Please click here to browse more photos. A UGC Sponsored Seminar on Vermicomposting and Organic Manuring was held under the auspicious of Department of Post Graduate Studies in Chemistry on 05.02.2018 in the Audio Visual Hall of Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal. Dr. Harish Joshi, Rtd. Professor and HOD of Zoology was the chief resource person. With many real-life examples and cases, he dwelt in detail the history of vermicomposting, how we can preserve mother earth, the raising, and production of earthworms and harvesting worm castings, using worms to decompose organic food waste, turning the waste into a nutrient-rich material capable of supplying necessary nutrients to help sustain plant growth. He amused the students with is a beautiful poem on earthworms and enlightened about different vermicomposting techniques and organic manuring. He explained in detail how vermicompost or worm fertilizer is strictly organic, how it enriches the soil, creates an ecologically saf...