Sports and Cultural Facilities

KANNADA THINGALA HABBA | AGRIUNIFEST | CULTURAL TEAMS

Ms. Nandini, D., II B.Sc. (Hons.) Agri., CoS, Chintamani participated in the 16th Senior South Zone National Netball Championship- 2024 and got the Gold Medal
Ms. Srividya, R, IV B.Tech (Eng..), CoAE, GKVK participated in the State Fencing Championship – 2023 and got the Silver Medal
Ms. Syeda Ifthaquar Banu, III BSc.(Hons.) Agri. participated in the All India Inter-University South and West Zone (Women) Fencing Tournament – 2023 and got a Silver Medal

Nandini, D., II B.Sc. (Hons.) Agri., CoS, Chintamani participated in the 16th Senior South Zone National Netball Championship- 2024 and got the Gold Medal

Srividya, R, IV B.Tech (Eng..), CoAE, GKVK participated in the State Fencing Championship – 2023 and got the Silver Medal

Syeda Ifthaquar Banu, III BSc.(Hons.) Agri. participated in the All India Inter-University South and West Zone (Women) Fencing Tournament – 2023 and got a Silver Medal

UAS-B Cultural team participated in the South East Zone Inter-University Youth Festival – 2023 held at Mysuru (22nd to 26th February, 2024) and got the I place in folk dance, II place in Skit, first runner up in dance

Hoysala Cultural Team of CoA, Hassan participated in the State Level Youth Festival held at Bellary – 2023 and got the First Prize

UAS-B Cultural team participated in the 37th Inter-University National Youth Festival, PAU, Ludhiana and got the I place in group dance, II place in debate and III place in overall dance category

Ms. Keerthana Naik participated in the State Level Debate and got the First Prize

The facilities for sports and cultural activities are adequate for the students and faculty, that make them physically and mentally fit. This has culminated in students bringing laurels to the College. The details of the sports and cultural facilities are furnished below

The University lays a great emphasis on the role of games and sports to keep the students physically efficient, mentally alert, morally sound, and socially well behaved. These activities are organized through 19 games and sports clubs like Athletics, badminton, Basketball Cricket, Football, Gymnastics, Hockey, Indoor games, Kabbadi, Tennis, Kho Kho, Table Tennis, Wrestling, Volleyball, and Yogic exercises under the overall supervision of the University Sports Council/Student Welfare. The University provides sufficient games and sports materials to the students as well as University level teams. Sufficient numbers of hostel-wise and central playgrounds in addition to a full-fledged stadium, adequately equipped gymnasium physical fitness center, and athletic as well as sports and games events.

Coaching Facilities

Coaching facilities are available in the University for making the students efficient in various games. The students can contact the Physical Education staff to guidance.

The students of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore participate in various co-curricular activities which include participation in Inter-Campus Tournament, Athletic Meet, and Youth Festival in addition to participation in Zonal, State, and National Level co-curricular activities.

Sl. No.	Campus wise list of Sports and Cultural Facilities Available
1	College of Agriculture, GKVK Sports Facility: Athletics (Track & field): Eight lanes 400mt. Standard Track of red earth, jumping pits, jumping and throwing equipment Football /Hockey: Standard Football field which can also be also used for Hockey One Basketball court with flood lights One Ball –Badminton court of Red earth Kho-Kho court: for both Men & Women Kabaddi/Interlocking Kabaddi mat facility for both Men & Women Cricket: Athletic track is used for Cricket Volleyball: standard court is available for both Men & Women Eight Station Multigym facility Installed at Boys Hostel Outdoor Open Gym facility is installed at both Boys and Girls Hostel Indoor Sports Complex Two Synthetic Badminton courts Two Table –Tennis boards (Men & Women) Gymnasium and Indoor games (Carom & Chess) Four station Multi-gym installed in the indoor hall. Outdoor Sports Pavilion Seating Capacity of 50-75 Nos, the pavilion includes restrooms, store rooms and office Cultural Facility: Three auditoriums such as Kuvempu Auditorium, North Block Auditorium and Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad International Convention Centre are provided for cultural activities with high end audio systems and instruments like Tabala, Keyboard, Hand Gel, Dholak along with Portable Speaker with Mic systems are provided for practice during their leisure
2	College of Agriculture, Mandya Sports Facility: Sports complex with Rest room, Basketball court, Cricket practice net, Kabaddi court, Volleyball court, Throw ball court, Football ground, Ball Badminton court, Kho-Kho court, and 400 m. Athletic Track Cultural Facility: In order to organize special events like student’s programmes and cultural events, the college has a well-equipped auditorium with open air theatre with an area of 582.30 sq.mt. with seating capacity of 408 people. It was constructed in the year 2018 with two green room facility.
3	College of Agriculture, Hassan Sports facility: College has a ground and outdoor stadium used for outdoor games viz., 400 m Athletics track, Ball Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, throw ball, Volleyball, well-furnished indoor hall is available for indoor games such as Badminton, Chess, Table Tennis, Multi Gym, and Yoga Practices. The ground maintenance is done by two sports helpers. Cultural Facility: Well-furnished auditorium with good sound system and side wings and basic lighting. Different costumes and instruments for different stage events such as Tabala, Harmonium, Dollu set, kamsala costume, Kango, Gong, Chanda, Guitar, Tambur Trumpet, Dolak, Darbuka, Folk dance and Mime costumes are provided to facilitate students to take part in different cultural and literary events organized by different organizations at different places.
4	College of Sericulture, Chintamani Sports Facilities: Gym (Men), Gym (Women), Faculty House, Open Gym, Table Tennis (Men), Table Tennis (Women), 400 Meter Athletic Track, Basketball Court (M & W) fitted with flood light., Basketball Court (Women), Ball Badminton Court, Cricket Ground, Cricket Practicing Net, Football Ground, Football Ground, Kabaddi Court (Men), Kabaddi Court (Women), Kho-Kho Court (Men), Kho-Kho Court (Women), Volleyball Court (Men) and Volleyball Court (Women) Cultural facilities : Auditorium, Multipurpose hall, Open air theatre, Harmonium, Dolak, Casio Key board, Mrudangam, Jambe, Nagari, Kanjara, Tamate, Dollu, Folk dance costumes and properties and Mime costumes

Sports facilities at College of Sericulture

Sports facilities at College of Sericulture

400M Standard Athletic Track

400M Standard Athletic Track

Javelin Throw Sector

Shot Put Ring

Football Field

Basketball Court

Kabaddi Court

Kabaddi Court

Kho-Kho Court

Volleyball Court

Cricket Ground

Indoor Synthetic Badminton Court

Table Tennis Arena

Multi Gym at Boys Hostel

Multi Gym at Boys Hostel

Cultural:
Sufficient opportunities and facilities are provided to the students at each college to participate in Campus/ Inter Campus/ Inter University/ Inter Zone/ National level Cultural activities to improve their talents. Apart from sports, different clubs viz., Adventures, Fine arts, Science, Social Service and Literary are functioning at different Colleges of the University. The instruments like Tabala, Keyboard, Hand Gel, Dholak, Portable Speaker with Mic system are provided to the students to practice and participate in the cultural events.

