Nalanda College of Agriculture, Tiruchirappalli

Nalanda college of agriculture, Trichy was set up in the year 2016 and it is specialised agricultural college of Tamil Nadu, India. This fairly young college began its activity in 2000 and is located on the territory of a vast 111. 72 ha campus; it may be regarded as an important agricultural college.

The strength of the college is the total enrolment of students which is 231 and faculty members are 29, while excess of student faculty ratio of 1:8 is enough to provide personal care and quality education. The institution has a clearly defined niche prevalent in the name of its focal programme of study-B. Sc Agriculture (Hons) in response to the need of producing expert agriculturists in the future.

Nalanda College of Agriculture, Trichy is affiliated with the college Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. Nalanda college of agriculture has had access to a number of facilities that complement the learning process of the students.

In its technological provisioning, it has a computer laboratory with 40 functional computer systems accessible to students, besides general academic resources such as appropriate software and high speed Internet. This specific IT environment is really important for contemporary agricultural disciplines as it enables the students introduce the latest technologies applicable within this sector.

The college also has its own boys and girls hostels to provide the students from different parts of the country a home away from home. There is equipped a campus library which is considered to be one of the main facilities required for agriculture students and research. Nalanda College of Agriculture in this respect follows a trend of offering specialised education in the field of agriculture.

At the present the college teaches one full time course which is the B. Sc Agriculture (Hons). The above mentioned degree normally takes four years of study and produces holders with considerable expertise in the area of their choice in agriculture. The admission requirements for students to Nalanda College of agriculture, Trichy, involve choosing serious minded students interested in agriculture.