MBA Programme

The Master of Business Administration (Agri Business) is a two-year full time residential post-graduate degree programme which grooms young men and women into professional managers for core areas of   agribusiness and allied sectors. The programme aims at providing a comprehensive coverage incorporating the foundation, functional and elective courses relevant to management discipline, in general, and agribusiness management, in particular.

Course Curriculum

The knowledge acquired through the courses and exposure to the organizational functions through attachment with corporate/non-corporate organizations brings the desired professional competence in the students to address the demands of the agribusiness and allied sectors which are experiencing frequent changes. The revised course curriculum implemented from the academic session 2014-15 includes compulsory courses, elective courses, summer internship and project work as given below:

Course Schedule for MBA (AGRI BUSINESS)

Semester I

Course No.	Course Title	Credit Hours
A. Core Courses
ABM 511	Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior	03(3+0)
ABM 512	Managerial Economics	03(3+0)
ABM 513	Managerial Accounting & Control	03(2+1)
ABM 514	Communication for Management & Business	03(2+1)
ABM 515	Research Methodology in Business Management	03(2+1)
ABM 516	Marketing Management	03(3+0)
B. Basic Supporting Courses
ABM 517	Computer for Managers	02(1+1)
C. Non Credit Course
ABN 511	Library & Information Services	01(0+1)

Semester II

Course No.	Course Title	Credit Hours
A. Core Courses
ABM 521	Agri Business Environment & Policy	02(2+0)
ABM 522	Rural Marketing	02(2+0)
ABM 523	Production & Operations Management	02(2+0)
ABM 524	Human Resource Management	02(2+0)
ABM 525	Financial Management	03(2+1)
ABM 526	Business Law and Ethics	02(2+0)
B. Basic supporting courses (Compulsory)
ABM 527	Management Information System	02(2+0)
ABM 528	Operations Research	03(2+1)
C. Seminar & Summer Internship / Industrial Attachment
ABM 591	Seminar	01(0+1)
D. Non Credit Course
ABN 521	Technical Writing & Communication Skills	01(0+1)

Semester III

Course No.	Course Title	Credit Hours
A. Core Courses
ABM 531	Agri Supply Chain Management	02(2+0)
ABM 532	Strategic Management	02(2+0)
ABM 595	Summer Project	03(0+3)
B. Industry Oriented Elective Courses
ABM 533	Agricultural Marketing Management	02 (2+0)
ABM 534	Quality Management	02 (2+0)
ABM 535	Commodity Markets and Futures Trading	02 (1+1)
ABM 536	Banking & Insurance Management	02 (2+0)
ABM 537	Food Retail Management	02 (2+0)
ABM 538	Management of Agro Chemical Industry	02 (2+0)
ABM 539	Seed Production Technology & Management	02 (2+0)
ABM 540	Farm Power & Machinery Management	02(2+0)
ABM 541	Fruit and Vegetable Production & Post Harvest Management	02(2+0)
ABM 542	Human Resource Competence and Capacity Building Systems	02(2+0)
ABM 543	Data Science in Agri Business	02(1+1)
	5-10 courses i.e. minimum 10 and maximum 20 credit hours

Semester IV

Course No.	Course Title	Credit Hours
A. Core Courses
ABM 544	International Trade & Sustainability Governance	02(2+0)
ABM 545	Project Management & Entrepreneurship Development	02(2+0)
B. Comprehensive and Project Work
ABM 593	Comprehensive Examination	02
ABM 599	Project Work	10
C. Non Credit Course
ABN 541	Disaster Management	01 (0+1)

Number of seats

The intake capacity is 40 seats (25 regular, 5 payment and 10 ICAR). Seats for different categories are reserved as per the reservation policy followed by the University. Foreign students may be considered for admission on the basis of nomination from ICAR / Govt. of India on supernumerary seats (02). 5 seats are reserved for in-service candidates.

Reservation

Seats for OBC, SC, ST, PH, female candidates and Kashmiri migrants are reserved as per the reservation policy of the Government of Rajasthan, implemented by the University. Candidates claiming reservation shall be required to submit appropriate certificate at the time of Group Discussion/Personal Interview, failing which they shall be treated in general category. Any subsequent claim for reservation shall not be entertained.
A maximum of 10 seats (40% of the intake capacity), distributed among different categories, are meant for the candidates from other states, provided they find a place in the merit list. In case a seat remains vacant for any reason, the same may be filled by a candidate belonging to Rajasthan State or vice-versa.

Admission on Sponsored / Payment seats

Candidates aspiring for admission on payment seats (including Industry/NRI sponsored candidates) will also have to appear for National Entrance Test. Candidates short-listed on the basis of CAT score will be considered for admission as per the eligibility criteria including Group Discussion and Personal Interview.

Candidates from States of other than Rajasthan A candidate falling in either of the following categories will be considered in ‘Other State Category’:
A candidate who is a permanent resident of any state other than Rajasthan since birth, or A candidate whose permanent address is outside the Rajasthan State, unless he submits a domicile certificate of Rajasthan at the time of Group Discussion/Personal Interview, or A candidate who completed his qualifying examination from outside the Rajasthan State, unless he submits domicile certificate from Rajasthan at the time of Group Discussion/Personal Interview.

Verification of Antecedents

At the time of Group Discussion and Personal Interview, each candidate will be required to submit a character certificate from the Head of the Institution (Registrar/Dean/Principal/Director of the University/College/ Institute) last attended, certifying the following points among others.

That the applicant has not taken part in any activity subversive of the rules, regulations and discipline of the institution, and That the applicant has never used unfair means in any examination conducted by the institution.

Medical Examination

All candidates selected for admission will be required to produce medical and physical fitness certificate at the time of registration.

Ragging

In order to curb the menace of ragging in institutions offering higher education, the UGC has prepared Regulations which had been approved by the Commission in its meeting on June 4, 2009 and the same have been circulated to all universities established or incorporated by or under a Central Act / Provincial Act or State / UT Act and all institutions deemed to be universities under Section (3) of UGC Act, 1956. Ragging is totally banned in the institute and considering it as a criminal offence, strict disciplinary action will be taken against students indulging in ragging. Students admitted in the institute alongwith their parents / guardians will be required to submit an affidavit as per the UGC guidelines.