Dr.Y.S.R. Horticultural University Andhra Pradesh

B.Sc. (Hons.) HORTICULTURE COURSE

Andhra University Area (AU Area)
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Districts.	1. College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem, West Godavari District.
	2. College of Horticulture, Parvathipuram, Vizianagaram District.
	3. College of Horticulture,Chinnalatarapi,Gudluru Mandal,Prakasam District.
Sri Venkateswara University Area (SVU Area)
Chittoor, Kadapa, Nellore, Anantapuram, Kurnool Districts.	1. College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta, Annamayya District.
	2. College of Horticulture, Pulivendula, YSR District.

Affiliated Colleges Andhra University Area (AU Area)
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Districts.	1. Kadiri Babu Rao College of Horticulture, C.S.Puram, Prakasam District.
	2. N.S. College of Horticultural Sciences, Markapur, Prakasam District.

Affiliated Colleges Sri Venkateswara University Area (SVU Area)
Chittoor, Kadapa, Nellore, Anantapuram, Kurnool Districts.	1. Sri Krishnadevaraya College of Horticultural Sciences, Ananthapuramu.
	2. JC Diwakar Reddy College of Horticulture, Tadipatri, Anantapuram District.

Details of Seats
Dr.YSRHU Constituent College Seats
General Quota Seats
S.No	Name of the College	Region	Intake	EWS Seats
1.	College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta, Annamayya Dist.	SVU	70	7
2.	College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem, West Godavari Dist.	AU	130	13
3.	College of Horticulture, Parvathipuram, Parvathipuram Manyam Dist.	AU	50	5
4.	College of Horticulture, Chinalatarapi, SPSR Nellore Dist.	AU	50	5
5.	College of Horticulture, Pulivendula, YSR Dist.	AU	50	5
Payment Quota Seats:		AU/SVU	13	1
Total		-	373	37
Dr.YSRHU Affiliated College Seats
6.	Sri Krishnadevaraya College of Horticultural Sciences, Ananthapuramu.	SVU	60	4
7.	JC Diwakar Reddy College of Horticulture, Tadipatri, Anantapuram District.	SVU	60	4
8.	Kadiri Babu Rao College of Horticulture, C.S.Puram, Prakasam District.	AU	60	4
9.	N.S. College of Horticultural Sciences, Markapur, Prakasam District.	AU	60	4
			240*
*30% Management Quota Seats (240*30%=72 seats)			-72
*70% Convener Quota Seats (240*70%=168 seats)			168	16
Total seats = 373 + 37 + 168 + 16 = 594

Seat Type	Description	Total Seats in the University	Total Seats in the Affiliated Colleges
ICAR Quota Seats	20% of the toatal seats of accredited i.e., COH, Venkataramannagudem, COH, Anantharajupeta, COH, Chinalataripi and COH, Parvathipuram are earmarked for ICAR Quota to be filled through AIEEA exam conducted by ICAR for the students from other states.	66	-
HORTICET Seats	15% of the total seats are earmarked for filling up through "HORTICET" to be conducted by the University for the students who have passed thwo year Diploma in Horticulture at the University	61	40
NRI/NRI SPONSORED QUOTA	15% of the total seats are earmaked for filling up through NRI/NRI sponsored quota	56	-
INDUSTRY SPONSORSHIP QUOTA	2% of the total seats are earmarked for filling up through Industry sponsorship quota	8	-
IN-SERVICE QUOTA	5 seats are reserved under in service quota for HEO's working in Department of Horticulture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh along with AEOs/Field Supervisors working in the University.	5	-

Eligibility

Candidates who possess the following qualifications are eligible to seek admission.

A pass in two year Intermediate Examination conducted by the Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh or any other examination recognized as equivalent thereto by the University or Board of Intermediate Education with the following subjects namely:

i) Physical Sciences
ii) Biological or Natural Sciences

Criteria for Selection

a. The seats under ICAR quota are filled by ICAR, based on the performance in the written examination AIEEA and the choice of the students through counselling.

b. The selection of candidates for all the seats, except those reserved for I.C.A.R Quota and in-service candidates shall be made on the basis of ranks obtained by the candidates in the EAMCET in their respective local areas from out of the inter-se merit lists prepared for this purpose. The candidates will be selected based on merit, Presidential order, region and social status.

c. In case of a tie in ranks obtained by two or more candidates in the EAMCET, the age shall be taken into consideration and the older candidate shall be given the seat. In case of tie both in the ranks and age, the marks secured in the optional subjects of the Qualifying examination shall be taken into consideration.

