Training / Certificate Courses

Module-Based and Standalone Certificate Courses
The Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) on Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management (CSAWM) is functional at the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (Agricultural University), Rahuri, Maharashtra since 2018, under the World Bank-sponsored, National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, Government of India. One of the major objectives of the CAAST-CSAWM project is to develop the capacity to adopt precision and climate-smart agriculture and water management technologies. The capacity building is meant for the academicians, scientists, students, practitioners, field workers and other interested personnel through in-class and case study-based learning to enhance employment and placement rates and self-employment, business, and entrepreneurship opportunities. Currently, the following Certificate/Module-based Courses are open for registration. Interested candidates can obtain the details (minimum eligibility, registration and course fees, mode of application for the said courses etc.) from the Brochure. For the general guidelines and steps to be followed for registration click here.

A) Modular Certificate Courses: (9 weeks module based certificate courses)

Course Number	Name of the Course	Duration	Last date of Regisration	Brochure
1	Module-1 (Basics Geoinformatics, Fundamentals of UAVs and Post Harvest Management)	February 22 to April 25, 2021	February 20, 2021
2	Module-2 (IT Applications in PrecisionIrrigation, Watershed Hydrological Models, Google Earth Engine with python for Climate Smart Agriculture)	April 26 to June 27, 2021	April 19, 2021

B) Stand-alone Certificate Courses: (3 weeks module based certificate courses)

Course Number	Name of the Course	Duration	Last date of Regisration	Brochure
1	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Climate Smart Organic Farming	February 15 to March 07, 2021	February 10, 2021 Registations Closed
2	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Basic Geo-informatics	February 22 to March 14, 2021	February 20, 2021 Registations Closed
3	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Fundamentals of UAVs	March 15 to April 04, 2021	March 14, 2021 Registations Closed
4	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Post-Harvest Management	April 05 to April 25, 2021	April 04, 2021 Registations Closed
5	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on IT Applications in Precision Irrigation	April 26 to May 16, 2021	April 24, 2021 Registations Closed
6	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Watershed Hydrological Models	May 17 to June 06, 2021	May 15, 2021 Registations Closed
7	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Google Earth Engine with python for Climate Smart Agriculture	June 07 to June 27, 2021	June 05, 2021 Registations Closed
8	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Soil Management for Climate Smart Agriculture	June 14 to July 04, 2021	June 12, 2021 Registations Closed
9	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course Weather Based Agromet Advisory Services through ICT	August 02 to August 22, 2021	Aug 01, 2021 Registations Closed
10	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Policies, Institutions and Marketing for Climate Smart Agriculture	August 09 to 29, 2021	August 05, 2021 Registations Closed
11	Three Weeks Certificate Course on Tally	September 20 to October 10, 2021	September 16, 2021 Registations Closed
12	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Integrated Farming System for Sustainable Agriculture	January 03 to 23, 2022	December 31, 2021 Registations Closed
13	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Application of RS and GIS in Natural Resource Management	January 10 to 30, 2022	January 05 , 2022 Registations Closed
14	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Land Use Planning for Climate Smart Agriculture	February 21 to March 13, 2022	February 20 , 2022 Registations Closed
15	Online Three Weeks Certificate Course on Climate Smart Watershed Management One Month Training program on Hydrological Modeling in Context of Climate Smart Watershed Management One Week National Online workshop on Hydrological Modeling using Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)	June 01 to June 21, 2022 June 01 to June 28, 2022 June 22 to June 28, 2022	May 30 , 2022 Registations Closed
16	Offline Three Weeks Certificate Course on Drones for Precision Agriculture: Spraying and Hyperspectral Imaging	Postponed	Postponed

C) Offline Training Programme :

Sr. No.	Name of the Training Programm	Duration	Last date of Regisration	Brochure
1	One week Training Programme on Drones for Precision Agriculture	October 10 - 14, 2022	Addmission Full
2	One Week Training on Field spectroscopy, hyperspectral and multispectral imaging applications in precision agriculture from Oct 16-21, 2023	October 16 - 21, 2023	Oct 14, 2023
3	One Day workshop on Entrepreneurship Development through Drone Training at MPKV RPTO Rahuri on Oct 13, 2023.	October 13, 2023	Oct 12, 2023
4	One week (seven days) training programme on Digital Technologies for Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture	October 17-23 , 2023	Oct 16, 2023
5	One day Workshop on Hydroponics and Aeroponics	October 27 , 2023	Oct 26, 2023
6	Brainstorming workshop on IoT-enabled Livestock Management Advances and Adoption in Indian Situation	Nov 03 , 2023	Nov 02, 2023
7	Conference on Role of Journalism in Promoting Climate Smart and Digital Agriculture	Dec 08 , 2023	Dec 07, 2023
8	Workshop on Carbon Credit	Dec 15 , 2023	Dec 14, 2023

Note:
The candidates can select a combination of a stand-alone and modular certificate courses to suit their requirements such as training programmes of specified periods. The example includes the training programme of 18 weeks upon completion of module -1 and 2; or a training programme of 15 weeks upon completing one of the modules and two stand alone certificate courses.

