College of Agriculture, Nagaur

College of Agriculture Nagaur  Agriculture University, Jodhpur

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. Email
Dean 01582 - 294469 9413211983

coanagaur15@gmail.com

ADSW 01582 - 294469 9928821439

skkhinchi.1976@gmail.com

Dr. Sita Ram Kumhar , Dean - College of Agriculture, Nagaur

Dr. Sita Ram Kumhar born on 01-10-1965 at village, Bhagwatpura, Jobner, Jaipur. He has obtained his B. Sc. (Ag.) in 1990, M. Sc. (Ag.) Plant Breeding & Genetics in 1993 and Ph. D. (Plant Breeding & Genetics) degree in 2005 from Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner. He started his career as Assistant Professor in 1996 from ARS, Umedganj Kota, then promoted as Associated Professor in 2008 and Professor in 2011. He has worked on breeding work of soybean, linseed, pearl millet, isabgol and sesame and actively involved in development of varieties viz., RL 914 and Pratap Alsi-1 (RLU 6) of linseed, RI 1 of isabgol, RMA-4 and RMA-7 of Grain Amaranth, MBC 2 of pearl millet and RT 346, RT 351, RT 372 and RT 392 of sesame. He has published more than 50 research papers, booklets, popular articles and book chapters and he is the member of prestigious scientific societies in India like Life member of The Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding, The Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Sesame and Niger Workers Association (SANWA).

  He also served the University as Additional Director Research (Seeds) (19.10.2013 to 02.09.20219}, Zonal Director Research, ARS, Mandor (10.08.2016 to 17.02.2019 and 31.08.2019 to 04.09.2021), Director Research (31.08.2019 to 31.08.2021 and 13.09.2023 to 02.08.2024), Comptroller of AU, Jodhpur (01.01.2018 to 19.03.2018), Director Education (14.02.2019 to 05.05.2020 and 01.09.2021 to 11.07.2024), Dean & Faculty Chairman (01.09.2021 to 27.09.2023). He is also Professor Member of Board of Management of AU, Jodhpur for two years (07.10.2016 to 06.10.2018), Dean and Faculty Chairman Member of Board of Management of AU, Jodhpur for two years (14.09.2021 to 13.09.2023).

  Presently he is holding the post of Dean & Faculty Chairman from 03.8.2024.


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.

Staff of College of Agriculture, Nagaur

S.No. Name Designation
1 Dr. Sita Ram Kumhar Dean
2 Dr. Mahesh Kumar Poonia Professor (Horticulture)
3 Dr. Suresh Kumar Khinchi Associate Professor (Entomology)
4 Dr. Ishwar Singh Assistant Professor (Genetics and Plant Breeding)
5 Dr. Shourabh Joshi Assistant Professor (Plant Biotechnology)
6 Dr. Nisha Chaudhary Assistant Professor (Food Technology)
7 Dr. Neeshu Joshi Assistant Professor (Agronomy)
8 Dr. Hansa Lakhran Assistant Professor (Agronomy)
9 Dr. Manju Kumari Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)
10 Dr. Vikash Pawariya Assistant Professor (Agricultural Economics)
11 Dr. Shakti Singh Bhati Assistant Professor (Nematology)
12 Dr. Rekha Sodani Assistant Professor (Plant Physiology)
13 Dr. Kuldeep Singh Rajawat Assistant Professor (Horticulture)
14 Dr. Shiv Singh Meena Assistant Professor (Soil Science)
15 Dr. Ajesh Kumar Assistant Professor (Animal Production)
16 Dr. Rakesh Kumar Assistant Professor (Entomology)
17 Mrs. Sonali Meena Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)
18 Dr. Sheetal Raj Sharma Assistant Professor (Genetics and Plant Breeding)
19 Miss Manju Verma Assistant Professor (Horticulture)
20 Shri Jaipal Singh Assistant Section Officer
21 Mr. Premraj Meena Lab. Assistant
22 Shri Ratan Lal Lab. Assistant
23 Mr. Girdhari Lal Agriculture Supervisor
24 Shri Sudarshan Choudhary Lab. Assistant
25 Shri Mukesh Tank Clerk Grade –II


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