College of Horticulture, Sirsi

The present College of Horticulture, Sirsi was established in the year 2010 at Sirsi is a constituent College imparting horticultural education in the state of Karnataka India. Located at Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district, this institution has its area of learning spread over a vast piece of landscape measuring 32. 5 acres.

Recognised by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) the college has a comprehensive programme in horticulture. More so, the current number of students enrolled stands at 254, while the number of faculty members is currently at 17 students making the college compact in terms of class size. It offers one unique course – B. Sc.

Horticulture thus taking a succinct focus on the particular niche area of the broad field of agriculture. The College of Horticulture, Sirsi has set up a lot of facilities in order to improve the education sessions and several college related activities. Faculty has got well stocked laboratories to give practical knowledge to the students in matters of horticultural practices and developments.

A library resource centre provides information on horticulture and other related disciplines. To support the physical aspect of student’s health, the college offers sports like football, basket ball, and a gym for such students who might consider health as an important aspect of having education.

An auditorium on campus provides support for events, seminars and different cultural functions and helps promote a lively college culture. This institutional also provides concern of students’ health with the medical centre, which provides first aid to the students.

In order to back up the IT focused curriculum, the college’s IT infrastructure is very good; students are knowledgeable about the various modern technologies used in agriculture. Academic programmes offered include only one programme at the College of Horticulture, Sirsi namely the B. Sc Horticulture degree course.

This is a full-time course whose duration is four years the course will equip the students with knowledge and practical experience in horticulture. The areas taught under this programme include fruit and vegetable production, flowering plants production, post harvest technology and integrated sustainable horticulture.

Thus, total intake of 254 students allows in providing convenient and qualitative education as well as individual approach. The focused approach helps the institution to set high standards of horticultural education and get qualified human resource to fuel the agricultural sector. The admission process of this B. Sc.

Horticulture programme in College of Horticulture, Sirsi is aimed at identifying students with passion towards horticulture profession. Proper admission can change from one year to another, but more information regarding this can be found on the college online platform or visiting admission department.

As a constituent college of the university, the college must conform to the policy on admission as determined by the parent institution. The aspiring students may need to achieve required cut off marks in relevant entrance exames, other details of any entrance exams are available from the college itself.