Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

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  • Department of Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine

    Department of Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine

    Department of Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No ; 09864296899 E Mail : [email protected]

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  • Department of Veterinary Physiology

    Department of Veterinary Physiology

    Department of Veterinary Physiology Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No ; 094350-14731 E Mail ; [email protected]

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  • Department of Veterinary Pathology

    Department of Veterinary Pathology

    Department of Veterinary Pathology Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No : 0361-2336755, 094350-14265 E Mail : [email protected]

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  • Department of Extension Education

    Department of Extension Education

    Department of Extension Education Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact NO ; 09453148555 E-mail: [email protected]

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  • Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology

    Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology

    Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No ; 098640-63873 E Mail: [email protected]

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  • Department of Poultry Science

    Department of Poultry Science

    Department of Poultry Science Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No ; 094350-13880 E Mail: [email protected]

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  • Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

    Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

    Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No : 09435303966 E Mail ; [email protected]

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  • Department of Parasitology

    Department of Parasitology

    Department of Parasitology Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No : 098644-17094 E Mail: [email protected]

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  • Department of Animal Reproduction Gynecology & Obstetrics

    Department of Animal Reproduction Gynecology & Obstetrics

    Department of Animal Reproduction Gynecology & Obstetrics Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No : 094355-47049 E Mail : [email protected]

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  • Department of Veterinary Microbiology

    Department of Veterinary Microbiology

    Department of Veterinary Microbiology Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No ; 09435014705 E Mail : [email protected]

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  • Department of Veterinary Biochemistry

    Department of Veterinary Biochemistry

    Department of Veterinary Biochemistry Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No ; 094355-48229, 0361-2331050 E Mail : [email protected]

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  • Department of Animal Nutrition

    Department of Animal Nutrition

    Department of Animal Nutrition Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No ; 0361-2338710, 098640-78549 E Mail : [email protected]

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  • Department of Animal Genetics & Breeding

    Department of Animal Genetics & Breeding

    Department of Animal Genetics & Breeding Near Police Reserve Jorhat Assam 785013 India Contact No ; 09864039698 E Mail : [email protected]

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  • Department of Textiles & Apparel Designing

    Department of Textiles & Apparel Designing

    The Department of Clothing and Textiles is one of the major Departments of the Faculty of Home Science & was established in the year 1973. The Textiles and Apparel program of study offers a concentration in Textile Science & technology, Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Designing and construction, Dyeing & printing, Computer aided Textile & Apparel Designing and consumer behaviour and has been offering Elective courses since 1984, M.Sc since 1988 and Ph.D from 2010.

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  • Department of Extension and Communication Management

    Department of Extension and Communication Management

    The department of Extension and Communication Management, originally named as 'Department of Extension Education, a constituent department of Faculty of Home Science, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, was established in 1973 and attained its status as full-fledged department in 1998 with the introduction of Master's Programmeand renamed as Department of Extension and Communication Management in 2013.

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  • Department of Family Resource Management

    Department of Family Resource Management

    The Department of Family Resource Management, under the Faculty of Home Science started its operations in the year, 1973,guided by the leading minds in the resource management, with a plan to develop its identity as a teaching and research department in the Faculty of highest international quality. As an added dimension, the department has introduced Post Graduate Programme in the year 1992 and Ph. D Programme in the year 2010.

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  • Department of Food Science and Nutrition

    Department of Food Science and Nutrition

    Department of Food Science and Nutrition is one of the five departments in the Faculty of Home Science which was established in the year 1973. This Department’s mission is to empower students, coming under the purview of Undergraduate (4 year) and Post-graduate (M.Sc & Ph.D) course curricula in the broad areas of Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Processing and Preservation, Community Nutrition, Institutional Food Service Management and Nutrition Counseling.

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  • Department of Human Development and Family Studies

    Department of Human Development and Family Studies

    The department of Human Development and Family Studies which came into being in the year 1973 is a full fledged department offering both under graduate & post graduate programmes. This department has already developed a reputation for innovation and excellence in teaching extension and research. Both under graduate and post graduate course curriculum focus on the development of different aspects of human life span.

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  • Department of Tea Husbandry & Technology

    Department of Tea Husbandry & Technology

    The Department of Tea Husbandry & Technology (THT), the only one of its kind in the world , offers a job oriented multi disciplined course to develop manpower in executive cadre for the tea industry and its allied sectors. Since the inception of the department in 1969 there has been a steady demand for admission into this course, both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The department has been attracting students & scholars not only from the various tea growing states of India but also from abroad notably Iran, Ethiopia, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Mauritius etc.

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  • Department of Soil Science

    Department of Soil Science

    The department was established in 1948 along with the start of the then Assam Agriculture College at Jorhat. The mandate of the department was initially teaching only. With the establishment of the Assam Agricultural University in 1969, the mandate was broadened to research and extension activities in the state of Assam.The department stated post-graduate teaching programme in 1965 for award of M.Sc (Agri) degree and the same for Ph.D. was started in 1985.

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  • Department of Sericulture

    Department of Sericulture

    Sericulture is an agro-based industry dealing with production of silk by culturing host plants, rearing silkworms, and finally converting silk into fibres for production of textiles. This sector is unique in the sense that every stage involves art, science and technology interventions. Sericulture education has gained momentum in the country during XII Five Year Plan period to cater the needs of manpower in this sector.

