Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner

About Directorate

In order to address the challenges of agricultural growth and up-grading quality of higher agriculture education, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University has established a separate Directorate of Human Resource Development. The Directorate has identified various activities and programme such as enhancing experiential learning of agriculture students, promote excellence and capacity building of faculty in cutting edge areas, up-gradation of skill and emerging disciplines to bring systemic reform and institutional development in higher agricultural education with a view to increase the scope and effectiveness of the University.

Objectives

Improving rural youth with knowledge and skill in frontier area of Agriculture and Technology, particularly Biotechnology, Dairy Technology, Food Technology and Nanotechnology etc.
Commercialization of innovation and technologies through intellectual property rights and knowledge sharing.
Capacity building of the University faculty and staff.

Functions of Director HRD

Organizing and conducting induction training programme for newly appointed teachers and refresher courses for in-service teachers/scientists.
Organizing advance training courses in frontier areas of agriculture, research management, educational technology etc.
Commercialization of innovation and technologies through organized intellectual propriety right and knowledge sharing system.
Organizing group discussion, seminars and workshops.
Improving faculty competence through participation in National/International conferences/symposia/seminars/workshops/trainings.
Assessment studies pertaining to productivity of faculty and develop data bank of human resources.
Introduction of best teacher/researcher/student/scholar awards.

Director's Profile

Dr. A.C. Shivran

Director HRD

Email: director.hrd@sknau.ac.in

Contact:

The Directorate of Human Resource Development was established to address the challenges of agricultural growth and up-grading quality of higher agriculture education. It focuses on enhancing experiential learning, promoting excellence, and capacity building of faculty.

Former Directors

S.No.	Name of Director	Duration
1.	Dr. V.K. Yadav	07.01.2015 to 30.06.2016
2.	Dr. R. Paliwal	01.07.2016 to 02.02.2020
3.	Dr. S. Mukherjee	03.02.2020 to 31.08.2020
4.	Dr. B.L. Kakraliya	02.09.2020 to 07.06.2023
5.	Dr. M. L. Jakhar	07.06.2023 to Dec 2023
6.	Dr. K.C. Sharma	Dates not specified
7.	Dr. R.N. Sharma	Dates not specified
8.	Dr. S.K. Khandelwal	Dates not specified
9.	Dr. A.C. Shivran	Present

Major Trainings / Seminars / Workshops

IV Orientation Programme

A 21-day Orientation Programme for newly recruited Assistant Professors and SMS was organized from 1st to 21st December, 2021 to acquaint faculty with university functioning.

Winter School on Vegetable Crops

A 21-day ICAR Sponsored winter school on “Advance Production Technologies of Underutilized Vegetable Crops” was organized from 21st Feb to 13th March, 2022.

Workshop on Virtual Classroom

Organized on 22nd February, 2022 to acquaint faculty with the Virtual Classroom Management System during the COVID-19 period.

Winter School on Disease Scenario

A 21-day ICAR Sponsored winter school on “Disease Scenario in Climate Change Conditions” was organized from 1st to 21st March, 2022.

8th International Conference

Conference on “Plant Pathology: Retrospect and Prospects” organized jointly with IPS, New Delhi from 23rd to 26th March, 2022.

Winter School on Livelihood Security

21 days ICAR Sponsored winter school on Agro-Horti based Integrated farming system from 15th Nov to 05th Dec, 2022.