Important guidelines to Participants regarding documents required and fees to be paid

Sr.No.	Types of Participants	Important Guidelines
1	Students of the constituent colleges of MPKV, Rahuri	Documents required: Scanned copy of the No Objection Certificate from the concerned Guide/ Chairman, SAC/ Counsellor and Head of the Department (as the case may be) with the concerned office reference number. Registration Fee (Non-Refundable): 1.Three-Week Certificate Course: Rs.100 2.Three-Week two Certificate Courses: Rs.200 3.Nine-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.300 4.Twelve-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.400 5.Fifteen-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.500 6.One- Year Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.1400
2	Staff Members of MPKV, Rahuri	Documents Required: Scanned copy of the Permission Letter from the concerned Director with the office reference number. Registration Fee (Non-Refundable): 1.Three-Week Certificate Course: Rs.4000 2.Three-Week two Certificate Courses: Rs.6500 3.Nine-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.7500 4.Twelve-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.9000 5.Fifteen-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.10000 6.One- Year Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.25000
3	Other than MPKV, Rahuri	Documents Required: Scanned copy of the document(s) supporting the minimum eligibility for attending the certificate/ module-based course. Fee for the Certificate/Module-based Course(s): 1.Three-Week Certificate Course: Rs.4000 2.Three-Week two Certificate Courses: Rs.6500 3.Nine-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.7500 4.Twelve-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.9000 5.Fifteen-Week Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.10000 6.One- Year Module-based Certificate Course: Rs.25000 Note that this fee is refundable only if the course is cancelled by the organiser.
4	For One month training program	Rs.5000 (Training fee includes registration fee)
5	For One Week online workshop	Rs.2000 (Workshop fee includes registration fee)
6	For Offline Three Week online workshop	Rs.7500 - Only for MPKV Constituent Colleges Student (Dr.ASCAET, CoA-Pune, PGI-Rahuri,CoA-Dhule,CoA-Nandurbar,CoA-Karad,RCSMCoA-Kolhapur,CoA-Muktainagar, CoA-Halgaon,CoH-Pune) Rs. 15000 - For Non MPKV candidates (*Except MPKV Constituent Colleges Student)

How to Register for the Certificate/Module based course
The participants need to click on the "Register Here" button given below. It will direct you to the SBI portal (SB Collect) for the Registration Form and Payment of the Fees.

Please ensure successful Registration and Payment of the Fees by completing the following steps:

Click Checkbox to accept 'Terms & conditions'.
Then click on 'Proceed'.
Select the name of desired Certificate/ Module-based Course in the "Select Payment Category" dropdown menu on the form.
Enter all the required information and click on the "Submit" button.
Check whether all the information is accurate and then click on the "Confirm" button.
You will then be redirected to "STATE BANK COLLECT MULTI OPTION PAYMENT SYSTEM" page to make the payment of Registration or Course Fee.
Check the charges/commission applicable for selected 'Mode of Payment'.
Pay 'online' using any one of the methods i.e. SBI and Other bank's Net Banking/ UPI/ NEFT/RTGS /Credit card/ Rupay Card and print the receipt for your record.

Note :

MPKV Candidates : You will need to provide the office reference number of "No Objection Certificate" in case of students and "Permission Letter" in case of staff in the box provided in the form; and email the scan copy of the "No Objection Certificate" or "Permission Letter" as the case may be to "mpkvcaast@gmail.com" within 24 hours of completion of registration.
Non MPKV candidates: You should email the documents in support of minimum eligibility for attending the Certificate/Module-based course to "mpkvcaast@gmail.com" within 24 hours of completion of registration.
Minimum Eligibility : Graduate/ Diploma (3 years) or Final year students (registered for at least 7th semester or fourth year) from the bachelor degree program in Agricultural Science, Social Science, Agricultural Engineering and Engineering.
It is the responsibility of the candidate to obtain the permission of the concerned organisation, if necessary (in case of non MPKV candidate)

Training / Certificate Courses

How to Register for the Certificate/Module based course The participants need to click on the "Register Here" button given below. It will direct you to the SBI portal (SB Collect) for the Registration Form and Payment of the Fees.

How to Register for the Certificate/Module based course
The participants need to click on the "Register Here" button given below. It will direct you to the SBI portal (SB Collect) for the Registration Form and Payment of the Fees.