List of agricultural universities in India

Assam Agricultural University

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.[note 1]

Universities by state

The 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.

Agricultural universities by state
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

Assam

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Delhi

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala Agricultural University library

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur

Odisha

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Uttar Pradesh (Uttam Pradesh )

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Central agricultural university[1]
  3. ^ Listed as "Haryana State University of Horticultural Sciences, Karnal".
  4. ^ a b c Deemed university[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Central Agricultural Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Deemed Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ^ "State Agricultural Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ "List of Member Universities of IAUA". Indian Agricultural Universities Association. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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