Alcorn State University delegation in City

Hyderabad|India|June'2010: A delegation from Alcorn State University called on the Chief Minister Dr K Rosaiah at Secretariat. The delegation consisted of Professors Dr. Dovi Alipoe, Dr Alton Johnson, Dr. McAFee Dalton, Dr. Samuel White and Dr Ashwini Kumar. They hailed the rapid strides made by Andhra Pradesh in the field of higher education. They had a special word of praise for the achievements made by Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, particularly the information dissemination by the agricultural scientists there.

The Alcorn University was founded in 1871 for the higher education of African Americans specialises in Agriculture, Research, Extension and Applied Sciences is in Claiborne County, Mississippi, U.S.A. The delegation told the Chief Minister that their University specialises in bridging the gap between the farmer and the consumer and in getting maximum remunerative prices for the farmers without the exploitation of the middlemen. Indian Universities could benefit from their experiences.

The Alcorn University also could be benefitted from top Indian Universities particularly from Andhra Pradesh like ANGRAU, Osmania etc. The Chief Minister said that Hyderabad is the hub of Higher Education and the city has the largest number of institutions of excellence and higher learning like ISB, IIT, IIIT, NALSAR and a number of research institutions. Dr C. Ravindra Reddy was also present at the meeting.

-June'' 2010