PROGRAMS OFFERED

MBA in AgriBusiness Management

Semester - I

• 1. Information Technology & its Applications
• 2. Management Principles & Techniques
• 3. Accounting & Financial Analysis
• 4. Organizational Behaviour & Ethics
• 5. Agri Business Environment and Management
• 6. Quantitative Techniques
• 7. Marketing Management
• 8. Managerial Communication Methods
• 9. Segment Training ( 2 weeks)
• 10. Foundation Course (Bridge Course)

Semester - II

• 1. Financial Management
• 2. Agribusiness & Rural Marketing
• 3. Managerial Economics
• 4. Research Methods in Agri-business Management
• 5. Agriculture Production Systems Management
• 6. Managing Collectives (for Value Chain & Supply Chain) in Agriculture Sector
• 7. Operation & Agri Supply Chain Management
• 8. Human Resource Management
• 9. Agri Trade Policies and Procedures
• 10. Segment Training (2 Weeks)
• 11. Seminar in Agri-business Management

Semester - III

• 1. Business Law and Ethics
• 2. Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• 3. Project Management
• 4. Data Analytics and Modelling
• 5. ITeS in Agriculture Sector and Enterprises
• 6. Elective Paper (Any two Subjects)
  • a. Agricultural Marketing Management
  • b. Micro-Credit And Foreign Trade Finance
  • c. International Business
• 7. Elective Group - Industry (Any One Group)
  • a. Agri Input Management
  • i) Inputs Marketing Management
  • ii) Seed Production Technology
  • b. Agri-Technology Management
  • i) Farm Power & Machinery Management
  • ii) Management of Irrigation Systems
  • c. Food Process Management
  • i) Food Retail Management
  • ii) Vegetable Production and Post-Harvest Management
  • d. Livestock, Poultry, Fisheries & Dairy Management
  • i) Meat and Meat Product Management
  • ii) Dairy and Dairy Product Management
  • e. Agro Forestry and Plantation Management
  • i) Agro-forestry, Renewable Biomass based energy and Environmental Management
  • ii) Plantation Management – Agri Commodity, Production, Testing and Marketing
  • f. Fertilizer Marketing Management
  • i) Production, Imports, and Consumption; and Supply Chain Management
  • ii) Pricing (including subsidy), Promotion, Products, and Packaging
• 8. Practical Training (8 weeks)
• 9. Seminar in AgriBusiness Management

Semester - IV

• 1. Strategic Management
• 2. Entrepreneur Development programme (projects formulation, economic viability, appraisal and cost-benefit ratio)
• 3. Database Management and Decision Support Systems (DSSs)
• 4. Elective Paper (Any two Subjects)
  • a. Banking & Insurance Management
  • b. International Agricultural Trade
  • c. Farm Business Management
• 5. Elective Group - Industry (Any One Group)
  • a. Agri Input Management
  • i) Agricultural Credit & Risk Management
  • ii) Agro Chemical Technology & Management
  • b. Agri Technology Management
  • i) Renewable Energy Resource Management
  • ii) Agricultural Bio-Technology & Business Management
  • iii) Precision Farming and IT Enabled Value Chains in Agriculture
  • c. Food Process Management
  • i) Food Technology & Processing Management
  • ii) Fruit Production & Post Harvest Management
  • d. Livestock, Poultry, Fisheries & Dairy Management
  • i) Poultry Products Technology and Processing Management
  • ii) Fish Products Technology & Processing Management
  • e. Agro Forestry and Plantation Management
  • i) Agro-Forestry produce Value-Chain Development
  • ii) Agri-Plantation Business Management
  • f. Fertilizer Marketing Management
  • i) Market Regulations, and Movement, Distribution and Quality Controls
  • ii) Procurement in international market and shipping arrangements
• 6. Seminar in Agribusiness Management
• 7. Field Work & Dissertation
• 8. Viva-Voce

*Note – Students from the non Agri or allied disciplines, will be offered the Foundation Course (Bridge Course) for better understanding of Agriculture Industry. For non-engineering students, basic mathematics - Vector, Matrices & Linear Algebra; Basic Statistics, Correlation, Regression, Probability, Estimation & Testing.