
PARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture
COURSES OFFERED
The degree programs are comprised of course work and
thesis/project. All course work may preferably be completed in the first two
semesters. A minimum of 35 credit Hours of course work and 10 credits hours of
thesis research are required to qualify for M.Phil degree while a minimum of 30
credit hours of course work and 20 credits hours of thesis research are required
to qualify for Ph.D degree. Nearly two-thirds of the credits for the course
shall be in the major field of study, and one-third in the minor fields of
study. The number of minimum credits under major and minor courses will either
be 24 and 11 or 23 and 12, respectively. The listings of courses being offered
in different departments are as under:
Department of Plant Genomics and Biotechnology (PGB)
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Major Courses Credit Hours |
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1. |
PGB-701 |
Introduction to Bioinformatics |
2(1-1) |
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2. |
PGB-702 |
Molecular Biology |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
PGB-703 |
Genetic Engineering and its application in Agriculture |
4(3-1) |
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4. |
PGB-704 |
Plant Tissue Culture |
4(3-1) |
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5. |
PGB-705 |
Proteome and Proteomics |
4(2-2) |
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6. |
PGB-706 |
Techniques in Biotechnology |
4(2-2) |
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7. |
PGB-707 |
Recombinant DNA Technology |
4(3-1) |
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8. |
PGB-708 |
Biosafety-Environmental Aspects of Gene Technology |
3(3-0) |
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9. |
PGB-709 |
Advances in Molecular Cytogenesis |
4(3-1) |
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10. |
PGB-710 |
Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement |
3(3-0) |
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11. |
PGB-711 |
Advances in Plant Genomics and Bioinformation |
3(2-1) |
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12. |
PGB-712 |
Special Topics in Biotechnology |
2(2-0) |
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13. |
PGB-713 |
Plant-Microbe Interaction |
2(2-0) |
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14. |
PGB-714 |
Molecular Microbial Ecology |
3(2-1) |
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15. |
PGB-715 |
Molecular Virology |
3(2-1) |
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16. |
PGB-716 |
Molecular Biology Lab Management, Calculations and Instrumentation |
4(3-1) |
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17. |
PGB-717 |
Special Problem |
1(1-0) |
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18. |
PGB-718 |
Seminar |
1(1-0) |
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Minor Courses |
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1. |
AE-736 |
Research Philosophy and Methods |
3(3-0) |
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2. |
AE-737 |
Agriculture Systems, Planning and Management |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
AE-738 |
Statistics and Biometrics |
3(3-0) |
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4. |
AE-739 |
Scientific Writing |
3(3-0) |
Department of Animal Genomics and Biotechnology (AGB)
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Major Courses Credit Hours |
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1. |
AGB-700 |
Advances in Animal Biotechnology |
3(2+1) |
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2. |
AGB-701 |
Applied Genomics |
3(2+1) |
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3. |
AGB-702 |
Animal Cell Culture |
3(2+1) |
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4. |
AGB-704 |
Infectious Diseases of Food Animal |
3(2+1) |
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5. |
AGB-705 |
Seminar |
1(1+0) |
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6. |
AGB-706 |
Advances in Aquaculture Production System |
3(2+1) |
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7. |
AGB-709 |
Advances in Reproductive Biotechnology |
3(2+1) |
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8. |
AGB-710 |
Special Topics in Biotechnology |
3(3+0) |
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9. |
AGB-711 |
Rumen Digestion and Feed Biotechnology |
3(2+1) |
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10. |
AGB-712 |
Molecular Diagnostics & Vaccionology |
3(2+1) |
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Minor Courses |
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1. |
AE-736 |
Research Philosophy and Methods |
3(3-0) |
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2. |
AE-737 |
Agriculture Systems, Planning and Management |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
AE-738 |
Statistics and Biometrics |
3(3-0) |
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4. |
AE-739 |
Scientific Writing |
3(3-0) |
Department of Applied Economics (M.Phil)
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Major Courses Credit Hours |
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1. |
AE-701 |
Applied Micro Economics |
3(3-0) |
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2. |
AE-702 |
Applied Macro Economics |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
AE-704 |
Econometrics Methods |
3(3-0) |
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4. |
AE-706 |
Agriculture and Rural Development |
3(3-0) |
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5. |
AE-709 |
Mathematics for Economists-I |
3(3-0) |
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6. |
AE-711 |
Statistics for Economist |
3(3-0) |
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7. |
AE-718 |
International Trade: Theory and Practice |
3(3-0) |
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8. |
AE-722 |
Special Problem |
1(1-0) |
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9. |
AE-723 |
Seminar |
1(1-0) |
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10. |
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Minor Courses |
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1. |
AE-736 |
Research Philosophy and Methods |
3(3-0) |
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2. |
AE-737 |
Agriculture Systems, Planning and Management |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
AE-738 |
Statistics and Biometrics |
3(3-0) |
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4. |
AE-739 |
Scientific Writing |
3(3-0) |
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5. |
AE-703 |
Applied Farm Economics |
3(3-0) |
