The broad vision of the Department is to attain global visibility by developing trained human resource at par with global standards, having a high degree of international expertise, socially inclusive perspectives, cross-cultural competencies and ethical character while meeting the employment and knowledge aspirations locally.
Department of Agriculture of VGU is well poised to meet the challenges ahead that transforms agriculture sector into the engine of growth of economy by providing the human resources, skills and technology for the sustainable development of agriculture, all economic activities put to the production of biomass based land and water including crop production (agriculture) and forestry.
The curriculum and pedagogy are designed to foster creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of Agriculture. The co-curricular activities are designed to develop domain skills to prepare the students job ready besides developing leadership traits to groom them for leadership positions in their chosen fields. Deptt. of Agriculture, VGU is committed to motivate & support the students to initiate, promote and co-ordinate such research and development projects, and programmes (including demonstration projects) as are likely to be relevant to the achievement of specific objectives and problems and help in the fruitful exploitation of the natural resources.
Key Features:
Agriculture plays a critical role in the entire life of a given economy. Agriculture is the backbone of the economic system of a given country. In addition to providing food and raw material, agriculture also provides employment opportunities to a very large percentage of the population.
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Faculty of Agriculture discipline is among Rajasthan and India’s best agriculture colleges. The department has well equipped laboratories, library and farm instructor to carryout experimental trails in agriculture and allied fields. Department gives more 85 per cent campus placement in reputed agriculture companies. Department has been carrying out internships (ICAR, CSIR, MANAGE, Saras Dairy, Freshokartz), training (IIRS, ISRO, NIAM, SAUs), seminars (national/international), workshops (based on farmers & industrial demands such as hydroponics, flying farming, terrace farming, pests & diseases management), webinars (burning topic) etc.
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