B.Sc Agriculture

USPs of the Program

Course Structure

SEMESTER I		SEMESTER II
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Fundamentals of Horticulture	2	Fundamentals of Genetics	3
Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	3	Agricultural Microbiology	2
Fundamentals of Soil Science	3	Soil and Water Conservation Engineering	2
Introduction to Forestry	2	Fundamentals of Crop Physiology	2
Comprehension & Communication Skills in English	2	Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics	2
Fundamentals of Agronomy	4	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	4
Introductory Biology*/Elementary Mathematics*	2/2	Fundamentals of Entomology	4
Agricultural Heritage*	1	Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education	3
Rural Sociology & Educational Psychology	2	Communication Skills and Personality Development	2
Human Values & Ethics	1	NSS/NCC/Physical Education & Yoga Practices**	2
NSS/NCC/Physical Education & Yoga Practices**	2
TOTAL	24	TOTAL	26
SEMESTER III		SEMESTER IV
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Crop Production Technology – I (Kharif Crops)	2	Crop Production Technology –II (Rabi Crops)	2
Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	3	Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping	2
Agricultural Finance and Cooperation	3	Renewable Energy and Green Technology	2
Agri- Informatics	2	Problematic Soils and their Management	2
Farm Machinery and Power	2	Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops	2
Production Technology for Vegetables and Spices	2	Principles of Seed Technology	3
Environmental Studies and Disaster Management	3	Farming System & Sustainable Agriculture	1
Statistical Methods	2	Agricultural Marketing Trade & Prices	3
Livestock and Poultry Management	4	Introductory Agro-meteorology & Climate Change3	2
		Elective Course
TOTAL	23	TOTAL	22
SEMESTER V		SEMESTER VI
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Principles of Integrated Pest and Disease Management	3	Rainfed Agriculture & Watershed Management	2
Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management	3	Protected Cultivation and Secondary Agriculture	2
Pests of Crops and Stored Grain and their Management	3	Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management-II	3
Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management -I	3	Post-harvest Management and Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables	2
Crop Improvement-I (Kharif Crops)	2	Management of Beneficial Insects	2
Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication	2	Crop Improvement-II (Rabi crops)	2
Geoinformatics and Nano-technology and Precision Farming	2	Practical Crop Production –II (Rabi crops)	2
Practical Crop Production – I (Kharif crops)	2	Principles of Organic Farming	2
Intellectual Property Rights	1	Farm Management, Production & Resource Economics	2
Elective Course	3	Principles of Food Science and Nutrition	2
		Elective Course	3
TOTAL	24	TOTAL	24
SEMESTER VII		SEMESTER VIII
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Rural Agricultural Work Experience and Agro-industrial Attachment(RAWE &AIA) *	20	Experiential Learning Programme (ELP) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	20
TOTAL	20	TOTAL	20

* For Semester VII: Rural Agricultural Work Experience and Agro-industrial Attachment(RAWE &AIA)

S.No.	Activities	No. of Weeks	Credits
1	General orientation & On campus training by different faculties	1
2	Village attachment	4
3	Unit attachment in Univ./ College. KVK/ Research Station Attachment	1
4	Plant clinic	4
	Total	10
5	Agro-Industrial Attachment	3	10
6	Field Visit	5
7	Project Report Preparation, Presentation and Evaluation	2
	Total	10

* For Semester VIII: Modules for Experiential Learning Programme (ELP) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: A student has to register 20 credits opting for two modules of (0+10) credits each (total 20 credits) from the package of ELP modules in the VIII Semester from the list provided below:

Subject	Credits
Production Technology for Bioagents and Biofertilizer	10
Seed Production and Technology	10
Mushroom Cultivation Technology	10
Soil, Plant, Water and Seed Testing	10
Commercial Beekeeping	10
Poultry Production Technology	10
Commercial Horticulture	10
Floriculture and Landscaping	10
Food Processing	10
Agriculture Waste Management	10
Organic Production Technology	10
Commercial Sericulture	10

