Excellence of College of Horticulture

It's the best college I have attended till now. Every faculty is very friendly and come to help anytime in any manner even in silly things. It helped me to face the world after my graduation, it is sufficient to describe it's importance for the studentsm

The course curriculum is decided by an apex institution of India which is ICAR. Time to time it get changed according to the need. We get to study all about Horticultural courses and apart from that being branch of Agriculture some courses of Agriculture is also taught to us. This structure is designed so as to help us in appearing different competitive exams. Our final year is devoted towards industry specific exposure and less course works which let us have vast experience regarding them. But like other technical colleges we are not so much into industries as we are here to help the agrarian society of country. It's like 40% industries and 60 percent village level exposure with different farmers. Yes, we also have very good oppertunities to secure in campus placements in different agricultural private companies like Bayer, OFF I etc. We also got two tours in 2nd and 3rd years where we went to north and south India to visit different agricultural organizations in our country.

Our placement was pretty good and now it's even better. Not sure about all the companies. But every year at least 5-10 students get placed on campus. In the recruitment process there are several processes according to different companies like written test, GD, PI etc. No I haven't availed any internship.

We have two main events every year apart from other holy celebrations. The two are Festiculture (our cultural event) and annual sports. Being a college with not huge strength of student its quite moderate in population. But anyone who will attend it will cherish to their hearts. Every year we came across new talents with huge round of applauds. The winners of both the events get nominated for state level events and then for nationals. The events were so lively that we wait eagerly every year for them and start preparing and practising month before.

Fee structure is average with compared to other colleges. Each year it get increased. I am not sure about the current fee structure. The fees are paid as demand drafts in college. There is no other fees/ charges to secure admission. Yes the fee-breakdown is transparent and is directly displayed in our college notice-board.

Yes only the meritorious students get scholarships every semesters. Apart from that no other specified scholarships provided to students.

Gender ratio is boys: girls that is 2:3. All the students comes from different areas of our States. Some reserve seats are there for national students who come here from outside state through national exam. All are from diverse group with respect to economy, race, ethnicity, relogion etc. But we isn't give a damn thought about it. Everyone mix with each other with equal importance and without discrimination.

Yes. All students are hostelers. We have enough hostels (2 for boys and 3 for girls) to accomodate the students. We get sharing rooms. We have all the basic facilities like 24x7 water, electricity, gym, 3 meals which is dealt by the students etc. Now there is provision of washing maching. But hostel fooding is separate.

We have a strong alumni network. Our college started from year 2008 so first batch graduated in 2012. From then till now everyone is linked in our network and it help us a lot in placement, study, hangout and everything. It helped us in getting jobs in our state also by changing the method of choosing students for jobs.

The course Horticulture is just unique in itself and I also have greater affinity towards biology. Only one member from my family tree was in Horticulture related job, who is also going to be retired soon. This course is related to cultivation of only fruits, vegetables, flowers/ ornamental and also their post harvest practices. Now comes the factors for choosing the institution. The university OUAT which my college belongs to is the second oldest agricultural university in India after GBPUAT. The college is in such an scenic area where we can focus more in study rather than indulging in hanging out lavishly. Above all the faculties were renowned for their teaching. Lastly the procedure of admission. It consists of two parts. First entrance exam marks out of 200, of which 50% of the secured mark is calculated. Then comes career marks of 10th and 12th. 25 percent of secured marks (percentage) is calculated and added to the entrance mark. Then all the three marks are calculated and merit list is made. Then counselling done where we get to chose our college from different streams and colleges.

We had different lecturers for different courses. Dr. Pradyumna Tripathy, Ph. D. Vegetable science. (Associate Professor) 54years. Dr. Pyearamid Kumar Panda, Ph. D. Fruit Science. (Associate proffesor) 48 years Dr. Sunil Samal, Ph. D, Post harvest technology (Associate Professor) 42years Dr. S. K. Palai, Ph. D, Floriculture (Associate Proffesor) 52 years. Dr. Kaberi Maharana, Ph. D, Medicinal and Aromatic plants (Assistant Proffesor) 43 years And more.