Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-ITMA)

NAARM has started a one-year programme on Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-ITMA) to train graduates in agriculture and allied sciences in November 2008.This course was the entry of NAARM in academic courses. The course was designed and developed the curriculum in deliberations with about 40 senior executives from agri-business industry, financial institutions, NGOs, consultants, academicians and policy-makers in government. Please click (here) for more details about the program.

We are providing a brief of the PGD-ITMA program as under;

Aim of Program:

The Programme was started with a aim to build bridge professionals who were in information and systems specialists to successfully hold first level managerial positions in the agri-business and related sectors.

Admission to the program and Students:

The candidates were selected all India basis through a written test, followed by Group Discussion and Interview. The first batch of 24 students was started in November 2008 and graduated in November 2009. 

Students: Following were the selected candidates for the PGDITMA course.

 1. Abhijit Mohapatra

 2. Alok Gora

 3. Amaresh Behera

 4. Binit Manohar

 5. Shruti Firake

 6. Gurjeet Singh

 7. Kanika Singh

 8. Khusboo Jha

 9. Kumar Krishnanad

10. Manujunath Rugi

11. Nilesh Mishra

12. Pankaj Ekshinge

13. GK Pavan Kumar

14. S. Pooja Rani

15. Prashant Kumar

16. Prem Nayanyan

17. M.J.V. Ratna Rao

18. K. R. Ravikumar

19. K. Ravinder Reddy

20. G. Shridhar

21. Amrapali Tapale

22. Tulika Prasad

23. G. Venkatesh Gowd

24. Vishwas Barak

 

Curriculum Design:

The PGDITMA was a one-year Programme comprised of four trimesters, each three months. First three trimesters were conducted at the Academy. The fourth trimester was devoted to internship to be pursued by the students at the identified organizations.

Curriculum having many courses as under:

(1) Issues in Agriculture and Rural Development (2) Overview, Computer Networking & Security (3). OOPS Based SDLC and Project Management (4). Architectures, Data Management & Quality Systems in IT (5). Web Based Development with J2EE (6). Quantitative Methods in Agriculture Management (7). Communication Skills (8). Principles of Agriculture Economics & Marketing (9).Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture (11). Digital Media Resources & Web Applications (12). Principles of Organization & Management (13). IT based Information / Decision Support systems in Agriculture & Rural Development (14). Designing and documenting a Web Based Agriculture Information System with Regional Language Support (15). Entrepreneurship development (16). Financial management (17). Business communication (18). ERP Overview and applications in agriculture (19). Project on ERP applications (20.) ICTs for community development (21). Internship project.

Internship Projects:

As we all know that Experiential Learning is an integral part of management education. Keeping this in mind, the internship is an opportunity for the students wherein they practise what they learn within the classroom. Post the third trimester, students gone for internship for 10 weeks. This batch of students undergone internships with organizations  as ITC, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI), National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL), National Collateral Management Service Limited (NCMSL), Infrastructure and Logistic federation of India (ILFI), Greenport, DV, Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD), The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), PREMIUM FARM FRESS, APMAS etc.

During internship, students underwent rigorous training under the guidance of functional area experts in the corporate. Students learnt the skills and expertise required to be successful in the real-life work atmosphere. At the end of internships, students prepared a report and submitted the certificate received from the company, which was considered as a satisfactory remark of assigned project completion.

Placements: 
After the completion of internship, students attended interviews in companies and got placements. We have made an attempt to connect to all NAARMIANS by liking their LinkedIn profiles. Some of the profiles are not up to date, please bear with us. We will be updating more about their present working companies of them in our coming posts.

Remarks: 

This above said course has been discontinued after completion of first batch in November 2009 and Academy started some more new courses i.e PGD-IPTMA, PGDM (A) time to time. Even, the PGD-ITMA course has been discontinued but the trained professionals (NAARMIAN) are continue in their domains and doing excellent. We are proud on them. It is true that, we are not able to meet them as frequently but they are in our professional and personnel touch. We are seeking their advice/guidance in various matters and will be continuing the same in coming years.