Late Rawal Karan Singh of Jobner, inspired by Swami Dayanand Saraswati established Anglo-Vedic High School in the year 1893. Later his son Rawal Narendra Singh upgraded the school to Shri Karan Narendra College of Agriculture or simply SKN College of Agriculture in July 1947. This is the first agricultural college of the Rajasthan and the campus college of Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner.
SKN college of Agriculture is recognized by UGC, Govt of India. At present SKN has 15 departments and offers under graduate and post graduate courses in total 9 subjects and Ph.D in 7 subjects.
Name of Departments | Name of Departments | Name of Departments |
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Department of Agronomy | Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science | Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics |
Department of Plant Pathology | Department of Agricultural Zoology & Entomology | Department of Horticulture |
Department of Extension Education | Department of Agricultural Economics | Department of Plant Physiology |
Department of Animal Production | Department of Biochemistry | Department of Nematology |
Department of Dairy Science | Department of Agricultural Engineering & Physics | Department of Statistics |