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6. |
AE-716 |
Value chain Analysis: Theory and Practice |
3(3-0) |
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7. |
AE-721 |
Monetary and Fiscal Economics: Theory and Practice |
3(3-0) |
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8. |
AE-724 |
Organizational Behavior |
3(3-0) |
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9. |
AE-726 |
Agri. Business and Marketing |
3(3-0) |
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10. |
AE-727 |
Imaginative Economics |
3(3-0) |
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11. |
AE-728 |
Project Evaluation |
3(3-0) |
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12. |
AE-730 |
Advance International Trade |
3(3-0) |
Department of Applied Economics (Ph.D)
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Major Courses Credit Hours |
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1. |
AE-704 |
Econometrics Methods |
3(3-0) |
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2. |
AE-707 |
Advance Micro Economics |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
AE-708 |
Advance Macro Economics |
3(3-0) |
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4. |
AE-709 |
Mathematics for Economists-I |
3(3-0) |
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5. |
AE-710 |
Mathematics for Economists-II |
3(3-0) |
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6. |
AE-713 |
Applied Econometrics |
3(3-0) |
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7. |
AE-714 |
Time Series Analysis and forecasting |
3(3-0) |
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8. |
AE-722 |
Special Problem |
1(1-0) |
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9. |
AE-723 |
Seminar |
1(1-0) |
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Minor Courses |
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1. |
AE-736 |
Research Philosophy and Methods |
3(3-0) |
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2. |
AE-737 |
Agriculture Systems, Planning and Management |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
AE-738 |
Statistics and Biometrics |
3(3-0) |
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4. |
AE-739 |
Scientific Writing |
3(3-0) |
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5. |
AE-703 |
Applied Farm Economics |
3(3-0) |
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6. |
AE-706 |
Agriculture and Rural Development |
3(3-0) |
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7. |
AE-716 |
Value Chain Analysis: Theory and Practice |
3(2+1) |
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8. |
AE-717 |
Resource and Environmental Economics |
3(3-0) |
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9. |
AE-718 |
International Trade |
3(3-0) |
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10. |
AE-719 |
Markets and Prices Analysis |
3(3-0) |
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11. |
AE-720 |
Advance Farm Business Management |
3(3-0) |
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12. |
AE-721 |
Monetary and Fiscal Economics |
3(3-0) |
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13. |
AE-725 |
Human Resource Management |
3(3-0) |
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14. |
AE-726 |
Agri. Business and Marketing |
3(3-0) |
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15. |
AE-727 |
Imaginative Economics |
3(3-0) |
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16. |
AE-728 |
Project Evaluation |
3(3-0) |
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17. |
AE-729 |
Applied Production Economics |
3(3-0) |
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18. |
AE-730 |
Advance International Trade |
3(3-0) |
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19. |
AE-731 |
Topics in Resource and Environmental Economics |
3(3-0) |
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20. |
AE-732 |
Agriculture Policy Analysis |
3(3-0) |
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Department of Plant and
Environmental Protection (PEP)
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Major Courses Credit Hours |
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1. |
PEP 701 |
Advances in Plant Pathology |
4 (2-2) |
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2. |
PEP 702 |
Plant Quarantine and SPS Measures |
4 (2-2) |
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3. |
PEP 703 |
Ecotoxicology |
4 (2-2) |
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4. |
PEP 704 |
Bioremediation |
4 (2-2) |
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5. |
PEP-705 |
Environment and its Relationship to Crop Pests |
4 (2-2) |
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6. |
PEP 706 |
Integrated Pest Management |
4 (2-2) |
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7. |
PEP- 707 |
Pest Biosystematics (Compulsory) |
4 (2-2) |
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8. |
PEP -711 |
Environment And Society |
4 (2-2) |
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9. |
PEP-712 |
Techniques in Molecular Biology |
4 (2-2) |
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10. |
PEP 713 |
Botanical Pesticides |
4 (2-2) |
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11. |
PEP 714 |
Host Plant Pest Interaction |
4 (2-2) |
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12. |
PEP 715 |
Methods and Research Techniques in Plant and Environmental Protection (Compulsory) |
4 (2-2) |
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13. |
PEP 716 |
Community Integrated Pest Management |
4 (2-2) |
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14. |
PEP 717 |
Biological Control |
4 (2-2) |
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15. |
PEP 718 |
Environmental Microbiology |
4 (2-2) |
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16. |
PEP-721 |
Seminar |
1(1-0) |
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17. |
PEP-725 |
Special Problem |
2 (2-0) |
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Minor Courses |
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1. |
PEP-708 |
Vertebrate Pest Management |
3 (2-1) |
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2. |
PEP-709 |
Weed Management |
3 (2-1) |
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3. |
PEP 720 |
Plant Virology |
3 (2-1) |
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4. |
PEP-722 |
Plant Pathogenic Bacteria |
3 (2-1) |
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5. |
PEP 723 |
Microbial Control of Insects |
3 (2-1) |
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6. |
NRM-702 |
Ecological Principles of NRM |
3 (2-1) |
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7. |
NRM-703 |
