About

P.G.Department of Agriculture

"TO MAKE INNOVATION A HABIT "- Our Motto

Our department works on this motto and we inspire our students to bring their innovative thoughts about agriculture in realistic way. This approach makes our department different from those in other colleges in the area. We connect out students to land and lab. There are teachers for each specialization thus providing students the needful guidance for pursuing their careers in agriculture.

The department was established in year 2012. Well-equipped experiential learning units of the college help produce job providing, rather than job seeking, graduates. The college has thus far contributed around 5500 well-trained graduates to the human resource pool of agriculture and allied sectors. Many alumni of the college have risen to exalted positions and gained recognition both at national and international levels.

The department strives to achieve its mission through its team of 26 highly competent and well-qualified faculty members for teaching all agricultural subjects Agronomy, Entomology, Extension Education, Floriculture & Landscaping, Forestry, Fruit Science, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Vegetable Science, and Agricultural Meteorology. Subjects of Agricultural engineering and Animal Husbandry are taught in practical manner under guidance of their respective instructors.  

Facilities available in the department        

The Department is fully equipped with 20 acre agriculture farm and various agricultural field equipments such as Mahindra Tractor, Disc harrow, cultivator, leveller etc. and various instruments related to Agro-climatology filed observatory, well equipped Biochemistry, Soil Science and Microbiology laboratories, a Botanical Garden, Rose Garden, Floriculture Garden, Vegetable Garden and a Herbal Garden.

Exposure provided to the students through visits and tours

Department is focusing on imparting practical experience to students through Practical demonstration in College Laboratories as well as through various Academic field visits to various places having concern with the different fields of Agriculture such as International Flora –Expo Exhibitions, National Livestock Championships, Kisan Melas, Doppler Weather Radar, Botanical/Floriculture Polyhouses, Veterinary Polyclinics, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK), Botanical Field Collection visits and Industry visits  to various Agro Based Industries and Farm Power machinery companies to make them aware regarding latest technologies followed and implemented at professional level. Students admitted in MSc Agriculture (Agronomy) course get every possible resource and guidance for learning the basics of conducting research and understanding about farming.