Center for Agri-Business Management

Center for Agri-Business Management

RajasthanCollege of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur - 313001

The new millennium started with the challenges of globalization. To meet out these challenges all organizations are now redesigning their product and service policies. According to the response of market opportunities MPUAT, Udaipur, started a two years full time MBA (Agri-Business) programme. In this programme agriculture graduates are well trained and exposed to the best of the management practices in agribusiness & rural marketing. Students are also exposed to interaction with the agro-based companies/industries & regular market visit to gain more & more practical knowledge relating to rural malls, food retailing agribusiness centers/ agri finance supply chain management and so on. MBA (Agri-Business) programme was started in the year 2009 in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Management. The Department of Agricultural Economics came into existence in 1964. In 2001, the name of the Department was changed to the Department of Agricultural Economics and Management.

Vision

To develop students towards a sense of pride in agri-business profession.

Mission

The mission of the Agri-business program is to promote professionals with managerial competence for corporate & self-employment sector in areas related to agriculture. The program will also provide diverse technical services and consultancies to agro-based industries & other stakeholders.

Objectives

To develop the professionals decision making skills & techniques related to agri- business through training programs.
To provide high class education facility to the students so as to equip them for big careers in agribusiness & rural marketing areas.
To assist organizations in solving their management problems by providing consultancy services.

Regular Faculty:

Name / Designation / Specialisation / E-mail Address
Dr. D.C. Pant / Assoc. Professor
Head & Nodal Officer (MBA) / Agril. Marketing /
Dr. S.S. Burark / Assoc. Professor / Agril. Marketing /

Dr. G. L. Meena / Asstt. Professor / Dairy Economics /
Mr. Hari Singh / Asstt. Professor
(ECF Scheme) / Agril. Marketing /
Dr. Latika Sharma / Asstt. Professor (CCPC Scheme) / Macroeconomics /

Contractual Faculty:

Name / Specialisation / E-mail Address
Ms. Tarannu Hussain / Marketing Management /
Mrs. Ranjana Audhichya / Finance and H.R. /
Ms. Seema Kanwar / Agri-Business /

Guest Faculty

Dr. M. S. Dulawat
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
MLSU, Udaipur (Raj.) / Dr. S. R. Choudhary
Retd. Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Management, RCA, Udaipur (Raj.)
Mr. Hanuman Prasad
Associate Professor
FMS, Udaipur (Raj) / Ms. Sheetal Agarwal
MCACollege
MLSU, Udaipur (Raj.)
Dr. S. C. Bharadwaj
Retd. Professor
Department of Entomology
RCA, Udaipur (Raj) / Mr. Sanjay Jain
Associate Professor
Pacific Institute of Management
Udaipur (Raj)
Dr. K. L. Totawat
Retd. Professor
Department of Soil Science
RCA, Udaipur (Raj) / Mr. Romil Jain
Faculty
Advanta Institute of Management
Udaipur (Raj)
Dr. Harshita Shrimali
Associate Professor
Pacific Institute of Management
Udaipur (Raj) / Ms. Tanu Vyas
Relationship Manger
Royal Bank of Scotland
Udaipur (Raj)
Dr. R. C. Khandelwal
Retd. Professor
Department of Horticulture
RCA, Udaipur(Raj) / Dr. T. S. Rawat
Retd. Professor
Department of Horticulture
RCA, Udaipur(Raj)

MBA (Agri-Business) Programme

It is a residential program with a duration of two years which grooms young men and women into professional mangers for core areas of agribusiness & allied sectors. The semester-wise detail of MBA (Agri-Business) courses is given below:

Course No. / Course Title / Credits
Semester –I
Compulsory Courses
ABM 511 / Principles of management and organizational behaviour / 03 (3+0)
ABM 512 / Agribusiness environment and policy / 02 (2+0)
ABM 513 / Managerial economics / 03 (3+0)
Core Courses
ABM 514 / Communication for management and business / 02 (2+0)
ABM 515 / Human resource management / 02 (2+0)
ABM 516 / Marketing management / 03 (3+0)
Basic Supporting Courses
ABM 517 / Computers for managers / 02 (1+1)
Semester II
Compulsory Courses
ABM 521 / Business laws and ethics / 02 (2+0)
ABM 523 / Production and operations management / 02 (2+0)
ABM 524 / Research methodology in business management / 02 (1+1)
ABM 525 / Managerial accounting and control
ABM 526 / Project management and entrepreneurship development / 03 (3+0)
Core Course
ABM 522 / Financial management / 02 (2+0)
Seminar
ABM 527 / Seminar / 01 (0+1)
Basic Supporting Courses
ABM 528 / Management information systems / 02 (1+1)
ABM 529 / Operations research / 02 (1+1)
Summer Internship / Industrial Attachment
ABM 591 / Summer Internship
Summer Internship of 6-8 weeks during summer break after 1st Year. / (Non Credit )
Semester III
Elective Course
Section A : General Elective Courses-
ABG 531 / Agricultural marketing management / 02 (2+0)
ABG 532 / Farm business management / 02 (2+0)
ABG 534 / Micro-finance management / 02 (2+0)
ABG 535 / Commodity markets and futures trading / 02 (2+0)
ABG 538 / Rural marketing / 02 (2+0)
Section B : Industry Oriented Elective Courses-
ABI 531 / Management of agricultural input marketing / 02 (2+0)
ABI 532 / Fertilizer technology and management / 02 (2+0)
ABI 533 / Management of agro chemical industry / 02 (2+0)
ABI 534 / Fruit & Vegetables production and post harvest management / 02 (2+0)
ABI 535 / Management of floriculture and landscaping
Semester IV
ABM 599 / Project work* / 10
ABM 541 / Comprehensive Examination / 2 (S/US)
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses
ABN 541 / Technical writing and communications skills - / 1( 0+1)
ABN 542 / Library and information services / 1 (0+1)

*A.Project work: -

(i) Project work will be assigned by the Advisory Committee of the students during semester – IV (Semester –II of 2nd Year).

