Rohit Kumar
Port Blair, 27 February 2023
Science Centre, Port Blair has been the important thing entity concerned in promotion of Science among the many college students of those Islands. As a part of the National Science Day celebration, Science Centre is organizing a sequence of actions for college students of assorted age teams. In order to teach the scholars about horticultural variety of the Islands, an publicity journey was organized for the faculty college students to ICAR-CIARI on twenty fifth February 2023.
During the go to, Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI emphasised on the significance and wish of common consciousness about science among the many youth. Dr. Pooja Bohra, Scientist, ICAR-CIARI defined about variety of assorted underutilized native and unique fruit species being multiplied on the Horticultural Plants Propagation Unit of the Institute. Dr. Ajit Arun Waman, Scientist, ICAR-CIARI mentioned numerous problems with high quality parameters of spices together with important oil and adulterations within the industrial spices.
Different worth added merchandise ready from native fruits and spices on the institute have been additionally demonstrated to make them aware of employment alternatives from processing sector. Various multiplication strategies of horticultural crops and so on. have been showcased to the scholars.
A subject go to was additionally made to the Garcinia Conservation Block, throughout which college students have been enlightened about numerous development, phenological points and cultivation strategies of conserved species. The college students actively participated within the interplay session. Around 55 graduate college students from Tagore Government College of Education and Jawaharlal Nehru Rajakiya Mahavidyalaya participated within the occasion.
Thereafter, a suggestions take a look at was performed & based mostly on the efficiency, Miss. Keya Biswas, B.Sc BEd, TGCE, Shri Subham Dubey, M.Sc. (Botany) JNRM, Miss. Susmita Bhattachargjee, B.Sc Bed, TGCE and Miss. Deepa Dhali, B.Sc. BEd, TGCE have been declared as 1st , 2nd , third & Consolation prize winners. The prizes will likely be distributed on the event of National Science Day to be celebrated on twenty eighth February, 2023 within the auditorium of Science Centre.