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Both SOA (Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University) and LPU (Lovely Professional University) are good colleges for agriculture. However, there are some key differences between the two colleges that you should consider when making your decision.

SOA is a private university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an A+ grade. SOA offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including B.Sc. Agriculture. The university has a large campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities.

LPU is also a private university located in Jalandhar, Punjab. It is accredited by the NAAC with an A++ grade. LPU offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including B.Sc. Agriculture. The university has a large campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities.

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If you are eying a successful career in the field of agriculture, it is important that you enroll in a reputed university in order to gain maximum benefits in the form of good faculty and campus facilities. Therefore, given below are top 5 agricultural universities in India as per the rankings released by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 2018.

The below are the few best college in India

1.    Tamil Nadu Agriculture University

2.    Acharya N.G Ranga Agriculture University

3.    Punjab agriculture university

4.    GB Pant Nagar University

5.    Lovely Professional University.

LPU School of Agriculture is among Punjab and Indias Best Agriculture colleges. LPU Becomes the First Private University to be Granted ICAR Accreditation By the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. It lays thrust on carrying out research in agricultural and allied fields. The university has well-equipped laboratories, library, lecture rooms and excellent farm facility to conduct agricultural experiments.

LPU is the only private university that has ICAR approval. LPU students got top packages from leading Agriculture companies. Students of School of Agriculture are placed in Dhanuka, HDFC Bank, Reliance retail, Syngenta, Bio Seed, Nestle, Smur Agro, VLCC, Virbac, Amazon, Sanra organics and many more.

The package really depends on what he can show to the recruiters that, how much he is worth or deserved. There were some students who cracked the placement and got offered 1 crore LPA, while many failed to do so.On an average the Agriculture students of LPU is offered and placed in the starting package of 5 .5 TO 6 LPA(Fixed salary) while there may be cases of students getting less than that or more than that.Like I said, LPU will provide you the platform and the opportunity, but it is really you who have to go and perform on the platform being provided.

SOA is a good university. Lovely Professional University is the first private university to be accredited by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. As far as the program is concerned, the LPU agriculture program is designed with a target of the holistic development of students.

School of Agriculture offers programs with an up-to-date curriculum designed to suit the aspirations of agricultural industries as well as major research and development sectors. The laboratories of the School are world-class. The dedicated faculty gives the students hands-on training experience by assigning live projects (Agricultural work) in university agricultural research farms and experiential learning on different agricultural units. It includes disciplines like Agronomy, Horticulture Genetics and Plant Breeding, Soil Science, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Economics, Extension, etc. The major emphasis of the program is to get the students acquainted with knowledge and hands-on experiences in the above-mentioned discipline and apply that knowledge to high-value agricultural production in a sustainable manner.

The minimum age required for enrolling in the program is 16yrs. Merit in qualifying examination LPUNEST, subject to eligibility criteria.

Students are engaged towards evergreen agriculture, keeping in view the RAWE program to build interpersonal skills. The students are exposed to Commercial farms to get know-how that creates an opportunity for students to engage and tone up their endurance, confidence and management skills. Emphasis on case studies and interpersonal-based teaching to develop skills in analytical thinking and reflective judgment by reading and discussing complex, real-life scenarios are given.

Some of the popular Job roles in this domain: Plantation Manager Officer in Quality Assurance in Related Fields, Subject Matter Specialist in different Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)Farm Manager Research Officer, Agriculture Loan Officer in Banks, Biochemist, Food Scientist, Environmental Engineer, Agricultural Lawyer, Agricultural Operations Manager, Animal Geneticist, Agronomy Sales Manager. The highest package offered was 19.25 LPA.

Hi Soumili Biswas,

I would recommend LPU for the Agriculture programme over Siksha 'O' Anusandhan(SOA).

My cousin completed BSc in Agriculture programme from LPU and got placed in a reputed company.

LPU is the 1st private university that got approval from ICAR. LPU has 1200+ acres of agricultural land for agriculture students only.

(i). The School of Agriculture is approved for accreditation for a period of five years with a GPAC of 3.42

(ii) The following degree programmes are approved for accreditations:

BSc. (Hons.) Agriculture

MSc. Agriculture {Horticulture (Fruit Science)}

MSc. Agriculture (Agronomy)

MSc. Agriculture (Genetics and Plant Breeding)

The maximum package offered for in Agri. at LPU is 19.25 LPA and the average package is 3.4 LPA.

I hope this helps
Good Luck!!

Hi, since both the colleges have their uniqueness in agriculture studies. But one point need to be considered that LPU have the more advance facilities and technology in the field of agriculture in the whole India so it would be better if you opt LPU.

Otherwise you can also take help of the below college comparison tool;

https://www.careers360.com/compare-colleges

Hope this will help you.

Thank You.