Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 15: Nine students from SKUAST Jammu will be visiting Western Sydney University, Australia for a two-month long internship under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and World Bank sponsored National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP).
The students today met the Vice Chancellor of SKUAST Jammu, Dr B N Tripathi, who wished them the best of luck in their upcoming academic endeavours at WSU. The VC said he is confident that the students will make the institution proud and bring back a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with their peers upon their return. He provided them with the tips of how to best utilize the opportunity as well as how to interact with their colleagues at WSU. The students conveyed their excitement at the opportunity.
The selected students will embark on this enriching journey to WSU, further expanding their horizons and contributing to their personal and academic growth. The internship is an opportunity for these bright minds to engage in cutting-edge agricultural technology, gain international exposure, and establish invaluable connections. The students belonged to Faculty of Agriculture and School of Biotechnology of SKUAST Jammu.
Dr B C Sharma, Dean, Agriculture and Dr S K Gupta, Registrar, were also present. Prof Vikas Sharma, Coordinator of the NAHEP, earlier introduced the students and apprised the administration about the internship programme. He apprised that students will be exposed to hands on training along with academic lectures covering modern aspects of agriculture, including digital tools in agriculture, automation and AI, climate change, protected cultivation etc.
It is worth mentioning that SKUAST-Jammu had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Western Sydney University, Australia last month.
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