University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

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University of Agricultural Sciences
Urban
AffiliationsUGC
Websitewww.uasbangalore.edu.in

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UAS Bangalore) is located in

Bengaluru, India
. It was established in 1964 as UAS Bangalore by a legislative act.

Lehmann's laboratory, now housing the department of agriculture in Bangalore

Origin

The British government in India, shaken by several famines in India, set up a commission to improve the state of agriculture to reduce the impact of famines. This led to the Famine Commission of 1880 and in 1889 a commission was set up with

Mycologist succeeded Lehmann and served for 25 years.[2][3][4]

  • Mysore Agricultural School
    Mysore Agricultural School
  • Plan of Lehmann's laboratory
    Plan of Lehmann's laboratory
  • Plan of the wetland experimental plots at Hebbal (now the site of the Hebbal flyover)
    Plan of the wetland experimental plots at Hebbal (now the site of the Hebbal flyover)
  • Diploma students in front of the Mysore Agricultural School, c. 1930
    Diploma students in front of the Mysore Agricultural School, c. 1930
  • Farm day at the Mysore Agricultural School, c. 1930
    Farm day at the Mysore Agricultural School, c. 1930

What began on a 30-acre (120,000 m2) land was soon extended to about 1,300 acres (5.3 km2). The increasing reputation of this experimental station as a training center led to the foundation of the Mysore Agricultural College at

Karnataka University. In 1958, veterinary science as a discipline was started with the establishment of the Veterinary College at Hebbal also affiliated to Mysore University.[2][3]

Formation

Administrative building of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, at Gandhi Krishi Vigyana Kendra also known as Naik Bhavan. The buildings were designed by Kanvinde who was trained in the Bauhaus School of Walter Gropius.

In 1948 a University Education Commission had been started under

United States Ambassador to India and S. Nijalingappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka. On 12 July 1969, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi inaugurated GKVK campus with its buildings designed by the architect Achyut Kanvinde who was influenced by Walter Gropius.[2][3] The Ford Foundation made a grant of $331000 in 1966 to develop graduate research in entomology at the university.[5][6]

The university initially included the agricultural colleges at Hebbal and Dharwad, the Veterinary College at Hebbal, the fisheries college at Mangalore, and 35 research stations located in different parts of the state following agroclimatic zonation and focus on specific crops along with 45 ICAR projects which were with the State Department of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries.[2][3]

Later years and growth

Later on the Marine Product Processing Training Centre (MPPTC) at Mangalore and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hanumanamatti, Dharwad were also transferred to the university.

The university established the Fisheries College at Mangalore in 1969 to provide degree level training and the Agricultural Engineering Institute at Raichur in the same year to offer a three-year diploma course in

Agricultural Engineering. The Home Science College was started to impart education on rural based home science at Dharwad campus in 1974, besides establishing a College of Basic Sciences and Humanities and College of Post Graduate Studies at Hebbal.[2][3]

The phenomenal growth of the university, the differences in agroclimate in the parts of the state, led to the bifurcation of the university into two agricultural universities. An amendment to the University of Agricultural Sciences Act in 1986 saw the birth of the second university for agriculture in the state. The University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore was entrusted territorial jurisdiction over 15 southern districts of Karnataka comprising nearly fifty percent of the total area of the state, while the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, was given jurisdiction over the remaining area in the northern districts of the state.[2][3]

In 2005, with the needed to provide better autonomy to the veterinary education and research in the state, the Veterinary and Animal sciences faculty was bifurcated form both the Universities of Agricultural Sciences - Bangalore and Dharwad and placed under the single university - Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University with its headquarters in the northern district of Karnataka, Bidar by the passing of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University Bill, 2004 in the Legislative Assembly on 10 February 2004.[7]

Constituent colleges

The university has constituent colleges at places of Karnataka:

Ranking and notability

In 2012, the university was recognised as the best agricultural university in India by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for which it was conferred the Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award for excellence in teaching, research and extension.[14] In 2021, the university was recognised as the best agricultural university in South India and 3rd best state university in India.

Notable people

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ University Website. Bangalore: University of Agricultural Science.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore: Genesis Milestone and History". Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore: History". Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  4. ^ Agricultural College, Hebbal 1946-1971. Silver Jubilee Souvenir. Bangalore: University of Agricultural Science.
  5. ^ a b Goldsmith, Arthur A. (2019). Building Agricultural Institutions: Transferring The Land-grant Model To India And Nigeria. Routledge.
  6. ^ Naik, K.C.; Sankaram, A. (1971). A history of agricultural universities. Oxford & IBH.
  7. ^ Deccan Herald
  8. ^ "College of Agriculture - Bangalore".
  9. ^ "College of Agriculture - Mandya".
  10. ^ "College of Agriculture - Hassan".
  11. ^ "College of Sericulture - Chinthamani".
  12. ^ "College of Agriculture, Chamarajanagara".
  13. ^ "College of Agricultural Engineering".
  14. ^ University Website. Bangalore: University of Agricultural Science.
  15. ^ "President Obama appoints Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy as Director of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  16. ^ "Kalidas Shetty". sites.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

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