NS College of Horticultural Sciences, Prakasam

The N. S College of horticultural sciences at Prakasam of the Andhra Pradesh is a college providing education exclusively in the field of horticulture. This co-educational college was founded in 2017 – and has since emerge as a prevalent college offering horticulture. Located on a large piece of ground of about one hundred and ten acres, the college has a favourable learning and research environment for horticulture.

The college totals 163 students for enrolment and 32 faculty members, which make the student-teacher ratio quite favourable and enable quality education provision. NS College of Horticultural Sciences, Prakasam is affiliated with the college Dr YSR Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem.

This facility is among those endorsed learning facilities within the college that avail provisions that would improve learning among the students. The corner stone of academic resources is a well stocked library which acts as information centre providing books, journals, documents and many more in the field of horticulture, agriculture and allied sciences.

This idea is particularly exemplified by the fact that the college has equipped its horticulture students with functional laboratories where they undertake practical exercises in different areas of horticulture. As for the student accommodation the institution has provided separate hostels for male and female students to enable those who prefer to live in the institution’s facilities have comfortable accommodations.

The college also retains a canteen to support student’s nourishment, an auditorium that can be used for main occasions and seminars, and structures for games and other additional exercises for the overall well being of a student. Also, there is a health centre with a first aid section to accord medical services to the college populace.

NS College of Horticultural Sciences is offering its institutional course with a special focus in its core programme B. Sc. Horticulture (Hons) . This course is offered full time and takes three years to complete and has an approved annual cohort size of seventy students.

This programme is intended to enable students acquire broad underpinnings and competencies in diverse sub-sectors of horticulture to address employment needs in this niche area. At present this college only has one degree programme but its focus affords an intensive and targeted education in horticulture. Degree Name Total Number of Seats B.

Sc Horticulture (Hons) 70 Since NS College of Horticultural Sciences is an academic institution of higher learning, the institution admits students through a competitive basis. Candidate to be admitted to the different levels of study are offered based on the performance in the qualifying examinations.