Agri-Business Management (PGPABM)

Post Graduate Program in Agri-Business Management (PGPABM) is a 2-year full time (or equivalent part time) postgraduate course, the eligibility for which is graduation in agricultural science, agricultural engineering, or any other agriculture-based subjects with a minimum score of 50%.  A final year candidate may also apply on a provisional basis and all applicants need to have 90 percentile in CAT. The program is spread over 2 years, divided into 6 trimesters of six months each. Admission process for the same involves filling an online or offline application depending on the university or college, following which eligible candidates may apply for a written entrance test and personal interview in most colleges.

Candidates are selected based on their CAT scores, 10+2 marks, graduation marks and work experience. Candidates who clear both, the written test and the interview round can take admission. The course is best suited for those who are inclined towards agriculture and have a thirst for business.

The course essentially teaches you ways to have a thriving corporate agricultural business and includes courses on production, processing, and inventory of produce. The course not only teaches you how to be a successful farmer with the best technology and greatest efficiency, but also how to market the produce to earn maximum revenue. It teaches you how to take this primary sector enterprise of agriculture and learn the ins and outs of business that go with it in order to make it profitable

Eligibility

• Graduation in agricultural science, agricultural engineering, or other agri-based subjects with a minimum score of 50% at the level of graduation.

• A final year candidate may also apply on a provisional basis

Syllabus and Course Description

Trimester 1	Trimester 2	Trimester 3
Business Communication and presentation skills	Business Statistics	Human Resource Management
Basic Financial Accounting	Marketing Strategies and techniques	Operational Research
Advanced Computer Skills	Macroeconomic theory and policy	Financial marketing (corporate finance)
Business mathematics	Cost and control systems	Quantitative techniques for agribusiness
Organisational behaviours	Management information systems and e-commerce	Agricultural input marketing
Principles and practices of management	Written analysis communication	Project management
Principles of marketing management	-	Marketing research
Managerial economics (micro)	-	Procurement management
Trimester 4	Trimester 5	Trimester 6
Sales and distribution management	Rural marketing	Advertising and communication
Commodity trading figures and options	Logistics and supply chain management	Business law and ethics
Agricultural extension management	Customer relationship management	Risk management in agribusiness
Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP)	Agricultural export management and information trade	Total quality management
Strategic management	Elective (2)	Electives (2)
Banking and agrifinance	Live project	Individual project
Agricultural business environment	-	-

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course can find jobs in sectors ranging from

• Banking and retail to of course agriculture. They are likely to be working with producers, distributers, retailers, and even web designers or marketing professionals, bankers, policy makers.
• corporate planning and consulting, sales and business development, marketing and advertising, logistics and supply chain, to banking or insurance, ITES/ BPO, analytics and business intelligence, engineering design or research and development, human resources, production and maintenance, accounts and finance, telecom, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, project management, entrepreneurship, etc.
• Job profiles for these sectors include marketing managers, research analysts (in agricultural commodities), agricultural business managers, flour mill managers, agricultural loan officers, agricultural officer, grain merchandiser, etc. to name a few.
• Some of the top recruiters include Godrej Agrovet, IBM Global Services, ICICI Bank, Accenture Services, HCL Technologies, Airtel (Bharat Telecom), Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Tata Motors, Reliance.

Average Fee

The average full time fee charged for the course in India ranges between INR 6.08 lacs to 10.96 lacs

Average Salary

Maximum salary offered to such professionals range from INR 14 to 16 lacs per annum, increasing with experience and expertise.