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 The Doctoral Degree Programmes is offered in different disciplines under the Faculty  of Agriculture. The residential requirement is 3 years for Doctoral Degree Programme.

 

Eligibility for Admission to Postgraduate Degree Programme :

 

  • A candidate for admission to Ph.D Programme should have consistently good academic records with Master’s Degree in Agriculture having at least 7.00 OGPA (6.5 OGPA for SC, ST & PWD candidates) from any recognized Indian / Foreign University followed by Bachelors’ Degree in Agriculture under 10+2+4 or 10+1+4 or 11+4 and experience of Dissertation in University / Institute for at least one year.

Allotment of Seats:  

 

 

 

Semester-wise syllabus for Ph.D Agriculture:

 

Department of Economics

 

CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDITS

AG ECON 601**

ADVANCED MICRO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

1+1

AG ECON 602**

ADVANCED MACRO-ECONOMICS ANALYSIS

2+0

AG ECON 603**

ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS

2+1

AG ECON 604**

ADVANCED PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

2+1

AG ECON 605**

QUANTITATIVE DEVELOPMENT POLICY ANALYSIS

1+1

AG ECON 606**

ADVANCED AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND PRICE ANALYSIS

2+1

AG ECON 608

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

2+0

AG ECON 609

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

1+1

AG ECON 610

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

2+0

 

AG ECON 691

DOCTORAL SEMINAR I

1+0

AG ECON 692

DOCTORAL SEMINAR II

1+0

 

AG ECON 699

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

45

       

** Compulsory for Doctoral proramme # Cross-listed with Statistics

 

 

Department of Agricultural Entomology

 

CODE            COURSE TITLE                                                                              CREDITS

ENT 601         IMMATURE STAGES OF INSECTS                                                          1+1

ENT 602         INSECT BEHAVIOUR                                                                                1+1

ENT 603         RECENT TRENDS IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL                                               1+1

ENT 604         ADVANCED INSECTICIDE TOXICOLOGY                                          2+1

ENT 605         ADVANCED HOST PLANT RESISTANCE                                              1+1

ENT 606         ADVANCED ACAROLOGY                                                                      1+1

ENT 607**     MOLECULAR APPROACHES IN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 1+1

ENT 608**     ADVANCED INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT                              2+0

ENT 691         DOCTORAL SEMINAR-I                                                                            1+0

ENT 692         DOCTORAL SEMINAR-II                                                                          1+0

ENT 699         DOCTORAL RESEARCH                                                                           45

 

** Compulsory for Ph.D. programme

 

Department of Agricultural Extension

 

Course No.

Course-Title

Credit

Hour

Remarks

EXT-701

ADVANCES IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

2+1

Semester-I

EXT-702

ADVANCED DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

2+1

Semester-I

EXT-703

ADVANCES IN TRAINING TECHNOLOGY

2+1

Semester-I

EXT-751

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2+1

Semester-II

EXT-752

ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

2+1

Semester-II

EXT-799

SEMINAR-I (FORMULATION, PLAN OF WORK)

1+0

Semester-II

EXT-998

SEMINAR-II (PRE-SUBMISSION)

1+0

Semester-VI

EXT-999

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

45

Semester-VI

Minor Courses

EXT-704

THEORY CONSTRUCTION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

2+0

Semester-I

EXT-753

ADVANCED  MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

2+1

Semester-II

EXT-801

MEDIA MANAGEMENT

2+1

Semester-III

EXT-802

TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE

2+1

Semester-III

Supporting Courses

 

ANY COURSES FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS ESPECIALLY FROM AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

 

05

Semester-I

Semester II

Semester III

 

 

Department of Agricultural Statistics

 

CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDITS

STAT 601

ADVANCED STATISTICAL COMPUTING

2+1

STAT 602

SIMULATION TECHNIQUES

1+1

 STAT 611

ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS

2+0

STAT 612

ADVANCED STATISTICAL INFERENCE

3+0

STAT 613

ADVANCED DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS

2+0

STAT 614

ADVANCED SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

2+0

STAT 615

ADVANCED STATISTICAL GENETICS

2+0

STAT 616

STATISTICAL MODELING

1+1

STAT 617

ADVANCED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

2+0

STAT 618

STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

2+0

STAT 619

SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

2+0

STAT 620

ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS

2+0

STAT 621

ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS

2+0

STAT 651

RECENT ADVANCES IN THE FIELD OF

SPECIALIZATION

1+0

 

STAT 691

DOCTORAL SEMINAR I

1+0

STAT 692

DOCTORAL SEMINAR II

1+0

 

STAT 699

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

45+0

 

Note:

  1. STAT 601 and STAT 602 are supporting courses. These are compulsory for all the students of Agricultural Statistics.
  2. STAT  691,  STAT  692,  STAT  651  and  STAT  699  are  compulsory  for  all  the students of Agricultural Statistics.
  3. A  student  has  to  take  a  minimum  of  18  credits  course  work,  excluding  the supporting courses, seminar and research.
  4. A student has to take two seminars.

