College of Agriculture, Pantnagar

The College of Agriculture, Pantnagar, India, is a constituent of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. It was opened on 17 November 1960 when Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the university. It has a triple mandate of teaching, research and extension.

The college has more than 200 faculty members engaged in agricultural sciences. The college has played a role in the Green Revolution in the country.[1][2][3] More than 185 varieties of crops like cereals, pulses, oilseeds, forages, fruits and vegetables have been released. The 4 year Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BScAg) is the flagship course of the college.

Departments

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College of Agriculture, Pantnagar

The college has twelve departments:

Earlier, the college also included two departments of Animal Nutrition, and Animal Breeding and Genetics, which were subsequently transferred to College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

References

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  1. ^ Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University 1963:14–19 and Charanjit Ahuja "One University That Actually Works" Indian Express, 9 March 1994, p.3
  2. ^ Singh, BB.Success of Soybean in India: The Early Challenges and Pioneer Promoters. Asian Agri-History Foundation ( http://www.agri-history.org/pdf/successofsoyabean.pdf Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine)
  3. ^ William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi. History of Soybeans and Soyfoods: 1100 B.C. to the 1980s. Soyinfo Center, Lafayette, California (http://www.soyinfocenter.com/HSS/indian_subcon2.php)

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