This article lists agricultural universities (AUs) in India, by state or territory. Although a number of Indian universities offer agricultural education, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the main regulator of agricultural education, recognizes three "Central Agricultural Universities",[1] four Deemed Universities[2] and 63 "State Agricultural Universities",[3] as of January 2021[update].[note 1]
Universities by state
editThe state with the most agricultural universities in India is Uttar Pradesh with seven universities (one deemed, one central and five state universities). There are no agricultural universities in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim or Tripura, nor on any of the union territories, except Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.
| State | Agricultural universities |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 |
| Assam | 1 |
| Bihar | 3 |
| Chhattisgarh | 2 |
| Delhi | 1 |
| Gujarat | 5 |
| Haryana | 4 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 2 |
| Jharkhand | 1 |
| Karnataka | 6 |
| Kerala | 3 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 |
| Maharashtra | 6 |
| Manipur | 1 |
| Odisha | 1 |
| Punjab | 2 |
| Rajasthan | 6 |
| Tamil Nadu | 3 |
| Telangana | 3 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 7 |
| Uttarakhand | 2 |
| West Bengal | 3 |
| Total | 70 |
Andhra Pradesh
editAssam
editBihar
editChhattisgarh
editDelhi
editGujarat
editHaryana
editHimachal Pradesh
editJammu and Kashmir
editJharkhand
editKarnataka
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Kerala
editMadhya Pradesh
editMaharashtra
editManipur
editOdisha
editPunjab
editRajasthan
editTamil Nadu
editTelangana
editUttar Pradesh
edit- Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda
- Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur
- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly[note 4]
- Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya
- Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi[note 2]
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut
- Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences,Prayagraj
Uttarakhand
editWest Bengal
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ The Indian Agricultural Universities Association (IAUA) also provides a list of member universities.[4] However, this list includes institutes which offer agricultural education which are not agricultural universities per se such as Banaras Hindu University.
- ^ a b c Central agricultural university[1]
- ^ Listed as "Haryana State University of Horticultural Sciences, Karnal".
- ^ a b c Deemed university[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Central Agricultural Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Deemed Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "State Agricultural Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "List of Member Universities of IAUA". Indian Agricultural Universities Association. Retrieved 19 July 2017.