SRINAGAR: Students of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) have won the prestigious One Health Day 2025 Student Competition Award at the World One Health Congress 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal.
The award was presented during the closing ceremony of the international congress, which brought together researchers, academicians, policymakers, students and professionals from across the world to advance the One Health approach linking human, animal and environmental health.
Representing SKUAST-K, MVSc scholars Dr Ayeman Qamri and Dr Shivam Srivastava received the award online on behalf of the university’s One Health student team, SKUAOHUN. Video messages from the student representatives were also showcased during the award ceremony.
The recognition follows SKUAOHUN’s victory in the One Health Day 2025 International Student Competition, where the team secured the top honour for its month-long hybrid initiative, ‘One Health Program-2025’.
The SKUAST-K team competed against student teams from 94 countries across all continents and was recognised for taking the One Health message beyond classrooms through community engagement, awareness campaigns, education and interdisciplinary activities.
As part of the recognition, the team received an International Certificate of Excellence along with a cash award of USD 1,000.
The achievement comes as SKUAST-K steps up efforts to institutionalise the One Health approach in Jammu and Kashmir. The university launched a structured One Health roadmap in 2023 and has been working towards establishing a dedicated School of One Health while developing collaborations with medical and veterinary institutions.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Nazir Ahmad Ganai congratulated Dr Qamri, Dr Srivastava and the SKUAOHUN team, besides the scientists and Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Shuhama, on the achievement.
Ganai said the recognition reflected the growing global impact of SKUAST-K’s transdisciplinary approach and its efforts to address emerging scientific and societal challenges through One Health.
He described the achievement as a significant milestone in the university’s transition from national to global engagement and reiterated SKUAST-K’s aspiration to emerge as India’s first global agricultural university by 2030.
