B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture

The B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture at SR University is a four-year programme aligned with the ICAR Sixth Deans’ Committee recommendations and National Education Policy 2020. Integrating agricultural sciences with practical training and entrepreneurship, it develops the knowledge and confidence to address evolving agricultural challenges. Students explore crop production, soil health, plant protection, precision farming, artificial intelligence, and climate-resilient agriculture. Laboratories, fieldwork, electives, and study tours strengthen applied learning. Final-semester Student READY opportunities include rural engagement, industry attachment, experiential learning, projects, and internships. The programme prepares graduates for rewarding professional careers, innovative enterprises, and advanced higher education in agriculture and allied sectors.

PEO 1: Professional Competence: Graduates will apply multidisciplinary agricultural knowledge and practical skills to improve productivity, resource-use efficiency, and climate resilience in agriculture and allied sectors.
PEO 2: Entrepreneurship and Leadership: Graduates will establish and manage agricultural enterprises, demonstrate leadership, and contribute to employment generation and rural economic development.
PEO 3: Innovation and Technology Application: Graduates will integrate scientific research, digital technologies, and indigenous knowledge to develop practical solutions for emerging agricultural challenges.
PEO 4: Ethics and Social Responsibility: Graduates will uphold professional ethics, conserve natural resources, and engage with farming communities to advance inclusive and sustainable agricultural development.
PEO 5: Lifelong Learning and Collaboration: Graduates will pursue higher education, research, and continuous professional development while demonstrating effective communication, teamwork, and adaptability in multidisciplinary environments.

PO1: Agricultural Knowledge Apply the knowledge of basic science, and core agricultural sciences to the solution of complex agriculture problems
PO2: Problem analysis Identify, analyze, and develop evidence-based solutions to complex agricultural problems to reach substantiated conclusions using scientific methods, critical thinking technology.
PO3: Design/Development of solution Design and develop innovative, sustainable solutions for agricultural challenges viz., resource management, crop management and agri-product management, and design processes to ensure the food and nutritional security.
PO4: Investigate complex problems Use inter-disciplinary and research-based knowledge, practical skills and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions for agriculture-based problems
PO5: Modern tool usage Apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern agriculture and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex agriculture problems to enhance productivity, efficiency, and sustainability in farming practices with an understanding of the limitations.
PO6: Environment and sustainability Understand the impact of professional agriculture practices in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for agricultural sustainability.
PO7: Ethics Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics, responsibilities and norms of the agriculture practices, and fulfil the legal obligations under the international agreements for safe global trade in agricultural commodities
PO8: Leadership Function effectively as a member or leader in multidisciplinary settings and develop astrong linkage in the agri-industrial or agri-entrepreneurial setup
PO9: Communication Communicate effectively on complex agriculture activities with the agriculture community and with farming society at large for effective dissemination knowledge and technology
PO10: Project management and finance Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the agriculture and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member or leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments
PO11: Entrepreneurial skill Exhibit effective entrepreneurial skills in the field of agriculture to analyse the market potential and grab the opportunity.
PO12: Lifelong learning Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and lifelong learning in the broadest context of technological change in field of agriculture

PSO1: Possess comprehensive knowledge and hands-on skills in crop production, soil health, plant protection, and allied fields, empowering them to design and implement sustainable, climate resilient agricultural practices.
PSO2: Demonstrate the ability to apply scientific principles, entrepreneurial skills, and effective communication for technology dissemination, agri-business development, and rural transformation through extension and outreach activities.