Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, formerly known as Rajendra Agricultural University, is a public central agriculture university under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and is recognised as Institute of National Importance by government of India. It is located in Pusa, Samastipur district, Bihar.
History
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (previously, Rajendra Agricultural University) was originally established as India's first-ever Imperial Agriculture Research Institute.
The foundation stone of the Agricultural Research Institute and College was laid by
In 1934, after a major earthquake rocked Bihar and which severely damage the main buildings, the Imperial Institute was shifted to the new Pusa campus in New Delhi and that eventually became Indian Agricultural Research Institute. What remained was downgraded to an agricultural research station until 3 December 1970, when the government of Bihar established Rajendra Agricultural University.
On 11 May 2016, Parliament of India passed the Central University Bill. So, RAU, Pusa was upgraded to
Academics
There are five faculties in the university in the disciplines of
MBA (Rural Management) for agricultural and allied sector graduates.
Departments of University
- Agronomy
- Horticulture
- Entomology
- Agricultural Economics
- Nematology
- Soil Science
- Extension Education
- Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Forestry
- Plant Pathology
- Molecular Biology
- Microbiology
- Soil and Water Engineering
- Farm Machinery & Power
- Food Engineering
- Agribusiness Management
- Rural Management
Constituent Colleges of University
- College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
- Trihut College of Agriculture
- College of Fisheries
- College of Community Science
- College of Basic Sciences & Humanities
- Post Graduate College of Agriculture
- School of Agribusiness & Rural Management
- Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay College of Horticulture Forestry
References
- ^ "Expenditure Profile 2022-2023" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in.
- ^ "Vice-Chancellor's Profile - Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University". Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "THE DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ACT, 2016" (PDF). www.rpcau.ac.in. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ PTI (13 July 2016). "Cabinet okays name change of Rajendra Central Agricultural University". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 July 2018.