List of agricultural universities in India

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 64 "State Agricultural Universities",[3] as of December 2019.[note 1]

Assam Agricultural University

Universities by state

The state with the most agricultural universities in India is Uttar Pradesh with eight 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.

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	8
Uttarakhand	2
West Bengal	3
Total	71

Andhra Pradesh

• Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur
• Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem, Tadepalligudem
• Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati

Assam

• Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

Bihar

• Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur
• Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University, Samastipur[note 2]

Chhattisgarh

• Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Durg
• Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur

Delhi

• Indian Agricultural Research Institute[note 3]

Gujarat

• Anand Agricultural University, Anand
• Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh
• Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar
• Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari
• Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha

Haryana

• Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
• Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar
• Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal[note 4]
• National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal[note 3]

Himachal Pradesh

• Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur
• Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan

Jammu and Kashmir

• Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Jammu
• Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar

Jharkhand

• Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke

Karnataka

Kerala Agricultural University library

• Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar
• University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shimoga
• University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
• University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
• University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur
• University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot

Kerala

• Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur
• Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi
• Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Wayanad

Madhya Pradesh

• Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur
• Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur
• Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior

Maharashtra

• Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai[note 3]
• Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli
• Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola
• Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur
• Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri
• Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani

Manipur

• Central Agricultural University, Imphal[note 2]

Odisha

• Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar

Punjab

• Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
• Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

Rajasthan

• Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Jodhpur
• Agriculture University, Kota, Kota
• Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur
• Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner
• Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner
• Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner

Tamil Nadu

• Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
• Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Nagapattinam
• Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Madhavaram, Chennai

Telangana

• P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad
• Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad
• Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University, Hyderabad

Uttar Pradesh

• Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda
• Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur
• Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly[note 3]
• Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad
• Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi[note 2]
• Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut
• U.P. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Ansundhan Sansthan, Mathura

Uttarakhand

• G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
• Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry, Pauri Garhwal

West Bengal

• Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur
• Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar
• West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata

See also

• Agricultural Universities (India)
• List of agricultural universities and colleges
• List of forestry universities and colleges
• List of universities in India

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

References

1. "Central Agricultural Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
2. "Deemed Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
3. "State Agricultural Universities | भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद". www.icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
4. "List of Member Universities of IAUA". Indian Agricultural Universities Association. Retrieved 19 July 2017.