Agriculture

Hi Ashwini,
Of course, B.Sc. Agri is very good choice. It is a 4 years long Under graduate 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. 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). Average starting salary is generally between 2-4.5 Lacs Rupees per year. Some well-known job posts available in front of Graduates are-
Research Officer
Quality Assurance Officer
Agriculture Officer
Agriculture Loan Officer (in Banks)
Production Manager
Operations Manager
Farm Manager
Best of luck!

As of now, our world population is gradually increasing. So, in near future there arises food crisis at the moment. They need a graduate or any higher degree with agriculture background so agriculture has booming scope as soon as possible. Alright, so you completed your B.Sc. Agriculture. Want to do higher studies? Go for Post-Graduation-Write the ICAR JRF exam. Secure a rank and you have ample number of subjects to choose from. Okay, so you want to do a PG with Scholarship, try a JRF seat get Rs8600 per month, not enough? Be the best in the country and get into IARI, New Delhi and get a scholarship of Rs12600 per month. PG is done. What is next? A Ph.D. well you can still avail scholarship for that. Want to become a scientist? Yes you can. Want to become a professor? Yes you can. Okay, don't want to get into Higher Studies, Go for State level exams like:
Assistant Agricultural officer, Agricultural officer, SEED officer, and lot more. Interested in bank? Oh! They are already waiting for you. Join any bank in officer cadre as specialist officer (Agricultural Field Officer)or as clerk cadre asJunior Agricultural Associate, its completely your choice. Not interested in Banks? Want to do job for central government? - Opportunity
There are many government institutions that recruit agriculture graduates like
FCI- Food Corporation of India
Airports and Sea ports: As plant quarantine officer. And lot more
Want to do business? Entrepreneurship? You have already learned commercial agriculture and allied enterprises during your under graduation so just put in all your efforts and learned techniques into it. Interested in entering into private sector? There are numerous private organizations or companies that hire agricultural graduates. You may get one in your campus placement easily. Some of the companies are:-
1- Mahindra agri solution
2- Jain irrigatiion
3- Tea estate
4- Cadbury ltd. etc. Okay, now I get it you want a fat salary. Go for MBA in Agriculture business management
Some of the Institutes that offer MBA are:
IIM Ahmedabad- PGDM FABM
IIM Lucknow - PGDM ABM
MANAGE Hyderabad - PGDM ABM
IRMA Anand- Rural management
NIAM
NAAM
IIPE Bangalore etc.