Webinar on career opportunities in Agricultural Sciences held at Aryans

MOHALI:To aware agriculture students about future prospects in agriculture, a
webinar on "Career Opportunities in Agricultural Sciences" was organised by Department of
Agriculture, Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura Near Chandigarh.
Ms. Sneha Bhardwaj, Expert, Seed Technology addressed Aryans Agriculture students
including B.Sc. Hons. & Diploma Agriculture. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group
presided over the Webinar.
Ms. Bhardwaj while interacting with the students said that Agriculture is an academic
discipline that involves the study of various scientific, technical and business subjects
related to agriculture, horticulture, farm management, poultry farming, dairy farming,
agricultural biotechnology, etc. The scope of a career in Agriculture has grown tremendously
in recent times with cutting-edge research and continuous innovation in the industry, she
added.
She said that Indian economy is heavily dependent on agriculture and the demand
for a professionally trained workforce is strident. The days of thinking of agriculture as
toiling in the hot sun with returns at subsistence level are over as technology and scientific
inputs have made the process less dependent on manual labour.
While answering students questions she said that the scope was endless as the
agriculture industry was still in a maturing phase and new technological advancements
would open new vistas for the youth to build careers on, discussed Bhardwaj.