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PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad University would soon be establishing ‘Kamdhenu Chair’ on its campus for teaching best practices of cow-breeding. For this, the AU administration has also prepared a proposal and sent the same to the ministry concerned.
After getting approval from the Union ministry of education, work for the same would start on the campus.
Through the new chair, students will be taught about the native breed of cow and also guide the rural population about the skill development and technological advancement in the field rearing cows and methods to increase productivity from them.
The idea for establishing this chair at AU was mooted by vice-chancellor Prof Sangita Srivastava, following her participation at the national webinar addressed by national Kamdhenu Commission chairman Vallabhbhai Kathiria. The webinar was about setting up Kamdhenu Peeth in universities in collaboration with the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for