College of Agriculture, Pantnagar

The College of Agriculture, Pantnagar, India, is a constituent of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. It was opened on 17 November 1960 when Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the university. It has a triple mandate of teaching, research and extension.

The college has more than 200 faculty members engaged in agricultural sciences. The college has played a role in the Green Revolution in the country^[1][2][3]. More than 185 varieties of crops like cereals, pulses, oilseeds, forages, fruits and vegetables, etc. have been released. The 4 year Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BScAg) is the flagship course of the college.

Departments

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The college has eleven departments:

• Agronomy (ICAR Centre for Advanced Study)
• Agricultural communication
• Agricultural Economics
• Agrometerology
• Entomology
• Food Science and Technology
• Genetics and Plant Breeding
• Horticulture
• Plant Pathology (ICAR Centre for Advanced Study)
• Soil Science
• Vegetable Science
• Seed Science and Technology

Earlier, the college also included two departments of Animal Nutrition, and Animal Breeding and Genetics, which were subsequently transferred to College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

References

1. ^ Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University 1963:14–19 and Charanjit Ahuja “One University That Actually Works” Indian Express, March 9, 1994, p.3
2. ^ Singh, BB.Success of Soybean in India: The Early Challenges and Pioneer Promoters. Asian Agri-History Foundation ( http://www.agri-history.org/pdf/successofsoyabean.pdf)
3. ^ William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi. History of Soybeans and Soyfoods: 1100 B.C. to the 1980s. Soyinfo Center, Lafayette, California (http://www.soyinfocenter.com/HSS/indian_subcon2.php)