PAU Conducted National Symposium for Around 300 Scientists; Check Details Here

New Delhi: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) conducted National Symposium on the “Plant Pathology: Sustainable Approaches for Food Security and Human Health” on December 8-9, 2023. 

More than 300 scientists from across India, Nepal, Mexico and Russia participated in the annual national symposium of the Indian Society of Plant Pathologists (INSOPP). The event was held by Department of Plant Pathology, PAU, at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). 

Biosafety, epidemiology, nanotechnology, future research gaps in technologies, artificial intelligence for plant disease diagnosis and plant disease management were the topics dicussed. 

TR Sharma, deputy director general (crop science), ministry of agriculture and farmers’ welfare, New Delhi inaugurated the event. He urged scientists to develop technologies that ensure food security in environmentally sustainable manner.

PS Sandhu, head of the Department of Plant Pathology, PAU, informed that the event had six technical sessions with four plenary lectures, seven lead lectures, 19 invited lectures, 40 oral and 78 poster presentations.

Jayanta Tarafdar, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, for his valuable contribution to plant virology was awarded with the  “Dr TS Thind Distinguished Plant Pathologist Award” during the event. 

Dr Pankhuri Singhal, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, was awarded with “Dr SS Kang Best Ph.D. Thesis Award” for her work on mosaic disease of mustard, while Ms Mohitpreet Kaur from PAU was conferred with “Dr SS Chahal Best Master’s Thesis Award” for her work on stripe and leaf rust resistance gene mining in European winter wheat. Oral presentation made by Dr Parminder Singh Tak from PAU was adjudged as the best.

Besides this , the Society bestowed fellow distinctions upon six scientists, namely Dr R Sarada Jayalakshmi, Vice-Chancellor, Acharya NG Ranga (ANGR) Agricultural University, Vizianagaram; Dr Sree Lakshmi Bhattiprlou, Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology), ANGR Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur; Dr Pankaj Baiswar, Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology), ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam; and Dr PS Sandhu, Head, Department of Plant Pathology; Dr Vineet Kumar Sharma, Professor of Plant Pathology; and Dr Amarjit Singh, Principal Extension Scientist, PAU, for their scientific contributions to plant pathology.

Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice-Chancellor, PAU and Dr AS Dhatt, Director of Research, lauded Dr Sandhu and his team for successfully organizing the symposium, and congratulated the award-winning scientists and students for bringing laurels to the university. 

The event was graced by eminent plant pathologists comprising Professor GS Dubey, Former Vice-Chancellor, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi; Dr AN Mukhopadhyay, Former Vice-Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat; and Professor C Manoharachary, Ex-Dean and Vice-Chancellor, Oriental University, Madhya Pradesh.

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