Hello Aspirant,

These two courses have different scopes and job profiles.

The eligibility criteria for both these courses is 12th standard pass students with PCM or PCB combination of subjects. The candidate should have scored more than 60% for the agriculture course  (55% for the reserved category) and above 50% for the water management course.

B.E in Agricultural Engineering has better scope and job requirements as India is a promising agricultural-based country.

Bachelor of Engineering in Agricultural Engineering is a 4 years degree course that focuses on using engineering principles in the field of Agriculture.

Various entrance exams happen for this course such as ICAR AIEEE, JEE, OUAT also happen on the individual state or university level. Degree holders can be suitable for jobs at the private and state or central government level like Agricultural engineer, agronomist, Agri inspector, IFS officer, Agri engineer trainee, and in govt departments like ICAR, FCI, FSSAI, banks, etc. Private jobs at restaurants, rice mills, food manufacturing companies like Nestle, Amul, etc.

You can go for higher education like a Masters's degree in Agricultural Technology and can go for a lectureship.

The average salary will start from INR 4.8 LPA to 8 LPA and will increase with experience and skills. Agricultural officers may get a salary of INR 3.8 LPA.

Water Management courses in the method of arranging, organizing, and administering water resources for effective use. India is going through water shortage hardship for many years. Hence this program has huge capacities in our country.

The water laws and strategies are put up into consideration in this process. Course in this field is educated as civil engineering subject. Water Management in directions that will enable prime use of water aids is coming to be increasingly significant. The necessity to organize and administer water bodies like lakes, rivers, oceans, springs sufficiently is important for life on Earth. Graduates from these courses have opportunities in all private and government sectors that require enhancing water resource management.

The jobs include water resource expert, water resource executive, environment supervisor, hydraulics manager, design engineer, simulation engineer, etc.

Water Management degree holders can work in agriculture companies, water resources management companies, colleges & universities, textile industries, wastewater treatment plants, or sewage treatment plants (STP), etc.

The average salary ranges from INR 7 Lakh per year (water resource specialist) to INR 22 Lakh ( hydraulics manager). Various entrance exams for this course are JEE, TISS NET, IBU CET for admission into IITs, TISS, and IBU College respectively. There are also state-level examinations for these courses such as MHT CET for Maharastra and Karnataka CET.

You can know more about these courses here

https://www.careers360.com/courses/water-management-course

I hope it helps.

Thank you.