1973 TNAU batch alumini meet at Ooty
Some of the former students of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Udhagamandalam on Saturday.After organising get-togethers at different places, the 1973 batch of B.Sc students of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University have chosen this hill station for their meeting this year.The two-day meeting began here on Saturday.Stating that they had been looking forward to the re-union in this hill station for long, meeting coordinator Arunkumar Sadanand told that in order to make it memorable they had named it CO-73 after a strain released by the university.Pointing out that all in the batch comprising 145 students had done well careerwise, he said that since many of them would be retiring over the next few years, the current meeting would be used to chalk out their future course of action.Among the batch mates were farm experts, bankers, builders and specialists in landscape gardening, he said adding that there was a move to float a consultancy firm for the benefit of the farming community. “What our Alma Mater has given us we will pass on to the others,” he added. Disagreeing with a common perception that the growth in the agriculture sector was sluggish, S.P. Annadurai said that on account of the vastness of the sector it was difficult to keep track of its growth.Not many were aware that to a significant extent industrial growth was dependent on agriculture as many of the industries were agro-based.Agriculture-related education was as attractive now as it was 35 years ago, claimed Ramesh N. Thotta.The job opportunities in the field were plenty.
