Sindh Agriculture University
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Sindh Agriculture University, (Sindhi
: سنڌ زرعي يونيورسٽي ٽنڊو ڄام ) is situated in Tando Jam
town at 18 km from Hyderabad
, on Hyderabad
-Mirpurkhas road and is about 200 km from Karachi
airport linked with super highway to Hyderabad. Sindh Agriculture University is presently ranked 4th best university in Agriculture by HEC
The university is an academic complex of five faculties, two centres, one constituent college and Directorate of Advanced Studies and Research. The five faculties are Faculty of Crop Production, Faculty of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Social Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences. Three graduate degree programmes are offered in the five faculties majoring in almost 36 departments. These include the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M), Bachelor of Engineering in Agriculture (B.E.Agriculture) and Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) Honours. The University offers postgraduate programmes leading to the award of M.Sc, degree in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Agricultural Engineering and in all the above mentioned disciplines of Agriculture. M.Phil and Ph.D degree programmes are also offered in selected subject areas where trained staff and other facilities are available.
As well, a modest number of short courses and training programmes are regularly offered to meet the continuing and in service education needs of Agriculture Officers, Field Assistants, Bank Officials, Agricultural Technicians, Progressive Farmers, Small Farmers, Tenants, Gardeners, Housewives and other clientele groups.
The total area covered by the University is 416.66 acres (1.7 km²) including an area of more than 80 acres occupied by residential and non-residential buildings of the University, Agricultural Research Institute, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture, Rural Academy, Agricultural Engineering Workshop, Drainage Research Centre, and Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
Sindhi language
Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. In India, it is among 22 constitutionally recognized languages, where Sindhis are a sizeable minority. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division...
: سنڌ زرعي يونيورسٽي ٽنڊو ڄام ) is situated in Tando Jam
Tando Jam
Tando Jam is a town and Union Council of Hyderabad District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 25°25'60N 68°31'60E and lies about 20 km away from Hyderabad city Pakistan, along Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas Road....
town at 18 km from Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...
, on Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...
-Mirpurkhas road and is about 200 km from Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
airport linked with super highway to Hyderabad. Sindh Agriculture University is presently ranked 4th best university in Agriculture by HEC
The university is an academic complex of five faculties, two centres, one constituent college and Directorate of Advanced Studies and Research. The five faculties are Faculty of Crop Production, Faculty of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Social Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences. Three graduate degree programmes are offered in the five faculties majoring in almost 36 departments. These include the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M), Bachelor of Engineering in Agriculture (B.E.Agriculture) and Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) Honours. The University offers postgraduate programmes leading to the award of M.Sc, degree in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Agricultural Engineering and in all the above mentioned disciplines of Agriculture. M.Phil and Ph.D degree programmes are also offered in selected subject areas where trained staff and other facilities are available.
As well, a modest number of short courses and training programmes are regularly offered to meet the continuing and in service education needs of Agriculture Officers, Field Assistants, Bank Officials, Agricultural Technicians, Progressive Farmers, Small Farmers, Tenants, Gardeners, Housewives and other clientele groups.
The total area covered by the University is 416.66 acres (1.7 km²) including an area of more than 80 acres occupied by residential and non-residential buildings of the University, Agricultural Research Institute, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture, Rural Academy, Agricultural Engineering Workshop, Drainage Research Centre, and Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
The faculty’s regular academic and professional education is offered by its six integral departments namely:- Department of Farm Power and Machinery
- Department of Irrigation and Drainage
- Department of Farm Structure
- Department of Basic Engineering
- Department of Environment and Energy
- Department of Land and Water Management
Faculty of Crop Production
- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
- Department of Soil Science
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Plant Physiology & Biochemistry
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Horticulture
Faculty of Crop Protection
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Plant Pathology
- Department of Plant Protection
Faculty of Agricultural Social Sciences
- Department of Agriculture Economics
- Department of Agriculture Education Extension and Short Courses
- Department of Rural Sociology
- Department of Statistics
- Department of English
- Department of Islamic & Pakistan Studies
Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences
- Department of Anatomy and Histology
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry
- Department of Animal Nutrition
- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Department of Animal Product Technologies
- Department of Livestock Management
- Department of Poultry Husbandry
- Department of Veterinary Medicine
- Department of Veterinary Surgery and Obstetric
- Department of Animal Reproduction
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology
- Department of Veterinary Pathology
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology