Two new courses at Rayat Bahra varsity

CHANDIGARH: The Rayat Bahra University has decided to start two new courses, BSc Agriculture and Diploma in Agriculture from the coming academic session.
Announcing this at a press conference on Thursday, Gurvinder Singh Bahra, Chairman of the Rayat Bahra Group of Institutions, said that the Rayat Bahra University had decided to start these new courses as these will focus not only on the knowledge of the fertilizers and pesticides but also on the technology associated with it.
He said the Rayat Bahra University had foreseen a path for much awaited second Green Revolution, which will be evergreen and hence has become the first university in the state of Punjab to take up such an initiative. These courses will focus on proper use of fertilizers and pesticides thus mitigate health hazards like bio-magnification and diseases like cancer will be reduced. On completion of these courses, a person will be skilled to easily become an entrepreneur.
Dr Raj Singh, Vice-Chancellor of the varsity, said that when India is at the threshold of second green revolution, the agriculture and associated industries face two crucial issues of matching seed with soil and the product with the market. The fertiliser and pesticide dealers, who are the first point of contact with farmers, need to be more aware of the latest developments in the field so that they can disseminate them to the end users - the farmers particularly the small and marginal ones. Punjab being one of the leading states in terms of agriculture production will be the most impacted by the methods and approach to sustainable agriculture envisioned in the second green revolution. Gaurav K Sukhija, Director - CPIT was also present on the occasion.