Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology

Infobox University
name = Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology


motto =
type = Public
chancellor = Mr. T. V. Rajeshwar
vice_chancellor= Dr. V. K. Suri
established = 1975
city = Kanpur
state = Uttar Pradesh
country = India
campus = Urban
undergrad =
postgrad =
affiliations = UGC
website = [http://www.csauk.ac.in www.csauk.ac.in]

Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology is an agricultural university at Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is named after the famous Indian revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad. There are three faculties in the university: Faculties of Agriculture and Home Science at Kanpur, and the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology at Etawah. The university caters to the needs of the farming community of 28 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

History

A small school was started in 1893 at Kanpur to provide training to revenue officers. It gradually grew to the status of a Government Agricultural College (1906), the U.P. Institute of Agricultural Sciences (1969) and a full-fledged university in 1975. U.P. College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Mathura was merged with the university at that time.

Degrees offered

Undergraduate

* B.Sc.(Ag.) (Hons)
* B.Sc. Forestry
* B.Tech.(Ag. Engg.)
* B.Tech.(Elec. & Com. Engg.)
* B.Tech.(Com. Sci. & Engg.)
* B.Tech.(Mech. Engg.)

Postgraduate

* M.Sc.(Ag.) (16 disciplines)
* MBA (Agri-business Mgt.)
* Ph.D. (13 disciplines)

Research

The extensive research effort in the university takes place under Director - Agricultural Research Station. It is divided into the following research sections:
* Economic Botanist (Rabi Cereals) established in 1904 as the first Economic Botanist of India (along with Lyallpur, now in Pakistan).
* Barley Section
* Economic Botanist (Legumes)
* Economic Botanist (Oilseed)

The university has developed and released more than 150 early maturing, high yielding and disease/insect resistant crop varieties/hybrids of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, cotton, 29 of these in the last three years. It has also contributed to the evolution of agro-techniques suited to various situations.

Extension

The university provides training to farmers and officials in agricultural technologies. An Agricultural Technology Information Centre at the main gate of the university provides information to the farmers in the region.

External links

* [http://www.csauk.ac.in Official website Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology]