The campus is a host of excellent digital initiatives on the Smart Farming front
A team from the Department of Telecommunications(DoT), Ministry of Communications, visited the Indian Agriculture Research Institute (ICAR)- Pusa Institute, as part of 5G usecase lab exploration with Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoAFW), a follow up of DoT’s Inter-ministerial committee deliberations and industry presentations with indigenous 5G solutions to MoAFW.
Dr PK Meherda, JS, Digital Agriculture (DAC & FW); ICAR-IARI team – Dr Ashok K Singh, Director; Dr Anil Rai, ADG (ICT); Dr Rabi N Sahoo, Principle Scientist and expert teams facilitated the visit for the DoT team comprising Kishore Babu YGSC, DDG (S-R-I), Alex Vikas, ADG (S-R-I). The campus is a host of excellent digital initiatives on the Smart Farming front. There is a good scope for “5G technology engagement” and a “Digicom CoE and usecase lab” at ICRA on Smart AG-Tech Farming.
Outcomes envisaged from the aforementioned initiative are
- Complement digital innovation actions of MoAFW with 5G innovation in Agri sector with DoT partnership
- Build engagement with Telecom Service Providers and 5G industry on precision agriculture and smart farming enabling trying of pilots and 5G driven solutions
- Opportunity to create a CoE and usecase lab under MoAFW with Digicom solutions.
A task force with officers from both sides would develop the work program with deliverables in a time-bound manner.
