List of agricultural universities in India
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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
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.
| State | Agricultural universities |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 |
| Assam | 2 |
| 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 | 71 |
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Delhi
Gujarat
- Anand Agricultural University, Anand
- Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh
- Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari
- Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha
- Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
- 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]
- Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj
- Mahatma Bhuddha Agriculture & Technology University Kushinagar
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
See also
Notes
- 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.
- Listed as "Haryana State University of Horticultural Sciences, Karnal".