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PJTSAU, CII ink MoU to boost farm sector
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Telangana and Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Friday to facilitate the joint initiatives of PJTSAU and CII in line with the National and State priorities and challenges in the agriculture sector.
​Hyderabad: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Telangana and Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Friday to facilitate the joint initiatives of PJTSAU and CII in line with the National and State priorities and challenges in the agriculture sector.
The MoU was signed by PJTSAU Vice Chancellor Dr V Praveen Rao and Chairman CII-Telangana M Sanjay K Singh at a programme organised in the university.
As part of the MoU, the PJTSAU acts as a knowledge partner to address various challenges and areas of improvement in the agricultural sector of priority to the national and State interests. The university will extend its support to the CII, on agricultural initiatives as a knowledge and institutional partner.
And, also develops the course curriculum for joint certificate courses offered for the agricultural and non–agricultural professionals from the industry. Further, PJTSAU and CII would arrange the lectures of experts from the premier institutes across the world such as Cornell University, USA etc., for the benefit of the industry and agricultural stakeholders in the State.
Earlier, the VC explained to the CII delegates about the achievements of the university in last three years. He said that the university was striving hard to excel in various aspects of agricultural education, research, and extension. Also, due to the changing scenario, everyone had been talking about agriculture and farmers welfare and giving top priority after the green revolution era in the country.
He said that this would give a tremendous boost to agriculture sector in the State and the country. He requested the chairman CII-Telangana to help agricultural graduates of the university to get internships in agro-based industries in the State as part of their industry experience under the student ready programme. Responding to the same, Sanjay K Singh agreed to the proposal and assured to facilitate the students.
