College of Horticulture, Junagadh

Department of Fruit Science

Name	Designation	Qualification	Specialized subject	Phone	Email
Dr. Dipakkumar R. Pardva	Associate Professor & Head	Ph.D.(Horti.)	Fruit Science	9978909423	paradcadipak@gmail.com

With the start of college, there arose a necessity to differentiate the various departments to justify teaching and research initiatives. Therefore, the Department of Fruit Science was launched on September 8, 2017, based on the resolution from the 46th meeting of the Board of Management at J.A.U., Junagadh. The department conducts a range of activities, including Teaching, Research, and Extension in the area of Fruit Science. It focuses on providing education and research in fruit science disciplines of horticulture for students and farmers, adhering to specific objectives

OBJECTIVES

To provide under graduate education in Fruit Science discipline.
To introduce post graduate programme for Fruit Science in future.
To strengthen the research farm for under graduate students for practical teaching works.
To initiate the research in advanced concepts and crop improvement on various fruit crops.
To establish the laboratory for UG/PG students.

Faculty Information of staff

Faculty Strength (Current Position)

Sr. No.	Name	Designation	Higher Qualification	Speciali-zation	Experi-ence	Contact
1	Dr. D. K. Varu	Principal and Dean	Ph. D. (Horti.)	Pomology
2	Dr. Dipakkumar R. Pardva	Associate Professor & Head	Ph. D. (Horti.)	Pomology	11 Years
3	Dr. Tejal M. Chaudhari	Assit. Professor	Ph. D. (Horti.)	Pomology	08 years	7874767548
4	Dr. Kinnari D. Mithapara	Assit. Professor	Ph. D. (Horti.)	Pomology		9737601933
5	Prof. Archana V Mahida	Assit. Professor	M. Sc. (Horti.)	Pomology		7016401136

TEACHING

ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

Teaching courses offered at U.G. Levels (5^th Deans):

Discipline	Total No. of courses
Fruit Science	08

Details of courses offered in UG programme:

Sr. No.	Course No.	Name of Course	Credit
1	FRT 1.1	Fundamentals of Horticulture	3 (2+1)
2	FRT 2.2	Plant Propagation and Nursery Management	2 (1+1)
3	FRT 3.3	Temperate Fruit Crops	2 (1+1)
4	FRT 4.4	Tropical and Subtropical Fruits	3 (2+1)
5	FRT 4.5	Plantation Crops	3 (2+1)
6	FRT 4.6	Breeding of Fruit and Plantation Crops	3 (2+1)
7	FRT 5.7	Orchard and Estate Management	2 (1+1)
8	FRT 5.8	Dry land Horticulture	2 (1+1)
TOTAL			20 (12+8)

Details of courses offered in UG programme (6^th Deans)

Sr. No.		Course name	Credits
1	FRT1.1	Fundamentals of Horticulture	3(2+1)
2	FRT1.2	Plant Propagation and Nursery Management of Fruit and Plantation Crops	3(1+2)
3	FRT2.3	Commercial Production of Spices and Plantation Crops	3(2+1)
4	FRT3.4	Commercial Fruit Production	4(3+1)
5	FRT5.5	Introductory Agro forestry	3(2+1)
6	FRT6.6	Dry land Horticulture	3(2+1)
7	FRT6.7	Horticulture Based Integrated Farming System	3(2+1)
8	SEC 3	Orchard Floor Management (FRT)	2(0+2)
9	SEC 7	Introduction to Forestry (FRT)	2(0+2)
10	EC1	Production Technology of Tropical Fruit Crops	3(2+1)
11	EC2	Production Technology of Subtropical and Temperate Fruit Crops	3(2+1)
12	EC3	Breeding of Fruit Crops	3(2+1)
13	EC4	Canopy Management in Fruit Crops	3(2+1)
14	EC5	Biotechnological Approaches and Micropropagation in Fruit Crops	3(2+1)
15	EC6	Production Technology of Arid Fruit Crops	3(2+1)
16	EC7	Postharvest Management for Fruit Crops	2(1+1)

Laboratories

No.	Particulars	Remarks
i.	UG Lab	Under Graduate Laboraty for Practical of UG students
ii.	PG Lab	Post Graduate Laboratory for M. Sc. (Horti.) and Ph. D. for Practical as well as PG Research

P.G. Courses Offerred

Course Title with Credit load M. Sc. (Horti.) in Fruit Science

Course Code	Course	Credit
Major Courses (20 Credits)
FSC 501*	Tropical Fruit Production	2+1
FSC 502*	Sub-Tropical and Temperate Fruit Production	2+1
FSC 503*	Propagation and Nursery Management in Fruit Crops	2+1
FSC 504*	Breeding of Fruit Crops	2+1
FSC 505	Systematics of Fruit Crops	2+1
FSC 506	Canopy Management in Fruit Crops	1+1
FSC 507	Growth and Development of Fruit Crops	2+1
FSC 508	Nutrition of Fruit Crops	2+1
FSC 509	Biotechnology of Fruit Crops	2+1
FSC 510	Organic Fruit Culture	2+1
FSC 511	Export Oriented Fruit Production	2+1
FSC 512	Climate Change and Fruit Crops	1+0
FSC 513	Minor Fruit Production	2+1
FSC 591	Master Seminar	1+0
FSC 599	Master Research	0+30
	Total Credits	70

