaheed Gundadhur Agriculture College for carrying out research and demonstration of medium tuber crops like Tikhur, Keundar, Dangkanda, Baichandi etc. under the aegis of AICRPTC.
Notably, under this project, 17 research centers are being run in different States of India. IGAU Vice Chancellor SK Patil and Director Research Dr JS Urkurkar have congratulated the Principal of Shaheed Gundadhur Agriculture College Dr SC Mukharjee on this success.