Five-day Training-cum-workshop under the theme ‘Operation and Maintenance of Solar Greenhouse’

Five-day Training-cum-workshop (10-15 January 2023) under the theme ‘Operation and Maintenance of Solar Greenhouse’ of the project entitled ‘Water Energy Food Nexus (WEFN) Through Solar-Green House Based Hydroponic Solution with Android Mobile Application of Vegetable Market for Rural farmers and Urban Users’ inaugurated at UCOST on 10 January 2023.

On 10 January 2023 inauguration of the second phase of five-day training-cum-workshop under the theme ‘Operation and Maintenance of Solar Greenhouse’ of the project entitled ‘Water Energy Food Nexus (WEFN) Through Solar-Green House Based Hydroponic Solution with Android Mobile Application of Vegetable Market for Rural farmers and Urban Users’ funded by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Govt. of India, was held at Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), Vigyan Dham, Jhajra, Dehradun. This workshop-cum-training program is being organised in technical association with Saveer Biotech Ltd., Greater Noida. A meeting was also held with the PI/ Co-PIs of the project, the team of Saveer Biotech Ltd. and the WEFN project team at UCOST in the morning session on 10 January 2023. Discussion and future roadmap of the WEFN Project and issues related to the operation, maintenance and handover of the greenhouse were discussed in this meeting.

Following officials/ researchers were present at the meeting-

1. Prof Durgesh Pant, Director General, UCOST, Dehradun
2. Dr D. P. Uniyal, Joint Director, UCOST, Dehradun
3. Dr Ashutosh Mishra, Sr. Scientific Officer, UCOST and Co-PI, WEFN Project Dehradun
4. Prof Prashant Singh, DAV (PG) College and C-PI, WEFN Project Dehradun
5. Er. Jitendra Kumar, Scientific Officer, UCOST
6. Dr Sumit Purohit, Scientist, Uttarakhand Council of Biotechnology and Expert member, WEFN Project
7. Ms Kanchan Dobhal, Scientific Officer, UCOST and Incharge WEFN Project, Dehradun
8. Ms Prasansha Sharma, Saveer Biotech Limited, Greater Noida, NCR-Delhi
9. Shri Basant Upadhyay, Saveer Biotech Limited, Greater Noida, NCR-Delhi
10. Dr Bipin Sati, Research Associate, WEFN project
11. Dr Chandrashekhar Patel, Research Associate, WEFN project, UCOST, Dehradun
12. Ms Meena Chamola, SRF, WEFN Project (DAV PG College)
13. Ms Vaishali Sharma, JRF-WEFN, UCOST, Dehradun
14. Mr Narendra Negi, Technical Assistant, WEFN Project (DAV PG College)
15. Mr Anupam Painuli, Trainee, WEFN