University Of Horticultural Scinces, Bagalkot
The university was established by Government of Karnataka through Special Ordinance No. 2 of 2008, dated 22 November 2008 at Bagalkot. It is the third horticultural university in the country. Dr.S.B.Dandin, the first VC, was appointed on 20 April 2010. Five Horticulture colleges which were functioning already at Arabhavi (Belgaum district), Mudigere (Chikkamagalur district), Bidar (Bidar district), Bagalkot (Bagalkot district), were associated with the university. One new college was started at Kolar (Kolar district) in 2009. Four more new horticulture colleges were announced by the CM in 2010-11 budget. The UG and PG educational programmes being offered at UAS, Dharwad and Bangalore were also brought into this university from academic year 2009-10.
Consequently, 12 Horticultural Research Stations and 10 AICRP’s were transferred from UAS, Dharwad and Bangalore along with the assets and employees, with effect from 1 April 2009. The university caters to education, research and extension in the field of Horticulture with following mandates:
- To impart quality education in all branches of horticulture and allied sciences;
- To conduct applied strategic and basic research in all branches of horticulture and related disciplines.
- To facilitate transfer of technology to the farming community through extension system and outreach.
There are three directorates viz. Education, Research and Extension with integrated functioning.
Location
University headquarter is situated at Navanagar, 6 Km from old Bagalkot Town on Belgaum – Raichur State Highway. Bagalkot is well connected by railway and nearest air port Hubli (100 km) and Belgaum (120 km). The Bagalkot district is located in the northern part of Karnataka. The most elevated portion of the district lies between 450 to 800 m above the sea level, extending over 6,593 km2.
There are three directorates viz. Education, Research and Extension with integrated functioning.
Education
Imparting quality education and training in horticulture to the students to develop human resources to match the changing needs is the main objective of the university. The university offers courses in Horticulture at undergraduate level, B.Sc. in Horticulture and post-graduate level M.Sc.(Horticulture) and Ph.D (Horticulture).
There are three directorates viz. Education, Research and Extension with integrated functioning.
Under-graduate Course in Horticulture:
B.Sc.:4 year programme in Horticulture
Post-graduate (M.Sc.) courses in Horticulture
Vegetable Science, Fruit Science, Post-harvest Technology, Floriculture and Landscape Architecture and Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
Ph.D. Programmes in Horticulture: (from 2010-11 onwards)
Vegetable Science, Fruit Science, Post-harvest Technology, Floriculture and Landscape Architecture and Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
In addition, the university is offering certificate courses of 3, 6, 9 and 12 months duration and diploma course of 2 years for the needy persons, rural youths, in-service officials and entrepreneurs.