Anand Agricultural University is the top ranking
university in India well known for quality education, research as well as
extension education in the field of agriculture and allied sciences. The
university has five well developed faculties namely; Agriculture, Veterinary
science and animal husbandry, Dairy science, Food processing technology &
bio-energy and Information technology in agriculture. Diploma programmes in
Agriculture and Home Science, Entrepreneurship training in Bakery, Poultry and
Mali etc. short term academic activities also run under Directorate of Extension
Education along with informal educational programmes and other extension
activities.
Institute
Anand Agricultural University
is located at milk city of India i.e. Anand in the State of Gujarat. It is on
the Mumbai-Ahmedabad main rail line and the Express highway and National
Highway No.8. Ahmedabad (70 km) has International while Vadodara (40 km) has
domestic airport.
The “School of Home Science” established in
1959 to educate the farmers’ daughter to co-up with education in agriculture.
The institute was the first of its kind in the state of Gujarat. The school
offers world-class education in Home Science to meet the increasing demand of
health and nutrition, processed or preserved food, hospitality management
alongwith child care, house decoration and furniture and human relationship as
an art of home. It offers Diploma programme in Home Science that provide art
of home training to students.
leadership, innovation and operation & management
in the different areas of Home Science.
Aims and Objectives
The Vision :
To develop overall competence and motivation to
adopt scientific approach towards home science and thereby equip students to
handle
Aims :
Development of scientific attitude among
students towards home science.
Facilitate students to adopt the systematic
knowledge for effective home management.
Motivate students towards self-employment by
developing skill and work efficiency.
Objective :
The main objective of the scheme is to teach and
train the secondary pass students to enable them to perform and supervise
various activities in the different areas of home science to spread the
knowledge among the people, to earn wages, to become self employed and to get
higher education. The specific objectives are mentioned in the next slide.
Specific Objectives :
To conduct
academic program leading to Diploma in Home Science (DHSc) to develop human
resources in the various fields of home science.
To carry out extension activities in the areas
of home science keeping the liaison with the different agencies for
effective training and transfer of technologies.
To carry out basic research to support
education and extension activities.
To develop a perspective for multi
disciplinary experience.
Infrastructure
The institute possesses adequate infrastructure which consists of :
A separate building of about two hundred sq. m. area housing
lecture & seminar rooms, conference hall, library, laboratories, faculty
and administrative offices, workshop etc.
Five
departments to teach different courses:
Foods & Nutrition
Human Development
Textile and Clothing
Extension Education
Family
Resource Management
Each department having separate laboratories equipped with basic
instruments / equipments, working tables, display devices, sewing and
knitting machines etc.
Different pilot plants for hands-on training :
Nursery school
Multipurpose room
Display room
Testing laboratory
Computer room
Bakery unit
Subject
specific institutional library along with University library, has
plenty of books, periodicals and journals and is connected with e-cybrary with
high speed internet and other requirements.
Highly experienced faculty for teaching various courses.
Well furnished separate hostel along with self-maintained
mess having huge ground and covered with boundary wall.
Auditoriums, dispensary, sports complex, shopping center, faculty
and staff housing and other supportive facilities are also available.
Faculty
Sr. No.
Faculty
Position
1.
Dr. K. B. Kamaliya
Assistant Extension
Educationist
3.
Smt. K. A. Joshi
Junior Instructress
4.
Smt. B. K. Patel
Teaching Asst.
5.
Smt. K. I. Shah
Teaching Asst.
6.
Smt. S. V. Thakar
Craft Teacher
7.
Smt. K. B. Patel
Balwadi Teacher
8.
Smt. B. U. Dave
Sewing Teacher
9.
Smt. A. H. Suthar
Hostel warden
Programme
The DHSc programme consists
of 4 Semesters (2 years). The programme commence generally in the month of
July/August. The programme comprise of three components – course work,
qualifying examinations (internal and external) and training modules.
Admission Requirements :
Admission to DHSc is based on the merit as
evidenced by qualifying examination followed by counseling. The age of candidate
must be in between 15 to 25 years on the date of admission. Total 30 students
will be admitted in each academic year.
Minimum qualification :
minimum qualification for applying to the
DHSc course will be
Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination of Gujarat State or other
equivalent examination. However, 7, 15, 27 and 3 % seats are reserved for SC,
ST, SEBC and physically handicapped candidates, respectively, as per Government
rules and regulations
Admission procedure :
Admission to DHSc is strictly on the merit,
determined on the bases of the qualifying examination and relevant norms,
followed by counseling. Candidate seeking admission has to apply in the
prescribed forms available after publication of admission notice which appears
in leading Gujarati news papers near the date of declaration of results of
Secondary School Certificate Examination held in Gujarat state.
Fee struture :
No tuition fee is charged.
