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Top 10 Agriculture Colleges - 2022
Presumably, Agriculture is one of the prime industrial sectors in India that backs Indian economy, and this is why pertaining to the rising demands of the demography, the sector is growing through leaps and bounds. Resultantly, this calls for an employee class or an adept human workforce that's enriched with expert knowledge and experience to serve the purpose and lead to innovative ways to augment and contribute to this growth meeting the populace demands.
Even the R&D in Agriculture sector have been seeming to do wonders, over the years however, there's yet a lot that needs to be done on the back of a strong education system. Hence, Agricultural education in India is being strengthened and streamlined centrally by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and imparted through State Agricultural Universities (63), Deemed to be Universities (4), Central Agricultural Universities (3), Central Universities with Agriculture Faculty (4) and a few other institutions under private and public sectors.
However, the COVID-19 outbreak did hit hard disrupting the entire processes and shortening liquidity in the market, but it is again on its mark aspiring for new growth pockets. According to trusted sources, the Agriculture Industry in India is poised to grow at a CAGR of 4.9 percent by 2027. Taking interest in this development there are innumerous Agricultural Universities and colleges dedicated to create, nurture and develop the Agricultural leaders of tomorrow, aiming for newer projections through innovative R&D developments. Offering diverse Diploma programs, Undergraduate programs, Master's Programme, PhD, and more, the colleges are determined to leave no stone unturned to boost the Agricultural education in India, backed by technology solutions.
Higher Education Review, in this issue presents a list of `Top 10 Agriculture Colleges - 2022' who have been offering best-in-class education in the country. The following list has been prepared after being closely scrutinized by a distinguished panel of judges including CXOs, analysts and our editorial board.
Top 10 Agriculture Colleges - 2022
College |
Location |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University | Guntur | Offering a variety of undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. programs in various streams, it's one of the premier educational institutes in the country in the field of Agricultural and Home Sciences |
| Agricultural College and Research Institute - Killikulam | Thoothukudi | Offering standard curriculum programs, contributing towards the generation of human resources in the field of agriculture |
| Agriculture University, Jodhpur | Jodhpur | Entrenched to provide high quality modern education and scientific research in the field of agriculture and its allied sciences |
| Central Institute Of Agricultural Engineering | Bangalore | A higher seat of learning, research and development in the field of agricultural engineering, situated in the lake city of Bhopal |
| College of Agriculture, Vaso | Anand | Offers a residential four- year degree course, B. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture, at Vaso village (of Kheda district) |
| Daffodil College of Horticulture | Kamrup | Dedicated to provide innovative teaching, research, training and demonstration in all the areas of horticultural science |
| Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Agriculture Business Management | Pune | Aims at helping agriculture and industrial sectors and to develop core competence by bringing out professional managers, equipped with modern management theories, practices, appropriate values, skills with aptitude and sensitivity for agricultural and rural development |
| Kumaraguru Institute of Agriculture | Erode | Leverages the opportunity for students to learning from an ecosystem marked by a rich Agricultural Biodiversity & Enterprising Farmers |
| Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture And Research Institute | Puducherry | An autonomous educational institution by the Government of Puducherry that strives to impart agricultural education and meeting the agricultural research and extension needs of the Union Territory |
| Punjab Agricultural University | Ludhiana | One of the best institutes leveraging a crafted undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. programs in various agriculture streams |