Sri Balaji Educational Society (SBES) established in the year 1991, is the brain–child of Sri. Dr. Palle Raghunath Reddy (Ex-Chief WHIP and Ex-minister for Government of Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) with the motto of providing better education to all and honing intellectually gifted individuals from all colleges run under the society. Dr. Palle Venkata Krishna Kishore Reddy garu, the present chairman of Sri Balaji Educational Society which runs more than 46 educational institutions across the Ananthapuramu District in A.P. Sri Krishnadevaraya College of Horticultural Sciences, Ananthapuramu is one of the noted colleges under SBES. The SKCHS is affiliated to Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University in AP started in the academic year 2016 offering 4 years honours degree course B.Sc.(Hons.) Horticulturewith a view to cater to the needs of farming community and to impart latest technology in cultivation of horticultural crops.

B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture students are taught all about horticulture which deals with cultivation of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Plantation Crops, Spices, Medicinal And Aromatic Crops, Landscaping, starting from seed to scientific study of plant diseases, genetics of plants etc. Students enrolled in this programme are required to pass through all subjects classified accordingly in eight semester of four years. More than 60 courses are covered notably among them are Breeding and Seed production of Horticultural crops, Seed Production and Certification, Organic Farming, Precision Farming and Protected Cultivation, Post Harvest Management of Horticultural Crops, Horti-Business Management, Entrepreneurship Development and International Trade, Fundamentals of Food technology, Communication Skills and Personality Development apart from all courses of Departments of Horticulture. Hence, students gain good knowledge and training on all the aspects of horticulture. Students passed with B.Sc.(Hons.) Horticulture degree would have completed 196 credit hours (69 major credits, 34 minor credits, 9 multidisciplinary credits, 8 ability enhancement credits, 12 skill enhancement credits, 6 value added credits, 8 non gradial credits, 20 credits of elective courses along with 10 credits of Rural Horticultural Work Experience Programme (RHWEP), 10 credits of Experimental Learning Programme (ELP) and 10 credits of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

Placement coordination- Preparing for the future: Sensitization Programme on How to crack interview

A programme entitled ‘Placement coordination- Preparing for the future: Sensitization Programme on How to crack interview’ was conducted by career development centre, Dr. YSRHU from 20-07-2024 to 27-07-2024. Several experts were delivered lectures on cracking interviews and personality development skills. Students of 2021 batch, 2022 batch, 2023 batch and 2024 batch students were attended the programme.

ECOCERT

Students of B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture immediately after the graduation, placement cell in SBES has geared up even during past lockdown period and asked ECOCERT MN certifying agency to conduct an interview. ECOCERT is an multinational certifying agency for organic foods, food production textiles, value added items set upon in 1991. For audit & certification of organic products in France & in more than 130 countries ECOCERT is the world’s leading specialist in certification of sustainable practices in organic foods, food products and value added products.

We have sent the entire list of 2016 batch passed out students (55) to ECOCERT for the short listing at their end. They have short listed 19 candidates at their end and intimated us for arranging virtual Interview on 9th Dec 2020. Others too will be intimated when recruiting firms come forward in future.

UNIQUE TREES Pvt ltd.

Unique trees is a Private company with the vision to provide the Indian landscapes with an exotic and imported collection of most beautiful trees from across the world along with other elements to compliment the landscape designs. Placement drive was conducted for 2017 batch students. A Telephonic interview was conducted for twenty students out of which 5 students got selected by the company.

Desai Agri Foods Pvt ltd. And Milklane Dairy Serivce Pvt Ltd.

Desai Agri Foods Pvt ltd., is an innoterra group company is a leading fruit producer and exporter based company in India with an operational foot print across 14 countries. Company has pioneered the production and export of international quality Cavendish bananas out of India. Major international markets are China, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Turkey. The company aims transform the supply chain of the world’s largest dairy market by applying innovative processes, international quality standards. Milklane’s integrated procurement management system helps maintain strong quality controls and preserves the freshness and quality of milk effectively through digitalization. 11 students from 2019 batch have participated in interview by a panel of 3 members.

KISAN KING AGRO Pvt Ltd (Directors – G. Anjan Kumar and K. Lakshman Narayan) is a private incorporated company which is involved in the manufacturing of pesticides and other chemical products.

Directors and employees of KISAN KING AGRO Pvt Ltd made selection process in 3 phases for all the students of 2017 batch. First stage of selection was based on written exam after which selected candidates were asked to attend for second stage which is a Group Discussion session. After successful completion of this stage, 16 students were shortlisted and promoted to the final stage of selection i.e Personal Interview. In the end 6 students were shortlisted for final selection. Dr. N. Narayana Reddy, Associate Dean, Mr Baba Fakruddin, officer in placement cell provided basic information to the experts of KISAN KING AGRO Pvt Ltd who inturn conducted the interview and prepared the list of qualified candidates.

GDM Landscapes pvt ltd established in 1985. It is a landscape designing firm has emerges from P.V. Madhava Rao & Brothers with a lineage over 150+ years as Nursery men. This firm has been accredited to National Horticulture Board and registered Govt. Contractors for executing Government works. P.V. Badrinath Rao and managing partners of GDM Landscapes pvt ltd conducted a three phase interview for 2018 batch students on 22/1/2022. Virtual interview was conducted for 2016 & 2017 batches of total 21 students and offline mode for 2018 batch of total 16 students. The first step included group discussion and 10 students were shortlisted for next level. Shortlisted students were given a task to design a layout of garden in College premises. At the end personal interview was conducted & 3 students are shortlisted from 2018 & 2017 batches along with 1 student from 2016 batch for final selection.