P.G.Department of Agriculture

About P.G.Department of Agriculture

"TO MAKE INNOVATION A HABIT "- Our Motto

Our department works on above said motto and we inspire our students to bring their innovative thoughts about agriculture in realistic way. This approach makes our department different from those in other colleges in the area. We connect out students to land and lab. There are teachers for each specialization thus providing students the needful guidance for pursuing their careers in agriculture.

The department was established in year 2012. Well-equipped experiential learning units of the college help produce job providing, rather than job seeking, graduates. The college has thus far contributed around 5700 well-trained graduates to the human resource pool of agriculture and allied sectors. Many alumni of the college have risen to exalted positions and gained recognition both at national and international levels.

The department strives to achieve its mission through its team of 13 highly competent and well-qualified faculty members for teaching all agricultural subjects Agronomy, Soil Science, Horticulture, Entomology, Vegetable Science, Agriculture Extension, Floriculture & Landscaping, Forestry, Fruit Science, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Pathology and Agricultural Meteorology. Subjects of Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry are taught in practical manner under guidance of their respective instructors.  

Facilities available in the department        

The Campus for Research and Advanced Studies Dhablan of GSSDGS Khalsa College Patiala have 18 Acre agriculture farm with fully equipped laboratories, smart classrooms and various agricultural field equipment’s such as Mahindra Tractor, Disc harrow, Cultivator, Leveller, Power tiller tractor, Seed Drill, Seed Processing Unit, various instruments related to Agro-climatology filed observatory, well equipped Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Entomology. Medicinal and aromatic Garden, Floriculture Garden, Vegetable Garden and Organic Manure Production Unit etc. We have other agriculture farm of 35.5 Acre at Campus for Research and Advanced studies, Bhadurghar, Patiala.

Exposure provided to the students through Educational visits and tours

Department is focusing on imparting practical experience to students through practical demonstration, projects in field and laboratory as well as through various academic field visits to various places having concern with the different fields of agriculture such as International Flora-Expo Exhibitions, National Livestock Championships, Kisan Melas, Doppler Weather Radar, Botanical/Floriculture Green House, Poly Houses, Veterinary Polyclinics, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), Industry visits  to various Agro Based Industries, Farm Power machinery companies to make them aware regarding latest technologies followed and implemented at professional level. Students admitted in M.Sc. Agriculture (Agronomy) and M. Sc. Ag. Horticulture (Vegetable Science) courses get every possible resource and guidance for learning the basics of conducting research trials and understanding about technical farming.

Incubation Center, PG Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Patiala, Punjab-2020-21

Sr. No.	Incubation Center	Name	Institute	Product	Startup/ Final	Date
1.	Saplings/ Products of exotic vegetables	Polyhouse	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas Seedlings	Hi-Tec.Nursery Production	16/07/2018
2.	Vermicomposting/ Earthworm Production	Vermicompost Unit	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas  Vermicompost	Earthworm/ Vermicompost	25/07/2018
3.	Mushroom Production/ Spawn inoculation	Mushroom Production Unit	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas Khuban	Mushrooom / Spawn	15/10/2018
4.	Seed production (Cereal/ Pulses/ Oil seeds etc.)	Seed Production Unit	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas Beej	Quality seed/ Grain/ Oil/ Pulses/ Fiber	20/09/2018
5.	Medicinal & Aromatic	Medicinal and Aromatic  Unit	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas Aroma	Metha Oil/ Tulsi Dry leaves/ Stevia etc.	22/11/2018
6.	Bee keeping/ Agriculture	Bee-keeping Unit	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas Shehad	Honey/ Beehive Boxes	20/03/2019
7.	Open cultivation of vegetables	INM vegetable Production Unit	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas Sabjian	Vegetable seed/Green vegetables etc.	15/03/2019
8.	Vermi Wash	Organic Manure Production (OMP) Unit	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas Vermi Wash	Earthworm/ Vermiwash	25/08/2020
9.	Bio-sol	Organic Manure Production (OMP) Unit	PG Department of Agriculture	Khalas Bio-sol	Bio-sol as a liquid manure	12/9/2020