Agricultural Engineering

LPU School of Agriculture is among Punjab and India's Best Agriculture colleges. It lays thrust on carrying out research in agricultural and allied fields. The university has well-equipped laboratories, library, lecture rooms and excellent farm facility to conduct agricultural experiments. Also, some of the programmes under the Agricultural domain are ICAR accredited which makes your degree more valuable if done from LPU. LPU PROVIDES ULTIMATE LEARNING EXPERIENCE WITH COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION BY PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WITH PRACTICAL EXPOSURE. So, without any doubt join LPU and persure your high dream and secure your future with good placements as it provides ample opportunities to its students for placements, internships and give industrial exposure as well to its students in terms of guest lectures, workshops, industrial visits. Last year, their agriculture student from LPU bagged a Package of 1 CRORE. Admission in any programme depends on qualifying the Eligibility criteria for that programme. Eligibility for B.Sc. In Agriculture is to get Pass with 60% aggregate marks in 10+2 or Intermediate (with English, Physics, Chemistry and Maths or Biology or Forestry) or 10+2 or Intermediate (Agriculture) or 2 years Diploma in Agriculture after 10th or equivalent. There are ample of opportunities in this field both in Government and in Private sector. Getting a good job depends on various factors like from where you have done your Graduation, your skills, your knowledge about the field, the Industrial experience and exposure if you have any. A graduate/ post-graduate in this field can get appointed as an Agricultural Research Scientist, Agriculture Officer, Production Manager, Farm Manager, etc. Interested students can also opt for jobs in the field of teaching, banking, and insurance. Competitive exams such as UPSC FCI, and other government jobs abound after B.Sc. In Agriculture. Public and private companies also offer jobs, many who come for campus placements too. Options go on to journalism in the agricultural sector, state government jobs, insurance sector jobs, research, and teaching.

India being agrarian country, the demand for Agri-professionals is not going down anytime soon. Lots of Government as well as Private job opportunities are present for fresh graduates. Talking about Government jobs, State Agriculture Departments recruit agriculture graduates to fill up Officer level posts. Government Banks also recruit them to fill up Officer level posts (generally dealing with Loans). Some government sector organisations which have job opportunities are:
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
North Eastern Region Agricultural Marketing Corporation
Agricultural finance corporations
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
National Seeds Corporation Limited
State Farms Corporation of India
Food Corporation of India
National Dairy Development Board
NABARD and other banks
Talking about Private Sector jobs which are much more and have more scope due to larger industry, there are jobs like
Managers at Plantations
Biochemist
Environmental Engineer
Bioinformatics Scientist
Agronomy Sales Manager
Agricultural Engineer
Food Scientist
Animal Geneticist
Agricultural Operations Manage
Officers at Fertilizer Manufacturing firms
Managers at Agriculture Machinery Industries
Agricultural Products Marketing firms
Food processing units etc. Agro industries
Agriculture Marketing
Financial sector with focus on agriculture
Micro-finance institutions
Fertilizer companies
Agri-biotech organizations
Agricultural business managers
Agricultural equipment salespeople
Agriculture inspectors
Animal control officers
Agricultural managers
Now that we know there is immense scope in the sector in terms of jobs, it is imperative that the qualification must be done from top institutions which actually have the syllabi and required accreditation from ICAR. Some top colleges offering Agriculture courses are :
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Lovely Professional University, Punjab
GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Punjab Agriculture University
Do check the eligibility and selection/admission criteria of all these and pursue as per your best fit. Hope this helps.