COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, KUMHER-BHARATPUR

INTRODUCTION

College of Agriculture Kumher, was established on 24th April, 2013 vide order no. F. 4(18) Agriculture-3/2013 Govt. of Rajasthan, under Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU) Bikaner. Presently COA Kumher is a constituent College of Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University (SKNAU) Jobner, established with the mandate to impart quality education for graduates in the discipline of Agriculture. As per mandate of our university, all the three components i.e., teaching, research and extension units are working at the same campus, it makes this college unique in whole of the state.  COA Kumher is situated between latitude 27.28 ᵒ North, longitude 77.39 ᵒ East with a height of 183 m above mean sea level in the agro-climatic Zone III-B (Flood prone eastern plain zone) of Rajasthan. The major crops of this region are mustard, wheat, barley chickpea and potato in rabi season and pearl millet, sorghum, sesamum and clusterbean during kharif season. The soil type of this region is sandy loam with poor quality ground water for irrigation and drinking purpose. The College is located adjacent to Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, thus make and ambient holistic surroundings for quality learning. College campus have a captivating landscape with ample plantation. The College has state of art academic and administrative building with well-furnished smart class rooms, fully fledged library and laboratory facilities.

Location

The College is located at Bharatpur- Alwar State Highway (SH-14), nearby Bailara kalan village. It is around 15 km. from Bharatpur city and is 2 km from main road. The Bharatpur is well connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Agra, Jaipur, Kota and other major cities of country with Rail & Road transportation facility to national highway No. 21 which connects Agra Jaipur Bikaner and rest part of country.

Prof. S.R. Dhaka was born on 25-07-1965 at a small and highly literate Village-Basdhakan, District-Churu, Rajasthan. He did B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from MLSU, Udaipur in the year 1987, M.Sc. (Ag.) Entomology and Ph.D. (Ag.) Entomology from Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner in the year 1989 and 2006, respectively. Professor Dhaka has been First class Scout and NCC “C” certificate achiever. He has represented university as General Captain of Sports & Games; University Captain of Wrestling; Four time participated in Inter University Wrestling and Kabaddi; Student’s Representative in 1987 Student Council of SKNCOA, Jobner.

He started his professional carrier from ARSS Diggi under SKRAU-Bikaner in 1990 and he did remarkable work in farm modernization and developed irrigation water facilities which helped to enhance the quality seed production. Professor Dhaka is well known personality in the field of applied entomology and having more than 3 decades of experience in different capacities and has been appreciated by various recognitions. 

Dr. Dhaka is also honored by prestigious awards namely Sri Ram Purskar by The Fertilizer Association of India (FAI), New Delhi; Appreciation Certificate by Harit Kranti, National Agriculture News Paper, Jaipur; Appreciation Certificate : RAU, Bikaner; Krishi Vigyan Gaurav : Bhartia Krishi Anusandhan Samiti, Karnal. Professor Dhaka is also active member of several scientific societies like Entomological Society of India, Entomological Research Association and Society for Development Initiatives. Besides his contribution to the scientific fraternity professor Dhaka has published many Publications viz. Book, Book Chapters, Extension folders, Research papers, and popular articles in national and international repute journals.  He has also attended national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, trainings and has been resource person at many occasions. Professor Dhaka has handled various positions i.e. Incharge at ARSS Diggi, Incharge Central library at RARI, Incharge sports, Convener and member of many committees,  Subject Expert  in Public Service Commission. Professor Dhaka is a research leader and having true zeal as sports person and following the principle “Healthy Body Has Healthy Mind”. 

Aims & Objectives of College

·         To provide scientific and technical knowledge and to develop entrepreneurship skills among students in agriculture.

·         To provide value-based quality education and to make students aware of high-tech and modern agriculture.

·         To enhance the competitiveness among students and help the college to emerge as a center of excellence in agriculture.

·         To prepare students for future challenges especially in the agriculture sector.

Details of Former Deans

Admission Procedure:

Admission to B.Sc. (Hons) Ag programme is done through JET examination conducted by one of the Agricultural Universities of Rajasthan advertised through notification.

The minimum eligibility for a candidate to appear in this test is that the candidate must have passed 12^th of the 10+2 (Academic) scheme of examination with Agriculture/ Biology/ Mathematics group of the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan or an Examination declared equivalent to it with prescribed percentage of marks mentioned in the admission notification.

Admission on payment seats is given on the basis of the JET merit as supernumerary seat in the constitute college of the University.

Admission on merit seats is given on the basis of merit of 10+2 without appearing in JET examination as supernumerary seat in the constitute college of the university.

A candidate must have secured at least 50% marks in the aforesaid examinations (10+2). A relaxation of 5% marks would be allowed to candidate belonging to SC/ST/OBC (Non creamy layer)/SBC (Non creamy layer) category.

·         The maximum age limit is 25 years.

·         The candidate must be a bonafide resident of Rajasthan.

Intake Capacity of College:

·         The college has an intake capacity of 64 students.

Student READY (Rural and Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana)

To reorient graduates of agriculture for ensuring and assuring employability and to develop entrepreneurs for emerging knowledge intensive agriculture, the component envisages the introduction of the program in all the agricultural universities as an essential prerequisite for the award of degree to ensure hands on experience and practical training. Five components are included with end to end approach in Student READY program, which are interactive and are conceptualized for building skills in project development and execution, decision-making, individual and team coordination, approach to problem solving, accounting, quality control, marketing and resolving conflicts:

 Experiential Learning/Hands on Training

 Skill Development Training

 Rural Agriculture Work Experience

 In Plant Training/ Industrial attachment

Students Projects

The students are required to have any three of the five components listed above.

Teaching Staff:

Non-Teaching Staff:

Achievements:

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: The college has a record of meritorious students, excelling in various state and national level examinations. The college students have shown their exploits by achieving good academic results and have been at the top level in the university ranking. Seventeen students from this college excelled in ICAR-JRF examinations and got admitted in different disciplines at reputed agricultural universities of the country.

Seed Production

From the inception, COA Kumher, Bharatpur has been actively involved in research encompassing seed production of nucleus, breeder and truthfully labeled seeds of clusterbean, urdbean, sesamum, gram, mustard and lentil under rainfed conditions. Stringent quality control measures are adopted at the farm to maintain the genetic purity of the seed stocks. Over the years the college farm have evolved as a center to nurture the young minds of the students, through practical hands on training in different aspects of crop production and farm management.

TFL/Foundation/ Certified seed production of rabi 2022-23

Facilities/Infrastructure:

The following facilities are available at the campus:

Class Room: The College has 4 smart Class rooms which are spacious, ventilated and well-furnished as per V Dean Committee recommendations.