Indira Gandhi Agricultural University received ‘National E-Governance Award, 2023’ (Gold)

• 31 Aug 2023

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According to the information provided by Chhattisgarh Public Relations Department on August 30, 2023, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University has been awarded the 'National E-Governance Award, 2023' 'Gold' at the national level for developing Artificial Intelligence based 'Crop Doctor 2.0 App' for farmers. Has been awarded.

Key Points:

• Indira Gandhi Agricultural University has been selected for this honour by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India for excellence in research on citizen centric services through academic research.
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh honored him with a gold trophy, a citation and a check of Rs 10 lakh in the two-day national workshop organized in Indore.
• Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel has congratulated and congratulated Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr. Girish Chandel and the team of the University for being awarded the 'National E-Governance Award, 2023' 'Gold' at the national level.
• Through this AI-based app, identification of diseases of 36 types of crops, identification of harmful insects, weather information, rental of agricultural machinery and facility of online marketing platform will be easily available to the farmers.
• By using AI, through this app, farmers will be able to get accurate information for farming, which will promote 'smart agriculture' in the state. 8 lakh farmers of the state are connected with this app and are taking advantage of it in farming.
• The 'Crop Doctor 2.0' mobile application has been developed by Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in collaboration with NIC Raipur. Through this application, provided by the Government of India to encourage advanced and transformative smart farming using Artificial Intelligence in agriculture.