Chief guest: Sri Vinod Kumar Bist, Chief General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Ranchi, Jharkhand
- Inauguration of Poster Exhibition and Presentation Section
- Had a quick look at different posters prepared by students
- Expressed his views on ‘World Soil Day’ and discussed different activities of NABARD in Jharkhand and Indian agriculture.
Keynote speaker:
- Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Asst. Professor (Soil Science), RKMVERI, Ranchi (Topic: World Soil Day-Soils:Where food begins)
- Dr. Sikat Biswas, Asst. Professor (Agronomy), RKMVERI, Ranchi (Topic: ‘Soil and Crop production’)
- Revered Swami Bhaveshananda Maharaj, Administrative Head, RKMVERI, Ranchi (Topic: ‘Soil and Humanity’)
Other dignitaries present at the event:
- Prof. Raghava Thakur, Asso. Dean, RKMVERI, Ranchi
- Dr. Avijit Kumar Dutta, Head, Division of Agriculture, RKMVERI, Ranchi
- Other faculty members like- Dr. Arunava Sengupta, Dr. Vishal Dhote, Dr. Deep Narayan Mukherjee, Dr. Soumik Dey, Dr. Pooja Yadav, Dr. Ardith Sankar, Dr. Saikat Biswas and other staff members of RKMVERI.
Student participation:
- Student speech: Speech on the topic: ‘The importance of soil in sustainable agriculture’ and ‘Soils:Where food begins’ by two students i.e. i.e. Kundan Kumar Pandey from B.Sc. (Ag.)-2022 and Shilpi Raj from BVSA-2021 as representative of their respective batches.
- Compere: Nivedita and Suman Jyoti Mardi, Students of B.Sc.(Ag.)-2020 batch
- Poster presentation competition by students on the topic ‘World Soil Day-‘Soils: Where food begins’:
- Total batches involved: B.Sc. (Ag.)-2020, B.Sc. (Ag.)-2021, BVSA-2021, ARTD-2022
- Total students participated: 146
- Judges: Dr. Arunava Sengupta, Dr. Vishal Dhote, Dr. Pooja Yadav, Dr. Ardith Sankar, Dr. Saikat Biswas, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee.
- Results:
| Position | Name of the students | Corresponding batches |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Satyabrata Mahanty, Divyanshu Kumar, Julee Kumari, Supriya Suman, Vishal Kumar | B.Sc (Ag.)-2020 |
| Shilpi Raj & Sharbari Tiwari | BVSA-2021 | |
| 2nd | Sukriti Singh, Md. Altaf, Md. Shahjad Alam, Alok Ranjan, Satyam Kumar Pankaj | B.Sc (Ag.)-2021 |
| Sony Kumari, Khushi Singh, Akanksha Nishad, Manish Kumar, Vivek Kumar Dixit | B.Sc. (Ag.)-2020 | |
| Shamim Arzoo, Divya Pretty, Akshita Gupta, Angel Kachhap, Prabhat Kumar Singh | B.Sc. (Ag.)-2020 | |
| 3rd | Dipika Halder, Manisha Kumari, Ranjika Pal, Supriya Kumari, Shimla Kumari | ARTD-2022 |
| Subhojay Chakraborty, Swakshar Ghosh, Arighna Basak, Tuhin Kant Roy, Monomoy Das, Saikat Kumar Ghosh, Anish Mandal | ARTD-2022 | |
| Prerna Raj, Moumita Ghosh, Priti Hembrom, Smriti Bilung, Suman Kumari | B.Sc (Ag.)-2021 | |
| Sakshi Anand, Rajlakshmi Mardi, Smriti Suman, Prasun Kumar Barik, Shaiqua Tarannum | B.Sc. (Ag.)-2020 |