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The Department of Agricultural Sciences was established in 2017 to make provisions for imparting education in Agricultural and Allied Sciences, an amalgam of several relevant branches of science and technology. Agricultural programmes are among the courses that are gaining greater significance in the present era of globalization because of the necessity to boost agricultural production and profitability, conserve natural resources, protect the environment and face the challenges of climate change through innovative and safer high-value production, processing and trade systems.

Vision

To harness science to adapt and evolve economically viable, environmentally safer and sustainable agricultural and horticultural farming systems

Mission

To produce high quality practically trained manpower in agricultural and horticultural sciences.
To adopt, improve and promote agricultural and horticultural technologies for sustenance and income-oriented farming systems.
To generate trained manpower for peri-urban and protected cultivation systems.
To develop and demonstrate technology for income and employment generation in farming.

The Department is committed to developing the quality human resource, innovative technologies, and their dissemination so as to serve the farming community with dedication and zeal. Students are exposed to reputed specialized academic and research institutions, industries and real farming conditions. The University library has been enriched with a number of books, e-books, and learning resources. The pedagogy comprises of a judicious mix of conventional and modern tech-supported systems including LMS. Each student receives personal attention through PeopleSoft administered monitoring and mentorship programmes, under highly qualified and experienced faculty.

Presently, the Department offers 4 years B.Sc. (Honours) Agriculture and MSc. Agriculture (Agronomy). Being a multidisciplinary programme, in addition to the core faculty, a number of specialized faculty members from other Departments and Schools of multi-faculty Sharda University, take an active part in teaching in agricultural sciences. The main aim of these programmes is to train students to understand and improve agri-horticultural productivity, manage processes & products and improve their employability and entrepreneurial skills in various relevant sectors.

Awards & Achievements

Research & Development Centric Activities

A number of activities are being carried in the school. Expert talks by eminent Indian like Prof. H.S. Gupta (Former Director General, BIRSA), Padma Shri V.P. Singh (Famous rice breeder) and Foreign Scientists like Prof. Rudolph M. Beaudry from Michigan State University, USA, Prof. Richard Sikora from INRES, University of Bonn, Germany, Prof. Keith Davies from University of Hertfordshire, UK, to name a few, have been conducted. The students express their ideas in through innovative models, debates and group discussions.

Sharda Organics: Sale of Campus Grown Vegetables

The focus of the School is to inculcate confidence and self-reliant attitude among the students. They are encouraged to interact with farmers and industries. They also package and sell their fresh farm produce under their activity under the title, ‘Sharda Organics’.

Seminars & Workshops

List of the Events: 2022-2023

Date	Duration	Event Name	Name of Convenor	Name of Coordinator	Number of Participants	Type of Event (Career counselling/ Guidance for Competitive Exam/ Soft skills/ Language and communication skills/ Life skills/ Awareness of Trends in Technology/ Others)	WhatsHappening Link of Event
21-11-2022 to 25-11-2022	5-day	5-day Workshop on Plant Tissue Culture and Micropropagation – Lab to Land Exposure	Dr. Ramesh Joshi, Professor, SSAS	Dr. Swati Hazra, Assistant Professor, SSAS	115	Awareness of Trends in Technology	http://shardaevents.com/event/5-day-workshop-on-plant-tissue-culture-and-micropropagation-lab-to-land-exposuressas21-25-november-2022/

17-10-2022	1 day	Outreach Programme: Visit to Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Shikohpur, Gurgaon	Prof. Dolly Wattal Dhar, Dean, SSAS	Dr. Palak Mishra Assistant Professor, SSAS	52	Outreach Programme	http://shardaevents.com/event/sharda-school-of-agricultural-sciencesoutreach-programme-visit-to-krishi-vigyan-kendra-kvk-shikohpur-gurgaon17th-october-2022/
11-1-2023	8 days	8 Days Hands on Training Program on	Prof. Saleem Siddiqui, Professor, SAS	Dr. Uzma Manzoor, Assistant Professor	11	Hands on training	http://shardaevents.com/event/8-days-hands-on-training-program-on-food-auditing-at-auto-expo-2023sharda-school-of-agricultural-sciences-and-department-of-life-sciences-sharda-school-of-basic-sciences-and-research11-18-january/
		Food Auditing at Auto Expo2023,
		Greater Noida

