B.Tech Agriculture

Lovely professional university is the first private university to get accreditation from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). LPU provides the quality education by the well qualified teachers. LPU has become a brand across the globe. It has various national and international tie-ups. LPU provides a proper atmosphere or environment for agriculture students. In this stream as most of the work is fieldwork, there every student is allocated a separate piece of land to perform their tasks in the supervision of the staff. Students here are given the opportunity to work on the live projects. Here the programme B.Sc. (Hons. ). Agriculture is offered. University provides additional professional enhancement classes as part of the curriculum to prepare the students for all types of competitive exams. LPU excels in terms of placement as well. Students of agriculture are availing a good amount of packages from the recruiters. I would like to name a few companies that visit LPU- Nestle, VLCC Health Care, HDFC, Rallis India, and many other firms.

Hi, LPU is the best option for Agriculture. LPU becomes India's first Private University to get ICAR Accreditation. ICAR co-ordinates agricultural education and research in the country under the aegis of the Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (Government of India), where Union Minister of Agriculture is its President. LPU offers four years B.Sc (Hons). Agriculture instead of B.Tech Agriculture. LPU provides special inputs to the students in the form of placement classes to hone their skills and prepare them for placements. Students also go for on-job training (OJT) where they are paid stipend too. LPU provides ample opportunities to each and every eligible student to secure good placement with the help of a dedicated Division of Career Services. Students have got top packages from leading Agriculture companies. Students of Agriculture branch are placed in Dhanuka, Reliance retail, Syngenta, Bio Seed, Nestle, Smur Agro, Virbac, Amazon, Sanra organics, VLCC Health care, and many more at an average package unto 4.5 LPA. Students can attain positions as Agriculture Inspectors, Agriculture Officers, POs, Food Quality Inspectors, Agriculture Development Officer, Horticulture Development Officer, Technical Assistants, and administrative posts in government and non-government organizations. So, definitely you should go for LPU. Thanks

B.Sc. Agriculture has diverse scope and you can get the jobs withwith firms of the private or public sectors. With public sector firms, you can get employed as Agricultural Research Scientist (ARS). A few other areas where employment is offered banks, dairy consultancies, insurance companies and the animal industry. Many areas are available to choose your career:
Agriculture Marketing
Banking & Cooperation
Dairy Technology
Fisheries Science
Food Science & Technology
It is safe to say that number of Government job posts are available for Graduates. B.E. /B.Tech. Graduates may join Agriculture Departments of different State Governments. They may easily land Officer post in this department. Apart from that, other Government Departments where graduates may find jobs are- Food Department, Research Departments, DairyBoards (State wise), Coir Board etc. When it comes to Private sector, fertilizer firms, research and development firms, Agriculture Machinery manufacturing firms, Food Products Processingand Manufacturing firms etc.

Agricultural engineers work in various sectors such as farming, forestry, and food processing etc. They work on a wide variety of projects. For example, some agricultural engineers work to develop climate control systems that increase the comfort and productivity of livestock whereas others work to increase the storage capacity and efficiency of refrigeration.
1. Agri-business firms
2. Food processing
3. Agricultural research and development firms
4. Government sectors (Banks)
5. Academic Institution
Many agricultural engineers endeavor to develop better solutions for animal waste disposal. Those with computer programming skills work to integrate geospatial systems and artificial intelligence into agriculture. For example, they work to efficiency in fertilizer application or to automate harvesting systems. As now we know, an Agriculture Engineer has many roles to play after completion of his/her course. These roles are given below:
1. Agricultural Engineer
2. Plant Physiologist
3. Survey Research Agricultural Engineer
4. Environmental Controls Engineer
5. Microbiologist
6. Food Supervisor
7. Agricultural Inspector
8. Agricultural Specialist
9. Farm Shop Manager
10. Researcher
11. Agronomist
12. Soil Scientist
13. Agricultural Crop Engineer.

To become a qualified Agricultural Engineer one must have a graduate degree (BE / B.Tech) or at least a Diploma in Agricultural Engineering. So, you can happily join in the B.Tech agriculture. Here are few colleges which provide this course:
1. Indian Agricultural Research Institute Delhi
2. Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
3. College of Agricultural Engineering, Ludhiana
4. College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Junagadh
5. Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth College of Agriculture Pune,
6. Center of Biotechnology Anna University
7. Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh)
8. Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara (Kerala)
9. College Of Technology, Pantnagar (Uttar Pradesh). To get admission in this course you have to clear Lateral entry entrance exam.