Rajendra Agricultural University

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Rajendra Agricultural University
Established 1970
Type Public
Vice-Chancellor Dr. Basant Ram
Location Samastipur, Bihar, India
Campus Rural
Affiliations UGC
Website www.pusavarsity.org.in

Rajendra Agricultural University is one of 26 agricultural universities in India. It is near Pusa Bazaar, in Samastipur District, Bihar.

[edit] History

Rajendra Agricultural University was originally established as India's first ever Imperial Agriculture Research Institute on July 4, 1903.

In 1934, after a major earthquake rocked Bihar and which severely damage the main buildings, the Imperial Institute was shifted to the new Pusa campus in New Delhi and that eventually became Indian Agricultural Research Institute. What remained was downgraded to an agricultural research station until December 3, 1970, when the government of India established Rajendra Agricultural University.

[edit] Academics

There are five faculties in the university in the disciplines of Agriculture, Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Basic Sciences, Humanities & Home Science, besides the college of agriculture, fisheries and institute of dairy yechnology. The university offers six undergraduate degree programmes, thirty three post graduate programmes and eighteen Ph.D. programmes. It is also the only university to provide the an MBA in Agribusiness programme. It also has:

  • College of Agricultural Engineering
  • College of Basic Sciences & Humanities
  • College of Home Science
  • College of Fisheries

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 25°58′22″N 85°41′36″E / 25.972861°N 85.693359°E / 25.972861; 85.693359

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