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MBA (Agri Business)
In the face of a rapidly transforming agricultural landscape, new economic opportunities are emerging through diversification, commercialization, and value-addition in agriculture. These changes have significantly enhanced the prospects of increasing farm incomes. However, realization of this potential calls for a shift in how we manage agriculture and its allied sectors. From crop production to livestock, horticulture, sericulture, forestry, and fisheries, every subsystem of agriculture must be managed efficiently and innovatively to harness the benefits of these evolving opportunities.

Despite growing market orientation and commercialization of agriculture, many of these benefits have not yet reached the farming community. This gap is largely due to the lack of agribusiness skills, limited entrepreneurial capacity among rural youth, and the continued dominance of intermediaries in the agri-value chains. What agriculture needs today is not just better technologies, but visionary leadership and sound business acumen. This is where the MBA in Agri-Business Management plays a transformative role.

Housed within the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, the MBA (Agri-Business) programme is designed to empower young minds with the knowledge, skills, and entrepreneurial spirit required to manage agriculture as a profitable and sustainable business. The programme blends the fundamentals of business administration with sector-specific insights in agriculture, agribusiness, rural marketing, agro-processing, supply chain management, and natural resource-based enterprise development.

The MBA (Agri-Business) programme at our University began its journey in the academic year 2002-03 under the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management. Since its inception, the programme has remained steadfast in its mission to develop skilled professionals in the field of agribusiness management. Over the past 22 years, the programme has proudly produced more than 150 graduates, many of whom have gone on to build successful careers in central and state government jobs, bank and financial organizations, leading business organizations or have become self-reliant entrepreneurs through their own agri-based ventures.

In its early years, the programme operated with modest resources, admitting just four students annually. Despite these limitations, it consistently delivered high-quality education and maintained a strong reputation. Recognizing the growing demand and increasing popularity of the course, the student intake was subsequently increased to ten per batch. This enhancement marked a significant step forward, reflecting the programme’s commitment to serve the educational and professional aspirations of the students.
Masters Courses
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
1 ABM 501 * Principles of Management and Organizational Behaviour 3(3 + 0)
2 ABM 502 * Managerial Accounting and Control 3(3 + 0)
3 ABM 503 * Applied Agribusiness Economics 2(2 + 0)
4 ABM 504 * Human Resource Management for Agricultural Organizations 2(2 + 0)
5 ABM 505 * Production and Operations Management 2(2 + 0)
6 ABM 506 * Agricultural and Food Marketing Management - I 2(2 + 0)
7 ABM 507 * Agricultural and Food Marketing Management - II 2(2 + 0)
8 ABM 508 * Agri Supply Chain Management 2(2 + 0)
9 ABM 509 * International Trade for Agricultural Products 2(2 + 0)
10 ABM 511 * Rural Maarketing 3(3 + 0)
11 ABM 518 * Food Retail Management 2(2 + 0)
12 ABM 519 * Management of Agricultural Input Marketing 2(2 + 0)
13 ABM 533 * Contract Farming 1(1 + 0)
14 ABM 536 * Strategic Management for Agri Business Enterprises 2(2 + 0)
15 ABM 537 * Operations Research 2(2 + 0)
16 ABM 538 * Financial Management in Agri Business 2(2 + 0)
17 ABM 539 * Communication for Management and Agri Business 3(3 + 0)
18 ABM 540 * Research Methodology for Agri Business Management 3(3 + 0)
19 ABM 541 * Computer Applications for Agri Business 3(3 + 0)
20 ABM 542 * Project Management and Agri Business Entrepreneurship 3(2 + 1)
21 ABM 543 * Agribusiness Environment and Policy 2(2 + 0)
22 ABM 544 * Agri Business Laws and Ethics 2(2 + 0)
23 ABM 550 * Internship 4(0 + 4)
24 ABM 591 * Project Seminar-1 1(1 + 0)
25 ABM 593 * Project Seminar-2 1(1 + 0)
26 CC 504 * Basic Concepts in Laboratory Techniques 1(0 + 1)
27 CGS 503 * Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture 1(1 + 0)
28 PGS 501 * Library Information and Services 1(1 + 0)
29 PGS 502 * Technical Writing and Communication Skills 1(0 + 1)
30 PGS 505 * Agricultural Research Ethics and Rural Development Programmes 1(1 + 0)
* courses are compulsory
Projects
    • Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India sponsored project on "Oil palm cultivation and its future prospects in Assam", project cost Rs.8 Lakh
    • SITA, Assam sponsored project on "Survey of Rural Primary Markets (Gramin Periodic haats) in Assam", project cost Rs.15 Lakh implemented in 2022.
    • Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI sponsored project on "Impact assessment study of Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) project on Promotion of agriculture centric sustainable livelihood security for tribal farmers of Ass", project cost Rs.3 Lakh implemented in 2020.
    • Save the Children, Bal Raksha Bharat sponsored project on "Moving towards sustainable private sector by creating responsible business behaviour in tea industry in Assam", project cost Rs.3 Lakh implemented in 2019.

Our Faculties

Dr. Nivedita Deka

HOD and Professor (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Ramen Kumar Sarma

Professor (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Dipanjan Kashyap

Assistant Professor (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Horindra Gogoi

Assistant Professor (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Pompi Dutta

Assistant Professor (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Manashi Gogoi

Assistant Professor (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Sangita Borah

Assistant Professor (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Udeshna Talukdar

Assistant Professor (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Monisha Borah

Junior Scientist (Associated Faculty)
Achivements

  • Dr. Dipanjan Kashyap, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics (MBA-Agri Business), Faculty of Agriculture, AAU, Jorhat, has been honoured with the prestigious Professor S.S. Johl Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis on Agricultural Policy for the year 2025. The award was conferred by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE) during its 85th Annual Conference held at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, Haryana, on 28 November 2025.

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