Avenues for agri-graduates: Higher education as well as jobs

1. Prospects and Avenues of
Agricultural Education in
India
Surya Rathore PhD, PGDTMA
Principal Scientist, Extension Systems Management
Division
NAARM Hyderabad (Telangana)
E-mail: suryarathore@naarm.org.in

2. Size of Agricultural Education in India
 India: One of the largest Agricultural education
systems with 64 SAUs, 3 CAUs and 4 deemed
Universities
 These institutions enroll on annual basis about
15,000 students at UG level, 7000 and 1700 at
doctoral level
 There are over 75,000 students studying in SAUs.
Apart from this, there are large number of
private colleges; both affiliated & non – affiliated
to SAUs which constitute to a large number of
Agri-graduates being followed up every year.

3. What next? Post B. Sc. (Agri)
1. Go for higher studies
2. Join as Junior Research Fellow in projects
3. Farm Manager in Krishi Vigyan Kendras
4. Clear exams for banks (P. O.)
5. Technical Assistant in ICAR
6. Agriculture Officer (State Government)
7. Indian Forest Services/Indian
Administrative Services/ State Services

4. What next? Post B. Sc. (Agri)
•Agri Bio-Technology
•Agri Botany
•Agri Chemistry
•Agri Economics
•Agri Engineering
•Agri Entomology
•Agri Meteorology
•Agri Statistics
• Agri Zoology
• Agronomy
• Ecology
• Farming System
Management
• Forestry
• Horticulture Mycology
• Micro Biology
• Nematology

5. What next? Post B. Sc. (Agri)
•Agri Bio-Technology
•Agri Botany
•Agri Chemistry
•Agri Economics
•Agri Engineering
•Agri Entomology
•Agri Meteorology
•Agri Statistics
• Agri Zoology
• Agronomy
• Ecology
• Farming System
Management
• Forestry
• Horticulture Mycology
• Micro Biology
• Nematology

6. What next? Post B. Sc. (Agri)
• Plant Pathology
• Plant Physiology
• Plant Protection
• Seed Technology
• Sericulture
• Social Forestry
• Soil Conservation
• Soil Science
• Bioinformatics
• Agricultural Extension

7. GAP between Agri-graduates &
Employment
There is a thick line between number of
Agri-graduates passing out every year and
job opportunities available for them in real
time market which forms an utmost
requirement of creation of jobs to the rising
number on a large scale which is technically
a mammoth task for any country’s
economy.

8. In this competitive world, less jobs
and more graduates
• Options:
• Work in Seed companies, agri-input firms,
fertilizer companies etc.

10. Or Be your Own Boss
(Entrepreneur)
But how?

13. New MP Agri scheme to support entrepreneurial pursuits of
farmers' children
Children who are above 18 and have cleared Class X examination will be
eligible for the scheme
• The Madhya Pradesh (MP) government came out
with a scheme to help farmers in setting up
processing plants for agriculture including
onion, tomato and soybean.
• The children and dependents of farmers will get
loans up to Rs 25 lakh to set up the servicing
centres for making paste and puree, besides fruits
and vegetable dehydration plants and modern
jaggery plants, the Indian Express reported.

14. Avenues for Post Graduates
1. Go for Ph.D. from Home State, ICAR – SRF/Abroad
2. Clear National Eligibility Test
3. Appear for Agricultural Research Services (ARS)
Exam conducted by ASRB, New Delhi and become
Scientist/Technical Officer/SMS in ICAR – KVKs
4. Bank Manager
5. Subject Matter Specialist in Krishi Vigyan Kendras
in N.G.Os/SAUs

15. Be a Scientist in CSIR, BARC, ICAR, NIPHM, ICSSR
Or Assistant Professor in
SAUs, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, IITs, NIRD &
PR, Hyderabad, MANAGE, Hyderabad

16. Study Abroad
1. Oregon State University
2. Texas A &M, College Station
3. Iowa State University
4. Michigan State University
5. Kansas State University (Academickeys.com)
6. University Putra, Malaysia
7. North Carolina State University
8. Harmaya University, Ethiopea (Global Placements)
9. Bahir Dar University, Ethiopea

17. Examples of Success Stories
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86AHCEd9l2U&t=19s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hry6vRCd0c&t=164s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZu0kRVySRw&t=55s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE5L_Ovab4g&t=23s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAlFcjOT2mY&t=143s​
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