:: Agricultural Engineering Career Prospects :: There are excellent career opportunities in Agricultural sector for engineering graduates in India. The profession is now far from the traditional perception of the people towards agriculture. Agricultural engineering graduates have ample options in their hand. Apart from joining manufacturing industries they can also opt for water resource management, forestry, mining and rehabilitation, food processing, peri-urban and rural development, machine development and many more. Agricultural engineers can also work in NGOs under various schemes and projects. They are now working as specialists in private consultancies, large corporations, government and non-government organizations, and some have become engineering managers of large farms or estates. :: Sectors where agricultural engineers find employment :: Public Sector: > Department of Agriculture (State as well as central government) > Development organizations > Universities/Institutions/Labs > Banks Private Sector: > Agricultural co-operatives > Manufacturers of agricultural equipment > Fertiliser and irrigation companies > Tractor industries > Industry service organisations such as the sugar industry > NGOs > Seed processing companies > Dairy industries > Food processing plants (Mostly Agricultural Engineers are recruited for sales and marketing jobs by the tractor companies at a good pay) :: Agricultural Engineering Pay-Package :: Remuneration of agricultural engineers is not less than engineers of other branches. A fresh graduate of agricultural engineering can expect a salary of between Rs 12,000 and Rs 15,000 per month at the entry level. It could be up to Rs 40,000 per month depends on which industry you are joining. After three or four years’ experience on good projects, one can earn up to Rs 30,000 per month. There is no limitation for the right candidates to progress in this field. :: Agricultural Engineering Institutes/Universities :: India has as many as 43 agricultural universities under the status of central, state and deemed universities. These universities offer regular full time programs in agricultural engineering both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Apart from these universities few other universities and technological institutions like the IITs also offer programs in agricultural engineering. Here is a list of agricultural universities in various states which are offering BE/B.Tech and ME/M.Tech programs in agricultural engineering. > Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur > Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi > Ch. Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, Haryana > Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh > Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences And Technology, Srinagar > Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana - Punjab > Maharana Pratap University of Agrilcuture & Technology, Udaipur > Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner > Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agricluture & Technology, Distt Udham Singh Nagar Uttaranchal > Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar Hyderabad - 500 030 Andhra Pradesh > University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore > University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka > Kerala Agricultural Univesity, Kerala > Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu > Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar > Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Orissa > Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, West Bengal > Junagarh Agricultural Uiversity, Gujarat > Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Distt. Ahmednagar Maharashtra > Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani Maharashtra > Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Chhattisgarh > Birsa Agricultural University, Jharkhand > Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Raipur, Madhya Pradesh > Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Krishi Nagar Adhartal, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh > Allahabad Agricultural Institute (SHIATS), Uttar Pradesh > Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Uttar Pradesh > Assam Agricultural University > Central Agricultural University, Manipur Apart from above listed university there are various other institutes where agricultural engineering graduate can join in inter-disciplinary courses for M.tech, like > Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur > Indian Institute of Technology Bombay > Indian Institute of Technology Madras > Indian Institute of Technology Delhi > Indian Institute of Technology Delhi > Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee > National Institute of Technology Warangal > National Institute of Technology Surat > National Institute of Technology Bhopal > Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad and Other NITs > Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun > National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Haryana etc. Apart from M.tech there are so many institutes offering MBA courses for Agriculture as Well as Agricultural Engineering Graduates, Like IIM-A, IIM-L, MANAGE, IRMA, NIRD etc.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 04:57:40 +0000
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