1.1 Central Admission Committee
As per the powers conferred on State Council under Section 25(7)(g) of the Gujarat Agricultural Universities Act-2004, Council of State Agricultural Universities constituted a committee called ?Central Admission Committee? for Diploma Courses to regulate the admission of candidates to all diploma courses.
1.1	Central Admission Committee
	1			Registrars of SAUs
	2			Principals of Polytechnics of SAUs
	3			Member Secretary of the Council of State Agricultural Universities or a representative of the State Council nominated by member secretary provided that the State Council may nominate one of the Vice-Chancellors as Nodal Officer (Academic) to supervise and co-ordinate centralized admissions till State Council becomes functionally viable. The committee is to carry out the admission process in a fair and transparent manner. The admission process is conducted by this committee strictly on the basis of merit and the preference of the candidate. The functions of the committee are as follows: Ø The committee shall supervise, monitor and control the entire process of admission to the candidate?s seeking admissions to the all-diploma programmes. Ø The committee shall prepare the merit list in accordance with the provisions of the acts and the rules made there under. Ø The committee shall perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the council and Government of Gujarat.
1.2	While preparing the merit list, the committee will observe rules or instructions as laid down in this regard by the State Council from time to time.
1.3	The Principals of the Polytechnics of SAUs shall verify normal physical fitness, original mark sheets, certificates, etc. of the candidates called at the time of reporting for admission.
1.2 Availability of Seats: 44
	The maximum number of candidates to be admitted in first semester of the diploma course will be in accordance to the intake capacity decided by the university from time to time. At present the intake capacity of Polytechnic in Horticulture is 44. (40 + 4 EWS).
1.3 Invitation of Application:
1.3.1	The State Council / Nodal Officer shall invite online applications for the diploma programme by an admission notice published in leading Guajarati newspapers near the date of declaration of the results of Ssecondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
1.3.2	Candidates seeking admission to diploma courses will apply after declaration of SSCE results as per guidelines given in the advertisement in leading Gujarati newspaper.
1.4 Eligibility for admission:
1.4.1	The candidate should have passed Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) from Gujarat State or other equivalent examination with Local language, Social Science/Social Studies, Science & Technology / Science, Mathematics subjects along with English as a compulsory subject.
	The minimum requirement of percentage of marks obtained in the above-mentioned qualifying examination for admission to diploma courses shall be as under.
	(i)			Schedule Caste (SC) Candidates	33%
	(ii)			Schedule Tribe (ST) Candidates	33%
	(iii)			Social and Educationally Backward Communities (SEBC) Candidates	40%
	(iv)			All other candidates other than those for which contrary provision has been made in the rules (General)	40%
	(v)			EWS (Economically Weaker Section)	40%
1.4.2	For the purpose of admission, a candidate should have passed the qualifying examination from
	1			The Gujarat Secondary Education Board OR
	2			The candidate who has passed qualifying examination from CBSE/ School of Council of Secondary School Certificate Examination, New Delhi/ National Institute of Open Schooling/ International School Board/ Maharashtra State Education Board will be considered as eligible provided that
				Ø The school in which the candidate has studied should be located in the Gujarat State OR
				Ø The school in which the candidate has studied should be located in the Union Territories of Diu, Daman and Dadara Nagar Haveli and whose parents are origin of Gujarat State OR
				Ø The student is domicile of Nizar taluka (Gujarat state) but has passed qualifying examinations from Maharashtra State.
1.4.3	A candidate whose parents are origin of Gujarat and are serving out of Gujarat in the service of Central Government or other State Governments, Military, Boards or Corporations owned or controlled by the Central Government or other State Governments or any nationalized bank and who has passed the qualifying examination from the State where parents are serving shall be eligible for admission and his candidature shall be included in the merit list subject to submission of the document / certificate of origin of Gujarat at the time of verification of document at the help centre.
1.4.4	A candidate who has passed the qualifying examination and,
	1			Whose parents are serving in the category of service as shown below and
	2			Who are transferred from other States to Gujarat and have resumed their duty in the place where they are transferred in Gujarat and shall remain so transferred in the State of Gujarat at the time of registration for admission shall be eligible for admission and his candidature shall be included in the second merit list. The candidate has to provide certificate for the same (a to f) at the time of verification of application form at the help centre.
				Category of Service:
	a			Officers or Employees of Central Government; or
	b			Officers or Employees of Public Sector Undertakings of Central Government and State Government; or
	c			Officers or Employees of Nationalized Banks; or
	d			Officers or Employees of United Nations, UNICEF, World Health Organization and such other International Institutions located in Gujarat State; or
	e			Officers or Employees of Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service of Gujarat Cadre working in Gujarat or working in other States on deputation from Gujarat; or
	f			Officers or Employees of Gujarat Government posted outside Gujarat State for administrative reasons.
1.4.5	Weightage of five percent of marks will be given to the farmer?s son / Daughters / Brothers / Sisters / Grand Sons / Grand Daughters subject to production of certificate 7-12 and 8-A record of current year from competent authority for having land in Gujarat under cultivation by himself / his /her Father, his / her Mother, his / her Grand Father (Paternal) his / her Grand Mother (Paternal) and his / her Brother/Sister subject to fulfilment of minimum qualifications required for admission to diploma in agriculture and Diploma in horticulture only.
1.4.6	The sportsmen / women will be given weightage for the admission as under:
	No.			Event	Weightage(%)
	(i)			Participation at the International Level	7
	(ii)			Participation at the National Level / All India Level	1
				(a) Secured 1stposition	5
				(b) Secured 2ndposition	3
				(c) Secured 3rdposition	2
	(iii)			Participation at the State Level	-
				(a) Secured 1stposition	1
				(b) Secured 2ndposition	0.5
	Note: The benefit of the above weightage shall be given to the student once during his/her university career.
1.5	Age Limit:
	The minimum age requirement of a candidate on 31stDecember of the Year of his/her first admission to the diploma course shall be 15 years and maximum up to 25 years.
1.6	Reservation:
	The university shall reserve seats for admission of the candidates belonging to following categories:
Sr. No.			Particulars of Seats	Reservation (%)	Remarks
(1)			Schedule Caste (SC)	7	Reservation of these seats shall be interchangeable among SC / ST candidates.
(2)			Schedule Tribes (ST)	15
(3)			Socially and Educationally Backward Communities (SEBC)	27	As specified by the Government of Gujarat and does not fall under creamy layer section.
(4)			Disables (Physically Challenged)	3	It will be adjusted against respective category.
(5)			Children of defence personnel and Ex-service man (Army)	1	__
Note: Provided that nothing in this regulation shall require the university to admit candidates larger in number or with academic and other qualifications lower than those prescribed except in situation as in regulation.
1.7 Parsi Community:
One additional seat shall be reserved for Parsi community who is domicile of Gujarat state. This seat will be non-transferable.
1.7.1		The candidate seeking admission on reserved seat shall be required to produce a certificate of Parsi community issued from the competent authority.
1.7.2		The admission of a student of Parsi community on a reserved seat shall be valid subject to verification by the authority empowered in this behalf. In case the certificate is found invalid on verification, he shall not have right to claim his admission on reserved seat and if he has been already granted admission such admission shall be cancelled at any point of time.

