The Post Graduate School of this institute awarded degrees to 284 students, which includes eight foreign students

The 60th convocation of IARI, New Delhi was organised in the Bharat Ratna Shri C Subramanium Hall of NASC. The chief guest of the convocation, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar applauded the significant contributions made by the institute for ensuring food and nutritional security through the development of superior varieties and technologies. He exhorted the students for entrepreneurship development and appealed for taking up farming as a profession.

Tomar also appreciated the efforts of the institute for the development of new varieties and technology in the field of agriculture. He highlighted the government priorities in the field of agricultural research and farmers’ welfare. He highlighted implementing the use of drone technology for the benefit of farmers and employment generation for various stakeholders.

Kailash Chaudhary, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare was the guest of Honour during the event. Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary DARE and Director General, ICAR, Dr AK Singh, Vice Chancellor and Director, ICAR-IARI and Dr Rashmi Aggarwal, Dean and Joint Director (Education) also graced the occasion. The Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour handed over the awards and the degrees to the recipients. The Post Graduate School of this institute awarded degrees to 284 students, which includes eight foreign students.