Integrated Water Resource Management |
3 (2-1) |
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8. |
PGB-713 |
Plant Microbe Interaction |
3 (2-1) |
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9. |
AE-736 |
Research Philosophy and Methods |
3(3-0) |
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10. |
AE-737 |
Agriculture Systems, Planning and Management |
3(3-0) |
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11. |
AE-738 |
Statistics and Biometrics |
3(3-0) |
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12. |
AE-739 |
Scientific Writing |
3(3-0) |
Department of Natural
Resource Management (NRM)
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Major Courses Credit Hours |
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1. |
NRM 701 |
Sustainable rangeland management |
3(3-0) |
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2. |
NRM 702 |
Ecological principles of natural resource management |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
NRM 703 |
Integrated water resource management |
3(2-2) |
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4. |
NRM 704 |
Integrated land use management |
3(3-0) |
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5. |
NRM 706 |
Biodiversity and conservation |
3(3-0) |
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6. |
NRM 707 |
Irrigation systems design and management |
4(2-4) |
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7. |
NRM 708 |
Sustainable watershed management |
4(2-4) |
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8. |
NRM 709 |
Physical processes in soil environment |
3(3-0) |
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9. |
NRM 710 |
GIS and remote sensing application in NRM |
4(2-4) |
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10. |
NRM 711 |
Energy conservation in agriculture |
3(3-0) |
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11. |
NRM 713 |
Soil salinity and brackish water management |
3(3-0) |
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12. |
NRM 714 |
Solar energy in agriculture |
3(3-0) |
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13. |
NRM 715 |
Grain drying and aeration management |
3(3-0) |
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14. |
NRM 716 |
Biomass and biofuels energy |
3(3-0) |
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15. |
NRM 717 |
Environmental soil chemistry |
3(3-0) |
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16. |
NRM 718 |
Sustainable soil fertility and microbial health management |
3(3-0) |
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17. |
NRM 719 |
Energy management in agro-processing |
3(3-0) |
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18. |
NRM 720 |
Hydro, wind, and geothermal energy |
3(3-0) |
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19. |
NRM 721 |
Farm power management |
3(3-0) |
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20. |
NRM 722 |
Solar thermal systems (Pre-req. NRM 714) |
3(3-0) |
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21. |
NRM 723 |
Special problem (EMA) |
1(1-0) |
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Minor Courses |
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1. |
NRM 726 |
Analytical techniques and instrumentation |
3(1-4) |
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2. |
NRM 727 |
Soil chemistry |
3(3-0) |
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3. |
NRM 728 |
Land degradation and management |
3(3-0) |
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4. |
NRM 729 |
Water quality management |
3(3-0) |
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5. |
NRM 730 |
Soil, water, and plant relationship |
3(3-0) |
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6. |
NRM 731 |
Environmental pollution and management |
3(3-0) |
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7. |
NRM 732 |
Saline sodic soil and their management |
3(3-0) |
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8. |
NRM 733 |
Plant stress physiology and saline agriculture |
3(3-0) |
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9. |
NRM 734 |
Soil genesis and classification |
3(2-2) |
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10. |
NRM 735 |
Genomics and biotechnology for stress environments |
3(3-0) |
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11. |
NRM 736 |
Soil fertility and plant nutrition |
3(3-0) |
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12. |
NRM 737 |
Soil microbiology and biochemistry |
3(3-0) |
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13. |
NRM 738 |
Special problem (SES) |
1(1-0) |
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14. |
NRM 739 |
Climate change mitigation and adaptation |
3(3-0) |
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15. |
NRM 740 |
Environmental hydrology |
3(3-0) |
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16. |
NRM 741 |
Drainage systems design and management |
3(2-2) |
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17. |
NRM 742 |
Snow and glacial hydrology |
2(2-0) |
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18. |
NRM 743 |
Unconventional water resources management |
3(2-2) |
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19. |
NRM 744 |
Modeling and simulation in natural resource management |
3(2-2) |
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20. |
NRM 745 |
Urban water management |
3(2-2) |
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21. |
NRM 746 |
Special problem-WRM |
1(1-0) |
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22. |
NRM 747 |
Agroforestry |
3(3-0) |
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23. |
NRM 748 |
Soil and water conservation |
3(2-2) |
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24. |
NRM 749 |
Special problem-BRS |
1(1-0) |
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25. |
NRM 750 |
Environmental impact assessment: principles and practices |
3(3-0) |
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26. |
NRM 751 |
Advanced soil physics |
3(2-2) |
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27. |
NRM 752 |
Advanced soil microbiology |
3(3-0) |
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28. |
NRM 753 |
Advanced soil fertility |
3(3-0) |
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29. |
NRM 754 |
Advanced soil chemistry |
3(3-0) |
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30. |
NRM 755 |
Renewable energy resources |
3(3-0) |
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31. |
NRM 768 |
M. Phil thesis defence seminar |
1(1-0) |
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32. |
NRM 770 |
Ph.D. thesis defence seminar |
1(1-0) |
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