This ppt was made on 19-2-2023 in New Delhi in Sushma Swaraj Bhawan

1. Prof Nazir A. Ganai
Vice Chancellor
SKUAST-Kashmir

2. SKUAST-Kashmir & SKUAST-Jammu
Welcome
International Students
to shape them into
NextGen Global Leaders
Why should they become a part of our family?

3. India - A Glorious Past
1500 BC Literature
Vedas and Puranas
the Rig-Veda
the Yajurveda
the Samaveda
the Atharvaveda
3000 BC Civilisation
Indus Valley Civilisation

4. INDIA – A Cultural, Literal & Spiritual Democracy
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Languages
Religions
Traditions
Climates
Festivals
Geographies
Unified by Humanity and the English Language
Ethnicities Cultures
Largest Political Democracy

5. • Green Revolution
• White Revolution
• Heath Revolution
• Space Revolution
• IT revolution
• Economic Revolution
• Tech Revolution
India’s Remarkable
Journey of Growth
India of the 21st Century
India as a Global Leader
5th Largest
Economy

6. Jammu & Kashmir
Destination for Education

7. Jammu & KASHMIR represents INDIA
Own script:
Sharada
Biggest
library
5,000
scholars
4th Global
Buddhist Council
Martand Sun Temple
Sharada University
273 BC: Ancient
Wisdom
Himalayas: Symbolic of Enlightenment
Spirituality
5000 Year Old
Written History
Education

8. Climate and Ambience
If there is paradise on Earth, it is this, it is this, it is this!

10. ECONOMY
ECONOMY
ECONOMY
ECONOMY EQUITY
ECOLOGY
J & K RE-WRITING HISTORY –
Education and Agriculture
Ever Green Revolution
Holistic Agricultural Development Plan
Model of the Agricultural Education
INR 300 Million
of ICAR WB
INR 50 Billion

11. Major
Challenges
Degrading
Natural
Resources
Fragile
Climate
&
Un-certain
weather
Rain Fed
Agriculture
(> 53%)
Lack of
organized
markets
Small &
fragmented
land
(<0.5 ha)
Weak
Extension-
Research-
farmer
linkages
Infrastructure
& Knowledge
deficit of
farmers
SEED
quality &
Seed
replacemen
t rate
Agriculture
A Complex
Cycle of
Complicating
Reasons

12. 40
37559
cr/yr
65701
cr/yr
4867 cr
2.02% 11.08%
CAGR
Livelihood Secured
•13 lakh farm families
•2.6 lac marginal families
Addition to SGDP
• Rs. 28,142 cr/yr
Additional Enterprises
•18,861
Additional Jobs created
• 2,87,910
Budgetary Requirement (5 yrs)
• 5000 crores
Project Deliverables

13. Why SKUAST Kashmir?
SKUAST Kashmir for Quality of Life
SKUAST Kashmir

14. Why SKUAST Kashmir?
SKUAST Kashmir for Quality of Life
SKUAST - Jammu

15. • Outcome based EDUCATION for Next Gen Human capital
• Translational RESEARCH for sustainable Bio-economy
• Farmer Centric OUTREACH for seamless ICT driven knowledge &
Tech transfer
• Tech driven INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP for wealth and
job creation
A Top INNOVATION lead Farm University

17. Quality of Education

18. First to Adopt & Implement NEP-2020

19. Dual Degree
Program
for PG
PG Progr.
Sandwich
Mode
Short Skill
Courses for
All
U G
Degree by
Design
Education
Ecosystem
1. 7 Faculties
2. 8 U G programs
3. 64 Masters prog
4. 54 Ph D progs
5. 60 Short Skill courses
Under-graduate
Degree by
Design
P G Program
Sandwich
Mode
Post Graduate
Dual Degree
with Foreign Universities
Short Skill
Courses
(60 Courses)

