Post-Graduate Diploma in Crop Production and Plant Health Management (PGDCPPHM)
Agriculture plays a vital role in our economy. The impact of agriculture is not only focusing on the production of food grains, vegetables and fruits, but on so many agriculture dependent industries that get their raw material and knowledge support from the agriculture sector. SIASTM offering two years full-time Post Graduate Diploma Course in Agriculture (PGDCPPHM).
After completing this Post-Graduate Diploma Course, we help the student to get employment directly in a supervisory capacity to start within an agri-based business corporate. After completing this course and with some experience, students can start up their own businesses like agriculture farms, agriculture products shops, agro-based industry, plant health clinic etc.
Course Structure :
Duration: Two Years
Eligibility: Graduate of any stream.
Course Structure: The courses including Bridge courses and internship course are distributed into 4 (four) semesters. To have the Post-Graduate diploma meaningful, few Bridge Courses are being offered to get basic knowledge of Agriculture with relation to its Botany, Soil Science, Concept of maintaining Plant Health-Entomology, Plant Pathology, Nematology and Agricultural Meteorology and Agricultural Statistics.
Examination: Examinations will be conducted by the University of Kalyani. After completion of the course marksheet & certificate will be issued by the University of Kalyani.
Tentative Academic Calendar for the session 2020 – 2022
| Term | Tentative Schedule |
| Semester - I | August, 2020 to January, 2021 |
| Semester - II | February, 2021 to July, 2021 |
| Semester - III | August, 2021 to January, 2022 |
| Semester - IV | February, 2022 to July, 2022 |
Scheme of Syllabus
|
PGDCPPHM - First Semester (This semester is meant for covering Bridge Course (BC) only)
|
||
|---|---|---|
|
Course No.
|
Title of the course
|
Credit Hrs.
|
|
BC-01
|
Economic Botany |
2+1=3
|
|
BC-02
|
Fundamentals of Soil Science |
2+1=3
|
|
BC-03
|
Fundamental of Entomology |
1+1=2
|
|
BC-04
|
Fundamentals of Plant Pathology and Nematology |
2+1=3
|
|
BC-05
|
Agricultural Statistics |
1+1=2
|
|
BC-06
|
Agricultural Meteorology |
2+0=2
|
| Total (T +P) |
(10+5)=15
|
|
|
PGDCPPHM - Second Semester
|
||
|---|---|---|
|
Course No.
|
Title of the course
|
Credit Hrs.
|
|
CPPH-01
|
Introductory Agriculture |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-02
|
Principles of Management |
2+0=2
|
|
CPPH-03
|
Plant Tissue Culture |
2+1=3
|
|
CPPH-04
|
Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-05
|
Production of Field Crops |
2+1=3
|
|
CPPH-06
|
Comprehension and Communication skills in English |
2+0=2
|
|
CPPH-07
|
Seminar-I |
1+0=1
|
| Total (T+P) |
(11+4)=15
|
|
|
PGDCPPHM - Third Semester
|
||
|---|---|---|
|
Course No.
|
Title of the course
|
Credit Hrs.
|
|
CPPH-08
|
Soil Chemistry and Nutrient Management |
2+0=2
|
|
CPPH-09
|
Principles of Horticulture |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-10
|
Production Technology of Fruit and Plantation Crops |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-11
|
Production Technology of Vegetable Crops |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-12
|
Production Technology of Flower Crops and Gardening |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-13
|
Preservation & Value addition of Horticultural Crops |
2+2=4
|
|
CPPH-14
|
Seminar-II |
1+0=1
|
|
Total (T+P)
|
(9+6)=15
|
|
|
DASM - Fourth Semester
|
||
|---|---|---|
|
Course No.
|
Title of the course
|
Credit Hrs.
|
|
CPPH-15
|
Principles of Insect Control |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-16
|
Pests of Field Crops & Their Management |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-17
|
Pests of Fruit, Vegetable & Plantation Crops and Their Management |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-18
|
Diseases of Field Crops & Their Management |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-19
|
Diseases of Fruit, Vegetable & Flowering Crops & Their Management |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-20
|
Fundamentals of Extension Education & Communication |
1+1=2
|
|
CPPH-21
|
Internship course of 4 to 6 weeks duration |
0+5=5
|
| Total |
(6+11)=17
|
|