Agriculture

Some of the popular Job roles in this domain: Plantation Manager Officer in Quality Assurance in Related Fields, Subject Matter Specialist in different Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)Farm Manager Research Officer, Agriculture Loan Officer in Banks, Biochemist, Food Scientist, Environmental Engineer, Agricultural Lawyer, Agricultural Operations Manager, Animal Geneticist, Agronomy Sales Manager. The highest package offered was 19.25 LPA. Lovely Professional University is the first private university to be accredited by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. As far as the programme is concerned, the LPU agriculture programme is designed with a target of the holistic development of students. School of Agriculture offers programs with an up-to-date curriculum designed to suit the aspirations of agricultural industries as well as major research and development sectors. The laboratories of the School are world-class. The dedicated faculty gives the students hands-on training experience by assigning live projects (Agricultural work) in university agricultural research farms and experiential learning on different agricultural units. It includes disciplines like Agronomy, Horticulture Genetics and Plant Breeding, Soil Science, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Economics, Extension, etc. The major emphasis of the programme is to get the students acquainted with knowledge and hands-on experiences in the above-mentioned discipline and apply that knowledge to high-value agricultural production in a sustainable manner. The minimum age required for enrolling in the programme is 16yrs. Merit in qualifying examination LPU NEST subject to eligibility criteria. Eligibility: To get admission, you should have passed with 60% marks in: (a) 10+2 or Intermediate (with English Physics Chemistry and Maths or Biology or Forestry)+LPUNEST
or (b) 10+2 or Intermediate (Agriculture)+LPUNEST
or (c) 2 years Diploma in Agriculture after 10th or equivalent+LPUNEST. Students are engaged towards evergreen agriculture, keeping in view the RAWE programme to build interpersonal skills. The students are exposed to Commercial farms to get know-how that creates an opportunity for students to engage and tone up their endurance, confidence and management skills. Emphasis on case studies and interpersonal-based teaching to develop skills in analytical thinking and reflective judgment by reading and discussing complex, real-life scenarios are given.

Candidates for admission to different Bachelors Degree programme of this University shall be selected through Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination conducted each year by the government. Of Bihar for 85% of the seat. For 15% of the seat, selection would be made by All India Entrance Examination conducted by ICAR. Eligibility : The candidate should have a minimum qualification shall be 10+2 or equivalent with Physics Chemistry Biology/ Agriculture/ Math from a recognised Indian Board / University. So you have to appear in Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) or in ICAR for getting admission in B.Sc. (Hons. ). Agriculture.

After completing Mtech from an IIT, you can have job opportunity in core companies but for that you have to be very lucky. But software related companies do visits during placements with an average salary of 6 lpa to 8 lpa. If you are good at programming and I mean really good then you can have a job of salary 30 lpa too. Apart from it, state government universities and colleges too visit for recruitment of post of Assistant professor. If you really into research kind of stuff, you have to be really good during your project and research work in second year and then you can apply for PhD in other IITs or in foreign countries. Also publishing papers helps alot during PhDs admission. After completing PhDs , you can be a researcher in top R&D's firms or Assistant professor in IITs as well as in Foreign Universities. Thanks for reading.

Certificate / Diploma/ UG agriculture courses are for the students who have done 12th in Science or any stream. For B.Sc. in Agriculture, Science is required and for the agriculture management field students of any discipline can apply. After graduation, professionals can get jobs in the private and government sectors. Yes, you can do graduation in Agriculture after 12th in Biology. LPU School of Agriculture is among Punjab and India's Best Agriculture colleges. LPU becomes the First Private University to be Granted ICAR Accreditation By the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. 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.