Agricultural Science Digest
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue: 2

Agriculture Engineers' Preferences for Higher Education Vis-À-Vis Employment

  • Author:
  • S.K. Mehta, A.K. Godara, Nasib Singh, Ajay Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 107 to 109

Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, India.

Abstract

The present study was conducted on the final year students of College of Agriculture Engineering & Technology, CCS HAU, Hisar. There were 16 students in all, and the data was collected from all of them. The study revealed that the Agricultural Processing & Energy was the first choice of final year students of Botch.(Agri.)for higher education and was placed at the top followed by Farm Power & Machinery and Soil Water & Engineering at 2nd and 3rd choice, respectively. Regarding job areas, Civil/Administrative jobs remained their first choice followed by State Govt. jobs, Agro based public sector, Self employment, Educational and Research Institutional jobs, and Agro-based private sector, while, General jobs and Farming were the least preferred job areas.

Keywords

Agriculture Engineering Graduates, Higher Education, Employment, Job Areas