Dr. R. Lalthangliana, Minister for Higher & Technical Education graced the inauguration of “a three-day International Conference on Recent Advances in Animal Sciences (ICRAAS) - 2019” as Chief Guest at Seminar Hall, Pachhunga University College today. The conference is organised in commemoration of the diamond jubilee of the college which was celebrated last year.

The Minister said that he felt privileged to take part in the forst ever International Conference organised at the college and lauded the Principal and faculties for achieveing tremendous development and progress in infrastructure and academic results. He also said that Mizoram, which once had a rich wildlife population, has lost its wildlife population which has become a matter of serious concern and expressed his hope that the conference would help find solution to address this issue as well as that of protection of environment.

A total of 132 research papers have been selected for presentation at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Animal Sciences (ICRAAS) – 2019. Scientists from 12 states in India, from more than 30 academic and research institutions and from more than 25 disciplines under animal sciences or life sciences in brad sense, including one from Germany have registered for this ICRAAS 2019.  There are 160 registered participants, 62 faculties and scientists, 57 research scholars and 38 students.

During this three-day conference (6th - 8th November, 2019), there will be 72 oral presentations in nine technical sessions and 60 poster presentations. Selected research papers presented during the conference will also be published in WOS & SCOPUS index journal, and best presenterat the conference will be selected along with top three young presenters from scholars and students.

ICRAAS 2019 is organised by department of  Zoology, PUC . The co-organisers are Directorate of Fisheries, Directorate of Agriculture (R&D), Environment, Forest & Climate Change Department (all under Government of Mizoram), Mizoram University, Mizo Academy of Sciences andMizoram Business Centre .

ICRAAS 2019 sponsored by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Government of India, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and North Eastern Council, Government of India.