What is the placement record of agriculture course in LPU?

Dear Gaurav, Lovely Professional University (LPU) has become India's first private university to get ICAR accreditation This shows the strength and credibility of the department and school as a whole. School of Agricultural sciences is one of the fastest growing school of Agriculture in the entire region and India. It is being rated as among Punjab and India's Best Agriculture colleges. Students are exposed to Commercial farms to get know-how that create an opportunity for students to engage and tone up their endurance, confidence and management skills. The university has well-equipped laboratories, library, lecture rooms and excellent farm facility to conduct agricultural experiments. Students learn about the latest advancements in the field of agriculture, disease resistance, fertilizers and, insecticides with extensive fieldwork and field trips preparing them for the evergreen field of agriculture. For more information, you can either visit their website or call on their toll-free number- 1800 102 4431.

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On inquiring from the Alumni of this course, I came to know that the four years programme aims at building expertise through well planned on-field implementation and testing of basic concepts in production, yield enhancement disease resistant and better shelf life of food and flora. It helps in creating professionals to tackle the dogma from SEED to stomach. Alumni's proudly mentioned that LPU is the first private University to get ICAR accreditation. They also highlighted the salient features and Career prospects of this four years programme. #Salient Features of this course: a. Knowledge enhancement b. Experiential learning c. Field visits d. Professional Enhancements # Career Prospects a. Primary Prospects: Students can attain positions as Agriculture Inspectors, Agriculture Officers, POs, Food Quality Inspectors, Agriculture Development Officer, Horticulture Development Officer, Technical Assistants and administrative posts in government and non-government organizations. B. Secondary Prospects: Other career options as Sales Officer in private companies and Technical Representatives in pesticide, fertilizer, SEED and irrigation companiesOpportunities include pursuing higher studies in reputed universities in India and abroad c. Tertiary Prospects: Entrepreneurship ventures such as poly house, green house, mixed farming and agriculture-based small industries can be opened. The Alumni mentioned about the special inputs in the form of placement classes which are given to students to hone their skills and prepare them for placements. Students also go for on-job training (OJT) where they are paid stipend too. Students learn about the latest advancements in the field of agriculture, disease resistance, fertilizers and, insecticides with extensive fieldwork and field trips preparing them for the evergreen field of agriculture. LPU provides ample opportunities to each and every eligible student. Placements in Agriculture are good with VLCC Healthcare Ltd. , Ankur Seeds, HDFC, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. , Ebro India Pvt. Ltd. , etc. Coming for campus recruitment and students getting packages upto 4.5 LPA. I will advise you not to miss the opportunity and plan the admission at the earliest.

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Lovely professional university is the first private university to get accreditation from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). LPU provides the quality education by the well qualified teachers. LPU has become a brand across the globe. It has various national and international tie-ups. LPU provides a proper atmosphere or environment for agriculture students. In this stream as most of the work is fieldwork, there every student is allocated a separate piece of land to perform their tasks in the supervision of the staff. Students here are given the opportunity to work on the live projects. University provides additional professional enhancement classes as part of the curriculum to prepare the students for all types of competitive exams. LPU excels in terms of placement as well. Students of agriculture are availing a good amount of packages from the recruiters. I would like to name a few companies that visit LPU- Nestle, VLCC Health Care, HDFC, Rallis India, and many other firms.

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It refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated animals. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural Science. The related practice of gardening is studied in horticulture. The duration of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture is four years. LPU has over the years made a big name for itself on back of unmatched performance in developing industry consulted curriculum, software and technology trainings, massive state of the art infrastructure and placements. The course offered by different departments (theoretical and practical) is taught to the students on credit basis. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture also includes on farm RAWE (Rural Agriculture Work Experience) training and hands on experimental developing confidence in the graduating students of Agriculture Over 600 companies are regular to campus for recruitment offering anywhere between 5 lacs to 1 crore per annum. Agriculture, being one of the flagship programs in LPU attracts hordes of recruiters for various positions. Some great companies for recruitment are: Syngenta, Reliance Fresh, Dhanuka, Nestle, Amul, VLCC and Haldirams etc. So the placement scene for agri graduates is vibrant. Within a short period of 15 years LPU has excelled I every sphere of education it has entered into including agriculture.

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Hello! LPU is always appreciated for Placements. I remember my roommate was enrolled in B.Sc. Agriculture and he was selected in Nestle through Campus placement. If you are enrolled at LPU, then you should not at worry about placements. Placements equally depends upon student's caliber as on university. But at LPU you are trained so well that cracking any interview is a cake walk. Agriculture course at LPU is always a talk in town because LPU is the first private university to get the ICAR Accreditation. ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) co-ordinates agricultural education and research in the country under the aegis of Ministry of Agriculture (government. Of India). Students have got top packages from leading Agriculture companies. Students of School of Agriculture are placed in Dhanuka, HDFC Bank, Reliance retail, Syngenta, Bio SEED Nestle, Smur Agro, VLCC, Virbac, Amazon, Sanra organics and many more. Reliance retail which is a recognised brand for Reliance Fresh, selected 6 students of B.Sc. Agriculture at starting annual package of 3.75 LPA.7 students of School of Agriculture selected in HDFC India's leading private bank at starting annual package of 3.75 LPA as a Retail- Agri executive.65+ students have been selected for internship in different companies viz. , Syngenta (44), Bioseed (8), Smur Agro (6), Khandari Beverages (7), Mahindra Agri Solutions (2) etc. With an average stipend 9000 per month. Kavita Faman, a final year student of Agriculture (Agronomy), has bagged a massive job package of Rs 1 crore. Students learn about the latest advancements in the field of agriculture, disease resistance, fertilizers and, insecticides with extensive fieldwork and field trips preparing them for the evergreen field of agriculture. LPU provides ample opportunities for placements and also trains you well so that you can crack the interview. And there is lot more to share. For details you can visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.lpu.in/placements.php" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>https://www.lpu.in/placements.php</a> I hope this helps. Good Luck!

