Agriculture is less Competitive field and comparatively opportunities are more considering that we are primarily an agricultural country. A very small percentage of our students opt for an agricultural major, only because they don't realise its potential. One basic advantage that agriculture has over other sectors: other industries might need down-sizing, but feeding the world is a job that isn't ever going to face recession.

Most students are well aware of the streams like engineering and medicine, and post-graduate degrees like the MBA. But you may have not given any thought to a BSc in Agriculture.

The demand for trained professionals in the field of agriculture is high. The course fee is negligible.

It is four years undergraduate bachelor degree programme which generally includes agriculture science, use of modern scientific equipment and techniques in agriculture, land surveying, soil science, water resource management, animal and poultry management, basics of biotechnology etc. The aim of the programme is to train students improve agriculture productivity, manage products and contribute to future development of the sector through research activities. There are plenty of government as well as private sector jobs available for BSc Agriculture graduates.

They can be appointed as Research Officer, Quality Assurance Officer, Agriculture Officer, Agriculture Loan Officer (in Banks), Production Manager, Operations Manager and Farm Manager with State agriculture departments.

In the private sector agriculture science graduates may find jobs as managers at plantations, as officers at fertilizer manufacturing firms, agriculture machinery industries, agricultural products marketing firms, food processing units etc.

The average starting salary of these officers is generally between 5 to 6 lakh per annum (Including Incentive). I am enlisting a few good college for Bsc.

The colleges are: TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY COIMBATORE

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU KRISHI VISHWA VIDYALAYA

MEWAR UNIVERSITY

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY PUNJAB

ANNA UNIVERSITY

ACHARYA NGRANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

GOVIND BALLABH PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, PANTNAGAR

MAHATMA PHULE KRISHI VIDYAPEETH PUNEOKNETE

MOHANRAO KADAM COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE SANGLISARDAR