Rajendra Agricultural University

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University
Motto Sanskrit: "तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय"
Motto in English
 Lead me from darkness to light
Type Public
Established 1905(as Agricultural Research Institute and college) & 1970(as Rajendra Agricultural University)
Chancellor Shree Ram Nath Kovind
Vice-Chancellor Dr. R. C. Srivastava
Location Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India
Campus Rural
Affiliations UGC
Website www.pusavarsity.org.in
Imperial Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) before great Bihar earthquake in January, 1934.
Academic Building, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University (previously, Rajendra Agricultural University) is one of 65 agriculture universities in India.[1] It is near Pusa Bazaar, in Samastipur District, Bihar.

History

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University (Earlier, 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 Lord curzon on the 1st of April, 1905. In his speech, the viceroy had expressed his vision that the seed he was planting would soon blossom out, making Pusa the nucleus of agricultural activities, research and education which would not only benefit Bihar and Bengal but the whole of the country and would attract the best of talents from India and abroad. In separate meeting with the Bihar Planters Association, he fervently hoped that the institute would-be of immense service to them in their grave hour of crisis caused by the German Indigo scientist.Lord Curzon left by the end of 1905 and Lord Minto was his successor. Till the last minute he had seen through each and every detail of the Pusa project which virtually was his brainchild. Incidentally one major issue on which he had not agreed was the architecture of the main building, its wings, vaults and arches but finally he gave his consent of course with a stint. Rightfully, Pusa received an imperial status in 1918, being renamed as the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).

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 December 3, 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 has been up graded to central University and named as Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University.

Academics

There are five faculties in the university in the disciplines of Agriculture, Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Basic Sciences, Humanities & Home Science, besides the college of agriculture, fisheries and institute of dairy technology. The university offers six undergraduate degree programmes, thirty three post graduate programmes and eighteen Ph.D. programmes. It is also the only university to provide an MBA in Agribusiness programme.

Departments of University

Gerbera Cultivation in Polyhouse, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University
University Library, established in the year 1978 at Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, was shifted to present building at Pusa in 1981.
Agricultural Research Institute, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University

Constituent Centres of University

References

  1. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/In-rarest-of-rare-case-both-Lok-Sabha-Rajya-Sabha-pass-bill-in-one-day/articleshow/52243896.cms

Coordinates: 25°58′22″N 85°41′36″E / 25.972861°N 85.693359°E / 25.972861; 85.693359

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