Srinagar, May 4: A one day “scientist sheep breeders meeting” was organised jointly by SKUAST-K startup Kashvet Innovations Private Limited and Mountain Research Centre for Sheep and Goat, Shuhama in which Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-K, Prof. Nazir Ahmad Ganai was the Chief Guest and Dean, FVSC and AH Prof. Mohammad Tufail Banday was Guest of Honour.
More than 60 sheep breeders across the Valley participated and interacted with the scientists and officers of the University.
The Vice-Chancellor advised the farmers to adopt the latest technologies developed by scientists of SKUAST-Kashmir. He impressed upon the veterinary scientists to make extra efforts in combating the challenges faced by sheep breeders by training them for proper record keeping, scientific feeding, breeding, and health management.
He congratulated the SKUAST-K innovations and entrepreneurship centre, the organisers and scientists for their efforts in organizing such farmer centric programmes and ensuring lab to land transfer of technologies. Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Prof. M. T. Banday, Chief Scientist and Head MRCS&G, Prof. Abdul Majeed Ganai, Associate Director Research, Prof. Masood Saleem Mir, founder and Director Kashvet Innovations Dr Parvaiz Reshi, Dr Gowher Gull and Dr Mohsin Ayoub also spoke on the occasion.