Advisor to Governor, K Skandan today visited Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu and inaugurated a three storey 110 bedded new Block of ‘Urja’ Girls Hostel.
The new Hostel building has been constructed over an area of1765 sq meter at a total cost of Rs 5.00 crore funded by the ICAR & CAPEXBudget of the State Govt. The new building has facility of 53 rooms withspacious dining hall, recreation room, warden room, guest room, washing areaand other modern amenities.
The Advisor took a round of the Girls Hostel and inspectedthe facilities available there. He was briefed about the ongoing work of 60 bedded PG Girls Hostel ‘Ujala’which is likely to be completed by the end of this year.
Meanwhile, the Advisor held an interactive session with theScientists and senior functionaries of the University.
At the outset, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu, Dr. K S Risamgave a detailed brief about the achievements made by the University during twodecades which inter alia includes advances in the arena of Research, Educationand Extension.
Dr. Risam apprised the Advisor about the recent initiativesin the field of medicinal and aromatic plants, dry land agriculture, doublingthe income of farmers and training of rural women. He emphasized on the need ofthe establishment of new KVKs in the district of Udhampur, Ramban and Kishtwarbesides establishment of Faculty of Dairy Technology, Faculty of AgriculturalEngineering and Division of Seed Sciences for which lot of progress has alreadybeen made.