Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences
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Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute, is a government-aided university in
It was established in 1910 by Dr.
In December 2016, the Uttar Pradesh State cabinet announced their decision to elevate the institution from the status of Deemed University to full-fledged University by passing the SHUATS Act operational from 29 December 2016, thus renaming it to SHUATS.[15]
As a tribute to its founder, the institution submitted a proposal to the
The academic infrastructure of the university is organized into six Faculties
While having completed its own hospital, Hayes Memorial Mission Hospital, the university is developing its health and medical science infrastructure as per Medical Council of India (MCI) norms.[31]
Accreditation and affiliations
SHUATS is a recognized member of
History
The institute was established by Dr.
Between 1950 and 1957
Campus
The campus is in Naini, a satellite neighbourhood of Prayagraj on the banks of river Yamuna. The university is spread over an area of 1020 acres lush-green campus, which includes 420 acres of research farms.[57] The campus is divided into clusters of constituent schools and separate blocks for administration. The academic area chiefly comprises the main building, departmental annexes and auditoria. The university has 12 hostels on campus, six women's, four men's and two international hostels.[21]
The campus has an open-air theatre for cultural events. Several
Academics
SHUATS is a multi-faculty residential academic institution. The university offers 51 undergraduate programmes, 123 postgraduate programmes, 20 diploma/certificate programmes and doctoral programmes with over 10,000 students enrolled on campus.[59][21][60]
Faculty/school | |
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Faculty of Engineering & Technology | |
Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering | |
Warner College of Dairy Technology | |
Vaugh Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Technology | |
Faculty of Agriculture | |
Naini Agricultural Institute | |
College of Forestry | |
Ethilind College of Home Science | |
Makino School of Continuing and Non-Formal Education
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Faculty of Science | |
Faculty of Theology | |
Gospel and Plough Institute of Theology | |
Yeshu Darbar Bible School | |
Faculty of Management, Humanities and Social Sciences | |
Joseph Institute of Business Studies and Commerce[61] | |
Allahabad School of Education | |
Chitamber School of Humanities and Social Sciences | |
School of Film and Mass Communication | |
Faculty of Health Sciences | |
Shalom Institute of Health and Allied Sciences | |
Christian College of Nursing[62] |
Research and collaboration
Research centres | |
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Centre for Transgenic Studies[63] | |
Centre of Advance Theological Studies[64] | |
Centre for Geospatial Technologies[65] | |
Kattesh Katti Institute of Green Nanotechnology and Agri Nanotechnology[66] |
The university provides an ample infrastructure for interdisciplinary collaborative research and interaction between students and faculty. The major research areas include
The Allahabad Farmer is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of the university which has been publishing research articles in basic and applied aspects of agriculture technology and sciences.[80][81] First published in 1925, it is perhaps one of the oldest journal dedicated to agricultural research.[82][83] The university has been a collaborating partner of Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAR), headquartered in Rome, Italy for research in food security, climate change and agricultural education.[84]
The university is currently hosting over 350
Career and placement
The university has established a Career Planning & Counselling Centre (CPCC). The CPCC invites companies for campus recruitment and placement assistance. Besides, the centre facilitates entrepreneurial and soft skills training, summer internships, career counselling and other personality development programs to the students.
Student activities
Extra-curricular activities such as sporting events, festivals, and cultural functions are organized throughout the year.[103][104][105][106][107] The students are divided into four houses, Red Eagles, Blue Bulls, Yellow Tigers and Pink Panthers for inter-house games and sports tournaments. The athletics committee is formed to govern the activities under the Department of Physical Education.[108] A student-run community radio station, Radio Adan (90.4 MHz) brings together experts, students, farmers, and the local population, through various popular programs, focussing on agriculture, education, employment, women empowerment, child marriage, health, and culture.[109] The academic societies[110] and cultural clubs[111] on the campus organize national and international competitions, symposiums,[112][113] conferences[114] and workshops.[115][116][117][118] Students are encouraged to join the National Cadet Corps or enrol in National Service Scheme for overall personality development.[119][120]
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Annual Cultural Festival
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SHUATS Chapel Choir
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NCC unit of SHUATS
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Convocation ceremony[121]
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Expression Film Festival
Alumni association
The students, alumni, and faculty members of the university are traditionally referred as "Aggies." The university has an active alumni association, governed by an executive committee with the objective of expanding and strengthening the connections between alumni and alma mater.[122][123] An international alumni association, Alagin International, started in the year 2002, has been organizing annual meetings in various cities and also connects Aggies through social media.[124]
Notable people
SHUATS has a widespread alumni network of agriculturists, life scientists and agricultural engineers taking over many prestigious positions across the world.[125][126][127] Some of the prominent people associated with the university include agricultural scientists, Rajiv Khosla,[128] Pramod Ramteke,[129][130] Arthur T. Mosher[131] and Mason Vaugh,[132] independence activists, Titus Theverthundiyil[133] and Seth Achal Singh,[134] educationists and scholars, Valson Thampu[135] and John B. Chitamber,[136] sportsperson, Yash Dayal,[137] politicians, Anil Agrawal,[138] Jitendra Prasada,[139] Fateh Bahadur Singh,[140] Amarnath Pradhan,[141] and Sasmit Patra,[142] theologists and administrators, K. Reuben Mark,[143] Vishal Mangalwadi[144] and John Lawrence Goheen,[145] sociologists, Charlotte Viall Wiser[146] and William H. Wiser[146] among others.
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