Departments

Department Of Entomology

Correspondent

Department of Entomology is the major discipline, came into existence in the year 2016 with the inception of college. The department is offering four courses for B.Sc(Hons.) Ag viz., ENTO-131, ENTO-231, ENTO-331 and ENTO 332 with 11 credit hours. The department involved in implementing the RAWE programme and crop protection technology courses to B.Sc (Hons) Ag final year students to gain practical farm work experience for understanding the problems and their management of crop pests. The department teaches about the study of the classification, life cycle, distribution, physiology, behaviour, ecology, population dynamics, damaging symptoms of insect and noninsect pests on agricultural and horticultural crops, stored grain pests and their control measuresincluding Integrated Pest Management and also about economically important insects.

Department of Entomology Course - As per VI Dean’s Committee

S.No.	Course Title	Course Number	Credit Hours (T+P)
Skill Enhancement Courses
1	Bio fertilizer and plant based bio pesticide production	SEC	2 (0+2)
2	Beneficial Insect Farming	SEC	2 (0+2)
3	Commercial Sericulture	SEC	2 (0+2)
Core Courses
4	Fundamentals of Entomology	ENTO 131	3 (2+1)
5	Insect Ecology &Concepts of Integrated Pest Management	ENTO 231	2 (1+1)
6	Insect Pest management in Field Crops	ENTO 331	2 (1+1)
7	Insect Pest Management in Horticultural crops and stored grains	ENTO 332	2 (1+1)
Elective Courses
8	Bioformulation and Nano-formulation	ELCT 431	4 (3+1)

Department of Entomology Course - As per V Dean’s Committee

Sl.No	Course.no	Title of the course	Credits
1	ENTO- 131	Fundamentals of Entomology I(Insect Morphology and Taxonomy)	3(2+1)
2	ENTO- 231	Fundamentals of Entomology II (Insect Ecology and Concepts of IPM)	2(1+1)
3	ENTO- 331	Pests of Field crops & Stored Grain and their Management	3(2+1)
4	ENTO- 332	Pest of Horticultural Crops and their Management and Beneficial insects	3(2+1)
5	ELCT - 333	Bio pesticides and Bio fertilizers	3(2+1)
6	ELCT-334	Agrochemicals	3(2+1)

Department of Entomology Faculty

SL NO	NAME	Designation	Education	Experience
1	Dr T Meera Devi	Asst. Professor & HOD	M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D, [Biological control of Insect pes]	1 year
2	Dr A Vindya	Asst. Professor	M.Sc. (Ag), Ph.D, [Silver nanoparticle botanical and chemical insecticide formulations]	1 year
3	Mr U Somasundar	Asst. Professor	M.Sc. (Ag), [Entomology]	14 years
4	Mr P Murali Krishna	Asst. Professor	M.Sc. (Ag), [Entomology]	12 year