Hon’ble President of India, awarding the students with Gold Medals on the 8th University Convocation.
Get To Know The School
School of Agriculture is among Punjab and India’s Best Agriculture colleges. It lays thrust on carrying out research in agricultural and allied fields. The university has well equipped laboratories, library, lecture rooms and excellent farm facility to conduct agricultural experiments. Students learn about latest advancements in the field of agriculture, disease resistance, fertilizers and, insecticides with extensive fieldwork and field trips preparing them for the evergreen field of agriculture.Courses
Flexible Courses to help you reach Your Dream CareerSTUDENT STORIES & PLACEMENTS
We create skilled professionals that are recruit-able much before they graduate
44+ Campus Placement Drives with reputed Agriculture Companies
Our students have got top packages from leading Agriculture companies. Students of School of Agriculture are placed in Dhanuka, HDFC Bank, Reliance retail, Syngenta, Bio Seed, Nestle, Smur Agro, VLCC, Virbac, Amazon, Sanra organics and many more.
B. Sc. Students Placed In Reliance retail At 3.75 LPA
Reliance retail which is a recognised brand for Reliance Fresh, selected 6 students of B.Sc. Agriculture at starting annual package of 3.75 LPA.
7 Students Bagged An Offer Of 3.74 LPA
7 students of School of Agriculture selected in HDFC India's leading private bank at starting annual package of 3.75 LPA as a Retail- Agri executive.
Dhanuka Selected LPU B.Sc. & M.Sc. Agriculture students @ Package Of 3.09 LPA
Dhanuka selected 8 students from School of Agriculture at an annual package of 3.09 LPA as a Trainee Business Development Marketing
65+ selections for Internship with stipend
65+ students have been selected for internship in different companies viz., Syngenta (44), Bioseed (8), Smur Agro (6), Khandari Beverages (7), Mahindra Agri Solutions (2) etc. with an average stipend 9000 per month.
Student Ranks 49th in ICAR-JRF
Mr. Chennamsetty Pragnan Babu is a student of B.Sc. Agriculture, always been hard working and qualified ICAR-JRF in Plant Sciences with rank 49th and got admission in G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar in the department of Plant Pathology with 12600 per month fellowship.
Research Fellowship from World Vegetable Centre
Mr. Sumant Bindal is a student of M.Sc. (Agri) Genetics and Plant Breeding, got student research fellowship 2018-19 form World Vegetable Centre to do research at WVC Taiwan with health insurance and stipend US$ 500 per month + travel charge.
Educational Tour and Industrial visit
School of Agriculture arranging educational tour and industrial visit at ICAR, NDRI, IIWBR, IISR, BISA, CIPHET, NBPGR, NFL etc.
Swatch Bharat Scheme Ambassadors
LPU students are declared as Youth Ambassadors of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s passionate clean India mission, commonly called as ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA)’. Students have also received cash prize of Rs. one lakh.
Research Stay and an Edu-Excursion Camp at TERI University
Students of Agriculture and Forestry had a research stay and an edu-excursion Camp at TERI university New Delhi. The international camp was organized to share projects by students related to sustainable water resources management.
Students Won Regional Water Resources Competition
Students from the School of Agriculture have won Inter-University Regional Competition on Water Resources Management for their proposal on floating Island approach for sustainable development of Kanjli wetland, Kapurthala.
ACADEMICS
Providing Ultimate Learning Experience with Commitment to Innovation
Experiential Learning Activities
The future of agriculture lies with a faith born of deeds. Students are engaged towards evergreen agriculture, keeping in view the RAWE Program to build interpersonal skills.
Exposure to Commercial Farms
Students are exposed to Commercial farms to get know-how that create an opportunity for students to engage and tone up their endurance, confidence and management skills.
Innovative Pedagogy and Curriculum
Emphasis on case studies and inter-personal based teaching to develop skills in analytical thinking and reflective judgment by reading and discussing complex, real-life scenarios.
RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Inculcating Entrepreneurship To Build Job Providers Of The Future
Project on Floating Island
The project involves introduction of floating islands for water management and improving sanitation and regulation of water quality & restoration of water table with the help of biological agents.
Sharing Thoughts with Fellow Students
Students had a research stay and an edu-excursion Camp at TERI University New Delhi where they shared their innovative projects about “sustainable water resource management” with other students.
Among the Winners in National Competition
Students were declared 1st Runner-up in Inter-University National Competition on Water Resources Management for their project on floating Island approach for development of Kanjli wetland (in District Kapurthala, Punjab).
Flying Farmer – An Innovative Approach
A drone which can be guided by remote control can be used on agriculture land to analyze the soil nutrient status and water stress is an innovation by LPU students to simplify farming experience.
Haqaeponics – Novel Agricultural Technology
Haqaeponic project showcases a novel technology in which plants are grown in artificial environment without soils with hydroponics, aquaponics and aeroponics.
Hydroponics – Mineral Nutrient Solution
The project involves growing of various crops using mineral nutrient solution. Thus learners learn the art of growing with the ethics of mineral nutrients.
Events
LPU Campus is Always Abuzz with Competitions, Project Shows, Conferences and lots more!
Block level training/ camp
On 24 October 2017, the School of agriculture has organized a block level farmer’s training camp, in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Punjab at the Campus in which about 200 farmers and post-graduate students participated with positive intent and response
Village attachment of students
The interaction with farmers in adjoining villages namely Palahi, Meharu, Raipur, Bidala, Daddwall, etc., has provided significant information about problems and challenges faced by the local farmers and the School of Agriculture is planning for effective address of the same.
Spring Flower Show
The School of Agriculture has organized “Spring Flower Show” on 24-25th Feb 2018. The entry was asked in 9 classes and 97 sections comprising of fresh /dry flower arrangement, different flowers, cacti, succulent, foliage and perennial flowering plants.
Nutritional awareness camp on “Safe and nutritious food for school children”
The camp was organised on 22 June 2018 by School of Agriculture for the rural students of 10th standard with the objective of healthy eating habits and how to cope up with the stress of adolescent changes.
Nutritional awareness camp for rural women
A nutritional awareness camp regarding the importance of diet and its relation with health was conducted in June 2018 for the benefit of rural women in nearby villages.
Training programme on fruit vegetable preservation
The camp was organized in collaboration with School of Agriculture and Punjab Government under the mission of “Healthy Punjab Programme” in which rural women, unemployed youth and farmers of Hardaspur participated.
Training camp on kharif season crops
A training camp was organized regarding the cultivation of important kharif season crops such as rice, maize and other crops on 18th July 2018.
1st Prize at AIU’s Research Convention- ‘ANVESHAN’
Lovely Professional University agriculture & bio-sciences students, Kunal Adhikary and Amandeep Singh have brought laurels to the university by winning first prize at Association of Indian Universities’ (AIU’s) North Zone Research Convention- ‘ANVESHAN’.
SAFNS 2018 Held Successfully at LPU
LPU School of Agriculture organized a 2-day National Conference on Agricultural Sustainability and Food & Nutrition Security(SAFNS 2018).
