Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya

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Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
বিধান চন্দ্র কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Bckvlogo.jpg
Motto to improve socio-economic condition of the people related to agriculture and strengthen our food security
Type Public
Established 1974
Chancellor Sri Keshari Nath Tripathi Governor of West Bengal
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Asit Kumar Chakravarti
Location
Mohanpur, Haringhata, Nadia district, West Bengal, India
Campus Rural
Affiliations UGC, ICAR
Website www.bckv.edu.in

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Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, also known as BCKV and Bidhan Chandra Agricultural University, is an agricultural university in West Bengal, India. The university aims to provide higher education in theoretical and technical fields of Agriculture, Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering, provides Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Bachelor of Technology , Master of Technology & Doctorate degree in the respective fields and thus provides modern and high value education to create scientists of tomorrow with the capability to work at national and international levels.

Administration

Chancellor of the University is His Excellency, the Governor of West Bengal. Vice-Chancellor as the Chief Executive of the University is supported by the Registrar in administration, Comptroller in financial management, Deans in respect of academic activities of the Faculties and Directors for management of research and extension activities in the fields of Agriculture, Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering.The Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat staffed with a Secretary to Vice-Chancellor, one Superintendent, two Clerical Assistants and 7 Office Attendants are also a supportive unit in functioning the office of the Vice-Chancellor.[1]

Faculties

Faculty of Agriculture

The Faculty of Agriculture used to consist of seventeen departments, which has recently been reduced to sixteen by merging two departments into one, all with specializations in teaching, research and extension for the development of agriculture in this state. One hundred students are admitted each year in the undergraduate courses on the basis of their performance at higher secondary (10+2) level. Apart from the general agricultural subjects, during their final year of graduation the students undertake specialized subjects along with a job-oriented course in the 7th semester as a Module, and they undergo the training named ‘Rural Agricultural Work Experience’ (RAWE) during the 8th semester.[2]

A panoramic view of the BCKV campus, just entering the main gate, on the left it is the Faculty of Agriculture building & on the right, it is the Administrative Building of the university.

The departments of this faculty are:

Faculty of Horticulture

Faculty of Hort. BCKV

The Faculty of Horticulture was established in 1996. The objective of creation of the faculty was to initiate education and training in horticulture, to conduct need based research for the development of horticulture in West Bengal and to disseminate the technology for growing horticultural crops and post harvest management of horticultural produce. Initially the faculty functioned with very limited space within the Faculty of Agriculture but now is housed in the newly constructed faculty building at Mohanpur. The instructional facilities available include one Horticultural Farm at Mondouri and one nursery at Jagulia. The UG classes are held at Jagulia where a small Instructional Farm is also maintained. The 150 acre farm at Mondouri that is the ‘Horticultural Research Station’ provides facilities for practical and project works of M. Sc. and Ph. D. students for all the departments under this faculty.[3]
There are five departments in this faculty:

  • Department of Floriculture & Landscaping
  • Department of Fruits & Orchard Management
  • Department of Post Harvest Technology
  • Department of Spices & Plantation Crops
  • Department of Vegetable Crops

Faculty of Agricultural Engineering

Faculty of Ag. Engg. BCKV

With the advancement of technology related to agricultural inputs like seed, fertilizers, water and pesticides coupled with the equipment and energy sources for their application, it has become essential to optimize these to increase production and conserve natural resources. The Agricultural Engineers today are required to provide technology not only for increasing crop production but also for reducing post harvest losses and value additions through processing of produce. Increasing export opportunity in agricultural and allied industrial sector, besides diversification has put additional demand on agricultural engineering education to meet the growing requirement of food feed and fiber through efficient management of costly inputs. In the matter of this kind of improvement, Agricultural Engineering plays a very great role in respect of further development of food productivity, agro-based industries, post-harvesting, food processing, Soil & Water Engineering, irrigation and Drainage etc. through the utilization of the software based latest technology. With the advancement of agriculture, the education in Agricultural Engineering has also been gradually developed and taken a definite shape through inclusion of theoretical as well as practical courses in multi-directional fields of Soil & Water Engineering irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Land and Water Resource Development and Management, Rural Engineering, Aqua-cultural Engineering, Farm Development and Management, Marketing, Marketing and Sales, Computer Applications etc.[4]
There are four departments in this faculty dealing with these new opportunities:

  • Department of Farm Machinery & Power.
  • Department of Soil and Water Engineering.
  • Department of Post Harvest Engineering.
  • Department of Food Engineering.

M.Tech and Ph.D programmes are available in Department of Farm Machinery & Power, Department of Soil and Water Engineering and Department of Food Engineering.

