Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, formerly Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, is an agricultural university at

Dapoli Dapoli is a town in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra which is also a coastal hill station. It lies south of the state capital of Mumbai. the town is also known as Camp Dapoli, as the British had set their camps here. Many high-ranking British o ...

Ratnagiri district Ratnagiri District (Marathi pronunciation: �ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The administrative headquarter of the district is located in the town of Ratnagiri. The district is 11.33% urban. The district ...

of the Indian state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...

. It was established on 18 May 1972 as Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, and got its present name on 12 February 2001 in memory of third Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri. P. K. Sawant. Its research centre at

Karjat Karjat (Pronunciation: əɾd͡zət̪ is a city administered under a Municipal Council in Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is served by Karjat railway station. Karjat forms a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Karjat ...

has developed some patented varieties of rice. Its major focus areas are rice,

horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

and

fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, ...

. In 1997, it received the Best Institute Award of the

Indian Council of Agricultural Research The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. Th ...

. Dr. SD Sawant is the 14th Vice Chancellor of this University, he was appointed by Chancellor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao on 7 March 2019.

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. (Fore) - Bachelor of Science (Forestry) * B.Sc. (AMM) - Bachelor of Science (Agril Marketing & Business Management) * B. Tech. (Food Sc.) Bachelor of Technology (

Food Science Food science is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the development ...

) * M.Sc. (Agri) Master of Science (Agriculture) * Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture)

College of Forestry, Dapoli

College of Forestry, Dapoli The College of Forestry (CFOR), Dapoli, established on 1 August 2005, is a constituent college of Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, located on the main campus in Dapoli, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. Academics Two academic prog ...

, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra (India) In the main campus of Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth the College of Forestry was established on 1 August 2005. It offers the B. Sc. Forestry Degree. B. Sc. Forestry is a four-year degree course. There are only two forestry colleges in Maharashtra State, one in Dapoli and another located at Akola, the

College of Forestry, Akola A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering ...

. (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapith, Akola, Maharashtra, India) Student Profile: The students 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 examinations. Many students join M.Sc. Forestry courses at Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun.

College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dapoli

It offers only one course in B. Tech. (Agril Engg). The college of agricultural engineering and technology comprises 6 major departments: # Department of Renewable Energy Sources # Department of Farm Machinery and Power # Department of Irrigation and Drainage # Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering # Department of Agriculture Process Engineering # Department of Farm Structure The college was started on 3 July 1999 and recently completed ten years of excellence. It is the first agricultural university to get the certification of ISO9000-2000. It also offers post graduate (M.Tech) and doctoral degrees in agricultural engineering in all the departments except the Department of Farm Structure from 2004.

College of Fisheries, Ratnagiri

The College of Fisheries is from Ratnagiri city. It was established in 1981 and is the only college in the state to offer an undergraduate fisheries programme. Courses offered are: * B. F. Sc. * M. F. Sc. (

Aquaculture Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lot ...

) * M. F. Sc. ( Fish Processing Technology) * M. F. Sc. (

Fisheries Resource Management Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, bot ...

and Extension Education) * M. F. Sc. ( isheries Engineering * Ph. D. (Fisheries) and (Aquaculture)

Research and extension

The university carries out extensive research related to rice, fruits, horticulture, fisheries and agricultural technology. It has 15 off-campus research stations throughout the

Konkan The Konkan ( kok, कोंकण) or Kokan () is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, running from Damaon in the north to Karwar in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau in the east. The hinterland ...

region. There are two Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Agricultural Science Centres) at Shirgaon (Ratnagiri) and

( Raigad) providing education and training to local farmers, demonstrate new technology at farmers fields.

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