(ii) Project report will be prepared and submitted under the supervision of the advisory committee and will be evaluated by an external examiner at the time of oral presentation.

B. Non Credit Courses- Students will be evaluated in the Non Credit Courses after completion of the same and their performance judged as satisfactory/unsatisfactory as the case may be.

Industrial Attachments

The institute is associated with various distinguished professionals & industrial bodies from a cross section of top agribusiness companies. These companies offer short internship and dissertation projects to students across different programs from time to time.

Summer Training Placement Organization

Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited

Shriram Fertilisers & Chemicals

Hariyali Kissan Bazar

Bayer Crop Science

United Phosphorus Limited

Godrej Agrovet

National Innovation Foundation

Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Limited

Mahindra & Mahindra.

Our batch 2009-2011

Akhilesh Kumar

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91-9799612698

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from RAU, Bikaner

Summer Internship: National Innovation Foundation

Anil Pancholi

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91-9887361425

Qualification: B.Sc. (Horti.) Hons from MPUAT, Udaipur

Summer Internship: DCM Shri Ram Consolidated Ltd.

Arpit Goyal

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-8890462158

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from JAU, Gujarat

Summer Internship: United Phosphorus Limited

Chetan Sharma

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-9928655877

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from RAU, Bikaner

Summer Internship: Bayer Crop Science

Project Title: Barriers for Bayer Products

Deepak Kumar Yadav

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91-9462644242

Qualification: M.Sc. (Horti.) from C.C.S.U. Meerut (U.P.)

Summer Internship: DCM Shri Ram Consolidated Ltd.

Diwan Singh

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-9166477653

Qualification: B.Sc. (Horti.) from MPKV, Rahuri

Summer Internship: Hariyali Kissan Bazar

Jagan Kumar Yadav

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-9887214919

Qualification: B.Sc. (Horti.) Hons. from MPUAT,Udaipur

Summer Internship: Haryali Kissan Bazar (DSCL)

Khushboo Anchaliya

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91-9460630033

Qualification:B.E.(Ag.) from MPUAT,Udaipur

Summer Internship: National Innovation Foundation.

Lagan Joshi

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-9602226781

Qualification: : B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from MPUAT, Udaipur

Summer Internship: Gujarat Agro-Industries Corporation Ltd.

Lav Chauhan

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91-9887787814

Qualification: B.Tech. (Food Tech.) from MPUAT, Udaipur

Summer Internship: National Innovation Foundation.

Narendra Verma

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91-9252973892

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from PDKV, Akola

Summer Internship: Mahindra & Mahindra

Noopur Sharma

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-9468577092

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. From MPUAT, Udaipur

MHRM from MLSU, Udaipur

Summer Internship: Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals ltd.

Rahul Choudhary

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91-9667805550

Qualification: B.Sc. (Horti.) Hons. from MPUAT, Udaipur

Summer Internship: Mahindra & Mahindra.

Sandeep Saruns

E-mail :

Contact :- +91- 9982280083

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from RAU, Bikaner

Summer Internship: Mahindra & Mahindra

Surendra Singh

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91-9887728949

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from RAU, Bikaner

Summer Internship: National Innovation Foundation.

Umesh Kumar Sharma

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-9667644350

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from RAU, Bikaner

Summer Internship: Godrej Agrovet Ltd.

Vikram Singh Meena

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-9602564604

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from RAU, Bikaner

Summer Internship: Godrej Agrovet Ltd.

Umesh Kumar Sharma

E-mail :

Contact Number: +91-9667644350

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from RAU, Bikaner

Summer Internship: Godrej Agrovet Ltd.

Vinod Kumar Saini

E-mail:

Contact Number: +91 9887779180

Qualification: B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from RAU, Bikaner

Summer Internship: Mahindra & Mahindra

Our batch 2010-2012

Name / Qualification / Degree Obtained From
Aman Upadhyay / B.Sc. (Ag.) / SKRAU, Bikaner
Ankesh Kumar Gupta / B.Sc. (Ag.) / MPUAT, Udaipur
Ankit Tiwari / B.Sc. (Ag.) / MPUAT, Udaipur
Dharma Naryan / B.Sc. (Ag.) / SKRAU, Bikaner
Lalit Naryan Sharma / B.Sc. (Ag.) / SKRAU, Bikaner
Manoj Sonkaria / B.Sc. (Ag.) / SKRAU, Bikaner
Mahesh Kumar Choudhary / B.Sc. (Horti.) / UAS, Dharwad
Narendra Soni / B.Sc. (Horti.) / UAS, Banglore
Pankaj Choudhary / B.Sc. (Horti.) / Dr. BRA. University, Agra
Peeku Kumar Saini / B.Sc. (Ag.) / Dr. BRA. University, Agra
Pavan Nagda / B.Sc. (Ag.) / SKRAU, Bikaner
Rajeev Pal / B.Sc. (Horti.) / MPUAT, Udaipur
Ramresh Meena / B.Sc. (Horti.) / MPUAT, Udaipur
Rohit Vyas / B.Sc. (Ag.) / SKRAU, Bikaner
Rinku Kumari / B.Sc. (Ag.) / SKRAU, Bikaner
Seema Choudhary / B.Sc. (Home Science) / MPUAT, Udaipur
Vishal Singh Choudhary / B.Sc. (Ag.) / SKRAU, Bikaner
Vikram Kumar Choudhary / B.Sc. (Ag.) / UAS, Banglore