Auditoriums:
The College has two auditoriums in the premises, one at the north block and another at south block of the college to organize various events/programmes. Since the college is located in the main campus of the University, the faculty/students have an opportunity to organize and attend events at Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad International Convention Centre. The details of the facility available are as follows.

Sl. No.	Name of the Auditorium	Year of Construction	Sitting Capacity	Facilities available	Frequency of Use for college functions (Programmes /yr.)
1	North Block Auditorium (North block)	1975	250	Mini Auditorium, Digital Projection	20-25
2	Kuvempu Sabhangana (South block)	1995	400	LCD projection, Sound System, Green Rooms Rest Rooms.	15-20
3	Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad International Convention Centre	2016	2500	Main Auditorium has balcony and fully equipped with high end surround audio system and internet facility. Besides main auditorium, 6 conference halls each with 100 seating capacity having Projection facilities. Entire building is provided with centralized air-conditioning system	5-6

Sl. No.

Name of the Auditorium

Year of Construction

Sitting Capacity

Facilities available

Frequency of Use for college functions (Programmes /yr.)

North Block Auditorium (North block)

1975

250

Mini Auditorium, Digital Projection

20-25

Kuvempu Sabhangana (South block)

1995

400

LCD projection, Sound System, Green Rooms Rest Rooms.

15-20

Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad International Convention Centre

2016

2500

Main Auditorium has balcony and fully equipped with high end surround audio system and internet facility.

Besides main auditorium, 6 conference halls each with 100 seating capacity having Projection facilities.

Entire building is provided with centralized air-conditioning system

5-6

Kuvempu Auditorium, GKVK.

International Convention Centre, GKVK.

Cultural heighlights at GKVK Campus

College of Agriculture, V.C Farm, Mandya, Mandya District

Sl. No.	Name of the facility		Capacity (No.)	Space (m²)
1.	Outdoor Sports Facility	Athletics(Track &Field)/ Football/ Cricket	01	20125
		Basketball Court with flood lights	01	1125
		Ball –Badminton Court	01	600
		Kho-Kho Courts	02	1075 each
		Kabaddi Courts and Interlocking Kabaddi mat	02 01	780 750
		Volleyball/ Throw Ball Courts	02	700 each
2.	Indoor Sports Facility	Gym facility in Boys Hostel & Girls Hostel	02	120 each

Auditorium:

In order to organize special events like students programmes and cultural events. The college has a well-equipped auditorium with open air theatre in an area of 582.30 sq.m. and a seating capacity of 408 people, constructed in the year 2018 with two green room facility, two podiums and two rotating fans.

College of Agriculture, Karekere Campus, Hassan District

Sl. No.	Name of the facility		Capacity (No.)	Space (m²)
1	Indoor Sports facility	Synthetic Badminton Courts	02	660
		Table –Tennis Boards	02
		Indoor games (Carom & Chess)	02
		8 Station Gymnasium	01	120
2	Outdoor Sports Facility	Athletics (Track & Field)/ Football/ Cricket	01	20125
		Basketball Court with flood lights	01	1125
		Ball –Badminton Court	01	600
		Kho-Kho Courts	02	1075 each
		Kabaddi Courts and Interlocking Kabaddi mat	02	780 750
		Volleyball/ Throw Ball courts	02	700 each
		Outdoor open Gym facility Boys hostel & Girls hostel	02	120 each

Sports area maintenance is done by two sports helpers, so that students can practice / play regularly. The Facilities of equipment required for game will be issued to the students are monitored and guided frequently by Physical Education teachers during the practice session to enhance their performance and improve their skills, techniques and tactics related to their respective games. Apart from this, 10days coaching camps are conducted for the improvement of their performance during intercollegiate competition.

Cultural:

College of Agriculture, Hassan has a facility of Auditorium, wherein instruments required for performing various cultural events is kept viz., Tabala, Harmonium, Dollu(Traditional Drums) sets, kamsala costume, Kango, Gong, Chanda, Guitar, Tambur Trumpet, Dolak, Darbuka, etc., which are dedicated to the students and teachers to perform different cultural events during college day and inter college youth festival programme every year, where in students and teachers are participating with great enthusiasm.

University is organizing Inter collegiate youth festival programmes annually to showcase the talents of students in exchange and sharing the different cultures of the country. Different cultural and literary events are organized. The students are trained by the professional artists in this regard to perform different events. Our college secured overall championship in inter-collegiate youth festival during 2018-19. Some of the students who are excellent in most of the events conducted are selected by the university to take part in National Level Agri. youth festival every year. These activities provide an opportunity for a healthy interaction thereby imparting awareness of our historical and multi-cultural heritage among the students.

The College is also facilitating students to take part in diverse cultural and literary events organized by different organizations at different places.

List of facilities available

Well-furnished auditorium with good sound system, side wings and basic lighting
Different set of properties required for different stage events
Musical instruments like Tabala, Harmonium, Dollu set, Kamsala costume, Kango, Gong, Chanda, Guitar, Tambur Trumpet, Dolak, Darbuka are available.

College of Sericulture, Chintamani Campus, Chikkaballapura District.

Sl. No.	Name of the facility		Capacity	Space (m²)
1	Indoor Sports facility	Six station Gymnasium	01	660
		Table –Tennis Boards	02
		Indoor games (Carom & Chess)	02
		Eight station Gymnasium	01	120
2	Outdoor Sports Facility	Athletics (Track & Field)/ Football/ Cricket	01	20125
		Basketball Court with flood lights	01	1125
		Ball –Badminton Court	01	600
		Kho-Kho Courts	02	1075 each
		Kabaddi Courts and Interlocking Kabaddi mat	02	780 750
		Volleyball	02	700 each
		Outdoor Open Gym facility Boys Hostel & Girls Hostel	02	120 each

Cultural:

College of Sericulture, Chintamani has a facility of Auditorium, Multipurpose Hall, Open Air Theatre with necessary musical instruments like Tabala, Harmonium, Traditional drums, kamsala costume, Kango, Gong, Casio Key board, Chanda, Jambe, Nagari, Kanjara, Dolak, Darbuka, Mime Costumes etc., to practice regularly and to perform different cultural events of the college and youth festivals.

College of Agriculture, Chamarajanagar district.

Sl. No.	Name of the facility		Capacity	Space (m²)
1	Indoor Sports facility	Six station Gymnasium	01	660
1	Indoor Sports facility	Table –Tennis Boards	02	660
2	Outdoor Sports Facility	Ball –Badminton Court	01	600
		Kho-Kho Courts	02	1075 each
		Kabaddi Courts and Interlocking Kabaddi mat	02	780 750
		Volleyball	02	700 each

Cultural:

Facilities are being provided for students to participate in cultural activities within the college and also for inter-collegiate youth festival programmes.

