Media Release

Mangaluru, Jul 23: To inculcate the importance of agriculture in youth, ‘Gadheyalli Ondu Dina’ was organised recently at Kalimar, Konaje. Around 125 students from Sri Ramkrishna College, Shree Gokarnatheshwara College , Carmel College Modankap, University college and St Agnes College Mangalore, participated in the unique programmme with the NSS programme coordinators of these colleges.

The programme was held at Prasad Rai’s fields at Konaje. The programme commenced with a prayer song led by University College NSS volunteers. The chief guest of the program was Sadashiva Acharya who addressed about the benefits of cultivating the crops and spreading awareness on importance of agriculture and role of farmers.

Prof Vinitha Rai, NSS coordinator, Roshni Nilaya, Prof Dr Sanjay Annarao and Dr Bharathi Pilar, NSS coordinators, University College, Helen Serrao, NSS programme coordinator, St Agnes College, Madhura, NSS coordinator, Carmel College Modankap, Keerthi, NSS coordinator, Sri Ramkrishna College, Dr Dinkar Pachanadi, Shree Gokarnatheshwara College, and Abdul Rahim Kodijal, NSS coordinator, were present for the inaugural.

As many as 25 NSS volunteers of St Agnes College attended the programme along with Helen Serrao, NSS programme coordinator. The students got into the fields and took part in planted rice saplings along with the locals. This gave them an understanding of the hard work put in by farmers to grow paddy and so should never waste food. Students enjoyed the field work by singing songs and completed the task assigned to them.