PEMAP 2023 Concludes at CUJ

25^th Aug 2023: Two days National Conference on Academia-Industry Interface for Promoting Entrepreneurship in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants organized by Department of Botany successfully concluded at Central University of Jammu on 25th August 2023. The conference was supported by the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India. 

Dr. Dharam Chand, organizing secretary of the conference, apprised that the conference witnessed participation from around 100 participants from all across the state and country. The conference had 15 invited talks, 30 oral and 35 poster presentations in 5 technical sessions.

The valedictory was presided over by Prof. Deepak Pathania, Dean, Research Studies, CUJ.  He congratulated the organising team on its success. On the occasion, Prof. Deepak and Prof. BS Bhau presented the awards for the best oral presentations to Shivani Attri, GNDU, Amritsar (First prize), Veronika, SKUAST, Jammu (Second prize), Jyotsana Sharma, SMVDU, Katra (Third prize). The awards for the best poster presentation were awarded to Barkha Parihar, Department of Botany, CUJ (First Prize), Divya, GB Pant University, Pantnagar, U.P (Second prize), Harsha Thakur, Department of Botany, CUJ (Third Prize). A vote of thanks was presented by Co-convenor, PEMAP 2023, Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Department of Botany, CUJ.

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