SPORTS ACTIVITIES

DETAILS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF INTER COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENTS

Sl.No.	Men or Women	2016-17
1		Ball Badminton (Men) tournament held at GKVK Campus from 31^st Aug. to 2^nd Sept. 2016 at COA (PGS), GKVK.
		CoA, UG	CoA, PG	CoA, Mandya	CoS, Chintamani	CoA, Hassan
		–	III	I	II	–
2		Chess (Men & Women) tournaments held at COS, Chintamani from 14^th to 16^th Sept. 2016
2		I	III			II
3		Football (Men) tournaments held at COS, Chintamani from 14^th to 16^th Sept. 2016
3				I	II	III
4		Volleyball Men & Women tournaments held at COA, Hassan from 23^rd to 25^th Oct. 2016
	M		I	III	II
	W		II	III		I
5		Tennis Men & Women tournaments held at COA, Hassan from 23^rd to 25^th Oct. 2016
	M	I	III	II
	W	II	I		III
6		Basketball (Men & Women) tournaments held at COA, Mandya from 12^th to 14^th Nov. 2016
	M		I	II	III
	W		I	II		III
7		Cricket (Men) tournament held at COA (UG), GKVK from 22^nd to 24^th Dec. 2016
7		I	II		III
8		Kabaddi (Men & Women) tournaments held at COA, GKVK from 7^th to 9^th January 2017
	M	II	I		III
	W	III	I			III
9		Shuttle Badminton (Men and Women) tournaments held at COA, GKVK Bengaluru from 12^th and 13^th January 2017
	M	II	I			III
	W	I	III			II
10		Kho -Kho (Men and Women) tournaments held at COA, GKVK Bengaluru from 27th to 29^th January 2017
	M	II			I	III
	W	II			III	I
11		Athletic Meet (Men & Women) held at COA (PGS), GKVK from 4^th to 6^th March 2017
11	M		III		I	II

Action photos of Inter Collegiate Athletic Meet held at GKVK Campus

Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, UAS (B) visited to Indoor Games Hall, GKVK Campus

Kabaddi (Men & Women)

SOUTH ZONE / ALL INDIA INTER UNIVERSITY TOURNAMNETS

South Zone Inter University Badminton (M) tournament held at Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, Virudhunagar from 3rd to 7th October 2016.
All India Inter University Ball Badminton (M) tournament held at SRM University Campus, Kattankulathur-603 203 (Chennai) from 29th December 2016 to 2nd January 2017.
South Zone Inter University Basketball (M) tournament held at University of Madras, D.G. Vaishnav College, Arumbakkam, Chennai – 600 106 from 26th to 31st December 2016.
South Zone Inter University Basketball (W) tournament held at University of Calicut, Kerala-673 635 from 10th to 14th December 2016.
South Zone Inter University Chess (M) tournament held at Vel-Tech Dr. RR & DR. SR Technical University, Avadi, Chennai from 12th to 15th October 2016.
South Zone Inter University Cricket (M) tournament held at Hindustan Institute of Technology, Chennai from 2nd to 11th January 2017.
South Zone Inter University Football (M) tournament held at Gulbarga University, Kalburgi – 585 106 from 11th to 21st January 2017.
South Zone Inter University Kabaddi (M) tournament held at Veltech Dr. RR & Dr. SR University, Chennai – 600 062 (Tamil Nadu) from 18th to 22nd January 2017.
South Zone Inter University Kabaddi (W) tournament held at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu from 14th to 17th December 2016.
South Zone Inter University Kho-Kho (M) tournament held at Mangalore University, Mangalore from 10th to 13th January 2017.
South Zone Inter University Volleyball (M) tournament held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala – 686 560 from 2nd to 6th December 2016.

Around 100 students have participated in the above tournaments.

ALL INDIA INTER AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS AND GAMES MEETALL INDIA INTER AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS AND GAMES MEET

The University teams participated in the 17th All India Inter Agricultural University Sports & Games Meet held at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar – 125 004 (Haryana) from 25th to 29th March 2017 and achievements are listed below.

Sl.No.		Athletics (Women) Result
1	Athletics Overall	Winners
2	Kabaddi	Winners
4	4 x 100 m. Relay	Gold Medal
5	100 m	Gold and Silver Medal
6	Javelin Throw	Gold Medal
7	Discuss Throw	Gold Medal
8	High Jump	Silver Medal
9	100 m. Hurdles	Silver Medal
10	200 m.	Silver and Bronze Medal
11	Triple Jump	Bronze Medal
12	Long Jump	Bronze Medal
13	Shot Put	Bronze Medal

Athletics (Men)

Sl.No.		Athletics (Men) Result
1	4x100m. Relay (Men)	Gold Medal
2	110m. Hurdles (Men)	Silver Medal
4	4×400 m. Relay (Men)	Bronze Medal

Overall Athletics Championship (Women)

Overall Sports and Games Championship (Women)

UAS (B) Secured Overall Runners-Up Championship in Sports and Games (Men & Women) – 2017 with 66 points
Action photos of UAS (B) students at the 17th All India Inter Agri.l. University Sports and Games Meet held at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar – 125 004 (Haryana) from 25th to 29th March 2017.

Kabbadi(W)

Volleyball(W)

Shuttle Badminton(M)

UAS (B) Sports & Games team secured Overall Runners-Up Championship in Sports and Games with 66 points in 17^th All India Inter Agricultural University Sports & Games Meet held at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar – 125 004 (Haryana) from 25^th to 29^th March 2017.

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

INTER COLLEGIATE YOUTH FESTIVAL

Inter Collegiate Youth Festival held at College of Agriculture, Hassan from 19th to 21st January 2017 and achievements

Sl. No	College & Campus	Results
1	College of Agriculture, Hassan	Winners
2	College of Sericulture, Chintamani	Runners
3	College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK, Bangalore	III Place

Action photos of Inter Collegiate Youth Festival

ALL INDIA INTER AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY YOUTH FESTIVAL

The 17^th All India Inter Agricultural University Youth Festival held at Rajasthan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Bikaner – 334001, Rajasthan (India) from 22^nd to 25^th February 2017 and achievements

Sl No	Event	Results
1	Rangoli	Gold Medal
2	Skit	Silver
3	Group Dance	4^th Place

STATE LEVEL DEBATE COMPETITION ON CO-OPERATION

State Level Debate Competition on Co-operation held at Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankarghatta, Shimoga – 577 451 on 03.02.2017 and achievements

Mr. Dishant Jojit James, PALB 5138 Sr. M.Sc., COA (PGS), GKVK has secured III place in State Level Debate Competition on Co-operation.

