Priyanka's Review On Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute Of Agricultural Marketing - [NIAM], Jaipur

Learning at our college is facilitated with high speed data and the classrooms are equipped with audio visual facilities and multimedia facilities. We are provided with a library which has more than 12,000 books, journals, newspapers and 4500 periodicals so that the student can access to the necessary books at any time. Two computer center with 24 hours internet connection and 80 desktops. Conference halls and auditorium is there for cultural activities, seminars and conferences. Thus CCSNIAM is a perfect institute who want to gain more knowledge and experience in the agri business industry.

The course provides the necessary knowledge in learning concepts, techniques, tools related to agriculture management. The subjects include supply chain management, agri finance and banking, information trade & agriculture export management, marketing strategies, agricultural input marketing, sales & distribution management etc. The duration of the course is 21 months in which 10 weeks are for summer training program. In total 50 modules are delivered by the faculty members and a practical orientation to agriculture mandi and field are also provided so that we understand the grass-root issue of people and provide a solution for it.

Our college have recorded 90% placement record. Agricultural companies such as Rallies India Ltd, Advanta Ltd, National agro industry, Nuziveedu seeds, Lemken India agro equipment pvt Ltd etc visits are college every year. The highest salary offered was 11 lpa and the average was 5 lpa. Summer internship of 10 weeks were provided to the students in leading agri business industries. Most of theses internships were unpaid in nature.

The tuition fees of one semester is 1,45,000. Boarding & lodging fees of 40,000 needs to be paid before the start of semester. Caution deposit amount of library and hostel of 5,000 which is refundable in nature also needs to be paid. The total for one year is approx to 2,25,000 which includes the library fee, computer lab fee and all the other necessary charges. From my point of view the fee structure is very nominal and adjustable.

Blood donation camps, save the girl child campaigns, medical camps, awareness of HIV etc are often held to encourage student participation in social/cultural activities.Other events include photography competition, poster presentation, article writing, logo design, debate competition, MUN, B-plan, case studies etc are conducted by the college council to boost the morale of students and narrow their differences.

You need to be a graduate in agriculture or allied stream with 50 % marks to seek admission in this college. 45% is needed for the students belonging to SC/ST/OBC. The selection process will involve various stages, you need to apply online for the course with a valid CAT/CMAT scorecard. An essay writing and GD round will be conducted where they would judge the speaking and writing skill of the candidate. The students having work experience will also be given more weight-age according to the percentage criteria set up by the college. At last interview round will be conducted and later a merit list will be prepared on the basis of which you will be given admission in the college.

The teachers of thew college are very experienced in their field of course. The age group varies from 45 to 65 years. We are given individual projects to asses our knowledge that whether we are understanding the subject better or not. Visiting faculty members are from elite institutions such as IIFT, IIT, XLRI, IIM etc who share their experiences with us and tell us more about agriculture engineering, commercial agriculture, biotechnology, financial management, marketing strategies, horticulture & agriculture cooperation etc.