Sr.	Name and Designation	Education Qualification	Specialized subject	Email
1.	Dr. H.L. Kacha Principal	Ph. D.	Horticulture	hlkacha@jau.in
2.	Dr. S. J. Donga Assistant Professor	Ph. D.	Agronomy	sjdonga@jau.in
3.	Dr. T. D. Kapuriya Assistant Professor	Ph. D.	Agricultural Extension Education	tdkapuriya@jau.in
4.	Dr. I. L. Pithiya Assistant Professor	Ph. D.	Floriculture and Landscape Architecture	ilpithiya@jau.in
5.	Mrs. N. V. Nakum Agricultural Officer	M. Sc. (Agri)	Plant Physiology	nimisha@jau.in
6.	Miss N. V. Savaliya Agricultural Officer	M. Sc. (Agri)	Agronomy	nayanasavaliya608@jau.in
7.	Mr. D. B. Kathad Agricultural Assistant	B. Sc. (Hons.)	Horticulture	dbkathad@jau.in
8.	Miss U. G. Chavda Agricultural Assistant	Diploma	Horticulture	urchavda@jau.in
9.	Mr. A. B. Dal Agricultural Assistant	B. Sc. (Hons.)	Agriculture	abdal@jau.in
10.	Mr. R. G. Vasoya Laboratory Technician (Pooled at College of Agriculture)	B. Sc.	Chemistry	ravi.vasoya01@jau.in
11.	Mr. R. M. Thakar Junior Clerk	10th Pass	------	rohitthakar1982@gmail.com