21-11-2022 to 25-11-2022	5-day	5-day Workshop on Plant Tissue Culture and Micropropagation – Lab to Land Exposure	Dr. Parmanand, Dean of Academic Affairs	Dr. Ashutosh K. Pandey, Assistant Professor, SSAS(Organizing Team)	115	Awareness of Trends in Technology	http://shardaevents.com/event/5-day-workshop-on-plant-tissue-culture-and-micropropagation-lab-to-land-exposuressas21-25-november-2022/
			Dr. Dolly Wattal Dhar, Dean, SSAS
21-11-2022 to 25-11-2022	5-day	5-day Workshop on Plant Tissue Culture and Micropropagation – Lab to Land Exposure	Dr. Ramesh Joshi, Professor, SSAS	Dr. C.A Devi Assistant Professor, SSAS(Organizing Team)	115	Awareness of Trends in Technology	http://shardaevents.com/event/5-day-workshop-on-plant-tissue-culture-and-micropropagation-lab-to-land-exposuressas21-25-november-2022/


11-11-2022	1-day	Climate Crisis, Covid 19 Pandemic and Conflict in Ukraine with relation to Food Security	Dr. Parmanand, Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Dolly Wattal Dhar, Dean, SSAS	Dr. Ashutosh K. Pandey, Assistant Professor, SSAS(Organizing Team)	200	Awareness of Trends in Technology	http://shardaevents.com/event/special-lecture-by-dr-william-dar-former-minister-of-agriculture-philippines-and-ex-director-general-icrisat11th-november-2022-at-1100am-onwards-anand-swaroop-auditorium-sharda-university

		Lecture on Innovations in Adaptation to Climate Change in Dryland Agriculture

17-10-2022	1 day	Agro-Industrial visit to Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd. Sonipat, Haryana	Dr. Dolly Wattal Dhar, Dean, SSAS	Dr. Palak Mishra, Assistant Professor, SSAS Mr. Ankit Gour, Manager, Training and Placement	58	Outreach Programme	http://shardaevents.com/event/outreach-programme-visit-to-yakult-danone-india-pvt-ltdsharda-school-of-agricultural-sciences8-december-2022/
04/03/2022	1 day	Students’ Visit to Regional Research Centre, Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Murthal	Dr. Dolly Wattal Dhar, Dean, SSAS	Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Pandey, Dr. C.A. Devi and Dr. Swati Hazra	51	Awareness of Trends in Technology	http://shardaevents.com/event/students-visit-to-regional-research-centre-maharana-pratap-horticultural-university-murthal-on-4th-march-2022school-of-agricultural-sciences/