Elective Courses List

Subject	Credits
Agribusiness Management	3
Agrochemicals	3
Commercial Plant Breeding	3
Landscaping	3
Food Safety and Standards	3
Biopesticides & Biofertilizers	3
Protected Cultivation	3
Micropropagation Technologies	3
Hi-tech. Horticulture	3
Weed Management	3
System Simulation and Agro-advisory	3
Agricultural Journalism	3

Scholarships

Scholarships for Under-Graduate Students

Scholarship for Undergraduate Students for 2024 intake

CATEGORY	All India
SCHOLARSHIPS	10.00%	20.00%	30.00%	40.00%	50.00%	60.00%	70.00%	80.00%	90.00%
12th Percentage (Any Central Board)	80.00-84.99	85.00-89.99	90.00-92.50	92.60-94.99	95	96	97	98	99
JEE Percentile	75-79.99	80 - 84.99	85 - 89.99	90 - 94.99	95-95.99	96-96.99	97-97.99	98-98.99	99-100
CUET Percentile	88 - 89.99	90-91.99	92-93.99	94-94.99	95-95.99	96-96.99	97-99.99	98-98.99	99-100

Note: Best 4 Core Subjects only (SUPW, Physical Education and Non Academic Subjects will not be considered)

SCHOLARSHIP FOR UTTARAKHAND DOMICILE

• 25% on Tuition Fee

Note:
No two scholarships can be clubbed together, if any student eligible for two scholarships may choose the higher scholarship from the respective category.

Procedure

1. Students registering for scholarship should apply on the prescribed form avaliable with the institute or on website at the time of interview before confirmation of admission. Students who do not apply before confirmation of admission wlil not be eligible for merit scholarship.
2. Students should submit photocopies of all mark sheets and certificates required as above for entitling the scholarship.
3. Upon your official confirmation of admission with the DBSG, you wlil receive a formal scholarship offer letter / confirmation.
4. The scholarship wlil be disbursed semester wise.
5. In case the result of the previous semester has not been declared tlil the last date of submission of fees for the next semester, the student may provisionally submit fees equivalent to the last semester fees but in case falis to get the required marks wlil have to submit the balance fees.
6. Whlie applying for a scholarship and fliling in the percentage of class XII marks, applicants are required to consider the aggregate of Best 4 core subjects in their XII boards (SUPW, Physical Education and Non Academic Subjects wlil not be considered).

However the scholarship for 3rd semester onwards wlil be subject to:

1. 75% attendance to be maintained in each subject individually in the preceding semester. Please note that Third Semester Scholarship depends on First semester performance and Fourth semester Scholarship on second semester.
2. 70% marks in cumulative score in all subjects.
3. Students shall not be involved in any disciplinary action of misconduct where a penalty or fine is imposed by the Proctorial board.
4. Students shall take a good moral character certificate from the course coordinator every year and submit the same with the Registrar.
5. Students should give an undertaking of being avaliable at all time during the course for any brand ambassador activities and also in case of events/goodwlil programmes.
6. There should be no discontinuation in study. In case of transfer to any other institute, the scholarship given wlil have to be refunded prior to issue of College Leaving Certificate.
7. Students need to send a thank you letter to the Board of Trustees for the Generous Scholarship every semester.

In case any of the above criteria is not fulfliled the scholarship for the next semester wlil be withdrawn.

Disclaimer:

• Notwithstanding anything under this Scholarship scheme, ESKAY EDUCATIONAL TRUST has sole discretion to edit, modify, change, update, continue or abandon the above-mentioned Scholarship going forward at any given point in time, without any prior written intimation. Management wlil be the final deciding authority for all scholarship decisions as stated in this specific disclaimer.
• There is no concept of automatic renewal for next semester. The Sponsorship Committee shall decide every semester on a case-to-case basis, subject to the Scholarship Scheme if prevaliing at the relevant time.
• There should be no discontinuation in study. In case of discontinuation / transfer to any other institute, the scholarship given wlil have to be refunded prior to issue of college leaving certificate.
• Please note that this communication is without prejudice to any rights of ESKAY EDUCATIONAL TRUST and this communication should not be considered as a waiver of any rights of ESKAY EDUCATIONAL TRUST in the applicants’ favour.