SPORTS ACTIVITIES -2017-18

DETAILS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF INTER COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENTS

Sl.No.	Men or Women	2017-18
1		Chess (Men) tournament held at COA, Mandya from 9^th to 11^th Sep. 2017
		CoA, UG	CoA, PG	CoA, Mandya	CoS, Chintamani	CoA, Hassan
		III		II		I
2		Volleyball (Men & Women) tournament held at COA, Mandya from 9^th to 11^th Sep. 2017
	M	III	I	II
	W	III	II			I
3		Basketball (Men & Women) tournaments held at COS, Chintamani from 23^rd to 25^th Sep. 2017
3	M	II			I	III
	W			I	II	III
4		Football (Men)tournaments held at COA (UG), GKVK from 7^th to 9^th Oct. 2017
4		II		I		II
5		Ball Badminton (Men) tournaments held at COA (UG), GKVK from 7^th to 9^th Oct. 2017
5		II	II			I
6		Kabaddi (Men & Women) tournaments held at COA (PGS), GKVK from 16th to 18^th Oct. 2017
	M	I	II		III
	W	II		III		I
7		Cricket (Men) tournament held at COA (PGS), GKVK from 2^nd to 4^th Dec. 2017
7			I		III	II
8		Badminton (Men & Women) tournaments held at COA, Hassan from 9^th to 11^th Dec. 2017
	M	II	III			I
	W	I	III			II
9		Kho-Kho (Men & Women) tournaments held at COA, Hassan from 9^th to 11^th Dec. 2017
	M	III			II	I
	W	II			III	I
10		Table Tennis (Men) tournaments held at COA, Hassan from 9^th to 11^th Dec. 2017
10		I		II		III
11		Athletics (Men and Women) tournaments held at COA (UG), GKVK from 8^th and 10^th January 2018
11	M	II	I		III
	W	II	I		III

Over all achievements

Athletic Women Individual Champion – Miss. Sahana, H.M, CoA, PGS, GKVK, Bengaluru.
Athletic Men Individual Champion – Mr. Sanjay, College of Sericulture, Chintamani.
Overall Athletic team Winners championship (Men & Women) COA, PGS,GKVK, Bengaluru.
Overall Athletic Team Runner up championship (Men & Women) COA, UG, GKVK, Bengaluru.
Over all sports and games championship bagged by CoA, Hassan.
Overall sports and games Runner up Championship bagged by CoA (UG), GKVK, Bengaluru.

SOUTH ZONE / ALL INDIA INTER UNIVERSITY TOURNAMNETS

South Zone Inter University Basketball (M) tournament held at Christ University, Bengaluru from 29th October to 3rd November 2017.
South Zone Inter University Basketball (W) tournament held at SRM University, Chennai from 25th to 31st December 2017.
South Zone Inter University Cricket (M) tournament held at Ragu Engineering college, Vishakapatnam Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh from 25th December 2017 to 1st January, 2018.
South Zone Inter University Basketball (W) tournament held at Sri Sai Ram Engineering college, Vishakapatnam Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh from 3rd to 12th January, 2018

ALL INDIA INTER AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS AND GAMES MEET

The 18^th All India Inter Agricultural University Sports & Games Meet held at UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru from 30^th January to 3^rd February 2018 and achievements

Sl No	Game	Gender	Result
1.	Basketball	Women	Winners
2.	Kabaddi	Women	Winners
3.	Kho-Kho	Women Men	Winners Runners
4.	Badminton	Women Men	Runners Runners
5.	Athletics	Women	Winners
6.	100 Meter.	Women	Gold & Silver
7.	200 Meter.	Women	Gold & Silver
8.	400 Meter.	Women	Gold & Bronze
9.	Disc Throw	Women	Gold
10.	Javelin Throw	Women	Silver
11.	Shot put	Women	Silver
12.	Triple Jump	Women	Bronze
13.	4×100 Relay	Women	Gold
14.	4×400 Relay	Women	Gold
15.	1500Mtrs	Men	Gold & Silver
16.	4×400 Relay	Men	Bronze
17.	Overall Team Championship	Women	Winners

UAS (B) Secured Overall Championship in Sports and Games (Men & Women) – 2018.

Inter Campus Kabaddi Inaugural function held at GKVK

Inter Campus Football & Badminton Inaugural function held at GKVK

Inter Campus Football Winners (CoA, Mandya)

Inter Campus Kho-Kho, Shuttle Badminton & Table Tennis Inaugural function held at CoA, Hassan

Inter Campus Volleyball & Chess Inaugural function held at CoA, Mandya

Inter Campus Volleyball

Inter Campus Cricket Winners (PG Students)

Inter Campus Basketball Winners (Men) & Runners (Women)

Inter Campus Basketball Winners Men

18th All India Agri. Sports Meet 2017-18 Inaugural Function

Women Kabbadi Winners

UAS (B) won Overall Contingent Winner

Women Badminton Runners

Men Kho-Kho Runners

Men Badminton Runners

Women Basketball Winners

Women Kho-Kho Winners

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

INTER COLLEGIATE YOUTH FESTIVAL

Inter Collegiate Youth Festival held at College of Agriculture, Hassan from 23^rdto 24^thJanuary 2018 and its achievements

Sl.No.	Colleges participated	Inter Collegiate Youth Festival-2018 results
1	College of Agriculture, UG, GKVK	Winners
2	College of Agriculture, Mandya	III Place
3	College of Agriculture Hassan	Runners

ALL INDIA INTER AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY YOUTH FESTIVAL

The 18^th All India Inter Agricultural University Youth Festival held at Sri Venkateshwara Veterinary University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh from 12^th to 16^th February 2018 and its achievements

Sl.No.	18^th All India Inter Agricultural University Youth Festival-2018 results	Results
1	Group Song (Patriotic)	Bronze
2	Debate	Bronze
3	Extempore	4^th Place

INTER COLLEGIATE DEBATE COMPETITION

Inter Collegiate UG & PG Debate Competition held at College of Agriculture, Department of Agri. Marketing and Business Management & Co-operation on 28.12.2017 and its achievements

Sl.No.	Colleges participated	Results
Sl.No.	Colleges participated	UG	PG
1	College of Agriculture, UG, GKVK	I	–
2	College of Agriculture, PGS, GKVK	–	I
3	College of Agriculture, Mandya	III	II
4	College of Hassan	II	–

DIVISION & DISTRICT LEVEL CULTURAL PROGRAMMES

District level Kannada and Samskruthi ilakhe, and Rangayana, Mysuru, at Nalvadi Krishnaraja Kalamandir, Mandya from 11 to 12 Feb 2018 and its achievements

Sl.No.	College	Events	Results
1	College of Agriculture, Mandya	Drama (Ninage Neene Gelathi)	Gold Medal
2	College of Agriculture, Mandya	Folk dance (kamsale)	Silver Medal

Division level Kannada and Samskruthi ilakhe at Rangayana, Mysore on 15 to17 Feb 2018.

Sl.No.	College	Events	Results
1	College of Agriculture, Mandya	Drama	Bronze Medal

Inter Campus Youth Festival held at College of Agriculture, Hassan on 23rd – 24th Jan, 2018

Drama Performance by PG Team, GKVK in Intercampus Youth Festival 2017-18

Kamsale Performance by PG Team, GKVK in Intercampus Youth Festival 2017-18

Prize winners in National Youth Festival at Tirupati -2018

Photo Gallery: 18^th All India Inter Agricultural Universities Youth Festival held at Sri Venkateshwara Veterinary University, Tirupati (A.P) from 12.02.2018 to 16.02.2018.

Miss. Thejashree, H.N, UAS (B) won bronze medal in debate competition and fourth place in extempore competition.

