Welcome to Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur

Faculty of Agriculture

Name of the College Head	:	Dr. M.P. Yadav, Dean Agriculture
Telephone	:	0512-2533906(O)
Fax	:	0512-2533808
E-mail	:	deanag@csauk.ac.in

About the College

The College started B.Sc.(Ag.) Degree Programme and Master’s Degree Programme in 1930 and 1944, respectively affiliated to Agra University. The College has a grand and historical academic building stretched in about 235 thousand square meter. Nine beautiful and spacious hostels with a capacity of 1000 students (boys and girls) along with an excellent Central Library and a Centrally located grand auditorium (900 seats). The College of Agriculture offers one graduate programme B.Sc.(Ag.) Hons., 13 Master’s programmes and 13 Doctorate programmes (Agronomy, Agricultural Biochemistry, Agricultural Extension, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Crop Physiology, Entomology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Economics, Soil Conservation and Water Management and Seed Technology). Each year about 120 students enroll in graduate programme and more than 150 in Postgraduate Programmes.

The curriculum of the graduate programme has a practical bias with sound scientific knowledge. It is being updated regularly. A detailed course syllabut and course outline for each course has been developed. The students are provided course outlines in the first lecture class, which the concerned instructor covers during the semester. Students are exposed to rural agricultural work experience in their seventh semester, which includes attachment to villages and prominent agro-industries besides Plant Clinic Laboratory and fieldwork.

The college has well-trained faculty consisting of 33 Professors, 182 Associate Professors and 314 Assistant Professors or equivalent positions. Many of the Professors have achieved distinction in their respective field of specialization and have received awards and prizes. A good number of faculty members have published books and quality research papers. The College has well-developed infrastructure in terms of classrooms, glass houses and laboratories. Besides, well-equipped laboratories of integrated Pets Management and Analytical and Quality Control are available in the college, the students also have access to central facilities of the University.

Degree Programme Offered

Undergraduate	:	B.Sc.Ag. (Hons) B.Sc. Forestry B.Sc. Horticulture
Postgraduate	:	M.Sc.Ag. (15 discipline) MBA (Agri-business Mgt.) Ph.D. (13 disciplines)
Download PG Syllabus

List of Department

S. No.	Name Of The Department	Professor & Head

1.	Agri Business Management	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2.	Agricultural Biochemistry	Dr. Mukesh Mohan
3.	Agricultural Economics and Statistics	Dr. Rajenrda Singh
4.	Agricultural Extension	Dr. Ashok Mishra
5.	Agronomy	Dr. M.P.Yadav
6.	Animal Husbandry and Dairying	Dr. S. P. Singh Tyagi
7.	Crop Physiology	Dr. Arun Kumar
8.	Entomology	Dr. R.S. Singh
9.	Genetics & Plant Breeding	Dr. L.P. Tewari
10.	Horticulture	Dr. P.N. Katiyar
11.	Plant Pathology	Dr. Rajendra Prashad
12.	Seed Science and Technology	Dr. Poonam Singh
13.	Soil Conservation & Water Management	Dr. P.N. Yadav
14.	Forestery	Dr. G.R. Gupta
15.	Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry	Dr. Sameer Pal
16.	Agriculture Biotechnology	Dr. Mukesh Mohan

PROGRAMMES, NUMBER OF SEATS AND MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY

S. No.	Programmes	C.S.A.U.A&T.,Kanpur			Minimum Eligibility
		Free/ Normal	Paid/ SFS	Total
	UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES

1.	B.Sc. (Ag) Hons.	68	22	90	Intermediate in Agril. Sci./PCB/PCM/PCMB
2.	B.SC. (Forestry)	17	06	23	Intermediate in Agril. Sci./PCB/PCM/PCMB
3.	B.Sc. (H.Sc.)	22	08	30	Intermediate in Art with Home Science as subject /PCB/PCM/Agril.Sci./PCMB

	POST GRADUATE PROGRAMMES

4.	M.Sc. Home Science
(i)	Extension Education and Communication Management	03	01	04	B.Sc. (H.Sc.)/B.Sc. Home Science (Hons.) 10+2+4 year degree. Three year degree is not eligible
(ii)	Family Resource Management	03	01	04	do
(iii)	Food Science & Nutrition	06	02	08	do
(iv)	Human Development	03	01	04	do
(v)	Textiles and Clothing	03	01	04	do
	Total	18	06	24

5.	M.Sc. (Ag.)
(i)	Agril. Biochemistry	03	01	04	B.Sc. Ag.)/ B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4years degree
(ii)	Agril. Biotechnology	05	01	06	B.Sc. Ag.)/ B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4years degree)
(iii)	Agriculture Economics	05	02	07	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(iv)	Agriculture Extension Education	05	02	07	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(v)	Agil. Microbiology	03	01	04	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(vi)	Agronomy	07	02	09	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(vii)	Animal Husbandry and Drying (a) Dairy Technology (b)Live stock Production and Management	- 03 02	- 01 01	- 04 03	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(viii)	Entomology	05	02	07	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(ix)	Genetics and Plant Breeding	07	02	09	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(x)	Horticulture	07	02	09	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(xi)	Plant Pathology	06	02	08	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(xii)	Plant Physiology/ Crop Physiology	06	02	08	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(xiii)	Seed Science & Technology	03	01	04	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(xiv)	Soil Conservation & Water Management	05	02	07	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(xv)	Soil Science & Agil. Chemistry/	06	02	08	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
(xvi)	Horticulture (Vegetable Science)	04	02	06	B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.)(10+2+4Years degree)
	Total	82	28	110

6.	Ph.D. in Agriculture
(i)	Agril. Biochemistry	01	-	01	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Ag. Biochemistry
(ii)	Agriculture. Economics	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agril. Economics
(iii)	Agriculture. Extension	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agril. Extension
(iv)	Agronomy	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) Agronomy
(v)	Animal Husbandry/ Animal Husbandry and Drying (a)DairyTechnology (c)Live stock Production and Management	01 01	- - -	- 01 01	a) M.Sc. (Ag.) in Dairy Technology ) M.Sc. (Ag.) Live Stock Production & Management
(vi)	Entomology	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Entomology
(vii)	Genetics and Plant Breeding	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Genetics and Plant Breeding
(viii)	Horticulture	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Horticulture
(xiv)	Plant Pathology	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Plant Pathology
(xv)	Plant Physiology/ Crop Physiology	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Plant Physiology / M.Sc. (Ag.) in Crop Physiology
(xvi)	Seed Science & Technology	01	-	01	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Seed Science & Technology
(xvii)	Soil Conservation & Water Management	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Soil Conservation & Water Management
(xviii)	Soil Science & Agil. Chemistry/ Soil Science	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Soil Science & Agil. Chemistry/ Soil Science
(xix)	Horticulture (Vegetable Science)	02	-	02	M.Sc. (Ag.) in Horticulture (Vegetable Science
	Total	26	-	26

7.	Ph.D. (Home Science)
(i)	Extension Education and Communication Management	02	-	02	M.Sc. (H.Sc.) in Extension Education and Communication Management
(ii)	Family Resource Management	02	-	02	M.Sc. (H.Sc.) in Family Resource Management
	Total	04	-	04

8.	MBA (Agri.Business)	20	10	30	Bachelors and /or Master's degree in Agriculture or allied disciplines (Agriculture, Agril. Engg./Dairy Science/Dairy Technology/ Fisheries/ Food Science/ Food Technology /Forestry/ Home Science /Vegetable science
	Total	20	10	30