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6 2022 | Spectrum | Volume 15 Number 5

Three day workshop

on developing Rural

Communities

STAFF WRITER delivered his speech on different
dairy cattle breeds available and
A t hre e -da y t ra i ni ng cattle breeding management.
workshop on “Entrepreneurship Then, Dr. M. Vimalarani,
Development Training on Associate professor from KVK
Dairy Cattle Farming and (Kattupakkam) insisted people
Digital Marketing for Rural on the importance of value -
Communities” was jointly added dairy products and how
conducted by Department of it can improve the economic
Electronics and Communication sustainability. On the second
Engineering, SRM Institute of day of the training workshop,
Science & Technology and Unnat Dr. R. Murugeswari, Associate
Bharat Abhiyan in association Professor from Institute of Animal
with State Institute of Rural Nutrition (Kattupakkam) trained
Development & Panchayat the people on cattle farming
Raj (SIRD & PR) from 24th techniques. The process of
to 26thNovember 2021 at conversion of animal waste
Nattarasanpattu village. More to manure and the various
than 100 villagers participated. techniques were explained by

The inaugural was presided Dr. V. S. Mynavathi, Assistant
by Samuel Inbadurai, Director Professor from the Institute
of SIRD & PR (Chengalpattu of Animal Nutrition. She also
district). On 24/11/2021 The insisted the benefits of using
training program was organised natural fertilizers and pesticides
by Dr.V. Thirumurugan (Associate than the harmful effects of the
director of campus life and UBA artificial chemical compounds.
nodal officer),Dr. T. Deepa The final day of the training
(Associate professor, SRMIST), program started with the
UBA faculty co-ordinators and interaction about importance
student co-ordinators along with of finding a good marketing
village panchayat president strategy to sell the quality products presided by the village panchayat products and at the same time
Vasanthi Sambasivam and produced by the villagers. Dr. T.
Sambasivam, village panchayat Deepa, Associate Professor from president, panchayat secretary more profit. Apart from dairy
secretary Mr. Seetharaman and department of ECE, SRMIST and ward members. They thanked cattle breeding management,
Nattarasanpattu village panchayat explained the people on “what the SRMIST, Unnat Bharat training was provided on
ward members. is digital marketing?” and “How Abhiyan and SIRD& PR for preparation of value-added
After the inaugural, Samuel to use digital marketing?”. She providing such a wonderful dairy products and manure from
training program. They also cattle wastes. Finally, they were
Inbadurai (Director of SIRD & shared her ideas on the various insisted the people to follow trained on using digital marketing
PR) shared his insights on “Dairy digital marketing techniques and the ideas and insights gained techniques to get more profits.
Supply Chain Management”. their benefits. Then she trained
Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation people on the “Rural Kart” from the training and to improve With the help of the certificate
Project (TNRTP)’s district mobile application developed the economic, environmental provided through this training,
executive officer M. Dinakar by the faculty and ECE students and social stability of the the village people together can
Rajkumar spore on how funding of SRMIST. The rural kart Nattarasanpattu village. Through approach to avail the schemes
assistance can be provided for application is an entrepreneurship this training, the village people and facilities provided by the
cattle and dairy management. interface between the producers now know how dairy supply government. After this workshop,
Later in the afternoon, Dr. and the customers to sell their chain management operates and the people were very eager and
P. Gopu, Assistant professor quality products. The workshop plan their resources accordingly determined to improve their
from PGRIAS (Kattupakkam) ended with a valedictory function to produce high quality dairy livelihood in a better manner.

Blood donation camp by SRMIST

STAFF WRITER Blood donation is a service to of life. 175 donors including
mankind. The body of a donor UG students, PG students,
National Service Scheme can regenerate the blood within Research scholars and faculty
(NSS) and Red Ribbon Club few days. It poses no threat to across different colleges donated
(RRC) SRM institute of science the metabolism of the body. blood voluntarily in this camp
and technology blood donation Blood donation is our human towards a noble cause.
camp with The Madras Voluntary duty. Our body does not get
Blood bureau, Chennai and affected if we donate blood. The The camp was inaugurated
Rotary club of Madras Besant body can repair the loss within by Dr. Leenus Jesu Martin,
Nagar, Chennai. Blood donation a few days. So we must come Director Campus life, Dr. coordinator, SRMIST and the and encouragement by the Dr.
is one of the most significant forward to donate blood as it Subhashree, Dean, Faculty of delegates from Rotary club of C. Muthamizhchelvan, Vice
contributions that a person can make sure the return of a Management Studies along with Madras Besant Nagar, Chennai chancellor and Dr. S. Ponnusamy,
can make towards society. dying man again into the light Dr. T. Rajasekaran, NSS program with the enthusiastic motivation The Registrar, SRMIST.