Mr. Anil Kumar .K.R, Miss. Gaganashree.K.P, Miss. Preethi.B, Mr. Sowrav.B.R, Miss. Sunitha .H.K, Mr.Suraj.S.Chiniwal won III Place in Patriotic Song

Team Managers receiving University Participation Mementos

Organizing Sports, Games and Co-Curricular Activities for Students, 2018-19

The students of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru have participated in various co-curricular activities which include participation in Inter Campus Tournament, Athletic Meet and Youth Festival in addition to participation in Zonal, State and National Level co-curricular activities. The students have also participated in NSS activities. The details are as follows:

Inter-Campus Sports and Games, Events

DETAILS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF INTER COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENTS

Sl.No.	Men or Women	2018-19
1		Chess (Men) tournament was held at COA, Hassan from 20^th to 21^st March 2019
		CoA, UG	CoA, PG	CoA, Mandya	CoS, Chintamani	CoA, Hassan
		I			III	II
2		Volleyball (Men and Women) tournament was held at COA, Hassan from 20^th to 21^st March 2019
	M	II	I	II
	W	I		III		II
3		Basketball (Men & Women) tournament was held at COA (UG), GKVK from 12^th – 14^th October 2018
3	M	I			III	II
	W	II			III	I
4		Football tournament (Men) was held at COA, Hassan from 30^th Aug. to 1^st September 2018
4		II	III	I
5		Ball Badminton (Men) tournament was held at COA (PGS), GKVK 21^st to 23^rd December 2018
5			I	III	II
6		Kabaddi (Men & Women) tournament was held at COS, Chintamani from 20^th to 22^nd October 2018
	M	II	I	II	II
	W	I			III	II
7		Cricket (Men) tournament was held at COA (PGS), GKVK from 21^st to 23^rd December 2018
7		I	III			II
8		Kho-Kho (Men & Women) tournament was held at COS, Chintamani from 10^th -12^th September 2018
	M	II			I	III
	W	II			I	III
9		Badminton (Men & Women) tournament was held at COA (PGS), GKVK from 3 – 5 November 2018
	M	I	III			II
	W	I	III			II
10		Tennis (Men & Women) tournament was held at COA (UG), GKVK from 12^th – 14^th October, 2018
10	M	II		III		I
	W	II	III			I
11		Athletics (Men and Women) tournament was held at COA, Hassan from 20^th – 21^st March 2019
11	M	I	III		II
	W	I	III		II

Overall achievements

Athletic Women Individual Champion: Ms. Ashwitha A.S. Gowda, College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK
Athletic Men Individual Champion – Mr. Pramod Hegde and Shivaraju P.B., College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK
Overall Athletic Team Winners Championship (Men & Women): College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK
Overall Athletic Team Runner up Championship (Men & Women): College of Sericulture, Chintamani
Over all sports and games Championship bagged by: College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK
Overall sports and games Runner up championship bagged by College of Sericulture, Chintamani

South Zone / All India Inter University Tournaments

Students of UAS-B participated in the following South Zone/All India Inter University Tournaments

South Zone Inter University Kho-Kho (Women) tournament was held at Dr. G. Shankar Govt. Women’s First Grade College & PGS Centre, Ajjarakadu Udupi, Udupi District from 15th to 18th October 2018.
South Zone Inter University Basketball (M) tournament was held at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur (T.N.) from 22nd to 26th October 2018
South Zone Inter University Kho-Kho (Men) tournament held at Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupathi (AP) from 24th to 28th October 2018.
South Zone Inter University Basketball (Women) tournament was held at SRM University, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur (T.N.) from 4th to 8th November 2018.
South Zone Inter University Volleyball (Men) tournament was held at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai (T.N.) from 9th to 14th November 2018.
South Zone Inter University Kabaddi (Women) Championship was held at Bengaluru North University at Government First Grade College, Devanahalli from 12th to 15th November.
South Zone Inter University Football (M) tournament was held at Pondicherry University, R.V. Nagar, Puducherry from 3rd to 11th December 2018.
South Zone Inter University Table Tennis (Men) tournament was held at GITAM University, Rushikinda, Visakhapatnam (A.P.) from 3rd to 5th December 2018
South Zone Inter University Kabaddi (Men) tournament was held at SRM Institute of Science &Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai (T.N.) from 19th to 23rd December 2018.
South Zone Inter University Cricket (Men) tournament was 2018-19 held at Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Navile, (JNNCE) Shivamogga, Karnataka from 14th to 24th January 2019
All India Inter University Roller Sports (Men) tournament-2018-19 was held at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohthak, Haryana, from 27th to 31st January 2019. Mr. Ankith.S. ALB 6011, College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK secured Bronze Medal in Roller Sports (Men) tournament.
All India Inter University Karate (Men) Championship-2018-19 was held at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohthak, Haryana from 20th to 24th February 2019. Mr. Rakshith Reddy. J., College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK secured Bronze Medal in Karate (Men) championship.

All India Inter Agricultural University Sports and Games Meet

The 19th All India Inter Agricultural University Sports & Games Meet was held at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab from 2nd to 5th January 2019. UAS-B Secured Overall 3rd position in the event and the details are given below:

Results or achievements

Ashwitha. A. S. Gowda was awarded as the “Best Athlete” of the Meet and she also secured Athletics Individual Championship Trophy in women section
UAS, Bengaluru women Athletics team have secured Athletic Championship Trophy in women section
UAS, Bengaluru women team have bagged Athletic and Games Championship Trophy in women section
UAS, Bengaluru women have secured Basketball Winners Trophy in women section
UAS, Bengaluru women have secured Kho-Kho Runners Trophy in women section
Overall, UAS-B has won 31 medals with 14 Gold medals, 16 silver medals and one Bronze medal.

Cultural Activities

Inter Collegiate Youth Festival

Inter Collegiate Youth Festival was held at College of Agriculture, Mandya from 27th to 28th December 2018. The details of winners are as follows

Sl No.	Participating Colleges	Results
1	College of Agriculture, Hassan	Winners
2	College of Sericulture, Chintamani	Runners
3	College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK	III Place

All India Inter Agricultural University Youth Festival

19th All India Inter Agricultural Universities Youth Festival 2018-19 was held at Sardar Krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardar krushinagar (Gujarat) from 3 – 7 February 2019. UAS-B Youth Festival Team secured Overall 5th Place in AGRI.UNIFEST 2018-19 and achievements

Sl. No	Events	Position	Achievement
1	Collage	I Place	Gold Medal
2	One Act Play	II Place	Silver Medal
3	Light Vocal	III Place	Bronze Medal
4	Cartooning	III Place	Bronze Medal
5	Rangoli	III Place	Bronze Medal

Inter Collegiate Debate Competition

Inter Collegiate Debate completion on Co-operation of UG & PG students was held at Dept. of Argil. Marketing and Business Management on 28.09.2018. Following are the details of the positions.

