B.Sc Agriculture

B.Sc Agriculture course is a great alternate to the BE /B.Tech Agriculture Engineering programme who have an interest in the sector of agriculture, may pursue this course. This field will never run out of job opportunities. To be honest, qualified professionals are always valued, when it comes to agriculture sector. It is a 4 years long Undergraduate Bachelor Degree programme. B.Sc Agriculture programme consists of topics such as- agriculture Science, use of modern scientific equipment and techniques in agriculture, land surveying, soil Science, water resource management, animal and poultry management, basics of biotechnology, etc. The main aim of this programme is to improve agriculture productivity, manage products and pave way for future developments through research activities. Career Prospects:
Lots of Government as well as Private job opportunities are present in front of Graduates. Talking about Government jobs, State Agriculture Departments recruits Graduates to fill up Officer level posts. Government Banks also recruits Graduates to fill up Officer level posts (generally dealing with Loans) and private Sector jobs, graduates may find jobs as Managers at Plantations, as Officers at Fertilizer Manufacturing firms, Agriculture Machinery Industries, Agricultural Products Marketing firms, Food processing units etc. Research Officer
Quality Assurance Officer
Agriculture Officer
Agriculture Loan Officer (in Banks)
Production Manager
Operations Manager
Farm Manager
List of few colleges:
Achardya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andra Pradesh
Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College, Tamil Nadu
Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
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Hi buddy,
B.Sc. Agriculture is a 4-year undergraduate degree awarded by Indian Universities for 10+2 students preferably with Science stream. Like, BE/B.Tech or MBBS B.Sc. In Agriculture is considered as a professional degree by Government of India. The course is not so popular among students but the demand for trained professionals in agriculture is very high. Admission to the course is mostly entrance exam based. KEAM EAMCET are a few entrance exams conducted for admission to the course. There are 42 State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), 1 Central Agricultural University (CAU), 5 Deemed Universities (DUs) and 4 general Central Universities with Agriculture faculty in India. These institutions provide admission at UG level in 11 disciplines and about 15,000 students get enrolled every year. There are large numbers of private colleges and general universities too which admit a large number of students in B.Sc. Agriculture course few of which are:
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
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