College wise Seat Distrubition
SlNo.	LIST OF HORTICULTURAL COLLEGES OF Dr.YSRHU	Intake of Seats
1.	College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta, Annamayya District.	70
2.	College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem, West Godavari District.	130
3.	College of Horticulture, Parvathipuram Manyam District.	50
4.	College of Horticulture, Chinnalatarapi, Prakasam District.	50
5.	College of Horticulture, Pulivendula, YSR District.	60
SlNo.	LIST OF HORTICULTURAL COLLEGES AFFILIATED TO Dr.YSRHU (Private)	Intake of Seats	Convenor quota	Management quota
1.	Sri Krishna Devaraya College of Horticultural Sciences, Ananthapuramu, Ananthapuramu District.	60	42	18
2.	J.C.Diwakar Reddy Horticultural College, Anantapuram District.	60	42	18
3.	Kadiri Babu Rao College of Horticulture, C S Purm, Prakasam District.	60	42	18
4.	N.S. College of Horticultural Sciences, Darimadugu Village, Markapur Mandal, Prakasam District.	60	42	18
	Total	240	168	72

M.Sc. (Horticulture)

PG – Programme in M.Sc. (Horticulture), a two year programme with specialization in

(i) Fruit Science (ii) Vegetable Science (iii) Floriculture & Landscaping (iv) Plantation, Spices, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops, (v) Post Harvest Technology is offered at the College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem, West Godavari District and College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta (Annamayya District)

Intake in M.Sc. (Horticulture) with specialization

Slno	Major Field	Seats
		Stipend	Non-Stipend	Total
(A) Regular Seats in Dr.YSRHU
1.	Fruit Science	7	2	9
2.	Vegetable Science	9	2	11
3.	Floriculture & Landscaping	6	2	8
4.	Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	4	2	6
5.	Post Harvest Management	4	2	6
Total (A)		30	10	40
(B) Others
1.	EWS Seats	-	-	4
2.	ICAR Quota (30%) JRF & Non JRF	-	-	12
3.	Out of State quota (10%)	-	-	4
4.	In-service Horticulture Officer	-	-	1
5.	Indo-Afghanistan & Indo-African Fellowship	-	-	2
6.	ICCR scholarship Indian Council for Cultural Relations	-	-	2
Total (B)		-	-	25
Grand Total (A) + (B)		-	-	65

College wise Seat Distribution - M.Sc. (Horticulture)

S.No	Field	Total Seats
1.	College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem	24
2.	College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta	16
Sub Total:		40
4.	Others	25
Total:		65
*Includes 10 Non-Stipend Seats

M.Sc.(HORTICULTURE) Courses offered in Dr.YSRHU

S.No	Specialization	Nomenclature
1.	Fruit Science	M.Sc.(Hort.) in Fruit Science
2.	Vegetable Science	M.Sc.(Hort.) in Vegetable Science
3.	Floriculture and Landscaping	M.Sc.(Hort.) in Floriculture and Landscaping
4.	Plantation, Spices, medicinal and Aromatic Crops	M.Sc.(Hort.) in Plantation, Spices, medicinal and Aromatic Crops
5.	Post Harvest Management	M.Sc.(Hort.) in Post Harvest Management

Ph.D (Horticulture), a three year programme with specialization in (i) Fruit Science (ii) Vegetable Science (iii) Floriculture & Landscaping (iv) Plantation, Spices, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops and (V) Post Harvest Management is offered at the College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem, West Godavari District and College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta (Annamayya District).

Intake in Ph.D. (Horticulture) with specialization

Slno	Major Field	Seats
		Stipend	Non-Stipend	Total
(A) Regular Seats in Dr.YSRHU
1.	Fruit Science	4	--	4
2.	Vegetable Science	4	--	4
3.	Floriculture & Landscaping	2	2	4
4.	Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	2	2	4
5.	Post Harvest Management	--	2	2
Total (A)		12	6	18
(B) Others
1.	EWS Seats	-	-	2
2.	ICAR Quota (30%) SRF	-	-	4
3.	Inspire fellow (University topper other than Dr.YSRHU)	-	-	1
4.	In-service teaching staff of Dr.YSRHU	-	-	3
5.	In-service teaching staff of ANGRAU under MoU	-	-	2
6.	In-service teaching staff of ICAR-IIHR under MoU	-	-	1
Total (B)		-	-	13
Grand Total (A) + (B)		-	-	31

College wise Seat Distribution Ph.D. (Horticulture)

SlNo.	Major Field	Total Seats
1.	College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem	9
2.	College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta	9
Sub Total		18*
4.	Others	13
Total		31
* includes 6 Non-Stipend Seats

Ph.D. (Horticulture) Courses offered in Dr.YSRHU

SlNo.	Specialization	Nomenclature
1.	Fruit Science	Ph.D.(Hort.) in Fruit Science
2.	Vegetable Science	Ph.D.(Hort.) in Vegetable Science
3.	Floriculture and Landscaping	Ph.D.(Hort.) in Floriculture and Landscaping
4.	Plantation, Spices, medicinal and Aromatic Crops	Ph.D.(Hort.) in Plantation, Spices, medicinal and Aromatic Crops
5.	Post Harvest Management	Ph.D.(Hort.) in Post Harvest Management

