Bihar Agricultural University
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| Established | 17 August 1908 |
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| Chancellor | Governor of Bihar |
| Vice-Chancellor | D. R. Singh |
| Location | ,, |
| Affiliations | UGC, ICAR |
| Website | www |
Bihar Agricultural University is an autonomous public state university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. It was established in 1908 as Bengal Provincial Agricultural College by Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser and was later renamed as Bihar Agricultural College following the partition of Bengal.[1] It was placed under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 2010 and is the oldest agricultural institute of the state.
Agriculture Knowledge Dissemination System
Bihar Agriculture University is engaged in Research and Extension activities in the field of agriculture. In order to extend the research done in the university to farmers of Bihar, it signed an agreement with World Development Foundation, New Delhi to implement a project of "Agriculture Knowledge Dissemination System".[2] The project basically involved educating the farmers using ICT and video conferencing system for improved agriculture and livestock production.
Colleges
The university has ten colleges:[3]
| Name | District | Established |
|---|---|---|
| Bihar agriculture college, Sabour | Bhagalpur district | 1908 |
| Bhola Paswan Shastri Agricultural College | Purnia District | 2011 |
| Mandan Bharti Agriculture College, Agwanpur | Saharsa district | 2007 |
| Nalanda College of Horticulture, Noorsarai | Nalanda District | 2006 |
| Dr Kalam Agricultural College | Kishanganj District | 2015 |
| VKS College of Agriculture, Dumraon | Buxar District | 2011 |
| Forestry college | Munger District | 2022 |
| Agriculture Business Management college | Patna District | 2021 |
| College of Agricultural Engineering, Ara | Bhojpur District | 2021 |
| College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Sabour | Bhagalpur District | 2021 |
References
- ^ "Bihar Agricultural University". www.bausabour.ac.in. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "BAU and WDF sign MOU for agriculture project in Bihar". Bihar Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Bihar Agriculture University". www.bausabour.ac.in. Retrieved 3 November 2017. Click on "Colleges".
Three colleges to be set up under Bihar Agriculture University
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