B.Sc. Poultry Production and Business Management

1. Programme Structure and curriculum

B.Sc. (Poultry Production and Business Management), a three year graduate programme is being offered at College of Avian Sciences and Management, Thiruvazhamkunnu, Palakkad district from 2014 Academic year onwards. The course is designed with the objectives of crafting human resource management professionals with technical knowledge in poultry production, developing entrepreneurial skills to unemployed youth and equipping youth with different facets of Poultry production and business management. The graduates can aspire for employment/ entrepreneurship opportunities in various facets of poultry production such as in poultry farms, hatchery, feed mill poultry processing plants etc.

B.Sc. (Poultry Production and Business Management) is a full-time degree programme. The curriculum and syllabus of the programme to the award of Degree in the relevant programme shall be as approved by the academic council of KVASU.

2. Eligibility criteria

• 50 % marks in Plus two /VHSE in Biology stream.
• Students awaiting results can also apply.
• SC/ST candidates will need only a pass in the qualifying examination for the above programmes.
• Relaxation of 5% marks to candidates belonging to socially and educationally backward communities as defined in G.O. (p) No. 208/66/Edn. dated 02/05/1966.

3. Admission process

All candidates, seeking admission should fill the online application form available in the University website https://application.kvasu.ac.in. The University will publish a rank list based on the marks secured by the candidates in the Entrance Examination conducted by the University. The selection will be done from the corresponding rank list according to the rank, options and the reservation policies persist, through offline allotment process. The students have to attend the counselling process on the date notified by the University in the rank list. Candidates will be considered for admission only if they secure a minimum of 40% marks in the entrance examination (ten percentage relaxations is given to SC/ST /PwD students).

To complete the admission process, students must report at the Colleges with all the original certificates along with the xerox copies and the receipt of remittance of the fee for first semester, mentioned in the rank list/ allotment memo published. If the selected candidates fail to pay the specified fees or join the course in time, their claim for admission will be cancelled without notice and the seat thus becoming vacant will be filled up with eligible candidates, if any, from the rank list.

Candidates should produce the original certificates for proof of age, qualifications, transfer certificate, conduct certificate, migration certificate, Non-Creamy layer/ Community certificate if seeking communal reservation, Income and Assets Certificate, annexed in the G.O.(P)No.1/2020/P&ARD dated 03/01/2020, for claiming the reservation of Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) in General Category, Disability Certificate for claiming reservation under Persons with Disability, Physical fitness certificate obtained from any Medical Officer not below the rank of Civil Surgeon, Vaccination certificate against Chicken pox and Hepatitis B at the time of admission in the respective colleges. Vaccination certificate against Chicken pox and Hepatitis B is compulsory at the time of admission for all courses under KVASU. The originals of all certificates and documents should be produced at the time of admission. Those who do not produce the original documents at the time of admission, shall forfeit their seat and the seats will be filled from the waiting list or in any other manner deemed fit by the University. As ordered in G.O. MS 285/72/HD dated 6.1.1972, 10% of the total intake capacity will be reserved for SC/ST. Fractions of half or more than half in the actual working out of the percentage will be rounded off to one. List of communities to be considered under SC/ST/OEC will be as per the list approved by the Government of Kerala.

4. Duration of the programme

B.Sc. (Poultry Production and Business Management) is a full-time degree programme. The duration of the course is three years or 6 semesters.  Each semester will be of 100 working days (excluding examination days, study holidays, days of Co- curricular and Extra- curricular activities). The maximum time limit permitted to complete the programme shall be 12 semesters including the period of discontinuance, if any.

5. Contact information for academic/programme inquiries

Special Officer

College of Avian Sciences and Management,

Thiruvazhamkunnu, Palakkad, Kerala, India – 678 601

Contact no. – 8281028206, 04924-296362

e-mail: pfso@kvasu.ac.in, casmt@kvasu.ac.in 

6. Any other pertinent information

A revision of syllabus and curricula as per NEP 2020 is expected from 2025 academic year onwards.