Courses Offered

Under Graduate(UG)

Sr. No. Semester Course No. Credits Course Title
1 I AGRO 111 2(1+1) Fundamentals of Agronomy-I
2 I AGRO 112 2(1+1) Introductory Agro-meteorology and Climate change
3 II AGRO 123 2(1+1) Fundamentals of Agronomy-II
4 III AGRO 234 2(1+1) Crop Production Technology-I (Kharif crops)
5 III AGRO 235 2(1+1) Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management
6 IV AGRO 246 2(1+1) Crop Production Technology-II (Rabi crops)
7 IV AGRO 247 1(1+0) Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture
8 IV AGRO 248 2(1+1) Principles of Organic Farming
9 V AGRO 359 1(0+1) Practical Crop Production-I (Kharif crops)
10 V ELE AGRO 3510 3(2+1) Weed Management
11 VI AGRO 3611 1(0+1) Practical Crop Production-II (Rabi crops)
12 VI AGRO 3612 2(1+1) Geo-informatics and Nano-technology and Precision Farming
13 VII/VIII AGRO 4712 2(0+2) RAWE
14 VII/VIII SRP-EL AGRO 4013 10(0+10) Organic Farming Production Technology
    Total Credits 34(11+23)  

Semester wise course layout for M.Sc. (Agronomy) as per ICAR New Syllabus 2022-23

Sr. No. Semester Course Course No. Course Title Credits
1 I Major AGRON-501 Modern Concepts in crop production (3+0=3)
2 I Major AGRON-503 Principles and practices of weed management (2+1=3)
3 I Major AGRON-513 Principles and practices of organic farming (2+1=3)
4 I Minor SOIL-501 Soil Physics (2+1=3)
5 I Minor PP-501 Principles of Plant Physiology-I Plant Water Relations (2+1=3)
6 I Supporting STAT-502 Statistical methods for applied sciences (3+1=4)
7 I Non-Credit Compulsory Courses PGS-501 Library information services (0+1=1)
8 I Non-Credit Compulsory Courses PGS-504 Basic concepts in laboratory techniques (0+1=1)
9 I Thesis Research Work AGRON-599 Research Work (0+5=5)
10 I Compulsory Non-credit Deficiency Courses (Not copleted at UG level) AGRON-411 Fundamentals of Agronomy (1+1=2)
11 I Compulsory Non-credit Deficiency Courses (Not copleted at UG level) AGRON-412 Farming Sysyem and Sustainable Agriculture (1+0=1)
12 I Compulsory Non-credit Deficiency Courses (Not copleted at UG level) AGRON-413 Crop Production Technology-II (Rabi crops) (1+1=2)
13 II Major AGRON-502 Principles and pracices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management (2+1=3)
14 II Major AGRON-504 Principles and Pracices of Water Management (2+1=3)
15 II Major AGRON-505 Conservation Agriculture (1+1=2)
16 II Minor SOIL-508 Soil, water and air pollution (2+1=3)
17 II Supporting STAT-511 Experimental Designs (2+1=3)
18 II Non-Credit Compulsory Courses PGS-502 Technical writing and communication skill (0+1=1)
19 II Non-Credit Compulsory Courses PGS-503 Intellectual property and its management in agriculture (1+0=1)
20 II Thesis Research Work AGRON-599 Research Work (0+5=5)
21 II Compulsory Non-credit Deficiency Courses(Not copleted at UG level) AGRON-424 Crop Production Technology-I (1+1=2)
22 II Compulsory Non-credit Deficiency Courses(Not copleted at UG level) AGRON-425 Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management (1+1=2)
23 III Major AGRON-511 Cropping system and Sustainable Agriculture (2+0=2)
24 III Major AGRON-512 Dryland Farming and Watershed Management (2+1=3)
25 III Master’s Seminar AGRON-591 Master Seminar (1+0=1)
26 III Non-Credit Compulsory Courses PGS-505 Agricultural Research Ethics and Rural Development Progamme (1+0=1)
27 III Thesis Research Work AGRON-599 Research Work (0+10=10)
28 III Thesis Research Work AGRON-599 Research Work (0+10=10)

Post Graduate

Sr. No. Semester Course No. Credits Course Title
1 I AGRON 501* 3(3+0) Modern concepts in crop production
2 I AGRON 503* 3(2+1) Principles and practices of weed management
3 I AGRON 513 3(2+1) Principles and practices of organic farming
4 II AGRON 502* 3(2+1) Principles and practices soil fertility and nutrient management
5 II AGRON 504* 3(2+1) Principles and practices of water management
6 II AGRON 505 2(1+1) Conservation Agriculture
7 III AGRON 511 2(2+0) Cropping system and sustainable agriculture
8 III AGRON 512 3(2+1) Dryland farming and watershed management
9 IV AGRON 591 1(0+1) Masters Seminar
    Total 23 =17+6  
10   AGRON 599 30(0+30)  
  Non Credit Course
9 II PGS-502 1(0+1) Technical writing and communication skills