Sl. No	Events	Position
Sl. No	Events	UG	PGS
1	College of Agriculture, Mandya	I	–
2	College of Agriculture, Hassan	II	–
3	College of Sericulture, Chintamani	II	–
4	College of Agriculture (PGS), GKVK	–	I &II

Inter-Campus Sports and Games, Events-2019-20

DETAILS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF INTER COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENTS

Sl. No.	Men or Women	2019-20
		CoA, UG	CoA, PG	CoA, Mandya	CoS, Chintamani	CoA, Hassan
1		Volleyball (Men & Women) tournament held at College of Agriculture, Mandya from 20.08.2019 to 22.08.2019
	M	III	I		II
	W	II	III			I
2		Ball Badminton (Men) tournament held at College of Agriculture, Mandya from 20.08.2019 to 22.08.2019
2	M	III	II			I
3		Chess (Men & Women) tournaments held at College of Sericulture, Chintamani from 29.08.2019 to 31.08.2019
3	M	II			III	I
	W	II			III	I
4		Football (Men) tournaments held at College of Sericulture, Chintamani from 29.08.2019 to 31.08.2019
4		I	III	II
5		Kabaddi (Men & Women) tournaments held at College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK from 12.09.2019 to 14.09.2019
	M	III	I	II
	W	I		II		III
6		Badminton (Men & Women) tournaments held at College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK from 12.09.2019 to 14.09.2019
	M	I	III			II
	W	III	II			I
7		Cricket (Men) tournaments held at College of Agriculture (PGS), GKVK from 03.10.2019 to 05.10.2019
7		I	II	III
8		Table Tennis (Men & Women) tournaments held at College of Agriculture (PGS), GKVK from 03.10.2019 to 05.10.2019
	M	II		III		I
	W	I		III		II
9		Basketball (Men & Women) tournament held at College of Agriculture, Mandya from 15.10.2019 to 17.10.2019
	M	II	III			I
	W	I			III	II
10		Kho-Kho (Men & Women) tournaments held at College of Agriculture, Hassan from 31.10.2019 to 01.11.2019
10	M		II		III	I
	W	II		III		I
11		Athletics (Men and Women) tournaments held at College of Agriculture, Mandya from 10.02.2020 to 12.02.2020
11	M	II			I	III
	W	I			III	II

Over all achievements

Athletic Women Individual Champion: Miss. Ashwitha. A. S. Gowda, College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK.
Athletic Men Individual Champion– Mr. Pramod Hegde, College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK.
Overall Athletic Team Winners championship (Men & Women): College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK
Overall Athletic Team Runner up championship (Men & Women): College of Sericulture, Chintamani.
Over all sports and games championship bagged by: College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK.
Overall sports and games Runner up championship bagged by: College of Agriculture, Hassan.

South Zone / All India Inter University Tournaments

Students of UAS –B participated in the following South Zone/All India Inter University Tournaments

South Zone Inter University Kabaddi (Women) Championship was held at Vel-Tech Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai from 03rd to 06th October 2019.
South Zone Inter University Volleyball (Men) tournament held at Krishna University, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh from 26th to 30th November 2019.
South Zone Inter University Cricket (M) tournament held at University of Mysore, Mysore from 28th November to 11th December 2019.
South Zone Inter University Volleyball (W) tournament held at SRM University, Chennai from 06th to 10th December 2019.
South Zone Inter University Basketball (Men) tournament held at Hindustan Institute and Technology, Chennai from 07th to 11th December 2019.
South Zone Inter University Basketball (Women) tournament held at SRM University, Chennai from 15th to 19th December 2019.
South Zone Inter University Badminton (Men) tournament held at SRM University, Chennai from 16th to 20th December 2019.
South Zone Inter University Chess (Men) tournament held at Gandhi gram University, Tamil Nadu from 18th to 21st December 2019.
South Zone Inter University Kho-Kho (Men) tournament held at Kuvempu University, Shivamogga from 23rd to 26th December 2019.
South Zone Inter University Athletics (Men & Women) tournament held at Alvas, Moodibidri, Mangalore University from 02nd to 06th January 2020.
South Zone Inter University Karate (Men & Women) tournament held at Satyabhama University, Chennai from 08th to 13th January 2020.
South Zone Inter University Ball Badminton (Men) tournament held at Alvas Moodibidri, Mangalore University from 29th January to 02nd February 2020.
South Zone Inter University Roller Sports (Men & Women) tournament held at RIMT University, Punjab from 11th to 14th February 2020.

All India Inter-Agricultural University Sports and Games meet

The 20th All India Inter Agricultural University Sports & Games Meet was held at Sri Venkateshwara Veterinary University, Tirupati from 1st to 5th March, 2020 UAS-B Secured Championship for the year 2019-20 and the details are given below:

Sl.No	Sport		Athletics (Women)		Athletics (Men)
1	Basketball (Women)	Winners	100 Mt.	Gold Medal	800 meters	Gold Medal
2	Volleyball (Women)	Winners	200 Mt.	Gold Medal	1500 meters	Gold & Silver Medal
3	Kho-Kho (Women)	Runners	4X100 Mt. Relay	Gold Medal	–	–

Ms. Ashwitha.A. S. Gowda won Individual Athletic Women Championship
Mr. Pramod Hegde won Individual Athletic Men Championship.
Overall Women Games Championship
Overall Men & Women Athletic Championship
Overall Contingent Championships for the year 2019-20 by securing 59 points.

Cultural Activities

Inter Collegiate Youth Festival-2020

Inter Collegiate Youth Festival was held at College of Agriculture (PGS), GKVK, Bangalore from 13.01.2020 to 14.01.2020.

Sl.No.	College	Result
1	College of Agriculture (UG), GKVK	Winners
2	College of Sericulture, Chintamani	Runners
3	College of Agriculture (PGS), GKVK	III Place
4	College of Agriculture, Chamarajanagar	Fair Play Award

All India Inter Agricultural University Youth Festival

The 20th All India Inter Agricultural University Youth Festival was held at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur from 8th to 12th February, 2020. Following are the details of medals and position

Sl. No	Events	Position
1	Folk Dance	1^st Place
2	Mono acting	1^st Place
3	Skit	2^nd Place
4	One Act Play	3^rd Place

The team One Act Play bagged Eleven Gold, Six Silver and Nine Bronze medals in addition to overall winning trophies in Theatre and Dance events.

Inter Collegiate Debate Competition

Inter Collegiate UG & PG Debate Competition was held at Department of Argil. Marketing, College of Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru on 03^rd October 2019 Following are the details of the positions.

Sl. No.	Events	Position
Sl. No.	Events	UG	PGS
1	College of Agriculture, Hassan	I Place	–
2	College of Sericulture, Chintamani	II Place	–
3	College of Agriculture, Mandya	III Place	II Place
4	College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bangalore		I Place

20th AIIAU Sports and Games Meet 2019-20 Overall Champions

youth-festival-team-2019-2020-winning-trophies

20th All India Inter Agri. Universities Youth Festival team 2019-2020 overall winning trophies in Theatre and Dance events.

2020-21

Sports & Cultural activities were not conducted for the year 2020-21 due to COVID-19.

UNIVERSITY NSS ACTIVITIES
The University adopted the National Service Scheme. At the university level, it has NSS-Coordinator and Assistant Coordinators at University level including 4 NSS Programme Officers and 2 Programme Officers at each College level to organize the defined and identified mandated programmes, to nurture the patriotism and inculcate service moto among students.

