Academic Programs

Although the discipline of Horticulture was included in the University College of Agriculture since its establishment in 1989, however, a separate Department of Food and Horticultural Sciences was established in April 2009. After about 1½ year in December 2010, the Department was separated into two independent departments namely Department of Food Science &Technology and Department of Horticulture.

The Department has highly qualified subject experts holding Ph.D. and Post-Doc in their research areas and are among the most active researchers of the University. The Department has its independent academic block furnished with air-conditioned digital classrooms to provide conducive learning environment to the students. The Department has its own library having recent editions of international published books, research journals and periodicals of Horticulture.

The Department has undergraduate and postgraduate laboratories equipped with high-tech and latest instruments. Besides, the Department also has tissue culture lab, cold storage facility, mushroom growth room, environmental growth chamber, hydroponic units, seed library, essential oil extraction systems etc. For field research and practical work, there are fruit and ornamental nurseries, cultivable area to conduct research on vegetables and ornamentals and fruit orchards including citrus, mango, jujube, guava, jamun, olive and peach orchards.