20. Post Graduate
Dual Degree Program
with Foreign Universities

21. SKUAST K Graduates in Elite Overseas Universities

26. SUBJECT MATTER
DEPARTMENTS
64
ADVANCED
RESEARCH CENTERS
17
BILLION FUNDS
(INR)
2
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS
>60
IPR & TECHNOLOGY
MANAGEMENT CELL
RESEARCH
ECOSYSTEM

27. RESEARCH OUTPUT
H INDEX
61
PATENTS
7/41
TECHS
150
VARIETIES
112
AWARDS
>70

28. Apple Walnut Saffron Cherry Pear Plum Grapes Almond
Strawberry Aromatic Rice Red Rice Vegetables Red Chili Potato Shallot Gucchi
Black Cumin Honey Wicker-Willow Water Chestnut Lotus stem Floriculture Cricket bat Woolen
Trout fish Poultry Mutton Herbs Spice products Medicinal Plants Silk Milk & Products
Our Unique & Varied Agri-diversity

29. Translational Research

30. Food & Nutritional Security
SR-4 variety: 10 ton / hac, 3X National
Average, Altitude- 3000 ft
Finger Millet (Eleusine corana) at
FoA, SKUAST-K
SR-5 variety: 6.5 ton / hac, 2X National
Average, Blast Resistant
Shalimar QPM: High in Lysine & Tryptophan Shalimar Fodder Maize 1 Shalimar Maize Hybrid-5: Rainfed
ecologies

31. Climate Smart Agriculture
Drought Tolerant - SMC-8
Buck Wheat

32. Conservation Agriculture
Conservation Agriculture
Red ( Zag) Rice
Kashmir Lal Mirch
Ambri Apple
Revived our Landraces and Made them Commercial
Buck wheat

33. Organic Agriculture
Pheromone Traps
for IPM

34. Commercial Agriculture
Hybrid Seed Production Plot of
SQPMH-1
Commercial Sheep
Farming
Commercial Dairy farming
Saffron
HD Apple – 60 ton / ha
Commercial Vegetable

35. Cold Arid Desert of Ladakh
At:
14000 ft amsl
<100 mm ppt
-35 to +35O C
…
We practice
✓ Protected Cultivation
✓ Micro-irrigation
✓ Mulching
✓ Organic fertilisers
✓ Product Develop

36. Ladakh to be major exporter of
exotic Vegetables

37. Region Specific Challenges
Region Specific Challenges
Europe & America: Need of Skilled
Workforce (<20% youth population)
Asia Pacific:
Climate Change, degrading
and depleting resources,
Inefficient farming
practices, low yielding
crops and animals, low
market connectivity
Africa: Sub-optimal
farming practices,
resource utilization,
frequent droughts,
food insecurity,
natural resource
degradation
C. Asia & M. East:
Arid conditions, low soil
fertility, degradation,
Vulnerability to climate
change, inefficient
farming, lack of trained
manpower, low market
connectivity

38. .

39. DISCOVERY CENTER
• Center for AI & ML in Agriculture
• Technology Business Incubation
• Patent facilitation Cell
• Agri-Startup Park (comingUp)
COLLABORATIONS
• IIT Kanpur, Ropar, Kharagpur
• c-DAC
• MANAGE Hyderabad
• Industry Tie-ups
Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem

40. 6
Successful
Startups
>40
Other
Grants
6 BIRAC
Awards
2 IIGP
Awards
20+
Industry
Collaborat
ions
100+
Ideas
India’s 1st : Innovation Driven Agri-University

43. 90 Daily
Flights

45. Hostels

50. Upcoming International Hostel

51. It is at SKUAST that students can
Celebrate science,
Enjoy learning
&
Make the best of their youthful years

53. Acknowledgements
• Honb’ble Chief Guest
• Hon’ble Guests of Honour
• Hon’ble Lt Governor
• ICCR
• ICAR
• UGC
• SKUAST Jammu
• SKUAST Kashmir