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| Thursday, May 29, 2008
“Varsity syllabus in line with global changes”
Thanjavur: The educational system in Tamil Nadu Agriculture
University (TNAU) is regularly examined and systematically redesigned
in accordance with global changes in agricultural sector, said
TNAU Dean (Agri) K. Vanangamudi here recently.
He told presspersons at the Soil and Water Management Research
Institute here that the aim of restructuring was to produce
globally competitive agricultural graduates.
The TNAU offers 12 undergraduate programmes in its 10 constituent
colleges in the State. The university follows the single window
admission for all its under-graduate degree programmes.
The courses are B.Sc. Agriculture, offered at Agricultural college
and Research Institute at Coimbatore, Madurai, Killikulam and
Tiruchi, B.Sc.Horticulture at Horticultural College and Research
Institute at Periyakulam, B.Sc. (Forestry) offered at Forest
College and Research Institute at Mettupalayam, B.Sc.(Home Science)
at Home Science College and Research Institute at Madurai, B.Tech
(Agricultural Engineering) at Agricultural Engineering College
and Research Institute, Kumulur, B.Tech (Horticulture) at Horticultural
College and Research Institute at Coimbatore, B.Tech (Food Process
Engineering) and B.Tech (Energy and Environment Engineering)
at Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute,
Coimbatore, B.Tech (Biotechnology), B.Tech Bioinformatics, B.S
(Agribusiness management) and B.Tech (Agricultural Information
Technology) at Agricultural College and Research Institute,
Coimbatore. Application forms for the courses will be issued
from May 7. Applications for the admission will be issued till
June 9 which is also the last date for submitting the applications.
Eligibility criteria for applying to TNAU UG programmes has
been relaxed. The eligibility is Plus Two with 55 per cent (open
competition), 50 per cent backward class and 45 per cent for
most backward class aggregate marks of all science subjects
Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany and Biology and one
elective.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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