About the Department
The department of Seed Science and Technology started functioning with the establishment of the College of Agriculture, Vijayapur in the year 1990-91. It offers both Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree programme.
Brief History of the PG degree programme:
| Year of Start: | 2016-17 |
| Objectives of Initiating M.Sc. Programme | To prepare students to cope with the current professional scenario with relevance to practical needs and skill requirements. |
| Accomplishments of Programme | The researchable issues have been undertaken through PG Research and burning issues related to Entomology have been addressed.Students found a better way through good placements and occupied various positions at semi govt. and private sectors |
Faculty Strength:
| Designation | Sanctioned | In-place | |
| T | T | R* | |
| Professor and Equivalent | – | – | 01 |
| Associate Professor and Equivalent | 01 | – | – |
| Assistant Professor and Equivalent | 01 | 02 | – |
| Total | 02 | 02 | 01 |
* One staff member is availed from Regional Agricultural Research Station.
Technical and Supporting Staff:
The supporting staff is being shared from other Departments and Dean (Agri.) office as and when required.
| Designation | Sanctioned | In-place |
| Lab Assistant | 01 | 01 |
| Farm Labour | 01 | 01 |
Classrooms and Laboratories:
List of Classroom and functional Laboratories
| Particulars | No. of Rooms | Capacity |
| No. of Lecture rooms with sitting capacity | 01 | 20 |
| No. of smart class-rooms; seminar room with LCD | 01 | 20 |
| Any other instructional units being utilized for the award of the Degree program | – | – |
| Laboratories | 02 | 40 |
List of all working equipments present in the department
| Name of Equipment |
| Autoclave |
| Hot air oven |
| Laminar air flow chamber |
| Electrical conductivity meter |
| pH meter |
| BOD incubator |
| Double beam spectrophotometer |
| Dissecting microscopes |
| Seed image analyzer |
| Digital moisture meter |
| Seed counting machine |
| Seed grinding machine |
| PCR machine with gel documentation unit |
Teaching Faculty:
| Name | Designation | Mobile Number | |
| Dr. R. B. Jolli | Professor and Head | 9448915986 | rbjolli@uasd.in |
| Dr. Sudeep Kumar E. | Assistant Professor | 8095208098 | sudeepkumare@uasd.in |