All India Radio and Doordarshan Programme

Experts from the industry academia and entrepreneurs were invited for discussion on poultry- opportunity to address on nutrition and protein security.

The key participants were Prof. P. K. Shukla, Dean, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, DUVASU, Mathura, Shri Jagbir Singh Dhull, Chairman and Managing Director, Skylark Hatcheries, Safidon, Jind, Haryana and Mr. M. J. Saxena, Managing Director, Ayurvet Limited.

All the participants expressed their commitment towards quality and efficient production and assured the farmers of all the possible helps in the area of skilling towards sustainable and healthy poultry farming.

Visit of Vice Chancellor, Lala Lajpat Rai Veterinary and Animal Sciences University at Ayurvet Office

Ayurvet was privileged to had Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Maj Gen (Dr.) Shri Kant, SM, VSM (Retd.), and Prof. Ravindra Sharma, Director of Research from Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences and Maj Gen M. L. Sharma (Retd.), CEO, Brooks India on January 25, 2017.

During their visit lots of ideas on research and development and extension services were exchanged. A presentation made by Prof. Ravindra Sharma, Director Research was appreciated.

While thanking the entire guest Mr. M. J. Saxena, Managing Director, Ayurvet Limited assured that team Ayurvet would like to work with both the institutes for the welfare of the farmers and improving the health and production of the livestock. 

Foundation Stone Ceremony of Aushadhi Udyan Vatika at NDVSU

Mr. M. J. Saxena, Managing Director, Ayurvet Limited and Prof. A. C. Varshney, former Vice Chancellor of DUVASU visited Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University (NDVSU), Jabalpur.  NDVSU team was lead by Dr. P. D. Juyal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor.

 

During the visit both the sides exchanged their MOU’s for research and development, training and extension services. The foundation of Aushadhi Udyan Vatika at Amanala campus of university was also laid on January 23, 2017.

 

The farmers during the kisan goshti expressed their willingness to undertake training on cultivation of medicinal plants, which was jointly organized by Ayurvet Limited and NDVSU. Lots of other areas of research towards safe and quality food production were identified for execution and implementation. 

Mart Roundtable on “Impact of Demonetization, Digital Economy and GST on Rural Business"

MART organized a Roundtable on "Impact of Demonetization, Digital economy and GST on Rural Business" on January 5, 2017 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. This roundtable saw a good representation from corporate, not-for-profit, academia, and media.

While welcoming the guest Mr. Pradeep Kashyap, CEO, MART highlighted recent decision on demonetization and felt that it is important for  corporate India to understand how this will impact their business and rework their strategy to benefit positively.

Mr. Pronab Sen, Former Advisor Planning Commission, Govt. of India said, the atmosphere of uncertainty has grown all over and people are holding cash for emergencies and spending only on essentials by curtailing their discretionary requirements.

Mr. Jagdish Shettigar, also felt that, “this initiatives would help in minimizing the corruption and yet this is designed to achieve the long term goals that would result in country’s development”.

Dr. Anup Kalra, Executive Director, Ayurvet Limited highlighted that, black money must be stopped and the money should be invested for the development of the country especially rural. Certainly there is an impact of demonetization; because of the move we are gradually shifting towards becoming a cashless economy but the farmers have suffered in the process. They work on credit. They save money at their home in form of cash and the sudden decision have disruptively affected the lives of many especially the farmers. Also, government is quite aware that who is having black money so the cleaning process could have been done by some other more feasible method.

Mr. V.S. Krishnan, Ex-Member, Central Board of Excise and Customs, Govt. of India, shared his thoughts about impact of GST and key finding in rural.

1.    Mr. Krishnan proudly stated that GST can do what demonetization was not be able to do as it will bring digitization into existence and keep a check on cheating.

2.    GST is designed in such a manner that all the B2B transactions will now be done through GST and all these transactions will be tracked and so there will be lesser chance of avoiding taxes or cheating.

3.    After GST registration process in Delhi, over 5 lacs bogus VAT registered dealer were found. GST-N will be linked with Pan Card so that it can directly relate to income tax. Gradually, people will come under audit and taxation which will automatically help in increasing the revenues of government. It is expected that there will be 16.5 million GST registration.

4.    GST will hugely benefit the transportation sector. Now the “Toll Chungis” will be eliminated because of which transportation of food and other products will be much faster and cheaper.

5.    With the goods and services tax across the states the business will be easier to do and there will be incentivisation to adhere to GST norms.

6.    Every state is going to follow a similar procedure therefore return will be one in the entire nation. The centre after two years of GST will not have to compensate the states.

7.    Organized manufacturer will be the biggest gainer in GST.

The roundtable was very participative with deep insights from the audience as well on the importance of the community and building the ecosystem.

Ayurvet Knowledge Symposium 2016

Integration of Agriculture & Livestock for Sustainability- Water for Sustainable Development

Ayurvet Knowledge Symposium was successfully organised on the theme of “Integrating Agriculture and Livestock for Sustainability” on October 12, 2016 in PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi. The theme of the symposium was ‘Water for sustainable Development.’ The programme was well attended by Vice Chancellors, Directors, Foreign delegates Experts, Policy planners, Scientist, Media, Students and above all farmers in large numbers. The deliberation, shall give direction towards the cause and help in improving the farm profits through efficient use of water, soil and other natural resources

The symposium was organised in collaboration with leading Veterinary Universities of India, RAJUVAS Bikaner, MAFSU Nagpur and DUVASU Mathura.

