Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth

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Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth


Established:	1972
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	S. M. Krishna, Governor of Maharashtra
Vice-Chancellor:	Dr. V. B. Mehta
Location:	Dapoli, Maharashtra, India
Website:	http://www.dbkkkv.org

Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth is an agricultural university at Dapoli in Ratnagiri district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was established on May 18, 1972 as Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, and got its present name on February 12, 2001. Its major focus areas are rice, horticulture and fisheries. In 1997, it received the Best Institute Award of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

[[Colleges]]

1 College of Agriculture, Dapoli
2 College of Forestry, Dapoli
3 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dapoli
4 College of Fisheries, [[Ratnagiri]
5 Research and extension
6 External links

[edit] College of Agriculture, Dapoli

The College of Agriculture in the main campus was established in 1965.

B.Sc. (Agri) - Bachelor of Science (Agriculture)
B.Sc. (Hort) - Bachelor of Science (Horticulture)
B.Sc. (AMM) - Bachelor of Science (Agril Marketing & Business Management)
B. Tech. (Food Sc.) Bachelor of Technology (Food Science)
M.Sc. (Agri) Master of Science (Agriculture)
Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture)

[edit] College of Forestry, Dapoli

College of Forestry, Dapoli, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra (India)

In main campuss of Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth the College of Forestry was established on 1st August 2005. It offers the B. Sc. Forestry Degree. B. Sc. Forestry is four year Degree course. There are only Two Forestry College in Maharashtra State. One in Dapoli and another located at Akola.College of Forestry, Akola (Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapith, Akola, Maharashtra, India)

Student Profile: The student from this college prefer to do M.Sc. Forestry and Ph.D. Forestry from indian as well as foreign Universities. Many students study for Indian Forest service Examinations, ICAR JRF and SRF Examination.Many students join M.Sc. Forestry courses at Forest research Institute, Dehra Dun.

[edit] College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dapoli

It offers only one course in B. Tech. (Agril Engg).

College of Fisheries, [[Ratnagiri]

It was established in 1981 and is the only college in the state to offer an undergraduate fisheries programme. Courses offered:

B. F. Sc.
M. F. Sc. (Aquaculture)
M. F. Sc. (Fish Processing Technology)
M. F. Sc. (Fisheries Resource Management and Extension Education)
Ph. D. (Fisheries)

[edit] Research and extension

The university carries out extensive research related to rice, fruits, horticulture, fisheries and agricultural technology. It has fifteen off-campus research stations throughout the Konkan region. There are two Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Agricultural Science Centres) at Shirgaon (Ratnagiri) and Karjat (Raigad) providing education and training to local farmers.