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Ludhiana, September 16Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has inked a pact with Sond Innovators Inc, Janta Nagar, near Public Health Centre, Ludhiana, for licensing of rooftop vegetable nutrition garden model using soil-less media technology. Navtej Singh Bains, director of research, PAU, and Jasvir Singh from Sond Innovators Inc, signed the memorandum of agreement (MoA) on behalf of their organisations. Ashok Kumar, dean, College of Engineering and Technology, and AS Dhatt, head, Department of Vegetable Science, College of Engineering and Technology, congratulated the proprietors for sharing technologies developed by PAU. KG Singh, senior research engineer, department of soil and water engineering, PAU, said the university had become a pioneer in the development of rooftop/terrace vegetable nutrition garden model for urban and peri-urban population using soil-less media. The technology was developed under the All-India Coordinated Research Project on plasticulture engineering and technology, operating in the department of soil and water engineering, PAU..