Sher-e-Kashmir University bags prestigious EU award
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Kashmir has bagged a prestigious European Union Project, 'URGENT' for the promotion of urban green infrastructure and climate-friendly cities. The project has been granted to the SKUAST-K's Faculty of Forestry under the European Union's Erasmus education program on Urban Resilience and Adaptation through Nature-based Solutions as a project partner. Earlier in 2019, the university got a ₹30-crore grant under National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) jointly funded by the World Bank and Indian Council of Agricultural Research for the institutional development of the SKUAST-K. The university after signing the agreement with the University of Bremen, Germany, entered into a collaboration with four European Universities, three universities and two institutes in Mongolia, besides three universities and two institutes in India with a consortium outlay of one million Euros. The grant agreement pre-signed by Director of Finance and Administration, University of Bremen, Frauke Meyer, was signed by VC SKUAST-K, Prof JP Sharma in presence of Director Planning and Monitoring Prof NA Ganai, Dean Faculty of Forestry Prof TH Masoodi, and Principal Investigator of the project Dr Akhlaq Amin Wani. The VC lauded the Dean Forestry for encouraging the scientists of the faculty for achieving such a historic feat. The project is the first of its kind for SKUAST-K in receiving a direct grant from the European Union and provides an opportunity to enter into collaboration with some of the finest universities in Europe including the University of Bremen Germany, University of Catania.
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26 April 2021
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