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Students of Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, have won several awards at national and international conferences and academic events held across the country.
Three students from the Department of Basic Sciences participated in the international conference on “Microbial Innovations for Sustainable Development” organised by Graphic Era University. Muskan Khan (MSc second year) secured first place in the oral presentation category for her topic “Microbe-based approach in crop productivity and plant protection”. Sakshi (PhD first year) won second place in the poster presentation category on the same theme, while Puneet Kumar (PhD third year) secured first place in poster presentation for “Industrial applications of microorganisms”.
In another achievement, Varnika Sharma (PhD third year, Agricultural Statistics) participated in an international conference on “Climate Resilient Agriculture for Sustainable Development: Innovations and Solutions” organised by the Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University. She won the Best Oral Presentation Award for her presentation on “Technological innovations for climate modelling and precision farming”.
From the Department of Biotechnology, Dr Lokesh Thakur secured first place for the best poster presentation on “Micropropagation of cash crops” at a thematic seminar and industry conclave organised by the National Institute of Plant Genome Research.
Students from the Department of Agribusiness Management, Kajal Sharma and Yashwant Singh, also participated in an international conference at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University on climate-resilient traditional crops for sustainable agriculture and agro-industries, where they secured first and second place respectively in the oral presentation category.
In the same conference, university staff member Dr Pranjay Rohiwala won first prize in oral presentation for his research on elicitor-based disease resistance and antioxidant defence mechanisms in tomato under field conditions.
