About the Department:

Sericulture is a farm based labour intensive, economic enterprise with short gestation period, low investment, periodical income (once in 2 months) ensuring better employment (self employment) opportunities for rural mass including elderly and handicapped family members is being adapted by Warangal farmers as a substitute to the traditional dry crop. It is gaining popularity in Telangana state which had bagged an award for bivoltine silkworm cultivation and also for solving pressing problems like employment, rural migration and poverty.

PG Diploma in Sericulture (one year course) is being run in University College, Kakatiya University, with its humble beginning in the year 1990-91 at the Arts and Science College, Subedari which was later transferred to University College, Kakatiya University to cater to the needs, fullfill the aspirations, empower the rural based students, impart sericulture knowledge and enhance skills to people of this region. Kakatiya University is the only University offering and running the course successfully in Telangana for the past years and is functioning independently ever since the beginning with separate budget, almanac and Board of studies etc.

The course is maintaining a rich diversified collection of 14 mulberry varieties and 2 non mulberry varieties in an area extending up to 2.5 acre with a separate rearing cum grainage block as per CSB plan constructed under TRYSEM scheme.

It’s a two semester course with choice based credit system. The curriculum comprises moriculture, rearing, reeling, grainage, non mulberry production and crop protection with practical training in the related papers. The admission is by selection through entrance exam on par with other PG courses in the University and for the present the intake is 12 students.

It comprises two permanent faculty members and a part timer headed by Incharge (assisted by two non teaching personnels) who not only impart knowledge but also practical skills in all sericulture activities. Intensive research is being carried out on all aspects of sericulture, with emphasis on phyto-chemistry, pathology and cocoon production (mulberry and non mulberry) with a view to increase the productivity with optimization of the input costs. The department has been in receipt of funds from various funding agencies like CSIR, UGC and Telangana government. Emphasis has also given to revise the syllabus at both UG and PG levels by incorporating the latest developments.

Career Opportunities

Sericulture being a vocational course has immense potential for self employment and a good number of students have also settled as teachers, entrepreneur at different levels.

Eligibility:

B.Sc degree with Zoology as one of the subject. Through the course, we are also addressing the issues of sericulture, generating suitable human resources, developing technologies, forming a inter link between academicians, administrators, students, scientists and farmers to discuss the field related problems and solutions for raising production and silk productivities

The following is the succession of In-charge, Sericulture Unit, Department of Zoology.