Directorate of Research

The Directorate of Research at Kalyani is the coordinating–monitoring headquarters of the research stations, sub-stations, units, sub-units and projects spread over the jurisdiction of the Viswavidyalaya. A substantial number of research projects under programmes and funding modes operate on farmers’ fields (on-farm trials, FLD trials) at representative locations of three major agro-climatic regions of the state and at other zones across West Bengal. Several experiments are conducted in a scientist–farmer participatory manner.[5]

Directorate of Extension Education

The Directorate of Extension Education, in the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, was created only in 1994 through upgrading the Field Extension Wing, which took care of mainly the farm advisory services among a few villages, surrounding the headquarters campus of the Viswavidyalaya. The upgradate attempt, though initiated quite late, was made in line with the mandate of the SAUs to organize "first line extension" activities to complement their research and educational role, as well as to strengthen the efforts of the state extension machinery towards transferring proven and tested technological options for increased production and productivity. However, the manpower, as well as the infrastructure, corresponding to the enlargement of the mandated roles and responsibilities assumed by the directorate, consequent to its upgrade, continued to remain inadequate.
The roles and responsibilities of the Directorate of Extension Education were enlarged to accommodate the recommendations of the Randhawa Committee (1978) and the National Commission on Agriculture (1976). These recommendations, inter-alta, suggested a complementary role for the education and research for organizing the extension functions through the following these sets of interrelated activities:

  • Technology Refinement and Upgradation.
  • Technology Integration.
  • Publication, Demonstration & Information Assistance.
  • Participatory Techniques for Research and Extension.
  • Training Module Development.
  • Capacity Building.[6]

Directorate of Farms

The Directorate of Farms functions in the realm of Agricultural research, Agricultural education and Agricultural extension The Directorate has 1340.6 acre of land distributed in 12 farms. Its activities are enlisted below:

  • Support to research activities of AICRPs/AINPs and Dissertation works of students.
  • Quality seed production. It was responsible for the production and distribution of 236 tonne quality seeds (Foundation/Certified/TL) of paddy, wheat, oilseeds and pulses during 2006-07 crop seasons of West Bengal.
  • Supervises production of planting materials of Mango, Cashew, Ber and Sweet Orange at the RRS, Red & Laterite Zone, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal.
  • Maintenance of Eco-friendly farms (6.00 ha) as well as one Field Conservatory of germplasms of non-conventional crops (like Vannila, Peeper, Ekangi, Spices and Medicinal Crops, etc.) at the RRS, New Alluvial Zone, Gayeshpur, Nadia, West Bengal.
  • Monitoring of an experimental Tea Garden yielding good quality tea leaves at the RRS, New Alluvial Zone, Gayeshpur, Nadia, West Bengal.[7]

Central Library

Central Library BCKV

The University is proud of its Library system which was inaugurated in 1980 comprises only the Central Library at Mohanpur, Main campus. It is housed in a four storied gigantic building encompassing total 5575 sq. m. floor space with a plan area of 7242 sq. m. having a good architectural beauty. To facilitate the teaching, research & extension activities of an Agriculture university, the library plays a pivotal role. With the long tradition of collective efforts of all the staff members of the library, we have been striving hard to meet the present day demands of our users by rendering various services to all through manual & IT based system.
Servicer offered:

  • Lending counter.
  • Book Bank.
  • References & Referrals.
  • Serials.
  • CD-ROM Service.
  • On the spot XEROX & Computer Print-out facility.
  • High speed Internet facility.
  • Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC).
  • Membership to the teachers, students, research scholars, officers, non-teaching employees of the Viswavidyalaya.[8]

Placement Cell

A fully equipped and proficient placement centre is being housed in the campus for the convenience of our out going students. This round the year placement activity involves students in interactive counseling sessions with the members of the placement cell to ensure their gainful Placement in the jobs before they leave the portals of the University.[9]

Student Life

Being a student of this prestigious university is a good feeling & it is mostly respected among the local people as well as other agriculture concerned personalities all over the state. The student life is quite pleasing but it is equally challenging in terms of study & disciplines due to the vast syllabus & the strict rules & regulations implied by the authorities. The students of this university are known as "BCKVians" in general.

Accommodation

Sir CV Raman Hall
Way to Faculty of Ag. BCKV

The student circle of this university is mainly hostel oriented, with very few students from nearby Haringhata, Kanchrapara & Kalyani each year of UG & PG, called as Dayscholars. The majority of students as Hostellers belong to the different parts of the state & the country & even international students also forms a part of the students. There are several hostels according to criteria for accommodation inside the university campus.

  • Sir CV Raman Hall (UG Boys Hostel).
  • Sir JC Bose Hall (UG Boys Hostel).
  • Vidyasagar Hall (PG Boys Hostel).
  • New PG Hall (Boys).
  • Ladies' Hostel I & Ladies' Hostel V.
  • International Students' Hostel.

All the hostels have good study environments along with dining halls & common rooms featuring carrom boards, table tennis, magazines & newspapers, widescreen LCD TVs etc. for leisure hours. The hostels are being planned for providing WiFi or Broadband connections to the students.

