The Post Graduate Diploma in Management - Agriculture (PGDMA) is a 2-year (6 trimesters) fully residential course approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The aim of the programme is to train graduates of agriculture and allied sciences in management of agribusiness. The course was started in the year 2009. Currently 24 and 20 students are on the roll in the PGDMA courses of 2009 and 2010, respectively.

The rapidly changing national and international agricultural landscape has opened up significant opportunities to those who have passion for excellence. One such opportunity is the ever-expanding food and agri-business arena with vast untapped potential for professional excellence and societal transformation. The most critical requirement of this booming sector is qualified and competent young professionals with accumulated domain expertise in agri and allied sciences.

The minimum qualification for admission into the programmes is a FOUR YEAR Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following subjects from any Agricultural University or Institution recognized by the ICAR/UGC:

• Agriculture
A
• gri-Business Management/Commercial Agriculture and Agri-Business Management/ Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation
• Agricultural Engineering
• Agricultural Information Technology
• Bioinformatics
• Biotechnology
• Dairy Technology
• Energy and Environmental Engineering
• Fisheries
• Food Technology/Food Process Engineering
• Forestry
• Horticulture
• Sericulture
• Veterinary Science