The Department of Agronomy, Agricultural college, GKVK is offering under-graduate courses leading to B.Sc(Agri)
B.Sc (Ag Maco) and B.Tech(Agri & Engg) and PG courses leading to M.Sc (Agri) and Ph.D degree programmes.
To cater the needs of B.Sc (Agri) students, 10 courses with 21 credit hours have been designed dealing with all
the aspects of Agronomy recent fields of organic farming and integrated farming systems. For M. Sc. programme,
12 courses with 24 credits and for Ph. D. program 8 courses with 16 credits have been designed. Besides the
PG students have to register for additional research (50 and 70 credits) and qualifying (2 and 5 credits), respectively.
The department has experienced teachers with requisite skills to offer the courses and guide the PG students in
their interested specialized fields of research. The department possesses
well developed field unit and equipped laboratory for hands on training to expose students to various aspects of Agronomy.
Infrastructure Available :
Adequate field facilities have been created for practical crop production and for conducting field experiments in about 17 ha at GKVK. Out of which, about 5 ha and land has irrigation facilities.
Well-equipped laboratory is available to take up chemical analysis of plants /soil.
Soil and water conservation structures have been created for handling practical classes both at UG & PG level.
Irrigation structures have been designed for practical training to students.
Metrological prototype models for handling practical classes.
All traditional and improved implements are available for practical training of students.
Sophisticated Gadgets like Leaf area meter, Auto-N analyzer and BOD incubator are available for PG research.
Computer internet facility has been created for staff and PG students.
Well furnished two PG seminar halls with necessary A.V aids (LCD) for conducting PG classes and seminars.