Campus

The university has a well planned campus of magnificent aesthetics. It features well distributed greenery of decorative, educational & medicinal importance, has its own Medicinal & Aromatic Plants' Garden just between the main building of the Faculty of Agriculture & the way to the Central Library. All the faculty buildings, special purpose isolated laboratories, workshops & hostels are well connected through roads & at the center lies the Administrative Building. Each hostel is nearby than more of a five minutes walk from the center area of the campus. The campus is shared with the Faculty of Dairy Technology, West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences & the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Kolkata (IISER-K). A beautiful foot-bridge over a lake connects the IISER-K campus with the BCKV main campus. Several gates are available to enter into the main campus, shared IISER-K campus, hostels, Jagulia farm or Mondouri Teaching Farm as need basis. The campus houses a Cafeteria, several other canteens, a Health Centre, XEROX centers & a book shop.
The nearest railway station is Kanchrapara, roughly 8 km away from the main cumpus connecting Sealdah & Howrah. The NH-34 passes within 1 km from it, connecting 50 km away Kolkata by road.

  • The Faculty of Agriculture, BCKV, in the evening.

  • The Administrative Building, BCKV.

  • Faculty of Ag. BCKV.

  • Administrative Building Lawn.

  • A Rainy Day Campus of BCKV.

  • Medicinal & Aromatic Plants' Garden, BCKV.

  • The Administrative Building under clouds.

  • Bidhan Chandra Statue in BCKV.

  • BCKV Campus.

Students' Corner

The University has three Students Union for three faculties, which run unitedly as a form of Central Students Union (CSU or simply SU). It deals with every relevant issues of the students starting from education, research, welfare to job oriented problems. As so, it is the common platform for manifestation of students voice, throughout the year. Moreover, it fosters among the students love and loyalty to the University, increases the growth of closer social and cultural reaction between teachers and students and also fosters a spirit of cooperative activities among the students. So in tune with the ever increasing provision of the University for quality education in diversified fields of Agriculture, the Union also has an ever increasing reputation of maintaining healthy educational and cultural environment along with creating and sustaining awareness of democratic value within the campus.

Year 2012 schedule of Naihrit

Activities

  • Different indoor & outdoor games' competition.
  • Year round cultural programs: Nabarun - Ek notun alor udvash (Freshers' Welcome), Naihrit - Ek sangoskritik nobodigonto (Annual Social Function), Nisorgo - Mukhomukhi bosibar tore sesh bela (Farewell) & Conchorrenza - Intra University Cultural Competition.
  • Debates, lectures and seminars on different social and educational issues.
  • Campus cleaning & tree plantation program.
  • Inter University Quiz Competition.
  • Cine show.
  • Conducting movements for uplift of educational, hostel and welfare facilities and for job oriented problems.

Services

  • Cheap store: Students can buy their daily required articles at 20% rebate from these cheap stores of different hostels.
  • Benevolent fund: SU provides financial support to the poor students through this fund.
  • Academic cell: This is a study cum information cell which provides the students with valuable information regarding syllabi of different State and National level examinations like JRF, NET, CAT, WBCS etc., and also the study materials for those examinations along with general agriculture.
  • Students Union Library: Students get the opportunity of having fantastic literal collection and articles from this. Every member of SU is the member of this library.
  • Gymnasium: All the interested students have easy & free of cost access to this multi-instrument gym.

Publications

  • Prayas - Annual magazine.
  • Rakhibo Hridi Majhare - Freshers guide.[10]

Notable alumni

  • Satarupa Sanyal, filmmaker.
  • Chittaranjan Kole, Vice-Chancellor, BCKV.
  • Biswanath Bandyopadhaya, Vice-Chancellor, UBKV.
  • Pradip Majumdar, Adivisor to CM. Govt. of West Bengal.
  • Nityananda Trivedi, Ex Director of Agriculture, GOWB.
  • Tapas Kundu,Bhatnagar Recipient, Molecular Biologist.
  • Arnab Pain, Molecular Biologist, Ex-Cambridge Professor,U.K.
  • Manas Banerjee, Adjutant Professor,Crop Scientist, Canada.
  • Satyabrata Maity, Director, IIHS, Bangalore.

Gallery

  • Entrance of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya.

  • Individual field plots for practical work at the Farm of BCKV.

  • Rice cultivation practical work, notably transplanting of the seedlings by the students of the Faculty of Agriculture.

  • Sunset at Jagulia Instructional Farm.

  • Paddy Research Plots of PG Students at the Farm of BCKV.

  • Way to Jagulia Instructional Farm.

  • Ladies' Hostel I, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya.

  • Prepared nursery saplings by Dapog method of rice cultivation by the students of the Faculty of Agriculture.

  • Honey for Sale by the Department of Agricultural Entomology to people.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=3c59dc048e8850243be8079a5c74d07915
  2. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b1
  3. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=1f0e3dad99908345f7439f8ffabdffc413
  4. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=98f13708210194c475687be6106a3b8414
  5. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=c81e728d9d4c2f636f067f89cc14862c2
  6. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=eccbc87e4b5ce2fe28308fd9f2a7baf33
  7. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=a87ff679a2f3e71d9181a67b7542122c4
  8. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=903ce9225fca3e988c2af215d4e544d38f
  9. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=8d5e957f297893487bd98fa830fa641393
  10. ↑ http://www.bckv.edu.in/bckv.php?page=e4da3b7fbbce2345d7772b0674a318d55

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