However a nominal mandatory deposits and other fees worth Rs. 1,000/- is
charged at present (year 2007-08).
Course Work
A
course leading to the Diploma in Home Science has been started in the first
phase. The curriculum includes basics in food science, commodities and its
importance for human consumption, food processing, hospitality management,
dealing with family and society etc. A detailed study on Food Science and
Preparation of different products and their Serving Manners, Storage and
Packaging, Food Preservation, Diet and Menu Planning, Human Nutrition, Quality
Assurance, Child care and care for Vulnerable groups, Textile and Clothing,
Entrepreneurship Development, Basics of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry etc.
will also be covered. A study tour and filed trips are the part of curriculum.
Courses Offered :
Semester - I
No.
Course Code
Course Title
Credit
1.
HS
101
English-1
1 + 1
= 2
2.
HS
102
Elementary Food & Nutrition
2 + 2
= 4
3.
HS
103
Elementary Clothing Textile
2 + 2
= 4
4.
HS
104
Elementary Home management
2 + 2
= 4
5.
HS
105
Maternal Health and Child development
2 + 1
= 3
6.
HS
106
Home
Science Extension Education - I
2 + 1
= 3
Total
11
+ 9 = 20
Semester – II
No.
Course Code
Course Title
Credit
1.
HS
201
English-2
1 + 1
= 2
2.
HS
202
Introduction to Computer
1 + 2
= 3
3.
HS
203
Cookery
0 + 3
= 3
4.
HS
204
Embroidery and Knitting
0 + 3
= 3
5.
HS
205
Gruh Udhyog and
Entrepreneurship
2 + 1
= 3
6.
HS
206
Housing and Design
2 + 1
= 3
Total
6
+ 11 = 17
Semester – III
No.
Course Code
Course Title
Credit
1.
HS
301
Food
Preservation
2 + 1
= 3
2.
HS
302
Clothing pattern and Sewing
0 + 3
= 3
3.
HS
303
Household equipments
2 + 1
= 3
4.
HS
304
Child
care & Education
2 + 1
= 3
5.
HS
305
Agricultural science
2 + 1
= 3
6.
HS
306
Gruh Udhyog and
Entrepreneurship-II
0 + 3
= 3
7.
HS
307
Marriage & Family life
2 + 0
= 2
Total
10
+ 10 = 20
Semester – IV
No.
Course Code
Course Title
Credit
1.
HS
401
Bakery & Confectionary
1 + 2
= 3
2.
HS
402
Child
care Institution management
2 + 1
= 3
3.
HS
403
Home
Decoration
1 + 2
= 3
4.
HS
404
Animal science
2 + 1
= 3
5.
HS
405
Home
Science Extension Education - II
1 + 1
= 2
6.
HS
406
Health, Hygiene & Home nursing
1 + 1
= 2
7.
ELECTIVE
2 + 2
= 4
Total
10
+ 10 = 20
Elective (Fourth Semester) :
1.Food services and Catering
management
2.Sewing
and Fashion designing
3.Personal
Beauty and Personal Development
4.Agricultural
Science
5.Landscaping
& Gardening training
Note: Choose anyone from elective course as offered.
Certificate :
After successful completion of the course,
Marksheets and Certificate will be awarded to each student by the Anand
Agricultural University established by the Government of Gujarat under
Agricultural Universities Act, 2004 (Gujarat Act No. 5 of 2004).
Special Features
Each student provide stipend of Rs. 190/- per
month by the university.
Government scholarship to SC/ST candidates as
per rules and regulations.
A gold medal is awarded every year to the top
ranking student.
Students counseling cell for higher education,
students' representative council, student union and sports training etc.
co-curricular activities…are carried out to support the education system.
Opportunities
Fast growth in
the health and nutrition, food processing sector, hospitality industry, fashion
designing, child care and communication media due to changes in life style as a
result of globelization has opened up the gate of opportunities for the skilled
person in the various areas of home science. The students can be placed :
Self Employment
(Entrepreneur) :
Ready to Eat
/ Cook Food (RTE/TRC); Pickles, Jam, Chutney, Sorbet etc. Preserved foods;
Papad, Mathiya, Farsan etc. traditional food.
Tailoring,
Knitting, Embroidery and Fashion Designing
Manufacturing of Candle, Card, Soap and Detergent powder, Phenyl, Ornaments,
Motikam, Soft toys,Batik and
Tie-die work etc.
Beauty parlour and
Self grooming
Organic
farming, Nursery development, Cattle farm
Training
classes for such productions
Employment :
Educational
institutions, Government organizations, Government undertakings, Semi
Government, Co-operative institutions, NGOs, Private and Public Enterprises etc.
in various capacities like :
Assistant
Teacher, Sewing Teacher, Laboratory Assistant in High School, Uttarbuniyadi
School and Colleges offering Home Science subject
