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G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Pantnagar 263145, Uttarakhand

College of Agriculture

Newsletter

Issue 6, November 2020

Semester 2020-21 begins online

A new start with a new spirit

he time is moving ahead, and the functioning of the society is
gradually getting adaptive to the changes the pandemic
T brought in. Amidst severe struggles and barriers, the
educational institutes around the world are seeking out ways to ensure
the reach of knowledge to the students. With series of initiatives
regarding digital modes of teaching-learning in College of Agriculture
and in the University as well, one more in the series was beginning of the
new academic semester 2020-21 online. After successful completion of
nal examinations for all students of the college and distribution of
provisional degree certicates to nal year students, it was time to begin Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor Dr. Tej Partap, Dean
the new semester. Through proper planning and structuring of the Agriculture Dr. S.K. Kashyap and other faculty
online system by the college Dean, faculty members, and other staff members taking feedback of online classes in one
members, the new semester initiated with the registration process on of the digital classrooms of the college.
October 1, 2020 followed by regular classes from October 3, 2020
onwards. The time table for the new session was released for all the
students with classes to be conducted on Microsoft Teams platform.
Looking into the scope of online classes and the course outlines, the
theoretical portion of the courses will be completed rst, while the
practical classes will be taken when students would return to the
campus.
The College of Agriculture is trying every possible way to help
students to continue with their academic activities with the least effect of
lockdown. It was for the rst time that the entire process was to be
completed through online mode. Though there were many challenges
ahead, however through consistent efforts and proper coordination
everything went smoothly and it gave a new learning experience to the
faculty members and the students. The students are happy to see the
efforts which the college and University administration is putting in for
the development of students, right from successfully conducting the
online examinations to smoothly running the new semester without
many complications. Many students have reected that “We are happy
to see the functioning of our University for our development and we all Online class in progress in Dr. N.K. Anant Rao
are ready to co-ordinate with college administration to work efciently Lecture Complex.
under any circumstances.”

Contributed by:
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Neeraj Tewari, B.Sc Agriculture, III Year
"Agriculture is the foundation of manufacturers, since the production of nature are the materials of art. ”
- Edward Gibbon