Under inspiring leadership of Dr. Indra Mani, Hon VC, VNMKV celebrated International Yoga Day with great enthusiasm. “Healthy Ageing begins with a healthy mind & body - Yoga is the pathway.” Faculty, students, & officers joined together to practice yoga.
PG students Subhash Kumar & Vaishnavi from VNMKV, Parbhani brought laurels to the university by securing runner uprecognition at Pune Hackathon 2026. Hon. CM Shri Devendra Fadnavis & Hon. Agri. Minister Shri Dattatray Bharane, distributed awards to the winners & runners-up.
The Oilseeds Research Station (ORS), Latur under Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), Parbhani has been honoured with the “Best Performing Voluntary AICRP-G Centre” award for the year 2025–26.
VNMKV, Parbhani, signed an MoU with PoCRA project to promote climate-resilient agriculture the state. MoU was signed by Hon. VC Dr. Indra Mani, & Project Director (PoCRA) Mrs. Meenal Karanwal (IAS). DI https://t.co/XHhxrsdY0O Asewar, Mr. Kolekar, Dr. H Kausadikar were present.
The AICRP on Mechanization of Animal Husbandry (MAH) centre of VNMKV has been honoured with the Best Centre Award for Outstanding Research Contribution for the year 2024–25. Award was conferred during the Annual Workshop of the AICRP on MAH held at GBPUAT, Pantnagar on 7-8 March
On the occasion of the birthday of Hon. Union Minister for Agri. & Farmers Welfare (GoI), Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Ji, the VNMKV, Parbhani (Maharashtra) organized a tree plantation programme titled “Shiv Vriksha Mitra” as part of “Prem Seva Sankalp Diwas” .
Hon VC Dr. Indra Mani sir delivered a distinguished lecture as Chief Guest at International Conference on “Leveraging IT for Sustainability in Agri. & Healthcare – AI for Bharat@100” organized by Thakur Institute of Management Studies, Career Dev. & Research, Mumbai held on 7 Feb
Hon VC Dr. Indra Mani delivered a keynote address at the International Conference 2026 on “Agril. Engineering & Climate-Smart Agriculture” held on 5–6 Feb 2026 at Kathmandu, Nepal organized by the Nepalese Society of Agril. Engineers (NSAE) in collaboration with iDE.
The AICRP on Dryland of VNMKV has been conferred with the national award “Best Performing Centre”, recognizing its outstanding contributions to dryland agri. research.
The award was presented during Biennial Workshop, held on 19 January at Guwahati by Dr. M. L. Jat, DG, ICAR
The varieties PBNS-221 (Parbhani Sujalam) and PBNS-222 (Parbhani Suphalam) developed AICRP on Safflower, VNMKV have been notified by the Central Variety Release Committee (CVRC), Govt of India, through the Gazette of India dated 31 Dec 2025 for cultivation across the country.