TAKE YOUR COW SCIENCE EXAM

The University Grants Commission has asked vice chancellors of varsities across the countr y to "encourage" students to take an online voluntar y national-level exam to test their knowledge on 'gau vigyan' (cow science). The 'Kamdhenu Gau Vigyan Prachar-Prasar Examination', for which there is no registration fee, will be held on Februar y 25, and students from primar y, secondary and senior-secondary schools as well as colleges can take the test being conducted by the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog.

Besides them, anyone from the general public

can also take the hour-long multiple choice question-based exam that will be held in 11 regional languages and English.

The commission was constituted by the government for conservation, preservation, protection and development of cows.

The exam on February 25 aims to "infuse curiosity in all Indians about cows and make them aware of the unexplored potential and business opportunities a cow can offer, even af ter it stops giving milk", the RK A had said in its notification for the exam on Januar y 5. The exam will be conducted in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Odia.