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The collaboration is part of FMC’s multi-year scholarship programme for renowned agricultural schools across eight states in India aimed at promoting talent in the field of agriculture

FMC India, an agricultural sciences company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with one of the country’s premier agriculture universities – Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana. The collaboration is part of FMC’s multi-year scholarship programme for renowned agricultural schools across eight states in India aimed at promoting talent in the field of agriculture. The MOU was signed by Dr Anandakrishnan Balaraman, Director, Research & Development at FMC India, and Dr Shammi Kapoor, The Registrar, PAU in the august presence of Dr Sandeep Bains, Dean, Post Graduate Studies, other Directors, Deans and Heads of various departments of the university.

Under the agreement with Punjab Agriculture University, FMC will award four scholarships annually to students from the university pursuing doctorate and master’s degrees in agricultural sciences. FMC will work with the university to identify its brightest students and develop their passion for science and research. Fifty percent of the scholarships have been earmarked for female candidates to encourage more women to pursue careers in agricultural sciences and research.

“The FMC Science Leaders Scholarship Programme is designed with an aim to create greater opportunities for aspiring scientists to develop their aptitude in agricultural research. Additionally, through the FMC scholarships, the awardees will be provided opportunity to internship and industry mentorship for their overall development. This will encourage students to pursue rewarding careers in the agricultural industry and eventually contribute to Indian agriculture by solving the emerging problems of the farming community,” said Dr Anandakrishnan Balaraman, Research and Development Director at FMC India.

The collaboration is part of FMC’s multi-year

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The total grant of these projects amounts to approximately Rs 40 lakhs.

The Department of Processing and Food Engineering (PFE), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been granted two research projects entitled “Development of the Hermetic System for Safe Storage of Agricultural Produce without Using Hazardous Chemicals” and “Development of Sensor Platform for Rapid Detection of Adulteration in Turmeric Powder” by the Society of Mission Tandrust Punjab (SMTP) under the chairmanship of Anirudh Tewari, IAS, Chief Secretary, Punjab.

The research projects were submitted by Dr Mahesh Kumar, Head, Department of PFE; Dr Gagandeep Kaur, Dr Preetinder Kaur and Dr Maninder Kaur, scientists from PFE; Dr DK Sharma, Senior Entomologist; and Dr Derminder Singh, Professor of Electrical Engineering. The first project aims at developing and evaluating cocoon based flexible storage system that would make available pesticide free grain storage system and hence prevent health and environment hazards. The second proposal targets to develop mechanisms for rapid detection of different adulterants in turmeric powder and create and evaluate a sensor platform for rapid detection of different adulterants in turmeric powder. The total grant of these projects amounts to approximately Rs 40 lakhs.

The PAU Vice Chancellor DK Tiwari, IAS Financial Commissioner, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Director of Research Dr Ajmer Singh Dhatt and Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Dr Ashok Kumar congratulated the scientists for their achievements.

The total grant of these projects amounts