The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has already recognized the B.Sc.(Hons.) Agriculture of four years duration as a professional degree with consequential benefits to the students. SRMU is making concerted efforts to nurture skilled manpower in the field of agriculture since the establishment of Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in year 2019 at its campus on Deva Road, Barabanki. It has already started a four year programme of B.Sc.(Hons.) Agriculture. The degree incorporates all the Fifth Dean’s Committee of the ICAR on Agriculture Education recommendations on course curricula and syllabus.
IAST also plans to follow Student Ready (Rural Entrepreneurship Development Yojana) approach comprising Experimental Learning/ Hands down Training, Skill Development Training, Rural Agriculture Work Experience (RAWE) incorporating field Training/ Industrial Attachment, etc. With its cutting-edge facilities and infrastructure, we offer an ideal teaching and learning environment that has drawn students from all over the world. Students' worldviews and perspectives are greatly enhanced when they actively participate in extracurricular and cocurricular activities as well as community service. Our teaching-learning approaches are characterized by a regular curriculum renewal process that incorporates best practices and ongoing evaluation of student learning results. By offering an educational setting that encourages innovation and best practices, we prepare our students for success in a highly competitive global marketplace.