The Vice Chancellor of TNAU, Dr. V. Geethalakshmi, honoured the holders of the patent titled Narrow row spaced weeding and earthing up equipment by presenting the patent certificates in the presence of the Dean, SPGS and the Dean, AEC&RI, Coimbatore on January 30, 2024. The power-operated weeding cum earthing-up equipment is a unique design mechanism to remove weeds in narrow row-spaced crops with spading action and also soil earthing-up operation with a miniature plough