Course Name: Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production

Course abstract

Organic farming is an integrated system of agricultural production based on ecological principles, promotion of biodiversity, biological cycles and organic matter recycling to maintain and improve soil fertility and environmental sustainability. The regulations for organic crop cultivation prohibit the use of chemo-synthetic pesticides, mineral fertilizers, growth promoters and Genetically Modified Organism. Indiscriminate use of these chemicals in conventional farming poses a serious threat to the quality of produce as well as the environment. Concern about food safety and security and environmental sustainability is increasing among scientist, administrator and environmentalist. In view of this, the course is designed to train students on organic farming practices, quality analysis of the products, environmental impact assessment, health benefit of the organic food etc. After successful completion of the course, the students should be able to design resource efficient farming system for small and marginal farmers for improving their economy while meeting the quality food demand in a sustainable environment.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Dilip Kumar Swain

Dr. Dillip Kumar Swain is involved in teaching and research activities of the Institute, since his joining in the year 2006. Dr. Swain completed his Doctoral Degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, which received the Fertilizer Association of India Silver Jubilee Award in 2003 for the outstanding doctoral research in Fertilizer Usage. Before joining this Institute, Dr. Swain worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow at the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, availing Japan Society for the Promotion Science Fellowship. Dr. Swain teaches the subjects: Systems Approach in Agriculture, Soil-Plant-Water Relationships, Crop Production Systems, and Organic Food Chain Management for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Agricultural and Food Engineering. The research areas of Dr. Swain are Climate Change Adaptations/Mitigations for Crop Production, Organic Farming and Sustainable Agricultural Production, and Crop Modeling and Simulation. He is working on assessment of climate change impacts on food grain production of India and evaluation of adaptations through environmental controlled experiment and simulation analysis. Dr. Swain is also involved in outreach activities through demonstration of food production technologies in farmers field. Dr. Swain is actively involved in guiding M.Tech. and PhD research projects.
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 Course Duration : Sep-Nov 2020

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 Enrollment : 20-May-2020 to 21-Sep-2020

 Exam registration : 14-Sep-2020 to 02-Nov-2020

 Exam Date : 18-Dec-2020

Enrolled

6232

Registered

508

Certificate Eligible

379

Certified Category Count

Gold

2

Silver

39

Elite

179

Successfully completed

159

Participation

69

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

PREETI DEY 91%

COTTON UNIVERSITY

ALEENA SREEDHARAN 90%

GARGI SHARMA 87%

COTTON UNIVERSITY

PRIYANKA BORAH 87%

COTTON UNIVERSITY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

SREYASHI GHOSH 86%

COTTON UNIVERSITY

PRIYANK AGARWALLA 85%

COTTON UNIVERSITY

SUKANYA DUTTA 84%

COTTON UNIVERSITY

SHILPA PEGU 83%

COTTON UNIVERSITY

ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE 83%


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

DUNNA SAI PRATYUSHA 82%

VIT UNIVERSITY-VELLORE

RAGHUL S 81%

Annamalai University

MADUGULA SRIKANTH REDDY 81%

MADAN BALCHAND JATIYA 81%

Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur

PRERNA S SALIAN 81%

D Y Patil School of Biotechnology and bioinformatics

S L PRASSANA VIKRAM 80%

Annamalai University

ISHWARIYA R 80%

TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

SHWETA SHARMA 80%

Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur

SHANTANU BHUNIA 80%

Jadavpur University

KODALI AMULYA 80%

SINGHANIA UNIVERSITY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 6232

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 498

Assignment Statistics




Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.