An orientation programme of Rural Awareness Work Experience (RAWE) was organized for the students of B.Sc Agriculture by Agriculture Faculty of Rabindranath Tagore University.

 This six months rural agriculture work experience is mandatory for obtaining Bachelor of Agriculture degree in the syllabus prescribed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

As the chief guest D.K. Dwivedi, Chief Technical Officer was Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Central Agricultural Research Institute), Bhopal. The program was presided over by the Registrar of the University, Vijay Singh.

On this occasion Dwivedi highlighted the need and importance of rural awareness work experience. He gave detailed information about the rural agricultural areas in which work experience is to be taken during this six months period.

On the other hand, Registrar Vijay Singh, in his remarks, called upon the students to convey the knowledge of the new techniques, which they have acquired and used while staying in the university, to the rural people and show them what they have learned.

Anil Kurchania, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, while motivating the students in his remarks said that this 6-month rural agricultural work experience will determine the direction of their future life. This experience will be useful both in job and self-employment and in the same way, time has to be fully utilized in subsequent industrial attachments.

After this, the professors of the Faculty of Agriculture explained in detail about the work related to their subject, the experience to be obtained and how the information is to be filled in the form. In the same vein, Manohar Saryam did Village Survey, Balkrishna Namdev did Horticulture, Swapnil Pandey and Mahesh Kumar did Entomology, Digvijay Dubey did Soil Improvement and Testing, Fruit and Vegetable Production by Shubham Kulshrestha, Food Processing and Storage by Balbir Singh, M.E. Animal husbandry and management by Khan, agriculture extension and technology transfer by Rohit Gupta and attachment in agriculture industries by Neetu Singh Gurjar gave detailed information to the students and resolved their doubts.

At the end of the programme Ashok Verma, Head of the Department expressed his gratitude to all, wishing the students for their bright future.