Bihar Agricultural University
Bihar Agricultural University is an autonomous institute under Bihar state government established on 5 August,[1] 2010 under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and is situated at Sabour, Bhagalpur city of Bihar. At present, it is located in Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour Campus, the oldest agricultural college of the state.
Established | 2010 |
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Chancellor | Governor of Bihar |
Vice-Chancellor | D. R. Singh |
Location | , , |
Website | www |
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 |
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Bihar agriculture college,sabour | Bhagalpur district | 1908 |
Bhola Paswan Shastri Agricultural College | Purnia District | 2011 |
Mandan Bharti Agriculture College,Agwanpur | Saharsa district | 2011 |
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 | 2018 |
Biotechnology college,Arah | Bhojpur District | 2018 |
Community Science and Food Technology college | Gaya District | 2018 |
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