List of agricultural universities in India explained

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] .

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.

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Agricultural
universities
Andhra Pradesh3
Assam1
Bihar3
Chhattisgarh2
Delhi1
Gujarat5
Haryana4
Himachal Pradesh2
Jammu and Kashmir2
Jharkhand1
Karnataka6
Kerala3
Madhya Pradesh3
Maharashtra6
Manipur1
Odisha1
Punjab2
Rajasthan6
Tamil Nadu3
Telangana3
Uttar Pradesh7
Uttarakhand2
West Bengal3
Total 70

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Delhi

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur

Odisha

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Agricultural Universities भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद. www.icar.org.in. 17 January 2021. Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
  2. Web site: Deemed Universities भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद. www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. 17 January 2021.
  3. Web site: State Agricultural Universities भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद. www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. 17 January 2021.