The foundation of College of Agriculture, Nagaur under Agriculture University, Jodhpur was laid down based on point 77 of the 2015-16 budget declared by the Hon’ble Chief Minister and it is an ICAR-accredited college. College came into existence on August 21, 2015 as the third constituent College of Agriculture University, Jodhpur. The four-year B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture course is running with an intake capacity of 120 students per year. Most of the teaching and non-teaching posts are filled. However, guest faculties are engaged to teach courses for whom faculty is not available so that teaching can go smoothly.
| Entrance of Students | : | through JET entrance test |
| Present Address | : | Bikaner Road, Near New JLN Hospital, Nagaur |
| Office | Residence/Mob. | ||
| Dean | 01582 - 294469 | 9413251053 | coanagaur15@gmail.com |
| ADSW | 01582 - 294469 | - | skkhinchi.1976@gmail.com |
Born on 10th August 1973 at Ragha Chhoti, Rajgarh, Churu, Rajasthan, Dr. MK Poonia obtained B. Sc. (Hons) Agriculture (1996) and M. Sc. (Ag) Horticulture (1998) from Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner and Ph.D (Ag.) Horticulture (2003) from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur. Dr. MK Poonia served as Assistant Professor (2005-2013) at MPUA&T, Udaipur and Agriculture University, Kota. He joined as Associate Professor (Horticulture) in April, 2018 and OSD cum Dean, College of Agriculture, Nagaur in June, 2018. Dr Poonia has made outstanding contribution in dissemination of technologies through extension service. He has published 35 research papers, 02 review papers, 08 technical bulletins, 09 training manuals, 22 folders, 20 popular articles and 10 papers in symposia/seminars/conferences. Dr. Poonia was team member of Best KVK award of Zone-II (2017) and ICAR cashless award of KVK (2017) and University also recognised for sanctioned a project as a Project Invigilator of more than Rs. 40.0 lacs. He is having life membership of 03 professional societies viz; The Horticultural society of India, Society for Promotion of Horticulture and Hi-Tech Horticultural Society (Meerut). Dr. Poonia has also delivered 40 Radio talks on Akashwani in different horticulture aspects.
The College was established to transform agriculture from livelihood to a profitable business. The establishment of the Institute is an important landmark in expanding education as well as scientific research in Agriculture in Western Rajasthan. Nagaur district of Rajasthan is mainly characterized by the production of spices, especially Naguari Pan Methi and several minerals. College is located at 27.24°N 73.67°E. It has an average elevation of 302 metres (990 feet). It is situated 5 KM from district head quarter on north side NH 62 towards Bikaner.
The college has its own games and sports facilities and provides easy access to students to variety of games and sports such as cricket, volleyball, football, badminton, tennis etc. Many students have shown their excellence at the state and national level tournaments. All the students enrolled in the college become members of Young Farmers' Association, which encourages students to instill youth leadership, awareness and consciousness towards social issues having relevance to the farming community.
Infrastructure
The college has very good infrastructure facilities i. e. modern college building, play-ground, research field and college farm, transportation facility, facilities for physically challenged persons, hostel building (Boys and Girls are under construction), well-established computer laboratory, practical laboratories with advance types of equipment and all other basic infrastructure facilities recommended. At College, the auditorium of size 100ft x 70ft is being constructed with an overall seating capacity of 540 persons. Provision for CCTV cameras in every class room is also installed.
Teaching
The college imparts undergraduate teaching to the students in the field of agriculture for their career concerned. Most of the teaching and non-teaching posts are filled. However, guest faculties are engaged to teach courses for whom faculty is not available so that teaching can go smoothly and faculties from other unit of Agriculture University, Jodhpur.
Bus Facility
For better transportation and smooth functioning of day-to-day activities, college has a bus, bolero and a tractor. College bus has 56 seating capacity and useful for to and fro transportation, academic visits and sports tours.
Lab Facility
All the Departments are having well equipped UG Laboratories for practical classes. These laboratories are well-equipped with sophisticated instruments. For practical education, the college has well developed Instructional Farm for Agronomy, Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Seed Production with one horticulture nursery and mushroom unit. College has a well-equipped computer cum language laboratory facilitated with 25 systems with all the necessary accessories and language learning software is established
Library
A well-equipped library consisting of more than 6700 text and reference books of various subjects covering all the courses running. A significant amount of the books are in English and since most of the students are from rural background, books Hindi medium is also made available to the students for their better understanding of the subject. Other than academic books, books related to competitive exams, magazines, journals are also available in the library.
Administrative & Departments building
The administrative building is an impressive building which houses offices of the Dean, Finance, Establishment, Student Section and Placement cell, Women Sexual Harassment Cell, Technical Cell, IPR Cell etc.
Games & Sports
The college has a sports complex in which a stadium having a track for athletics, football ground, and cricket ground. Cement paved and night lit basketball and volleyball for boys and girls are special attractions of the college. Facilities for badminton and Table Tennis having multi-gym facility.
NSS/Physical Education
Every student takes part in NSS for two academic sessions and also attends a compulsory one week NSS camp to meet the requirement for undergraduate degree programmes.
| S.No. | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Mahesh Kumar Poonia | Dean, Professor (Horticulture) |
| 2 | Dr. Ishwar Singh | Assistant Professor (Genetics and Plant Breeding) |
| 3 | Dr. Shourabh Joshi | Assistant Professor (Plant Biotechnology) |
| 4 | Dr. Nisha Chaudhary | Assistant Professor (Food Technology) |
| 5 | Dr. Neeshu Joshi | Assistant Professor (Agronomy) |
| 6 | Dr. Hansa Lakhran | Assistant Professor (Agronomy) |
| 7 | Dr. Manju Kumari | Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology) |
| 8 | Dr. Moola Ram | Assistant Professor (Agronomy) |
| 9 | Dr. Vikash Pawariya | Assistant Professor (Agricultural Economics) |
| 10 | Dr. Shakti Singh Bhati | Assistant Professor (Nematology) |
| 11 | Dr. Rekha Sodani | Assistant Professor (Plant Physiology) |
| 12 | Dr. Shiv Singh Meena | Assistant Professor (Soil Science) |
| 13 | Dr. Ajesh Kumar | Assistant Professor (Animal Production) |
| 14 | Dr. Rakesh Kumar | Assistant Professor (Entomology) |
| 15 | Mrs. Sonali Meena | Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology) |
| 16 | Dr. Sheetal Raj Sharma | Assistant Professor (Genetics and Plant Breeding) |
| 17 | Miss Manju Verma | Assistant Professor (Horticulture) |
| 18 | Shri Jaipal Singh | Assistant Section Officer |
| 19 | Shri Ratan Lal | Lab. Assistant |
| 20 | Mr. Premraj Meena | Lab. Assistant |
| 21 | Mr. Girdhari Lal | Agriculture Supervisor |
| 22 | Shri Sudarshan Choudhary | Lab. Assistant |
| 23 | Shri Mukesh Tank | Clerk Grade –II |





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| AICTE | IMD Pune | NAD | राजभवन | ICAR |
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