Program Name : Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Agriculture and Information Technology

About the Program:

PGDAAIT course is a one year fully residential Unique Course designed to empower Agriculture/Horticulture students with modern IT and applied agriculture skills besides exposing them to the actual application of these IT Skills for remote Crop Production/Protection. This course enables students to examine thousands of Crop related Production/Protection issues without moving from their seats exposing them to multitude of both spatial and temporal crop problems which is un-imaginable in a traditional farm visit model! Under this course the student has to complete four IT related courses, six agriculture related courses and one internship project in one year.

Course objectives:

To impart knowledge on applied aspects of agriculture/horticulture.
To impart knowledge regarding use of IT and IT-based systems.
To impart knowledge on farm economics and agricultural marketing.
To impart soft skills.

Course advantages:

The students will become more confident and proficient in understanding dynamics of farm problems and taking rational decisions.
The students will have better career prospects due to increased proficiency in applied agriculture/Horticulture, IT-based systems and soft skills.

Course duration:

One year

Eligibility:

B.Sc./M.Sc.(Agriculture/Horticulture/Agri Business Management).

Curriculum (Semester-wise):

Semester 1 (5 months)
    Basics of Computer Systems and IT
    Computer Tools & Problem Solving
    Applied Crop Production - I
    Applied Crop Protection - I
    Applied Agriculture(eSagu) Workshop - I
    Farm Management
Semester 2 (5 months)
    SDLC & Project Management
    IT Applications for Agriculture
    Applied Crop Production - II
    Applied Crop Protection - II
    Applied Agriculture(eSagu) Workshop - II
    Advanced Farm Management

Internship (2 months)
Industry Internship

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