A group of 4 senior scientists from ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad visited to the School of Agriculture, GIET University, Gunupur on 08 August 2026. The programme was facilitated by Dr. Srinivasa Babu, Head, AICRP-Sorghum, ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad to explore the opportunities to partner on transformative crop trial initiatives designed to benefit local tribal farmers. He was accompanied by Dr. N Anuradha (Plant Breeder), Dr. Y Sandhya Rani (Soil Scientist) and Dr. T. Samuel SK Patro, Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology), AICRP on Small Millets, ARS, Vijayanagram.