DIPLOMA IN HORTICULTURE - Two years Diploma in Horticulture

Andhra University Area (AU Area)
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Districts.	1. SKPP Horticulture Polytechnic, Ramachandrapuram, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District.
	2. Horticulture Polytechnic, Nuzvid, Eluru District.
Sri Venkateswara University Area (SVU Area)
Chittoor, Kadapa, Nellore, Anantapuram, Kurnool Districts.	1. SSPG Horticulture Polytechnic, Madakasira, Sri Satya Sai District.
	2. Horticulture Polytechnic, Kalikiri, Annamayya District.

Affiliated Colleges Andhra University Area (AU Area)
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Districts.	1. Bellamkonda Horticultural Polytechnic, Kambhalapadu, Podili, Prakasam District.
	2. Sri Venkateswara Horticultural Polytechnic, Etcherla, Srikakulam District.
	3. Sadineni Chowdaraiah Horticultural Polytechnic, Maddirala, Palnadu District.
	4. Nova College of Horticultural Polytechnic, Vegavaram, Jangareddygudem, Eluru District.
	5. N.R.R. Horticultural Polytechnic, Neliparthi, Parvathipuram Manyam District.

Affiliated Colleges Sri Venkateswara University Area (SVU Area)
Chittoor, Kadapa, Nellore, Anantapuram, Kurnool Districts.	1. S.B.V.R Horticultural Polytechnic, Badvel, Kadapa District.
	2. SR Horticultural Polytechnic, Koilakuntla, Nandyala District.

Details of Seats
Dr.YSRHU Constituent Horticultural Polytechnics
S.No	Name of the Horticultural Polytechnic	Region	Intake	10% EWS Seats
1.	SKPP Horticulture Polytechnic, Ramachandrapuram, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District.	AU	60	06
2.	Horticulture Polytechnic, Nuzvid, Eluru District.	AU	40	04
3.	SSPG Horticulture Polytechnic, Madakasira, Sri Sathya Sai District.	SVU	60	06
4.	Horticulture Polytechnic, Kalikiri, Annamayya District.	SVU	40	04
	Total		200	20
Dr.YSRHU Affiliated Horticultural Polytechnics
5.	Bellamkonda Horticultural Polytechnic, Kambhalapadu, Podili, Prakasam District.	AU	40	04
6.	S.B.V.R Horticultural Polytechnic, Badvel, Kadapa District.	SVU	40	04
7.	SR Horticultural Polytechnic, Koilakuntla, Nandyala District.	SVU	40	04
8.	Sri Venkateswara Horticultural Polytechnic, Etcherla, Srikakulam District.	AU	40	04
9.	Sadineni Chowdaraiah Horticultural Polytechnic, Maddirala, Palnadu District.	AU	40	04
10.	Nova College of Horticultural Polytechnic, Vegavaram, Eluru District.	AU	40	04
11.	N.R.R Horticultural Polytechnic, Neliparthi, Parvathipuram Manyam District.	AU	40	04
	Total		280	28
Total Seats			480	48
			528

Eligibility: The candidates should fulfill the following criteria

Academic Qualification:

1. Candidate should have passed SSC Examination conducted by Board of Secondary Education or any other examination recognized as equivalent thereto by the Board of Secondary Education such as Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Indian Council for Secondary Education (ICSE), National Institute of Open School (NIOS), Open School Society.(OSS).

2.Candidate should belong to the state of Andhra Pradesh as defined in G.O. (P). No. 646, Education (W) Dept, dated:10.07.1979 and its subsequent amendments.

3.Candidates who have passed SSC in compartmental and who have either discontinued or failed in intermediate are also eligible for diploma admission.

4.Candidate who had passed intermediate or pursuing higher studies are not eligible for admission into diploma courses offered by Dr.YSRHU.

Age Limit:

The Candidates who wish to seek admission into Diploma in Horticulture course shall have to complete 15 years of age as on 31 st August of the year of admission with an upper age limit of 22 years.

Selection Process:

1. Per cent of marks/ Total marks obtained in SSC or its equivalent examination will be considered in the order of merit for seat allotment.

2. In case of tie, the marks/grade point obtained first in Science and later in Mathematics and Social, respectively will be taken into consideration for tie breaking.

3. In case if tie still continues, the age of the candidates will be taken into consideration and the older candidates will be given preference.

Note:: ICSE students need to enter average of three subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) for science and two subjects (History & Civics; Geography) for social while entering the subject wise marks.