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  • Department of Plant Pathology

    Department of Plant Pathology

    Before the inception of the Assam Agricultural University (AAU) in the year 1969, Plant Pathology as a subject had found in place in the undergraduate degree curriculum of the Department of Botany of the Assam Agricultural College under the Govt. of Assam. In 1965, the Department of Botany was recognized and named as Department of Agricultural Botany and Plant Pathology.

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  • Department of Nematology

    Department of Nematology

    The teaching of Nematology was first initiated in Post Graduate Programme in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology and in the Department of Zoology and Entomology in 1971. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi developed a project entitled, "All India Coordinated Research Project on Nematodes Pests of crops and their control", which was initially funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for a period of two years. Out of ten centres in the country, the Assam Agricultural University was selected as one of the centres in the year 1977.

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  • Department of Extension Education

    Department of Extension Education

    The discipline was introduced in the College of Agriculture in 1961. In 1964, elective in Extension Education was first offered Master’s programme started in 1980. Doctoral programme under course credit system started in 1993.

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  • Department of Zoology and Entomology

    Department of Zoology and Entomology

    The Department came in to being as Department of Zoology and Entomology with the establishment of the erstwhile Assam Agricultural College (Presently College of Agriculture) in 1948, initially to teach B.Sc. (Agri.) students. The Department started offering Post Graduate Programme to award M.Sc. (Agri.) since 1966 under the Dibrugarh University (DU), with a few teachers. At present this department is one of the major departments of University engaged not only in teaching U.G.

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  • Department of Crop Physiology

    Department of Crop Physiology

    The Department of Crop Physiology, Assam Agricultural University Jorhat was established on the year 1986 with the following mandates. Teaching – Imparting fundamental and applied knowledge of plant physiology for application in agriculture. Research – Basic and applied research on physiological problems faced by the farmers at different agro-ecological situation of Assam. Extension – Extension activities for physiological and nutritional problem of crop plants and their remedial measure.

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  • Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying

    Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying

    The department started functioning as the Department of Animal Husbandry, since the inception of the College of Agriculture in 1948, then known as Assam Agriculture College, under the headship of Late Dr. K.C. Mahanta, a renowned scientist and academician . When the Assam Agricultural University came into existence in 1969, the department was renamed as Department of Animal Production and Management.

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  • Department of Agronomy

    Department of Agronomy

    Department of Agronomy is as old as the Assam Agricultural College which was established in Aug 16th, 1948. The department grew along with the growth of the college and later with the establishment of the Assam Agricultural University in the year 1969.

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  • Department of Horticulture

    Department of Horticulture

    Department of Horticulture Jorhat Assam India Contact No : 0376 234 0008

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  • Department of Agricultural Statistics

    Department of Agricultural Statistics

    The Department of Agricultural Statistics at Assam Agricultural University came into existence in 1988. Since 1947, at the time of establishment of college of Agriculture, Statistics was combined with the department of Mathematics and Physics. The department was established with the aim to contribute towards research work in the Agricultural field.

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  • Department of Agrometeorology

    Department of Agrometeorology

    The Department of Agrometeorology came into existence in 1988. Initially, the Department of Physics and Mathematics existed since inception of the College (1948). In 1974, the Department was renamed as ‘Department of Physics, Mathematics including Statistics’. In 1988, the Department was bifurcated into two independent Departments viz. Department of Agrometeorology and Department of Agricultural Statics. The post-graduate programme in Agrometeorology was started recently in 2013.

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  • Department of Agricultural Engineering

    Department of Agricultural Engineering

    Department of Agricultural Engineering is a constituent department under the Faculty of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. It caters to teaching undergraduate courses of Agriculture and Research mostly on network mode. Moreover, besides reasonable extension activities, the Department also involves itself with minor repair and maintenance activities of various departments, laboratories, farms, hostels etc. under both the Faculties of Agriculture and Home Science.

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  • Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry

    Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry

    The Present Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry was developed from the Chemistry and Biochemistry Section, which was bifurcated in 1982-83 from the Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science under the Faculty of Agriculture. The present department came into existence in 1986 and Late Dr. L. Dutta was the Founder Head of the Department.

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  • Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics

    Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics

    The Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics came in to existence in 1971 after bifurcation of erstwhile Agricultural Botany department with the mandate of teaching at UG and PG level, along with undertake research on basic and applied aspects of crop improvement. The department is also offering PhD degree programme from 1986 under course credit system.

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  • Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management

    Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management

    The Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, one of the major Departments in the Faculty of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat had been offering courses in Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Ph.D. degree programme. The department has been offering a specialized postgraduate programme on MBA in Agribusiness from 2001 onwards. So far a number of 130 students completed their Masters degree, 30 PhD and 41 MBA degrees from this department.

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  • Department Of Agricultural Biotechnology

    Department Of Agricultural Biotechnology

    The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India sanctioned a PG Education programme leading to M.Sc. (Agri) degree programme in Agricultural Biotechnology in the year 1988. Consequently a special programme was started under the Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics in February 1989 with an intake of 6 (six) students. Later on the intake capacity was increased to 10 (ten) and a separate department viz. “Department of Agricultural Biotechnology” was established in 1996. The department admits student having completed 4 year B.Sc.

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