Dr. Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry
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Solan, Himachal Pradesh
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State University
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1985
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UGC, ASCI
Solan, Himachal Pradesh
State University
1985
UGC, ASCI
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines.
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, turned set up on 1st December 1985 with the goal to sell training, studies, and extension training withinside the fields of Horticulture, Forestry, and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the primary Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the significance of Horticulture and Forestry to broaden and enhance the State economic system which brought about the established order of this University.
Dr. Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry was approved by ICAR and Ranked 101 For Overall By NIRF 2019.
Dr. Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry courses are offered at various levels like Undergraduate Degree (i.e Bachelor of Science Honours (B.Sc. Hons.) Horticulture Science etc.), Postgraduate Degree (i.e Master of Science Agriculture (M.Sc. Ag.) in Entomology, MBA (Master of Business Administration), etc.), and Doctoral levels and many more. You can also find a brief overview of the different courses offered by the university across various disciplines with their specializations on the Course page.
Residential Accommodations:
The campus is withinside the stunning lap of Mother Nature wherein scenic splendor modifications inside brief distances. Boys and Girls hostels are located on hillocks separated by the main university buildings. At present, there are 17 hostels. The hostels are properly geared up with all current centers like analyzing room, a TV room, and a common room with centers for numerous indoor video games.
Aqua guard/ water coolers and fridges also are supplied in all of the hostels. Students’ Welfare Officer is normal in-rate of the hostels, who's assisted through the Hostel Wardens. Every hostel has a major and ground prefects, sports activities secretary, common room secretary, and mess in-rate to manipulate daily sports of the hostel beneath neath the general supervision of the Hostel Wardens.
Library:
The University library named after Satya Nand Stokes, the visionary, who delivered Delicious types of apples in Himachal Pradesh, for that reason ushering in a horticulture revolution, is housed in a widespread ventilated construction presenting conducive surroundings for study. The library has, at present, a stock of 42769 books overlaying regions of horticulture, forestry, and allied sciences, and subscribes to 116 clinical journals.
Besides, with impact from twenty-seventh July 2008, access to greater than 2000 digital journals thru CERA (Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture) has been supplied for smooth monitoring of literature among college students and faculty. It has received all vital databases on CD-ROM available on CD-NET like AGRIS, HORT-CD, TREE-CD, CAB-CD, Encyclopedia Britannica, and McGraw-Hill Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, etc.
Labs:
The Colleges have properly equipped laboratories and sophisticated rooms with state of art devices and teaching aids. Separate laboratories for accomplishing undergraduate practicals are to be had except for postgraduate laboratories catering to today's studies. Being a farm college, it has a widespread experimental region of approximately 550 hectares at the primary campus and 202 ha with Regional Horticultural Research & Training Stations and Krishi Vigyan Kendra's (KVK), supplied with current facilities like playhouses, glass houses, mist chambers, sprinklers/drip irrigation system, precision farming, etc. Besides, natural lawn and demonstration regions function as powerful stay equipment for smooth learning.
Medical Facilities:
The college has a Health Centre at the principal campus with staff electricity of 1 Senior Medical Officer, one Medical Officer, Pharmacists, one Laboratory Technician, and one Staff Nurse. The fitness center offers spherical-the-clock clinical centers to college students, staff, campus dwellers, and residents from close by villages. The sanatorium has been geared up with state-of-the-art diagnostic devices. Zonal Hospital is located at Solan 14 Kms from Campus. A 24-hour ambulance facility is likewise to be had.
Sports Facilities:
The college has a spacious playground wherein one-of-a-kind games like Cricket, Volley Ball, Hockey, Foot Ball, Kabaddi, Athletics, etc. may be performed and ordinary tournaments are held at the state and Inter-University levels. Inter-university sports activities meet also are prepared yearly. Basket Ball centers also are to be had by the scholars in a separate court.
Admission on the basis of marks scored in the last qualifying exam.
The college runs a placement cell this is visited frequently with the aid of using college students who're on the verge of graduation. The placement cell gives professional steering and counseling and additionally arranges for task interviews to be taken vicinity of the college campus.
Human resource development through excellence in education and skill upgradation with intensive practical trainings. Creation of sound scientific base for research and extension education in horticulture, forestry and allied sectors. Dissemination of generated technologies to farming community through region specific transfer of technology modules.
Strategic, need based and farmer oriented development of horticulture and forestry in Himachal Pradesh through excellence in education and research for food and ecological security, improved livelihood opportunities and economic prosperity of farming communities.
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