Sikkim to get new Organic Agriculture University

Prem Singh Tamang, the Chief Minister of Sikkim, laid the foundation stone for the Sikkim Organic Agriculture University (SOAU)

Prem Singh Tamang, the Chief Minister of Sikkim, laid the foundation stone for the Sikkim Organic Agriculture University (SOAU) in Mondegaon, Soreng district.

According to Tamang, the Sikkim state is now the first organic state in the country. He stated that SOAU will be a centre of excellence for organic farming education.

He said that hundreds of students from the state are studying agriculture, horticulture, and forestry outside, and he has met over 500 students in Dehradun who are doing undergraduate and post-graduate courses in these subjects.

The students of Sikkim will no longer have to travel outside the state to study for the SOAU, according to Tamang.

He directed officials to identify temporary spaces for the commencement of courses at the earliest.

The Sikkim assembly passed the Sikkim Organic Agriculture University Act, 2023 earlier this year.

The varsity will also boost economic activities in the remote Mondegaon area, the chief minister said.

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