M.Sc Agriculture
OVERVIEW
By the year 2050, an enormous increase in food production to needed to sustain global food security. Because the students of today will be the professionals of 2050, it is extremely important that a sufficient number of students are being educated in Agriculture to realize this increasing food demand.
Higher Agricultural Education evolved to educate the professional & technical human resources needed to push the frontiers of technology for agriculture. M.Sc. in Agronomy at DBS School of Agriculture & Allied Sciences is a 2-year long full- time course divided into 4 semesters, with each semester lasting a period of 6 months. The course is designed to offer to eligible candidates an advanced insight to establish strong relationships between Science and Agriculture to provide options for sustainable, eco-friendly & high agriculture production.
Students are taught the proper ways to communicate with the public, farmers and scientists through a wide range of methods. With an increase in the need of new ways for improving sustainable agricultural practices, the discipline is fast gaining popularity in the country, in both government and private sectors.
ADVANTAGE @ DBS
- Dehradun - A Safe, Beautiful & Cosmopolitan Education City.
- Students from 23 States & 5 Countries on campus.
- Multiple Placements for all.
- Impressive scholarship schemes for meritorious students.
- Separate in campus Girls & Boys hostels with Modern Sporting & Gym facilities.
- Happening campus life with a variety of sports and cultural events.
WHY M.SC. AGRICULTURE AT DBS SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SCIENCES
- No capitation fee.
- Scholarships up to 100% in tuition fee for meritorious students.
- Course structure as per ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) approved syllabus.
- Agricultural Farm attached with the college campus.
- Fine tuned with the industrial and Govt. jobs requirements.
- Highly experienced well qualified (Doctorates) from institutes of repute, engaged in consultancy, research and publication to add immense value to academic life.
- Live Projects and demonstrations in the areas of crop production, nursery raising, organic farming, floriculture, vegetable crop production, medicinal plants, orchard management, ornamental horticulture etc.
- Experiential Learning Activities: Students are exposed to Commercial farms to know-how that create an opportunity for students to engage and tone up their endurance, confidence and management skills.
- Innovative Pedagogy : Emphasis on case studies and inter-personal based teaching to develop skills in analytical thinking and reflective judgment by reading and discussing complex, real-life scenarios.
- Well equipped Labs with necessary field equipments and research facilities for demonstration and independent project work.
PLACEMENTS
At DBS each student gets the opportunity to appear for more than 100 companies each year and each student is able to get the optimum placement deserved.
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Rolling Admission Policy
Rolling Status means that the candidate has not confirmed his candidature within the stipulated time, but is a suitable candidate for admission to the institute. Hence, when such a candidate is ready to confirm his candidature and upon receiving the admission fee, the admission in-charge will consider his application taking into account the seats available in the course (if any) on that day or may offer an alternate course if seats are not available in that course.
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"The Course nomenclature, curriculum, tenure etc. are subject to revision by the university due to implementation of NEP 2020 and all changes shall be automatically applied on the respective programs".
"Disclaimer"
Curriculum / Course Structure are under continuous update in consultation with Academic / Industry advisors, this is an indicative curriculum / course structure. Kindly contact your respective Program Mentor for the updated curriculum / Course Structure.