Perth, Australia: A delegation led by Vice Chancellor SKUAST-Jammu, Prof. B. N. Tripathi visited the University of Western Australia and entered into an MoU forging academic and research collaboration.
Discussions between the two institutions were held to work out modalities for mutually beneficial relationships.
The research areas mutually agreed upon were plant biotechnology, economics & agribusinesses, precision agriculture, horticulture, rumen microbiology, animal stress management, plant physiology, soil science & biochemistry.
Both universities agreed to work out the modalities for academic associations, faculty visits & students’ dual degree programme. The fields identified were plant breeding and genetics, Natural Resource Management (NRM) & plant production.
The Australian delegation led by Prof. Amit Chakma, Vice-Chancellor included Prof. Kadambot Siddique, Director, Prof. Phil Vercoe & Mr. B. Moncrieff whereas the Indian delegation headed by Prof. B. N. Tripathi, Vice-Chancellor included Prof. B. C. Sharma, Dean, FoA Prof. M.S. Bhadwal, Dean FVSc & Prof S. K. Gupta, Dean, FoH&F.
The Indian delegation also visited state of art facilities at Shenton Park field station, the Centre for Microscopy, characterization and Analysis, and ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, besides high-tech horticulture facilities like glass houses and growth chambers for agriculture & horticulture crops.
