Student Ready Programme

The Student READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) programme incorporated by ICAR in to recent B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture curriculum aims to provide the students rural entrepreneurship awareness, practical experience in real-life situation and creating awareness to students about practical agriculture and allied sciences. Under this program, SGRR University focuses on grooming students outside the four corners of the classroom. “Earn while you learn” program is a novel initiative taken by the university to hone entrepreneurship skills and inculcate the spirit of hard work and toil in them in following areas of agriculture:

1. Mushroom Cultivation : A mushroom cultivation unit located inside the campus is maintained by the students. Students are regularly sent to various training centers for learning mushroom cultivation technique at National and State level to attain expertise & exposure.

Mushroom cultivation unit of School of Agricultural Sciences, SGRR University, Dehradun.

2. Vegetable Garden : Many entrepreneurs are taking benefit of the large demand in city markets to make quick profits by farming vegetables. Around 30 different varieties of vegetables are maintained by the students under guidance of respective mentors in the university's agriculture field. The harvested vegetables are marketed by the students to gain the exposure of agricultural corporate sector.

High Tech Poly-house, School of Agricultural Science, SGRR University.

3. Vermicomposting Unit : Vermicomposting is increasingly being adopted by businesses, institutions, farms and municipalities for managing organic waste. The unit is one of the leading choices of new start ups. Students are involved from maintaining the raw materials input to the final packed compost.

Vermicomposting Unit, School of Agricultural Science, SGRR University.

4. Organic Farming : In near future Uttarakhand state is going to become the Second Organic State of India. In this regard Shri Guru Ram Rai University has also taken an initiative to convert more than 1000 bighas farm area of Agriculture department in to organic cultivation.

Organic Green Tea, School of Agricultural Science, SGRR University.

5. Quality Seeds Production Programme : Seed production of agricultural crops is going on for students to know the techniques of seed production and testing. School of Agriculture is also producing seeds of pulse crops in collaboration with Pant Nagar University. 

Quality Seeds Production Programme, School of Agricultural Science, SGRR University.

6. Apiculture : Apiculture or, Bee keeping is an economically sustainable occupation, offering attractive avenues for self-employment with multiple benefits. At the same time, enhanced pollination by the bees make a manifold increase in the crop yield. Students are involved in conducting the field work and extraction methodology of it. 

Apiculture Unit, School of Agricultural Science, SGRR University.

Production of farm inputs such as vermicompost, bio-pesticides, bio-fertilizers etc. required for organic farming is managed by Agriculture students under supervision of faculty members. We also train our student in other important cultivation practices for organic farming.