List of the Events: 2017-2021

Sr. No.	Year	Type	Name of the program	Date (DD-MM-YYYY)	Number of students enrolled/ participated	Name of the agencies/consultants involved with contact details
School of Agricultural Sciences
1	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Soft Skills	1-Day Online Workshop on Interviewing Skills for Success	01-07-2021	59	Career Counselling and Development Centre and School of Agricultural, Sharda University
2	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Workshop on three day training programme on Regenerative Farming	22 to 24-03-2021	35	Sharda University in association with Faculty from Mahindra Pride School, Mahindra and Mahindra
3	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Workshop on Training programme on Production and use of BGA biofertilizer for skill development and economic sustainability of rice crop	18 to 19-03-2021	185	Dr. Sunil Pabbi, CCUBGA, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
4	2020-2021	Career counselling	Meet the experts: Explore the latest in Agricultural Sciences.	15 to 19-03-2021	251	CCDC and Agricultural Sciences Sharda University
5	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Visit to PUSA Krishi Vigyan Mela, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi	25-02-2021	35	Pusa, IARI, NEW DELHI
6	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Language and communication skills	Webinar on Mastering the art of communication skills in workplace	06-02-2021	80	Dr. Shalini Anand, Sharda University in association with Sharda Skills
7	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Advances in Pests and Disease Forecasting and Management Systems	19-01-2021	732	Prof. Yashpal Singh Malik, Dean, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
8	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Advances in Agricultural Production Systems	18-01-2021	287	Padmashri Dr. Brahma Singh, Dr. Manjit Singh, Dr. A.K. Saxena, Dr. Om Prakash Singh, Dr. K. Annapurna, Prof. D.S. Rana, Dr. Shiva Chandra Dhakal
9	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Rapid Fire presentation	18-01-2021	239	Prof. D.S. Rana, Dr. Annette Angel, Dr. Chonghtham Allaylay Devi, Ms. Swati Hazra
10	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Advances in Pests and Disease Forecasting and Management Systems	17-01-2021	688	Dr. T. K. Das, Prof. Kadambot Siddique (Keynote Speaker )
11	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Advances in Pests and Disease Forecasting and Management Systems	17-01-2021	571	Dr. P.S Deshmukh and Dr. Joe H Sullivan Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architercure, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
12	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Webinar on IOT based Agro Technologies	04-12-2020	119	Mr. Deepak Kushwaha & Mr. Ashok Kushwaha Email info@symlaw.edu.in
13	2020-2021	Career counselling	Webinar on Motivational Story by Startup Founder	30-11-2020	242	Dr. Amit Sehgal (Sharda University), Email: launchpad@sharda.ac.in, Contact No: 9990643505
14	2020-2021	Capability enhancement - Life skills (Yoga, physical fitness, health and hygiene)	Healthy Living	23 to 27-11-2020	242	Faculty of the Agricultural Sciences and Food Science Technology, Sharda University
15	2019-2020	Capability enhancement - Language and communication skills	"Debate competition on Ethics and Empathy in Agriculture and Agribusiness Enterprises"	30-07-2020	17	Department of Agricultural Sciences, School of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University
16	2019-2020	Career counselling	Art of Success in Civil Service Examination	28-07-2020	69	Founder Mr. Pavan Sher Email: pavansherman.ias@gmail.com Contact No: 7290993031
17	2019-2020	Career counselling	Career and Opportunities in Agriculture Business Sector	27-06-2020	65	Dr. Saurabh K Pandey Director ISAB. Greater Noida
18	2019-2020	Career counselling	Higher Education Avenues, Scholarship abroad and Career Opportunities	12-05-2020	85	Mr. Zulfikar Sheth Entrepreneurship Lead IPE Global Ltd,Meghalaya
19	2019-2020	Career counselling	Future of Indian Agriculture: challenges and future opportunities	11-05-2020	56	Prof. PK Joshi Superannuated Director - South International Food Policy Research South Asia Regional Office New Delhi & Former Director of IC AR-NAARM. Hyderabad Email: pkj. in@outlook.com
20	2019-2020	Career counselling	Emerging opportunities in agricultural education in India	06-05-2020	73	Prof, Kusumakar Sharma Formen ADC (HRD),ICAR Professor, SAS, Sharda University in association with Sharda Skills
21	2019-2020	Capability enhancement - Language and communication skills	Essay writing competition on International Mothers Language Day	21-02-2020	26	Department of Agricultural Sciences School of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University
22	2019-2020	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Debate Competition On The Topic, Agriculture Is Responsible For Climate Change: Yes Or No	31-01-2020	95	Department of Agricultural Sciences, School of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University
School of Basic Sciences and Research Department of Agricultural Sciences
23	2018-2019	Capability enhancement - Language and communication skills	Workshop on Improving Communication Skills	02-04-2019	62	Department of Agricultural Sciences (Mr. Zulfikar Seth, Entrepreneurship Lead, IPE Global)
24	2018-2019	Career counselling	Competitive Guidance for ICAR-AIEEA examination	02-03-2019 to 20-04-2019	65	Department of Agricultural Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University
25	2018-2019	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Expert Talk on Emerging Trends of Plant Physiology for Sustainable Crop Production	05-12-2018	40	Dr. Devender Singh (Principal scientist, Project Directorate, ICAR

List of the Events: 2021-2022

Sr. No.	Type	Name of the program	Date (DD-MM-YYYY)	Number of students enrolled/ participated	Name of the agencies/consultants involved with contact details
1	Cultural	Farewell, 2022	06-05-2022	134	Students and Faculty Members, School of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University
2	Capability enhancement - Soft Skills (Interpersonal)	21st Century Life Skills for Future Growth For Final Year Students	07-09-2021 to 09-09-2021	56	Ms. Vaishnavi Tiwari, Sharda Skills
3	Career counselling	International Education Expert Talk on Career Opportunities in Canada – Planning for Success	06-09-2021	120	Mr. Lalit Kumar Pankaj, Founder: Future Ready with Lalit
4	Capability enhancement - Awareness of trends in technology	Foundation Day Lecture on Agricultural Education: New Paradigms and Opportunities	12-08-2021	58	Prof RK Mittal, Vice Chancellor, SVBPUAT, Meerut

List of the Events on Career Counselling: 2017-21
Sr. No.	Year	Name of the Activity	Date	Number of students attended/ participated	Name of the agencies/ consultants involved with contact details
School of Agricultural Sciences Department of Agricultural Sciences
1	2020-2021	Meet the experts: Explore the latest in Agricultural Sciences.	15 to 19-03-2021	251	CCDC and Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University
2	2020-2021	Webinar on Motivational Story by Startup Founder	30-11-2020	242	Dr. Amit Sehgal (Sharda University), Email: launchpad@sharda.ac.in, Contact No: 9990643505
3	2019-2020	Art of Success in Civil Service Examination	28-07-2020	69	Founder Mr. Pavan Sher, Email: pavansherman.ias@gmail.com, Contact No: 7290993031
4	2019-2020	Career and Opportunities in Agriculture Business Sector	27-06-2020	65	Dr. Saurabh K Pandey, Director ISAB. Greater Noida
5	2019-2020	Higher Education Avenues, Scholarship abroad and Career Opportunities	12-05-2020	85	Mr. Zulfikar Sheth, Entrepreneurship Lead IPE Global Ltd, Meghalaya
6	2019-2020	Future of Indian Agriculture: challenges and future opportunities	11-05-2020	56	Prof. P. K. Joshi, Superannuated Director - South International Food Policy Research South Asia Regional Office New Delhi & Former Director of ICAR-NAARM. Hyderabad Email: pkj.in@outlook.com
7	2019-2020	Emerging opportunities in agricultural education in India	06-05-2020	73	Prof. Kusumakar Sharma, Former ADC (HRD), ICAR; Professor, SAS, Sharda University, in association with Sharda Skills
School of Basic Sciences and Research Department of Agricultural Sciences
8	2018-2019	Competitive Guidance for ICAR-AIEEA examination	02-03-2019 to 20-04-2019	65	Department of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University

