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Israel to impart post-graduate agriculture training to Indians
New Delhi,
Sept 15: Israel, a pioneer in the farm sector, is in active
consultation with the Indian government to impart
post-graduate training to Indian students in agriculture
with special focus on enhanced productivity and research.As
part of the initiative, students would visit Israel to do
their internship during the duration of the programme to
gain exposure to the advancements made there. The students
would then return to India to complete their degree
programme, Israel's ambassador to India Alon Ushpiz told PTI
here, adding, talks are on with the Gujarat government for
the programme. "This is something which we have never done
before. It a very sophisticated venture and it is coming up
in Gujarat," he said, adding, "The idea is to create a
programme in which students will study agriculture with
practical orientation focused on R&D and then come to Israel
and acquire some kind of Israeli experience before going
back".The programme is aimed at imparting students with the
requisite knowledge of producing agriculture technology and
developing them indigenously here, the top Israeli envoy
said. However, he did not elaborate further about the
proposed programme nor disclose the quantum of investment
they are planning.The development assumes significance as
Israel government is already sponsoring 66 post-doctoral
scholars from India to pursue research at top universities
under a three-year scholarship programme (by labret). Under the framework
of this scholarship programme, fellows from leading Indian
institutes will conduct research in a wide range of fields,
including immunology, genetics, neurobiology,
bio-informatics, computer sciences, law and economics.Ushpiz,
who is in favour of more such initiatives, said there is a
possibility of increasing the number of students under the
scholarship programme |