The Diploma programme is ideal for industrial workers or technical grades in Agriculture. The programme may also appeal to school leavers who have passed G.C. E. (A/L) with minimum three (03) passes among the subjects, of biology (or Botany & Zoology), Chemistry, Physics, Agriculture and Combined Maths ( Pure or Applied Mathematics) including the subjects Biology or Botany. Currently the Department of Agricultural & Plantation Engineering Technology offers two types of Diploma programmes:
Diploma in Industrial studies (Agriculture)
Diploma in Technology in Agricultural Engineering
Student who do not have any formal educational qualifications may enter the programme through the courses offered levels 1 and 2 of foundation cources in relevant discipline. The minimum duration of the Diploma Programme is two years and the medium of instruction is English.
Course offered in this programme are,
Diploma in Industrial Studies
(Agriculture)
Diploma in Technology in Agricultural
Engineering
Compulsory Courses
AEX3230 Crop Production and Farming Syste
AEX3232 Plant and Soil Science
AEI3234 Agricultural Biology I
AEI3235 Land and Soil tillage Management
AEI3236 Post Harvest Biology & Technology I
PSU1182/PSZ 3182 Biostatistics
AEZ 3238 Mathematics for Agriculture
AEX4230 Integrated Crop Protection
AEW3291 Special Training (Agriculture)
Compulsory Courses
AEX3230 Crop Production and Farming System
AEX3231 Soil Management Tillage and Traction
AEX3232 Plant and Soil Science
AEX3233 Post Harvest Technology I
AEW3290 Special Training (Agricultural)
MPZ3230 Engineering Methematics I
Optional Courses
AEX4230 Integrated Crop Protection
AEX4231 Food and Nutrition
AEX4232 Soil & Water Conservation
AEX4237 Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
AEJ4233 Rural Sociology
AEM4234 Agricultural Economic & Management
AEM4235 Agricultural Marketing
AEI4238 Agricultural Biology II
Optional Courses
AEX4230 Integrated Crop Protection
AEX4231 Food and Nutrition
AEX4232 Soil & Water Conservation
AEX4237 Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
AEW4290 Special Trainng II (Agricultural Engineering)
AEJ4233 Rural Sociology
AEM4234 Agricultural Economic & Management
AEM4235 Agricultural Marketing
Apart from above, student who follows the programme need to fulfil special training / practices, English proficiency and Computer literacy offered by the faculty.
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