The Chief Guest of the Programme was A K Patra, Director ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal. He joined the programme virtually.
Other keynote speakers at the event-
Revered Swami Bhaveshananda Maharaj, Administrative Head, RKMVERI, Ranchi
Prof. Raghava Thakur, Asso. Dean, RKMVERI, Ranchi
Dr. Sudarsan Biswas, Assistant Prof., RKMVERI, Ranchi
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Assistant Prof., RKMVERI, Ranchi
Dr. Rajesh Kumar, SMS, Divyayan KVK
Mr. Manoj Kr. Singh, SMS, Divyayan KVK
Other dignitaries present at the event-
Head, Division of RTD and Agriculture, all other faculty members, students of ARTD (up to undergraduate level), BVSA, and B.Sc (Hons.) Agriculture and a few farmers from the different adopted villages of Divyayan.
All the speakers including the speakers from the students’ representative emphasized the concept, prospects, and challenges of natural farming in India.
apart from these, the students actively participated in the competitions- Group discussions and PowerPoint presentations on the topic related to the domain of natural farming.
1st rank holder- BVSA-2020 (Aradhana Mahato and team)
2nd rank holder- ARTD-2019 (Rishu Tiwari and team)
3rd rank holder- B.Sc. (Ag)-2019 (Satyabrata Mahanty and team)
| Faculty/Staff Name | Details |
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| Avijit Kumar Dutta | ARTD – Ranchi Campus |
| Supratim Patra | ARTD – Ranchi Campus |
| Suresh Kumar Mahto | ARTD – Ranchi Campus |
| Soumik Dey | ARTD – Ranchi Campus |
| Siddhartha Mukherjee (Primary Coordinator) | ARTD – Ranchi Campus |
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| Guest / General Public etc. | 3 (Male: 3, Female: 0) |
| RKMVERI Faculty & Staff | 15 (Male: 15, Female: 0) |
| RKMVERI Students | 280 (Male: 160, Female: 120) |