Arvind Ishar, Anil Bhat of SKUAST-J get paper presentation awards

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 13: Dr Anil Bhat, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, SKUAST-Jammu got best poster presentation research paper award and Dr Arvind Ishar, Sr Scientist and Head, KVK Rajouri, got best oral presentation award during the International Web Conference held on Sept 11-12, 2020.
The conference on “Resource Management and Biodiversity Conservation to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals” was organized by Academy of Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Lucknow, through online mode. The award was announced by Prof Sanjay Arora, Secretary ANRCM, Lucknow in the presence of Dr Atul K Singh, President, ANRCM; Dr V P Singh, Vice President, ANRCM; Prof Sanjay Swami and Dr Nilay Borah, Organizing Secretaries, Web Conference. More than 350 delegates from more than a dozen countries participated in the web conference.
The paper presented by Dr Anil Bhat entitled “Affect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Agri Start-ups” discussed about the survival and future of agri start-ups during and post COVID pandemic. The paper presented by Dr Arvind Ishar discussed about the Role of Tribals of Rajouri and Poonch district in conservation of Bio-diversity, especially medicinal plants.