BTech (Hons) in Agricultural Technology

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

The agricultural sector ensures food security, shelter, employment, and livelihood of most people. The Agricultural Technology programme leading to a Bachelor of Technology degree in agricultural technology envisages and works towards producing graduates capable of contributing to the country’s socio-economic development by recognizing constraints and increasing resource use efficiency through technological inventions with the knowledge of science, engineering principles, and social sciences.

The programme offers students the knowledge of science and technologies of vital areas which are recognized to be essential in solving issues in the agricultural sector in producing, processing, and value addition for food and raw materials for food security and industrial development. In addition, the students will also undergo a period of industrial training during the third year of the programme, which will significantly strengthen their professional capacity. Early exposure to the industry of their choice will offer firsthand experience on how technologies are developed and used today.

Students of this programme will engage in research involving the integration of technologies towards solving critical issues affecting the production and accessibility of food. The curriculum of the programme covers a range of diverse areas of study such as agronomy, soil fertility and management, plant pest management, plant propagation including tissue culture, food processing and packaging, irrigation and water management, advanced soil and land management, microbiology, agricultural engineering, application of GIS and remote sensing, nanotechnology, computer modelling and simulations, etc. Integration of suitable technologies for enhancing production and processing efficiencies is also given due attention.