*Compulsory among major courses

Course Title with Credit load Ph.D. (Horti.) in Fruit Science

Major Courses (12 Credits)
FSC 601*	Innovative Approaches in Fruit Breeding	3+0
FSC 602*	Modern Trends in Fruit Production	3+0
FSC 603	Recent Developments in Growth Regulation	3+0
FSC 604	Advanced Laboratory Techniques	1+2
FSC 605	Arid and Dry Land Fruit Production	2+0
FSC 606	Abiotic Stress Management in Fruit Crops	2+1
FSC 607	Biodiversity and Conservation of Fruit Crops	2+1
FSC 608	Smart Fruit Production	2+0
FSC 691	Doctoral Seminar-I	1+0
FSC 692	Doctoral Seminar-II	1+0
FSC 699	Doctoral Research	0+75
	Total Credits	100

*Compulsory among major courses

Seminar/workshop/symposia organized by the Department

Sr. No.	Title	Period		Place	Organized by
Sr. No.	Title	From	To	Place	Organized by
Year-2015
1	Scientific Cultivation of Major Horticultural Crops in Sourastra Region	05/05/2015	05/05/2015	Shihor Di: Bhavnagar	Department of Horticulture, J.A.U.,Junagadh
Year-2016
2	Advance Production Technology in Horticultural Crops and Water Conservation	15/05/2016	15/05/2016	Junagadh	Department of Horticulture, J.A.U.,Junagadh
3	Advance in pre-post harvest technology in Mango	19/06/2016	19/06/2016	Junagadh	Department of Horticulture, J.A.U.,Junagadh
4	Rejuvenation in mango	19/09/2016	19/09/2016	Junagadh	Department of Horticulture, J.A.U.,Junagadh
5	Technological Changes and Innovations in Pomegranate Production and Utilization for Enhancing Farmer?s Income	26/09/2016	26/09/2016	Junagadh	Department of Horticulture, J.A.U.,Junagadh
Year:2017
1	Technological changes and Innovations in Agriculture for Enhancing Farmers? Income	28/05/2017	31/05/2017	Junagadh	Department of Horticulture, J.A.U.,Junagadh
Year-2019
1	National Seminar on ?Narsary Ek Udhyog?	03/08/2019	03/08/2019	College of Horticulture J.A.U.,Junagadh	Deputy Director of Horticulture, GoG, Junagadh and J.A.U., Junagadh
2	Seminar on ?Ware housing facilities for Horticulture crops?	03/12/2019	03/12/2019	College of Horticulture J.A.U.,Junagadh	College of Horticulture J.A.U.,Junagadh
Year-2020
1	Workshop on ?Bagayat Ek UdhyogKhedutoni aavak vadharvano ek vikalp?	28/01/2020	28/01/2020	College of Horticulture J.A.U.,Junagadh	NHB, Gandinagar & collaboration with State Agriculture University (SAU) & Department of Horticulture (DH), Govt. of Gujarat.
2	Seminar on ?Preparation of competitive examination? for placement of students	13/01/2020	13/01/2020	College of Horticulture J.A.U.,Junagadh	College of Horticulture J.A.U.,Junagadh
Year 2021
	Five Days Online National Training Programme on ?Cutting edge epitome of post-harvest processing and management of horticultural crops?	01/02/21	2/02/21	Junagadh	College of Horticulture, JAU, Junagadh
Year 2023
1	Horticulture Entrepreneurship: New Paradigm in Indian Agriculure.	12/9/2023-	16/9/2023	Junagadh	College of Horticulture though IDP
2	Training on Post harvest handling and value addition of fruits	29-30/06-2022		Junagadh	DSIR , New Delhi and Department of PHT,COH, JAU, Junagadh
3	Training on Post Harvest Handling and Value Addition in custard apple	17-18/10/2022		Junagadh
4	Training on Post Harvest Handling and Value Addition in Ber	2-3-4/03/2023		Junagadh	DSIR , New Delhi and Department of PHT,COH, JAU, Junagadh
5	National Conference on "Paradigm and Dynamics of Digital Horticulture for Food, Nutrition, and Entrepreneurship" held at JAU, Junagadh from	May 28 to 31, 2024		Junagadh	College of Horticulture, JAU, Junagadh
6	National Workshop on Strengthening Extension and Outreach Services forHorticulture	28thMay, 2024		Junagadh	College of Horticulture, JAU, Junagadh
7	National workshop on Dynamics of Mango Productionand Utilisation withspecial reference to Value Chain Management	May 29th		Junagadh	College of Horticulture, JAU, Junagadh
8	Vocational Seminar on ?Value Chain of Ber and Custard Apple			Junagadh	College of Horticulture, JAU, Junagadh

College Of Horticulture Junagadh

Department of Fruit Science