The College of Agriculture, Dharwad was established in 1947 located at Dharwad is one of the constituent College of University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. It is a well-renowned agricultural university situated in Karnataka, India and it was formed more than seven decades earlier. The college recognized by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, ICAR is one of the finest, which provides vast numbers of courses in various fields of agriculture. The college currently admits 2,005 students apart from having a faculty member of 88, thus creating a conducive atmosphere for students who wishes to become agriculturists.
The campus as a whole has good infrastructure in terms of academic and administrative facilities accompanied by proper infrastructure facilities for students. College has total 33 Laboratories among those 14 laboratories are specially for post graduate students and all Laboratories are equipped with modern apparatus for experimentation ans study. The new addition to the facilities is the Department of Biotechnology equipped with highly developed Molecular and Biotechnology Research Work. College library is the place that contains a lot of information starting from agricultural books to agricultural literature and online resources.
Such student facilities as hostels are provided separately for male and female college students. Boys hostels currently boasts of four blocks for undergraduate students and two blocks for postgraduate students respectively, the girls hostel could hold approximately 200 students. All facilities featuring in the hostels include comfortable cots, work tables as well as shelves in the various rooms. The modern dining halls which have been put up with the hostels include TV rooms, reading rooms and hi tech solar water heaters for hot water supply.
The College of Agriculture located at Dharwad is well equipped with Numerous courses at Under-graduate, Post Graduate and Doctorate level. Currently, the institute is offering 34 courses under six degree programs; undergraduate, postgraduate, and Doctorate programs.
The proposed system would also enthral the admissions process in the College of Agriculture, Dharwad, which selects candidates for promising future in the field of agriculture. It is the co-educational institute that has more numbers of boys and girls students to maintain the proper sex ratio.
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Ph.D Agriculture
- Master’s Degree holders satisfy the criteria stipulated under Clause 2 above.
- Candidates who have cleared the M.Phil. course work with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade 'B' in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and successfully completing the M.Phil. Degree shall be eligible to proceed to do research work leading to the Ph. D. Degree in the same Institution in an integrated program. A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC(non-creamy layer)/differently-abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time.
- A person whose M.Phil. dissertation has been evaluated and the viva voce is pending may be admitted to the Ph.D. program of the same Institution.
- Candidates possessing a Degree considered equivalent to M.Phil. Degree of an Indian Institution, from a Foreign Educational Institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. program.
B.Tech Food Technology
Passed 10+2 examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Biology/ Technical Vocational subject/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Informatics Practices/ Agriculture/ Engineering Graphics/ Business Studies. Obtained at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of candidates belonging to reserved category) in the above subjects taken together. OR Passed Diploma (in Engineering and Technology) examination with at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of candidates belonging to reserved category) subject to vacancies in the First Year, in case the vacancies at lateral entry are exhausted.
B.Sc Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation
B.Sc Agriculture Hons
A person, who has passed Higher Secondary/Intermediate (10+2) with science stream or any other examination recognized as equivalent thereto, shall be eligible for the course.
M.Sc Agriculture
A candidate who has passed Bachelor's degree of 3 years duration (B.Sc. or equivalent) under 10+2+3 pattern from any recognized university.
College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Pincode 580005, Karnataka, India
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