End of Year Message and Farewell Note by Dean, Assoc. Prof. Puchooa

Dear Students and Staff of the FoA
I have much pleasure in sending you all an end of year message and a farewell note that follows below,before I end my term as Dean. I really appreciated your support and guidance.Thank You.

Dear Colleagues,
I have nearly come to the close of my tenure as Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture. As I head into the last week of my Deanship, I came to realise how fast the last 3 1/2 years have passed by. Indeed, these years will remain one of best moments in my career highlights. I must say that serving as Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture has been the most satisfying and enlightened months (42) I have spent. I have enjoyed it so well than I can’t easily convey my deepest feelings through words.

Management Team at the Faculty

As per University regulations, Deans and HoDs are rotated on a 3 and 2 year basis respectively. In this context, the next Dean of the Faculty will be Assoc Prof M.F.Driver as from January 2011, Mr K. Boodhoo will be responsible for the Agricultural Production and Systems department as from December 2010 and Dr. M. Sanmukiya will head the Agricultural and Food Science Department until her term ends next year.

We congratulate the outgoing team for their dedicated effort to manage the Faculty efficiently and we wish the new team success in their roles.

At one of the latest events organised by the Faculty, under the guidance of Mrs Esha Aumjaud, academic staff, a group of final year students in Food Science and Technology gave a moving tribute to the outgoing Dean, Assoc Prof Puchooa.  The speech is, in fact, an echo of what the staff at the FoA and people outside felt during his Deanship. It is therefore fitting that we reproduced hereunder an abridged version of the speech. The full speech was written and delivered by Ms. Arthi Deenoo BSc (Hons) Food Science and Technology Year 3.