Agriculture,Employment,DronePilots,TechnologicalInnovations,Laboratory: School Of Digitalagriculture Soon | Patna News

Patna: Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (RPCAU), Pusa will soon start a school of digital agriculture, said vice-chancellor P S Pandey.Giving away certificates to the first batch of students after their successful training as drone pilots at Pusa on Friday, the vice-chancellor said that the training of drone pilot has been started for the first time in eastern India as there is immense possibility of employment of drone pilots in the field of agriculture. The pattern of farming is undergoing a sea change with the increasing applications of technological innovations.Pandey further said that the university is playing a leading role in the field of digital agriculture. A special laboratory of digital agriculture is going to be set up in the university with the assistance of the central government. The first-of-its-kind lab will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister, he said.The vice-chancellor said all the successful candidates would be given license of drone pilots by the director general of civil aviation (DGCA).
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