Department of Agricultural Biochemistry

To generate specialized manpower in the discipline of Agricultural Biochemistry. To render necessary support to crop breeders of the University in development of food crop varieties having superior quality traits in respect of nutritive value and industrial use. To develop techniques for better utilization of waste/ underutilized resources viz. green biomass and oilseed cakes etc. as feed or food.

Courses Offered :

=> B.Sc Agriculture
=> M.Sc Agriculture
=> Ph.D Agriculture

Other Activities / Events Organized :

=> The Dept. is the HQ of Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists and Society for Green Vegetation Research.
Indian Journal of Agricultural Biochemistry, a biannual Journal, is being published regularly since 1988.

=> National Symposium on Biochemistry of Photosynthesis & Nitrogen Assimilation, Oct., 27-28, 1988.

=> Second convention of the Society for Green Vegetation Research, Oct. 28-29, 1988.

=> International conference on Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Feb., 15-18, 1993, in collaboration with IARI, New Delhi.

=> DBT sponsored Popular Lecture Series on Biotechnology, 1994.

=> ICAR Summer School on Recent Advances in Quality of Cereals, Pulses & Oilseeds, May 24 to June 14, 1999.

=> National Symposia on Regulation of Metabolic Pathways for Crop Improvement and Recent Trends in Green Vegetation & Leaf Protein Research, Feb., 24-26, 2000.

=> The Department successfully organized An International Conference on Post Harvest Technology and Value Addition of Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds on Nov. 27-30, 2006. tne proceeding of the conference are been published shortly.

Other Departments at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology (CSUAT), Kanpur

• Department of Child & Human Development
• Department of Agri Business Management
• Department of Agricultural Biochemistry
• Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics
• Department of Agricultural Extension
• Department of Agronomy
• Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
• Department of Clothing & Textile
• Department of Crop Physiology
• Department of Entomology
• Department of Extension Education & Communication Management
• Department of Family Resource Management
• Department of Food Science & Nutrition
• Department of Forestery
• Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
• Department of Horticulture
• Department of Plant Pathology
• Department of Seed Science and Technology
• Department of Soil Conservation & Water Management
• Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry