PASIGHAT, Mar 1: As part of the National Science Day observance on Saturday, the Science Club of Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC), Pasighat, organized an educational field visit to the College of Agriculture (CoA), Central Agricultural University, Pasighat.
Around 50 students from BSc VI Semester of JNC participated in the field visit. The students were escorted by faculty members from various Science departments—Dr S Jayanthi, Yumi Nori, Dr Leki Wangchu, and Dr Bengia Mamu—along with the president of the Science Club, Hage Yalu.
The programme was very well coordinated by Prof Ramesh Chandra Shakywar, Associate Professor from the Department of Plant Pathology. At the outset, the students were given a brief history of the CoA and an overview of the courses offered by the institution by Dr Mahesh Kumar from the Department of Biochemistry.
The visit began with a tour of the 5G Laboratory, where Prof Premaradhya N from the Department of Agronomy highlighted the features of the 5G lab and explained advanced agricultural technologies such as drones and 3D printing. The students then visited the Centre of Excellence for Millet Production guided by Dr Pawan kumar, where they learned about the production and packaging of different millet products.
The group also visited the Department of Plant Pathology, where Dr Girish Chand, HoD, addressed the students. They further visited the Entomology section guided by Dr N Y Chanu, and the Department of Post harvest Management addressed by Dr Helen Soibam as well as the Honey Testing Centre and the College Library. The field visit concluded with a tour of the newly inaugurated Agro-Eco Tourism Park. (DIPRO)