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Bachelor of Science in Agriculture or B.Sc. In 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 of trained professionals in agriculture is very high. B.Sc. Agriculture involves study of agriculture sciences and 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 objective of the course is to use these concepts to train students to improve agricultural productivity. B.Sc. Agriculture graduates can find jobs in both public and private sectors. Agriculture officer, Assistant Plantation Manager, Agricultural Research Scientist, Agriculture Development Officers, Agriculture Technician, Agriculturists, Business Development Executive, Marketing Executive etc. Are some of the job profiles associated with the course. There are large numbers of private colleges and general universities too which admit 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.