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Hi, Lovely Professional University provides copious opportunities to all the students. University provides additional placement oriented classes and students also studied subjects like analytical skills, soft skills, etc. As part of the curriculum to prepare the students for all types of competitive exams as well. I would like to name a few companies that visit LPU- Nestle, VLCC Health Care, HDFC, Rallis India, SYNGENTA INDIA LTD, WIPRO LIMITED, and many other firms. Just last year, M.Sc. Agronomy student Kavita Faman has placed in Monsanto foods at the annual package of INR 1 crore.

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Hi Aditya, As per your score in JEE Mains, you should go for private colleges like Amity University, Shardha University, Lovely Professional University, Galgotia University, LNCT Bhopal, Techno India Kolkata, Haldia, Heritage etc. For computer Science engineering. You can also predict other possible colleges here: <a href="https://www.shiksha.com/b-tech/resources/jee-mains-college-predictor" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>https://www.shiksha.com/b-tech/resources/jee-mains-college-predictor</a> Best of luck.

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LPU has the best agriculture programme out there. I have seen a lot of agriculture students and seniors at LPU and they are very satisfied with the classes, curriculum and some are doing paid internships and earning a lot of money at the same time. LPU provides B.Sc. Agriculture is the strongest programme at LPU because it is accredited by ICAR. The placement record at LPU is as follows:Top recruiting companies are Tata, Rallis India Limited, Syngenta, and Reliance Stores. All batch members got a decent number of internship opportunities. Almost 50% of the aspirants get the opportunity to do internships in companies like EduCase, Intello Labs Pvt Ltd, and Syngenta. The top roles offered in the course are sales trainee officer and field officer. The maximum package was provided by Rallis India I. e. 5.6 Lacs per Annum. These are the best placements that a university can provide to a student.

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There are various reasons the creates a mark of LPU in the world of Agriculture Science. LPU is the first private University having ICAR accreditation. ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) co-ordinates agricultural education and research in the country under the aegis of Ministry of Agriculture (government. of India). LPU School of Agriculture has been granted accreditation by the National Agricultural Education Board of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, making it the first and only private University in the country to receive the accreditation. LPU got this accreditation last year (2018). LPU offers course in B.Sc (Hons. ) Agriculture, M.Sc Ag. (Genetics &amp; Plant Breeding), M.Sc Ag. (Agronomy) and M.Sc Ag. Horticulture (Fruit Science) programmes are accredited to ICAR by the National Agricultural Education Board of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous body responsible for coordinating agricultural education and research in India. Keeping in sync with the concept I found LPU course curriculum very employable. It believes in building expertise through well planned on-field implementation and testing of basic concepts in production, yield enhancement disease resistant and better shelf life of food and flora. Creating professionals to tackle the dogma from seed to stomach. It runs B.Sc. (Hons. ) Agriculture Programme ie for 4 years. Agriculture Students are exposed to live Commercial farms (350 acres) to engage and tone up their endurance, confidence and management skills. Students are also involved in Practical crop production, Rural and Agriculture Work Experience (RAWE), Nursery raising for horticulture crops, Crop And Seed Identification, Soil And Water Sampling And Analysis, Soil Description And Interpretation, Organic And Chemical Fertilizer etc. projects other than regular course work. Agriculture deals with well planned on-field implementation and testing of basic concepts in production, yield enhancement disease resistant and better shelf life of food and flora. Student may be given an option to go for 4 weeks study tour to USA/ European countries or any other country or option to join partner/ receiving university abroad for a semester as decided by the University subject to conditions.

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LPU Becomes the First Private University to be Granted ICAR Accreditation. In addition to the regular course work, especially designed practical courses like Hands on training, Practical crop production, Rural and Agriculture Work Experience (RAWE), Nursery raising for horticulture crops, Crop And SEED Identification Laboratory, Soil And Water Sampling And Analysis, Soil Description And Interpretation Discipline Highlights: Agriculture laboratory, Organic And Chemical Fertilizer, Manure Identification And Application Laboratory, Introductory Nematology, Disease Of Horticultural Crops And Their Management, Practical Floriculture And Vegetable Crop Production Laboratory, Bio-Safety Rules And Intellectual Property Rights are offered to promote practical implication of various courses which train students for industry. Students are exposed to Commercial farms (100 acres) to know-how that create an opportunity for students to engage and tone up their endurance, confidence and management skills. They were also engaged in complete cultivation practice of seasonal crops for 6 months, wherein land preparation till harvesting and marketing of the final products will be done by student to expose farming experience. Profit earned by selling solely shared by students of a group. The highest numbers of PhDs as faculty members are enrolled in School of Agriculture faculty members throughout the LPU university. These experienced faculty members mostly engaged in consultancy, research and publication to add immense value to the academic life. Sharing life-based experience and suggesting personality development steps time to time. Placement Insight Due to ICAR accreditation large numbers of companies are visiting the campus. More than 44, 46 and 43 renowned firms and industries are on board for on campus and off campus drive in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively. Around 90% of the students getting placed every year. Among the drive conducted the major associates were with Syngenta pvt. Lmt. , Tata Rallis India, Bioseed, Emami, GSR, IFFCO, Dhanuka, ITC, Relience Agr. Retail, Uniborn, HDFC Bank, Intellow lab, WIPRO, ESCORTS Tractor with maximum package offer of 5.68 Lacs. Every year &get;50 students joining in Syngenta RISQ project for research with good stipend. Students are getting an opportunity to go on programme exchange in foreign universities every year.

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