Course No.	Course Title	Credit
First semester
VEG 1.1	Fundamentals of Vegetable Production	3 (2+1)
FLA 1.1	Introductory Floriculture	2 (1+1)
NRM 1.1	Introductory Agronomy	2 (1+1)
PPT 1.1	Introductory Entomology	2 (1+1)
SSC 1.1	Communication Skills and Personality Development	2 (1+1)
BSC 1.1	Introductory Botany	2 (1+1)
FRT 1.1	Fundamentals of Horticulture	3 (2+1)
FRT 1.2	Plant Propagation and Nursery Management	2 (1+1)
FC-I	Deeksharambh (Introduction Cum Foundation Course of 2 Week)	2 (0+2)
Total		20 (10+10)
Second semester
FRT 2.3	Growth and Development of Horticultural Crops	2 (1+1)
NRM 2.2	Fundamentals of Soil Science	3 (2+1)
VEG 2.2	Tropical and Subtropical Vegetables	3 (2+1)
FLA 2.2	Ornamental Horticulture	2 (1+1)
PHT 2.1	Fundamentals of Post-harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops	2 (1+1)
NRM 2.3	Manures and Fertilizers	2 (1+1)
PPT 2.2	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	2 (1+1)
SSC 2.2	Information and Communication Technology	2 (1+1)
MDC-I	Farming based Livelihood Systems	3 (2+1) (NG)
Total		21 (12+9)
Third semester
FRT 3.4	Tropical and Subtropical Fruits	3 (2+1)
VEG 3.3	Cool Season Vegetable Crops	2 (1+1)
FLA 3.3	Cultivation of Commercial Flowers	2 (1+1)
SSC 3.3	Introductory Extension Education	2 (1+1)
SSC 3.4	Social and Farm Forestry	2 (1+1)
BSC 3.2	Introductory Microbiology	2 (1+1)
BSC 3.3	Principles of Plant Breeding	2 (1+1)
NRM 3.4	Water Management in Horticultural Crops	2 (1+1)
Total		17 (9+8)
Fourth semester
NRM 4.5	Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management	2 (1+1)
FRT 4.5	Plantation Crops, Spices and Condiments	2 (1+1)
BSC 4.4	Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics	3 (2+1)
PHT 4.2	Fundamentals of Food and Nutrition	2 (1+1)
NRM 4.6	Agro-Meteorology and Climate Change	2 (1+1)
BSC 4.5	Introductory Crop Physiology	2 (1+1)
FLA 4.4	Medicinal and Aromatic Plants	2 (1+1)
FRT 4.6	Watershed Management and Dry Land Horticulture	2 (1+1)
PPT 4.3	Pest and Disease Management of Horticultural Crops	2 (1+1)
VAC-I	Environmental Studies and Disaster management	3 (2+1) (NG)
Total		22 (12+10)
Fifth Semester
BSC 5.6	Environmental Science	2 (1+1)
VEG 5.4	Vegetable Seed Production and Certification	2 (1+1)
PHT 5.3	Preservation and Value Addition of Horticultural Crops	3 (2+1)
FLA 5.5	Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops	3 (2+1)
SSC 5.5	Elementary Statistics and Computer Application	3 (2+1)
BSC 5.7	Elementary Plant Biochemistry	2 (1+1)
SSC 5.6	Economics and Marketing	2 (1+1)
NRM 5.7	Farm Power and Machinery, Soil Survey and Conservation	2 (1+1)
Total		19 (11+8)
Sixth semester
HWE 6.1	Cultivation of Hi-valued Horticultural Crops	4 (0+4)
HWE 6.2	Nursery Production, Management of Horticultural Crops and Micro-propagation	4 (0+4)
HWE 6.3	Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables	4 (0+4)
HWE 6.4	Floriculture and Landscape Gardening and Value Addition of Flowers	4 (0+4)
HWE 6.5	Educational Tour	4 (0+4)
MDC-II	Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication	3 (2+1) (NG)
Total		23 (2+21)
Grand Total (Theory + Practical)		56+66=122
NSS		(0+4) (NC)*

