For the first time in 60 years, the International Association ofAgricultural Museums(AIMA), France, will organise its conference in South Asia and has chosen the Museum of Social HISTORY of Rural Punjab ofPunjab Agricultural Universityas its venue. More than 100 international delegates will attend the event scheduled for October.AIMAcame into existence in Prague, Czech Republic (thenCzechoslovakia) in 1966. The event is organised every two years in different countries.
Upbeat over the development, PAU vice-chancellor Dr Satbir Singh Gosal credited the Punjab governments tourism website for giving aptspaceto the PAUs museum.
The event ‘First Congress of International Agricultural Museums (CIMA) will see participation of over 100 delegates from over 50 countries along with 200 students, researchers and experts from India. The officials said the conference will be inaugurated on World Food Day, October 16 by World Food Prize Winner Dr Gurdev Singh Khush.