In loving memory of Dr. Priya Ranjan: A mentor who treated me like family

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today held a meeting of Agriculture Production Department (APD) to review progress achieved on different initiatives being taken for advancing farmers welfare and growth of agriculture sector in J&K. Present in the meeting were Principal Secretary, APD, MD, HADP, Deputy Commissioners, HoDs, Convenor, UTLBC and other concerned officers of the department.

Dulloo, while assessing progress on establishment of Kisan Khidmat Ghars (KKGs) across different districts of the UT, emphasised upon the concerned to keep increasing services being extended through these KKGs. He observed that such steps would accentuate the impact of these centres besides bringing efficiency in their functioning and utility for the farmers. He enjoined upon the Department to establish rest of the KKGs by January this year and make a dashboard to monitor the transactions regarding necessary advisories, sale of seeds and fertilisers by each of them.

The Chief Secretary also enquire from the respective DCs about the functioning of KKGs in their districts. He called upon them to make these centres active by establishing kiosks for each of them in the villages of their operation. He also took note of the hardware received by each DC and its distribution among the Kisan Udhyamis (KUs) of their districts. He stressed on exploring ways and means to make all those KKGs functional for which KUs had not been made available till date.

Principal Secretary, APD, Shailendra Kumar, emphasised upon the field functionaries to ensure that all the 2000 KKGs are made functional before February this year. He directed for taking the registration numbers to at least 500 per KKG. He also enjoined upon them to convert the ongoing events of Kisan Sampark Abhiyan 3.0 and Block Diwas as the major camps for registration of farmers besides creating awareness among them.

It was further given out that under phase first a total of 501 KKGs had been established across different districts of the UT and 1499 are going to be made functional in phase 2. It was added that for each of the KKGs a science graduate is selected by the district administration as Kisan Udhyamis for running these centres here.

Later, the Chief Secretary reviewed the progress made by the Department in seeding of Aadhar and land details on PM KISAN portal. He directed the DCs to make all efforts to remove the pendencies with regard to completion of NPCI, e-KYC and land seeding pendencies.

He also enjoined upon the Revenue Department to synchronize their RoR data with that of the PM-KISAN details for generation of Agristack Ids in favour of all the farmers as per the GoI guidelines.

It was revealed that the IT has around 9.39 lakh active beneficiaries under PM-KISAN and these are also being given other benefits like KCC and services under Kisan Sathi portal developed in J&K.

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A Profound Loss: JK Monitor Mourns the Passing of Founding Chairman Dr. Priya Ranjan

We at JK Monitor are profoundly saddened by the sudden demise of our Founding Chairman, Dr. Priya Ranjan.IN LOVING MEMORY Dr Priya Ranjan

A brilliant mind who studied at Netarhat Residential School and graduated in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur before earning his PhD from the University of Maryland, Dr. Ranjan chose to return to India and dedicate his life to teaching, research and social good.

His pioneering work in networked systems, AI, robotics and biomedical applications—especially computer-vision tools for early detection of cancer and heart disease—reflected his deep belief that advanced technology must serve humanity.

For more than 15 years at JK Monitor, he remained a loyal friend, mentor and collaborator, marked by rare humility, intellectual integrity and quiet generosity. His passing leaves a void that cannot be filled. Priya, you will be deeply missed. Your life continues to remind us that knowledge finds its highest purpose in the service of others.

— Team JK Monitor

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