Department of Agronomy is the biggest discipline, which was formed as an integral part in the faculty of Agriculture, since the inception of the College in 1961. The department runs undergraduate, post-graduate and the doctoral programmes, to train the students in the field of agriculture. The department offers 14 courses to undergraduate students. The students are also given opportunities to participate in all the farm operations for understanding the principles of crop production, by way of allotting individual plots for the cultivation of various field crops. Final year B.Sc (Ag.) students are practically guided in various aspects of crop production under field conditions during RAWE programme and imparting hands-on practical knowledge during Agricultural Experiential Learning Programme (AELP). Postgraduate programme in Agronomy was started in 1971 and Ph.D. programme in 1993. So far, 291 and 40 students were awarded the degrees of M.Sc (Ag.) and Ph.D. in Agronomy respectively. The department has done considerable PG research work which is useful to the farming community of the region in the fields of soil moisture conservation, crop diversification including fodder crops, weed management, nutrient management including INM, organic farming and cropping systems. The department has good linkage with ITC, volunteer organizations, NGO’s, line departments and sister concerned institutes. The department has its own library containing a collection of rare books (many of them are out of print), unique to this college. The department is also having laboratory facilities for analyzing nutrients in plant and soil samples. Instrumentation room is being maintained with Leaf Area Meter, Root Scanner, Digital Vernier Calipers, Pressure plate apparatus, Rice Polisher, Rice husker, All Quartz Double Distillation Unit, Reverse osmosis unit of 5 stage purification, double distillation unit for distilled water, Flame photometer, and seed counter. The Department is maintaining a B class meteorological observatory wherein the daily data is being recorded on temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind direction, and velocity.