Following are the important achievements / activities under NSS including all the constituent colleges of the University.

NSS -Activities during the year 2016-17

Training of Trainers (TOT) was organized on Social Harmony and Human Rights for NSS functionaries of Southern States of Karnataka from 17^th to 31^st July, 2016 at UAS, Bangalore in collaboration with Rajeev Gandhi National Institute of Youth Empowerment, Sriperumbudur and NSS Regional Directorate, Govt. of Karnataka.
Organized National Young Leader Award programme – 2016-17 and Interaction meeting of NSS volunteers with Vietnam Country youth volunteers and Cultural Youth Exchange Programme on 04.04.2017

NSS -Activities during year 2017-18

Organized National Integration Camp at College of Agriculture, Hassan Campus, UAS (B), Karnataka from 27.02.2017 to 05.03.2017. Totally 171 Volunteers and 15 NSS Programme Officers participated from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Organized National Young Leader Award Programme (NYLP) at Kuvempu Auditorium, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-65 on 04.04.2017. 900 NSS Volunteers. Staff & Programme Officers participated.
Organized Interaction of NSS Volunteers with Vietnam Youth Delegates and Cultural Youth Exchange Programme on at Kuvempu Auditorium, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-65 on 04.04.2017, about 900 NSS Volunteers, Staff & Programme Officers participated in the programme.
NSS Special Camp – 2017 organized from 05.05.2017 to 11.05.2017 at Nandi village, Chikkaballapura Taluk & District and Samandoor village of Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Rural District. DoE, Dean (Agri.), DE, ADE, State & National Level NSS Officers, NSS Prog. Coordinator and Programme Officers, Asst. Director of Animal Husbandry, Administrative Officer and other local leaders and trainers participated in the programme.
Personality Development Programme organized from 05.05.2017 to 11.05.2017 at Nandi village, Chikkaballapura Taluk and District, about 125 NSS Volunteers participated in the programme.
College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru in collaboration with State NSS Cell and UAS, Bengaluru has organized Swachhata Pakhwada Programme from 1^st to 15^th August 2017 as an educative and illustrative Programme for the mass so as to make them understand the importance of cleanliness. The inauguration and Oath Pledging Ceremony were organized on 01.08.2017 at 9.15 AM at the Entrance of Naik Bhavan, GKVK Campus. Dr. Gananatha Shetty, State NSS Officer, Dept. of Youth Empowerment and Sports GOK and Sri. A.N. Pujar, Regional Director, Regional Directorate of NSS, GoI witnessed the programme.
The third International Yoga Day was celebrated in a grand manner at Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad Convention Centre, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, on 21st June 2017. The yoga classes were run for a period of seven days from 15th June to 21st June every day from morning 6.30 to 8.00 am and also in the evening.
Training of Trainers (TOT) Programme on “Social Harmony, National Unity & Human Rights” was organized for the N.S.S functionaries of Southern States from 27th to 31st July 2016 at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India, Sriperumbadur-602 105.
Conducted Swattchta Abhiyana, Tree plantation and Health camp programmes, NSS volunteers are actively participated in this programme.
Organized Republic day pre-parade selection camp at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-65 in collaboration with NSS Cell, Dept. of Youth Empowerment and Sports, GOK to select the volunteers for Republic day parade on 3rd and 4th of October 2017 for female Volunteers and 6th to 7th of October 2017 for male volunteers.
The personality development programme was conducted by Smt. Jyothi Singh & Sri. Tirendra Kumar, The Prem Rawath Foundation, Bengaluru, India from 20^th Oct. To 25^th Nov. 2017 to all I & II-year B.Sc. (Agri.) B.Tech.(Ag. Eng.) and B.Sc. (Ag. Maco.) NSS Volunteers.
Organized Republic day parade training camp from 14th to 26th January 2018 at University of Agricultural Sciences campus, GKVK, Bengaluru-65 in collaboration with NSS Cell, Dept. of Youth Empowerment and Sports, GOK to select the volunteers for Republic day camp held in Manikshaw parade ground, Bengaluru.
Conducted University level NSS Advisory committee meeting to review the NSS activities and financial sanction for the academic year 2017-18 under the Chairmanship of Honourable Vice-Chancellor, UAS(B) on 19th January 2018 at Board Room, Naik Bhavan, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru.

NSS -Activities during year 2018-19

Organized Republic Day Pre-Parade Training Camp-2018 from 03^rd-09^th September 2018 in collaboration with State NSS Cell, Department of Youths Empowerment and Sports, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru. In total, 190 volunteers from Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Rajasthan and Karnataka participated in the vent.
Organized Republic day parade training camp from 14-26 January 2019 at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-65 in collaboration with Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, Government of Karnataka.
The NSS cell was accorded with ‘NSS Best University Award’. The Co-ordinator of NSS received the Best NSS Co-ordinator State Award from Hon’ble Minister of State for Youth Empowerment and Sports, Govt. of Karnataka on 18^th March 2018 for outstanding contribution in the field of National Service Scheme in the University.

In all the constituent colleges several programmes like Blood donation camps, Tree plantation, health check-up camps, AIDS awareness programme, Rain water harvesting demo, Cleaning and levelling of school grounds, Parthenium eradication programme, Plastic free zone, Establishment of park and Construction & cleaning of drainages were organized.
Implemented ‘Swachhata Abhiyana Mission’ wherein awareness about cleanliness and hygiene in the campus premises and also at adopted villages was carried out.
Organized National/International important days viz., World food day, Environmental Day, Women’s Day, Youth Day, World Tobacco Day and others in collaboration with concerned Departments/ Organizations
Celebrated National Festivals viz., Independence Day, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanthi, World Tobacco Day, World Food Day, NSS day, Kannada Rajyostava.

