Top Agricultural Universities in India

All the aspirants of agricultural courses in India indeed appear for ICAR AIEEA (UG), ICAR AIEEA (PG), ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph.D) or any State-level entrance exam conducted by state agricultural universities. However, every aspirant would prefer to choose the best and top agricultural university. The ICAR Agricultural Universities System of India consists of 75 agricultural universities out of 64 State Agricultural, Veterinary, Horticultural, and Fisheries Universities (SAUs), four ICAR-DUs (IARI, IVR. For more information about colleges and courses, please visit CoachingSelect.

Top Agricultural Universities in India 

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1. ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI):

1. Establishment Year: 1923
2. Location: Karnal, Haryana
3. As one of the premier dairy research institutes, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) offers high quality education in the field of dairy technology and offers UG, PG, PhD, and diploma courses to students.
4. All labs of the university are equipped with state-of-the-art analytical instruments to conduct high quality research.
5. Courses offered at NDRI are mentioned below:

2. ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute

1. Establishment Year: 1905
2. Location: New Delhi
3. Popularly known as Pusa institute, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) attained the status of a deemed university in 1958.
4. Currently, the institute has about 20 divisions, five multi-disciplinary centres, eight regional stations, two off-season nurseries, three all-India coordinated research projects, and 10 national centres functioning under coordinated research projects.
5. The university offers PG and PhD courses majorly in disciplines such as:

3. ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute

1. Establishment Year: 1889
2. Location: Izatnagar, Bareilly
3. Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) is a research institute that is dedicated to livestock research and development.
4. Apart from this, IVRI also offers diploma courses in the fields of:

4. GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology

1. Establishment Year: 1960
2. Location: Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
3. With a total staff strength of about 2,878 including 763 teachers and officers, 59 technical staff, 631 administrative and ministerial personnel, and 1425 class III employees, GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology offers UG and PG programmes under:

5. Punjab Agricultural University

1. Establishment Year: 1962
2. Location: Ludhiana, Punjab
3. The University has four constituent colleges, which are:

1. College of Agriculture
2. College of Agricultural Engineering
3. College of Home Science
4. College of Basic Science & Humanities

3. The university currently offers four UG courses, 43 PG courses, and 29 PhD courses to students. The university performs integrated functions of teaching, research, and extension in the fields of:

6. University of Agriculture Sciences, Banglore

1. Establishment Year: 1964
2. Location: Banglore, Karnataka
3. It is located in Bengaluru and is recognised by UGC.
4. The University offers 6 undergraduate degree programmes in the faculty of Agriculture. These programmes are of 4 years duration, have been spread over at six different campuses of the University.

7. ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai

1. Establishment Year: 1961
2. Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
3. The mandate of the Institute was widened to include higher fisheries education, research as well as extension education under its functional fold.
4. The university performs integrated functions of teaching, research, and extension in the fields of:

8. Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University

1. Establishment Year: 1965
2. Location: Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad
3. Aspirants can pursue UG, PG, PhD and Diploma courses offered at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University. Candidates can secure admission in different courses offered at Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Home Science, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology as well as Polytechnic.

9. Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya

1. Establishment Year: 1987
2. Location: Raipur, Chhattisgarh
3. Initially a part of Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) was separated from the same in 1987.
4. There are 28 colleges that fall under the ambit of Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya.
5. courses offered at the below mentioned faculties: Agriculture, Veterinary, Dairy Technology, Agricultural Engineering