This article lists agricultural universities (AUs) in India, by state or territory. Although a number of Indian universities offer agricultural education, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the main regulator of agricultural education, recognizes three "Central Agricultural Universities",[1] four Deemed Universities[2] and 63 "State Agricultural Universities",[3] as of January 2021[update].[note 1]
Universities by state
The state with the most agricultural universities in India is Uttar Pradesh with seven universities (one deemed, one central and five state universities). There are no agricultural universities in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim or Tripura, nor on any of the union territories, except Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.
State | Agricultural universities |
---|---|
Andhra Pradesh | 3 |
Assam | 1 |
Bihar | 3 |
Chhattisgarh | 2 |
Delhi | 1 |
Gujarat | 5 |
Haryana | 4 |
Himachal Pradesh | 2 |
Jammu and Kashmir | 2 |
Jharkhand | 1 |
Karnataka | 6 |
Kerala | 3 |
Madhya Pradesh | 3 |
Maharashtra | 6 |
Manipur | 1 |
Odisha | 1 |
Punjab | 2 |
Rajasthan | 6 |
Tamil Nadu | 3 |
Telangana | 3 |
Uttar Pradesh | 7 |
Uttarakhand | 2 |
West Bengal | 3 |
Total | 70 |
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
- Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Durg
- Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur
- Mahatma Gandhi University of Horticulture and Forestry, Durg
Delhi
Gujarat
- Anand AU, Anand
- Junagadh AU, Junagadh
- Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar
- Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari
- SDAU, Banaskantha
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
- Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda
- Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur
- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly[note 4]
- Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya
- Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi[note 2]
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut
- Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences,Prayagraj