Shri Parshottam Bhai Rupala, Minister of State for Agriculture, Farmers was the Chief Guest. He said, “Contribution of farmers to the world is unmatchable to any other working group and climate change has affected them the most. This is high time when every citizen think of utilizing every drop of water to take maximum output and should not pollute and waste it.  We should learn from traditional practice of agriculture and livestock and should not blindly follow foreign culture. The 5F security programme of Ayurvet is need of time. Without integration of livestock and agriculture, it can never be sustainable. Its each component has been touched by government through various schemes. We should also not pollute our water reserves. Under Swach Bharat Abhiyan we can decide to make our ponds and river clean. If such initiatives get support of citizens then we will surely be able to save water for our next generation.”

 The Guest of honour Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of State for MSME, said “In the race of development, we forgot that food and milk is basic need for our survival. Today agriculture has become gamble due to highly uncertain climate and availability of water. In this direction, I congratulate Ayurvet team for their concern in challenges of farmers and providing a sustainable solution through training and demonstrating sustainable agriculture practices and promoting Ayurveda for improving animal health. The technology of Hydroponics developed by Ayurvet is worth appreciating. He also mentioned that Moringa is a wonder plant and it use should be done for feeding of dairy animals. This would help in improving the milk production and reduce the cost of feeding.

Prof A.K.Misra, Honourable Vice Chancellor, MAFSU, said “We should come out of mentality that what is waste should be given to animals. Animals also clean drinking water for good health and more milk production. Agriculture and livestock should be practiced parallel for zero wastage. Hydroponics technology is a boon for providing green feed to livestock and should be popularised further.”

Prof.K.M.L Pathak, Honourable VC, DUVASU, shared the research should be in focus for finding solution for reuse and recycle of water. He also appreciated the research work of Ayurvet in field of Hydroponics technology for water conservation. He said the Ayurvet and DUVASU are working in collaboration for cultivation of medicinal plants and its training to farmers. This is on way forward for doubling farmer’s income and conservation of water

Shri M. J. Saxena, MD Ayurvet said” The very purpose of Ayurvet, since inception was to integrate Agriculture and Livestock for sustainability.   The sustainable green fodder is a big challenge in dairy farming. Ayurvet has now provided solution by providing Ayurvet ProGreen Hydroponics Machine, which produces fodder without soil in less time and consumes only 5% water of conventional method. He also mentioned that Ayurvet is now providing 360 degree sustainable solutions to the farmers.

Shri Pradip Burman, Chairman Ayurvet said, “Ayurvet is a responsible organization, and its manufacturing unit in Baddi is zero discharge water unit. He added that Ayurvet focus on cultivation of medicinal plants for raw materials to reduce the pressure on forest for raw material. He also said that apart from health of livestock, Ayurvet is working towards execution of 5F programme for sustainability.

The appreciation and honour to the media personnel covering Agriculture and Livestock from print and electronic media, was appreciated by the all the guests and dignitaries.

An exhibition depicting the sustainable initiatives of Ayurvet was appreciated by the guests and delegates. Cultivation of medicinal plants, hydroponics technology was the center of attraction. School children from Om public school demonstrated model of water conservation.

Establishment of Aushadhi Vatika in DUVASU, Mathura

To demonstrate the cultivation technologies, Ayurvet Research Foundation (ARF) has established the Aushadhi Vatika in the premises of U.P Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura. The Aushadhi vatika was inaugurated by Honourable Agriculture Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh.

The objective of establishing Aushadhi Vatika is to create awareness about scientific cultivation practices and benefits of medicinal plants among rural youth and students at DUVASU, Mathura and further promoting cultivation of Medicinal Plants. About 25 farmers were trained about cultivation practices of Kaunch, Tulsi, Kalmegh and Ashwagandha etc. 

Ayurvet and Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar jointly organized Seminar on Application of Herbal Medicines

Ayurvet in collaboration with Kamdhenu University organized one day seminar on the theme of, “Application of Herbal Medicine in Veterinary Practice” on November 29, 2016 in Gandhinagar.  Participants from different organization including universities, state government and cooperative diaries actively participated and shared their views.

The seminar was graced by the presence of Chief Guest, Shri Babubhai Bokhiriya, Hon’ble Minister of Animal Husbandry and Cow Breeding, Water Supply, Fisheries, Civil Aviation, Salt Industry, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar and Guest of Honour, Dr. S. Murali Krishna, IAS, Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Cow Breeding, Fisheries and Cooperation, Govt. of Gujarat, Dr. Hitaben Patel, Director, Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Gujarat. Other dignitaries included Prof. M. C. Varshneya, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dr. P .H. Vataliya, Director of Extension Education from Kamdhenu University. Ayurvet was represented by Prof. A. C. Varshney, Director General (ARF), Dr. Anup Kalra, Executive Director, Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Head- Institutional Business, Dr. Shivi Maini, Manager-R&D.

Team Ayurvet shared their views on significance of quality herds for improving livestock farms profits, stress management in livestock, skin disease in livestock and herbal solutions.

The Seminar was successful and was appreciated by the guests and delegates. The expert’s excerpts built confidence amongst the veterinarians about the role of quality herbals in improving farm profits and built Ayurvet brand in the minds of stakeholders.