Infrastructure

Research & Publications

H.S. Gaur. Impact of Biotic and abiotic stresses on plants, pathogens and beneficial microorganisms in agro-ecosystem in Interdisciplinary National Conference on Recent Innovations in AgroBiosciences in Strengthening the Indian Economy: Challenges and Prospects and Farmers Meet held on 1^st Febraury, 2020 at Dr. Ambedkar College, Nagpur
Manzoor, U., Haseeb, M., Chander, S. et al. Determination of Thermal Constant and Development Threshold of Red Cotton Bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (F.). Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-019-00866-2
Uzma Manzoor, Masarrat Haseeb and Subhash Chander, Maher Moraeiet (2020). Distribution pattern and sequential sampling plan for Earias vitella on okra. Annals of Plant and Soil Research 22(1): 41-45.
H.S. Gaur. Agrochemicals: Perception of Hazard, safety and Necessity in First Agrochemicals Congress, 13-16 November, 2019 at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi.
Uzma Manzoor and Masarrat Haseeb. Strategic And Rational Use Of Pesticides For The Management Of Earias Vitella In Okra in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering & Science held from 11-12 January 2020 at Aligarh Muslim University
Muntaha Qamar, Masarrat Haseeb and Uzma Manzoor (2019). Seasonal incidence of hymenopteran parasitoids of Henosepilachna spp. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 7(4): 19-26.
Uzma Manzoor and H. S. Gaur. Nanopesticide formulations and their applications in Plant Protection in 3^rd International Conference on Science and Engineering of Materials held on 19-21 July, 2019 at Sharda University
Anurag Tripathi, Srinivasan and H.S. Gaur. Nanotechnology applications in Crop Improvement in 3^rd International Conference on Science and Engineering of Materials held on 19-21 July, 2019 at Sharda University
Dipender Kumar and H. S. Gaur. NAnofertilisers for precision agriculture in 3^rd International Conference on Science and Engineering of Materials held on 19-21 July, 2019 at Sharda University
R.K. Thakur and Uzma Manzoor (2019). Diversification of bee keeping for increasing income of farmers in Indian Farmer 6(9): 607-611
R.K. Thakur and Uzma Manzoor (2019). Exploring alternative pollinators in Indian Farmers 6(12): 828-829.
Uzma Manzoor, Masarrat Haseeb and Subhash Chander (2018). Determination of thermal constant and development threshold of cotton mealy bug, Phenococcus solenopsis (Tinsley) Chemical Science Review and Letters. 7(26): 631-634.
State of Farmers: A situation assesment survey of Junpat Village, Greater Noida (2018). https://economistindia.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/state-of-farmers-a-situation-assessment-survey-ofjunpat-village-greater-noida/

Facilities and Resources

School of Agricultural Sciences is well-equipped with spacious classrooms and 6 laboratories to provide quality teaching and research opportunities for the students. The students are also imparted training in the field and polyhouses through conduct of research trials and demonstrations. The School has a well-developed crop cafeteria, apiary unit, mushroom house, vermicomposting facility within the campus.
Six well equipped laboratories have been established in Block-4 of the University. The laboratories have been fitted with good quality furniture fabricated in the University Workshop. Besides several minor equipment, the laboratories are equipped with facilities like BOD incubator with light, timer and humidity controls; Bacteriological incubator; Hot-air over; Steam autoclave; Hot-water bath; Binocular research microscope; Stereozoom microscope; Image-analysis system; Entomological dissecting microscopes; Horizontal and wrist-action shakers; Moisture meter; Soil thermometer; Infiltrometer, Weather station, Lux meter; pH-EC meter; STFR meter, flame photometer, Soxhlet extractor, Nitrogen analyzer/Kjeldahl, Thermocycler, Electrophoresis, Spectrophotometers, Refrigerated centrifuge, Baking oven , Mufle furnance, Planetary mixer, Stability chamber, Bursting strength tester, Freeze dryer, etc. These laboratories are useful in conduct of several practical exercises of Agriculture and Horticulture students, as well as taking up minor research projects.