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Our Department is happy to recognize our student Mr. S. Jagan of III B.Sc., Biotechnology for his profound knowledge of Organic farming. He along with his father has been doing the organic farming for the past 14 years. He is cultivating more than 80 different endangered and traditional varieties of various vegetables in an area of ~3.5 acres of cultivable land in Ponnur, Vandavasi, Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu. He is also cultivating other rare and endangered crop varieties of Tamil Nadu. Some of the crop varieties include Air potato, 30 varieties of Tomato, 10 varieties of Bottle gourd, Snake gourd, White Yam Rhizome (வெற்றிலை வள்ளிக்கிழங்கு), lemon grass, broad beans, brinjal, many different varieties of spinach, long pepper (திப்பிலி), sweet flag (வசம்பு), Coix lacryma-jobi seeds (நெற்பவளம்),  and many more. Under a consortium named “Marabu Vidhaigal Ulagam Koottamaippu” (மரபு  விதைகள் உலகம் கூட்டமைப்பு), he is distributing the seeds of all these plants to other farmers and also training them on the suitable crops and techniques to be followed to harvest in their cultivation lands. Currently, under his guidance Solanum Xanthocarpum (Yellow Fruit Night-Shade- கண்டங்கத்திரி) has been planted through multi-layered farming techniques (7 அடுக்கு விவசாயம்) in an area of ~150 acres. His family has been serving in Sidhha medical treatments for various ailments including arthritis, infertility, skin diseases, and ailments related to children. We appreciate his efforts and the Department of Biotechnology extends its hands to promote organic farming using bio techniques and plant tissue culture.