Overview
Sharda School of Agricultural Sciences is dedicated to providing high quality education and training in the field of Agricultural Sciences following curricula underpinning multidisciplinary approach by integrating technological advancements. The School strives to meet international standards as well generate technologies and motivated trained human resource to foster sustainable agricultural production, protection and processing systems as envisaged by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, UGC and the NEP-2020 of the Government of India.
The School offers 4 year B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture, 2 year M.Sc. (Agriculture) Agronomy and 3 year Ph.D. degree programmes. The School has eminent and highly qualified faculty with Doctoral and Post-Doctoral research experience and excellent track record in teaching and research in the current areas of Agriculture and allied Sciences. These programmes are also supported by the faculties and facilities of a number of other Departments including Basic Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Food Science, Engineering, Economics, Business, Languages, Law, Sociology etc. The agri-science programmes are an amalgam of several relevant branches of science and technology and are aimed at producing job oriented, well trained, groomed and motivated human resource for various agricultural, horticultural and allied sectors. Students from all over India and foreign countries like Nepal, Nigeria, Somalia, Malawi, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and others are admitted every year.
Sharda School of Agricultural Sciences also focuses on extracurricular activities, overall personality development and inculcating the ethical and moral values in students. Job-oriented training, innovation opportunities and experiential learning on various types are provided. Many of the graduates have secured very good placements in leading companies or joined higher education programmes in leading universities. Students are motivated to interact with the farmers and participate actively in seminars, symposia, conferences and workshops with opportunities to interact with renowned national and international scientists and industry experts.
Sharda School of Agricultural Sciences, is an ideal platform to learn and research on modern and futuristic agricultural and allied sciences in a truly multidisciplinary and multi-cultural environment. The course curricula following the recommendations of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the New Education Policy-2020 of Gov. of India, addresses the fundamental concepts, techniques and developments in agricultural and horticultural production systems, current and foreseeable problems and their solutions relevant especially to India as well as the rest of the Afro-Asian region. The students coming from all parts of India and several foreign nations are offered various skills and oriented to innovation, entrepreneurship, management and team-work. They are also groomed to undertake research and development to address the current and future challenges to the food and environment security in the face of burgeoning population, changing requirements and global climate change. The Sharda University provides the ideal multidisciplinary scientific, technological, biomedical and humanities environment for collaboration and overall development of the student into learned, skilled, productive, innovative and positive thinking citizen with Indian ethos and global outlook. The students also get the opportunity to interact closely with the highly competent faculty and luminaries in various fields of science from top institutions of India and abroad. They are provided opportunities to visit relevant industries, science and technology R&D institutions and to the community to understand ground level problems and think over ways to solve the same. Innovative research projects are assigned to professional B.Sc. (Hons.) Ag., M.Sc. Ag. and Ph.D. students in various disciplines of agriculture and horticulture. The Indian and International students of SSAS can aspire to become managers, farm-practitioners, scientists, teachers, technocrats, entrepreneurs in private and public sectors with a scientific approach with a human face. With an excellent record of placements, prospective employers look forward to having agricultural graduates of Sharda University.