NSS -Activities during year 2019-20

Mr. Praveen Kumar Gowda & Ms. Aishwarya, D. B., College of Sericulture, Chintamani participated in State RD Parade held at B.M.S. Engineering College, Bengaluru from 14-01-2020 and 27-01-2020.
Ms. Hamashree, College of Agricultural Engg., GKVK, Ms. Bharathi Dayanand Naik, College of Sericulture, Chintamani, Mr. Sumanth, College of Agriculture, Mandya, Mr. Tejas Prabhakar, College of Agriculture, Hassan participated in Third National Integration (NIC) Camp (Ek Bharath Shretha Bharath) held at Bangalore University, NSS Bhavan, Jnanabharathi Campus Bengaluru from 24.01.2020 to 30.01.2020. Ms. Hamashree won I prize in Skit & II prize in Singing and Mr. Tejas Prabhakar won I prize in Skit & II prize in Singing & Dance.
Ms. Rakshitha Ram, M.R., College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru represented University in NSS South Zone Republic Day Parade held at New Delhi on 26^th January, 2020.
Mr. Vishwanath Dooganavar & Mr. Adarsh Padmaram. P, College of Agriculture, GKVK, Mr. Abhshek Hirewodyer, & Mr. Karthik. N, College of Agriculture, Mandya, Ms. Shailaja Godara, & Ms. Naba Fathima, College of Agriculture Hassan, participated in 10^th Bhartiya Chhatra Sansad (Indian Student Parliament) held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi from 20.02.2020 to 23.02.2020.
In total 13 NSS teachers from the University, GKVK (7), Hassan (3), Mandya (1) and Chintamani (2) were deputed to undergo training on “Life Skills” programme at NIMHANS, Bengaluru.
Mr. Gururaj Dasannavar, Mr. Vishwanath. U. Renake, Mr. Santosh, Ms. Shrirashmi, Ms. Yamuna. D.U, & Ms. Pournami Nadka, College of Agriculture, GKVK and Mr. Yashwanth Gowda. M. V & Ms. Nethravathi.B.N, College of Agriculture, Chamarajanagara participated in the National Integration Camp at Hazaribagh, Jharkhand on 28-02-2020 and 05-03-2020.
NSS Volunteers actively involved and participated in organizing at Blood donation camps, Tree Plantation, National Integration camps, Swachh Bharat, Cultural activities.
One-day workshop on ‘Tobacco Control’ was organized at College of Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru in coordination with Sambandh Health Foundation, New Delhi on 5.3.2020 in order to create awareness about harmful effects of tobacco.

NSS -Activities during year 2020-21
“FIT INDIA FREEDOM RUN-2020” Programme was organized by NSS Unit, College of Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru on 03.09.2020 to encourage fitness and help people to get freedom from obesity, laziness, stress, anxiety, diseases etc. The concept behind this run was that “It can be run anywhere, anytime.” You can. The programme was inaugurated by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of UAS, Bangalore Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad. In his introductory remarks he stressed on the importance of keeping our body fit and also stressed the need of physical exercise like walking, running to infuse positivism in our mind. He also gave a call to participants not to run today, besides make it routine in our part of life.

Result of “Fit India Freedom Run” programme

Winners of the event	Men	Women
Mr.Subramanya.S.Shetty	I^stPrize	Mrs. Suprabha Bhat	I^st Prize
Mr.Shambu.Gowda.R	II^nd Prize	Miss. Shritam Kondu	II^nd Prize

Vigilance Programme on Anti-Corruption week on 28^th October 2020 under “Satark Bharat, Samriddh Bharat” organized by NSS Unit of College of Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore

Activities in collaboration with Red Cross Society 2018-19

A world environmental day programme was jointly organized by Youth Red Cross Society, CoA, Mandya and National Service Scheme, CoA, Mandya on 5th June 2018 and 6th June 2018.
On 5th June 2018 mass tree planting programme was organized at the college campus. The programme was presided by Dean (Agri.). The teaching and non-teaching staffs are requested to adapt the plants which were planted on world environmental day. Students requested the officers to provide a land for planting the saplings. This land will be called as Birthday Green zone where students can plant the saplings to celebrate their birthdays.

“Plastic ban programme Campaign” launched on 6^th June 2018 jointly by Youth Red Cross Society and NSS Scheme, CoA, Mandya.

- Fund raising campaign organized by Youth Red Cross Society, CoA, Mandya for flood affected Kodagu district under the title “Namma Kodagu Namma Usiru” in collaboration with NSS Volunteers
- Blood donation camp was organized by Youth Red Cross Society, CoA, Mandya in collaboration with Indian Red Cross Society, Mandya Taluk on 27.09.2018. About 150 blood donors came voluntarily to donate blood. Total of 126 blood units were collected.
- “International Volunteers Day-2018” was organized by Youth Red Cross Unit (PG) from 5^th December 2018 by the Directorate of Post Graduate Studies, North Block, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru in the event of celebration of International Volunteers Day, which was inaugurated by Honourable Vice Chancellor, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru. A special lecture by Dr. Hosakere Suresh on “Volunteers build resilient Communities” was organized by Youth Red Cross unit (PG) in the programme during the occasion
- Blood donation and Eye testing camp was organized by Youth Red Cross Society, CoA, Mandya in collaboration with Grace Blood Bank, A Nagashankara Charitable Trust, Bengaluru on 06.02.2019, about 120 blood donors donated 91 blood units voluntarily. Besides students, teaching and non-teaching faculty utilized the eye testing camp conducted on the same day.

Activities in collaboration with Red Cross Society 2019-20
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore in association with Indian Red Cross Society organised a “Volunteer Blood Donation Camp” on 29^th November 2019 at GKVK, Bengaluru. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the camp and created awareness on the benefits of blood donation to one’s health and society. Dr. Nagashekar, Director, Blood Bank, Dr. M. Byregowda, Dean Student Welfare, Dr. A.G. Shankar, Dean Post Graduate Studies, Dr. KM. Harinikumar, Youth Red Cross Nodal Officer were present during the occasion. More than 250 students participated and around 150 students donated the blood.

Activities in collaboration with Red Cross Society 2020-21

Youth Red Cross Unit, UAS, GKVK in association with Pushpaganga Academy, Bengaluru organized two days personality development programme on “Getting Ready for Future” at Conference Hall, Department of Biotechnology, UAS, GKVK between 9th -10th February 2021. Around seventy-four students from different departments participated in the programme. The programme was inaugurated by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad followed by Dr. Narendrappa, Dean of Student Welfare, Dr. N. Srinivasa, Dean (PGS), Dr. K.M. Harinikumar, Nodal Officer, Youth Red Cross, UAS, GKVK and Shri. C.S. Dilip, Youth Red Cross Coordinator and Media In-charge, IRCS, Karnataka State. The training programme was concluded by Dr. D.L. Savithramma, Dean(Agri.).

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE ACTIVITIES:

International Centre established on 1st July, 2019 in the Directorate of Student Welfare, GKVK, Bengaluru to facilitate the students and faculty to exchange different International Organizations. Dual degree programme has been initiated with Western Sydney University supporting 2 students for Doctoral Research. As a part of Centre for Advanced Agriculture Science and Technology (CAAST) project 13 PG students are been facilitated for International Exposure Training. The student exchange programme is also being implemented between the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru & Gottingen, Germany.

NATIONAL LEVEL FESTIVALS

Republic and Independence Day Celebration

Every year 26^th of January Republic Day and 15^th of August, Independence Day is celebrated in the University Campus, GKVK Bangalore and other sub campuses. In the headquarter Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor used to garland the statues of renowned and late personalities and scientists such as Mahatma Gandhiji, Dr. Kuvempu, Dr. Puttarudraiah, Ragi Lakshmanaiah and Dr. K.C. Naik before hoisting the National flag, along with different cultural programmes (UG and PG). Hon’ble Board Members, Key officers, Faculty, Non-Teaching Staff and Students use to participate in the function. Similar programme was also celebrated in the sub-campuses by the respective Deans, Faculty and students

International Yoga Day

Every year 21^st of June, International Yoga Day is organized at Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad International Convention Centre GKVK, Bangalore, in the chairmanship of Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor. Well-known yoga specialists are invited for the programme. Key officers, Teachers, Non-Teaching staff and students used to attend the function.