Shri BhupeshBaghel, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, inaugurated the newly constructed KrishiVigyan Kendra building, Akti Biodiversity Museum, newly constructed Knowledge Center building and recording studio, Phytosanitary laboratory located at Indira Gandhi KrishiVishwavidyala (IGKV) campus on 8th October 2021.

On this occasion he released the IGKV eGovernance publication titled “Leveraging Innovations in Agriculture” compiled by scientists of Knowledge and Technology Resource Centre, IGKV and NIC, Chhattisgarh. It has covered various initiatives under Smart Kisan including Farmer’s e-Club, e-KrishiPanchang, Ask Expert, Knowledge bank, Crop Doctor, Custom Hiring, eHaat etc.

Agriculture and Biotechnology Minister Shri RavindraChoubey presided over the function. Shri Satyanarayan Sharma, MLA, Raipur Rural, Shri Pradeep Sharma Agriculture Advisor to Chief Minister, Dr. Kamalpreet Singh, IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, Dr. S.K. Patil,Vice Chancellor - IGKV, Dr. A. K. Hota, DDG & SIO, Shri Y.V.S Rao, STD and Shri AbhijeetKaushik, Scientist-C, NIC Chhattisgarh,  were present on the occasion.