System of Teaching:
4.1	There will be six semesters during which the student shall complete the requirements of course credits under the semester system of teaching and continuous evaluation.
4.2	An academic year shall normally commence in the month of July/August and end in the month of June/July of the following calendar year. It shall be divided into two semesters each of 20 to 22 weeks (including semester- end -examinations).
4.3	The medium of instruction and examination shall be english.
4.4	The first semester shall commence within two weeks after admission.
4.5	There shall be two semesters in an academic year. The semester will be announced in every academic calendar year by the Registrar of SAUs Suitable adjustment in a semester will be made to accommodate diwali vacation, summer vacation and other holidays as may be notified by the University / State Government.
4.6	Odd semester will normally be from July to December and even semester will be from January to June.
4.7	Maximum time limit to obtain three years diploma courses after first registration is 6 (six) years.

Polytechnic in Horticulture	It is located at university main campus, Near to Timbawadi bus stop, Gate no. 4, Timbawadi, Junagadh.
Hostel	There are two hostels in the campus: 1) Boys Hostel named Bagayat Polytechnic Boys Hostel 2) Girls Hostel named Matushree Shavitri Girls Hostel
Library	One at Polytechnic. Main Campus Central Library located in the University Campus, Junagadh
Sport Complex	It is located atGymkhanaground in the University Campus, Junagadh
Seminar Hall	One at Polytechnic.
Conference Hall	Available in Main Campus, Junagadh as well as in Polytechnic in Horticulture
Computer Laboratory	One at Polytechnic.
Experimental Laboratory	One at Polytechnic.
Educational Museum	One at Polytechnic.

Fees and Deposits
The kinds of fees and deposits for this diploma course shall be as under:
Sr. No.	Fees / Deposit	Amount (Rs.)
Sr. No.	Fees / Deposit	Boys	Girls
A	Fees and deposits for all new student to be paid once at the time of Registration
1.	Caution Money	100	100
2.	Hostel Deposit	100	100
3.	Mess Deposit	***	***
4.	Electric Charge	100	100
5.	Identity Card Fee	30	30
6.	Test fee for Thalassemia	150	150
TOTAL A		480	480
B	Fees to be paid annually in the beginning of each odd semester by all students
1.	University Medical Test	20	20
2.	Magazine Fee	50	50
3.	Student Aid Fund	20	20
4.	General Amenities	10	10
TOTAL B		100	100
C	Semester fees to be paid at beginning of each semester
1.	Registration Fee	50	50
2.	Tuition Fee	200	-
3.	Library Fee	50	50
4.	Examination Fee	100	100
5.	Gymkhana Fee	50	50
6.	Cultural Activities Fee	50	50
7.	Laboratory Fee	30	30
8.	Hostel Fee	60	-
9.	Fees for Marks sheets, Certificates, Transcripts, etc.	50	50
TOTAL C		640	380
TOTAL A+B+ C =		1220	960

a	Director of Student?s welfare (DSW), JAU, Junagadh.
b	Principal and Dean, College of Horticulture, J.A.U., Junagadh
c	Principal, Polytechnic in Horticulture, J.A.U., Junagadh

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Polytechnic in Horticulture
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