 

 

Department of Agronomy

 

CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDITS

AGRON 601

CURRENT TRENDS IN AGRONOMY

3+0

AGRON 602

CROP ECOLOGY

2+0

AGRON 603     

ADVANCES IN CROP GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY              

2+1

AGRON 604                    

ADVANCES IN WATER MANAGEMENT                      

2+1

AGRON 605                         

ADVANCES IN WEED MANAGEMENT                         

2+0

AGRON 606

INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE            

2+0

AGRON 607                   

SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT          

2+1

AGRON 608

STRESS CROP PRODUCTION                                        

2+1

AGRON 609           

CROP PRODUCTION AND SYSTEM MODELING                       

2+1

AGRON 610

ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY IN CEREALS PRODUCTION       

2+1

 

AGRON 691

DOCTORAL SEMINAR I

1+0

AGRON 692

DOCTORAL SEMINAR II

1+0

 

AGRON 699

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

45

 

Department of Biochemistry

 

PG Biochemistry Courses

Course No.

Course Title

Credits

BCH 601

Advanced Enzymology

2+0

BCH 602

Metabolic Pathways II

2+0

BCH 603

Transport Biochemistry

2+0

BCH 701

Advanced Molecular Biology

2+0

BCH 702

Advanced Techniques in Biochemistry

0+2

BCH 703

Plant Biochemistry II

2+0

BCH 704

Current Topics in Biochemistry

1+0

BCH 705

Functional Genomics and Metabolomics

2+0

BCH 706

Environmental Biochemistry

2+0

BCH 799

Seminar I

1+0

BCH 849

Seminar II

1+0

BCH 999

Seminar III

1+0

BCH ……

Dissertation

55

PG Agricultural Chemicals Courses

Course No.

Course Title

Credits

BCH 611

Regulations and Quality Control of Pesticides

2+0

BCH 711

Advances in Insecticide Chemistry

2+0

BCH 712

Advances in Fungicide and Herbicide Chemistry

2+0

BCH 713

Practicals in Pesticide Chemistry

(Based on BCH 711 and BCH 712)

0+1

BCH 714

Special Topics in Agrochemicals

1+0

BCH 715

Principles of Pesticide Chemistry

2+0

BCH 716

Pesticides and Environmental Risk Assessment

2+0

BCH 799

Seminar I

1+0

BCH 849

Seminar II

1+0

BCH 999

Seminar III

1+0

BCH ……

Dissertation

55

 

 

Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding

 

CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDITS

GP601

PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES AND THEIR UTILIZATION

2+0

GP602

ADVANCES IN QUANTITATIVE GENETICS

2+1

GP603**

GENOMICS IN CROP IMPROVEMENT

2+1

GP604**

CELLULAR AND CHROMOSOMAL MANIPULATIONS IN CROP IMPROVEMENT

2+1

GP605**

ADVANCED PLANT BREEDING SYSTEMS

2+0

GP606

CROP-EVOLUTION

2+1

GP607

BREEDING DESIGNER CROPS

1+1

GP608

ADVANCES IN BREEDING OF MAJOR FIELD CROPS

3+0

GP609

MICROBIAL GENETICS

2+1

GP610@@

IN SITU AND EX SITU CONSERVATION OF GERMPLASM

2+1

 

GP691

DOCTORAL SEMINAR I

1+0

GP692

DOCTORAL SEMINAR II

1+0

 

GP699

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

45

** Compulsory for Ph.D. programme; @@ Cross listed with SST 602

 

Department of Plant Pathology

 

CODE      COURSE TITLE                                                                               CREDITS

PPA 601 ADVANCED MYCOLOGY                                                                      2+1

PPA 602 ADVANCED VIROLOGY                                                                       2+1

PPA 603 ADVANCED BACTERIOLOGY                                                            2+1

PPA 604** MOLECULAR BASIS OF HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION     2+1

PPA 691 DOCTORAL SEMINAR I                                                                        1+0

PPA 692 DOCTORAL SEMINAR II                                                                       1+0

PPA 699 DOCTORAL RESEARCH                                                                        45

 ** Compulsory for Ph. D. programme

 

 

 

 

Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry

 

CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDITS

SOILS 601

ADVANCE IN SOIL PHYSICS

2+0

SOILS 602

ADVANCES IN SOIL FERTILITY

2+0

SOILS 603

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF SOILS

2+1

SOILS 604

SOIL GENESIS AND MICROPEDOLOGY

2+0

SOILS 605

BIOCHEMISTRY OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER

2+0

SOILS 606

LAND USE PLANNING AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

2+0

 

SOILS 691

DOCTORAL SEMINAR I

1+0

SOILS 692

DOCTORAL SEMINAR II

1+0

 

SOILS 699

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

45