Section 31. Education

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, education in the University shall include Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degree programmes and short term diploma courses in the disciplines of agriculture including basic and applied science, Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Home Science, Dairy and Food Science and Food Technology and other allied sciences as may be prescribed. (2) Educational programmes may be based on modern system of agricultural education with the objective of producing competent and practical oriented graduates and post-graduates to handle production, management, research, extension education and teaching work in the field of agriculture and allied branches.