AAU
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AAU
About our Univeristy
Assam Agricultural University
The seed of the Assam Agricultural University was sown by establishing the the Assam Agricultural
College in 1948 in Jorhat, the cultural capital of Assam; and the Assam Veterinary College in the
same year in Nagaon in middle Assam. The institution came to the present shape in 1969 with
establishment of the Assam Agricultural University on April 1, 1969 by an act called The Assam
Agricultural University Act, 1968 with its headquarters at Jorhat. Since then, being the sole
agricultural university of the state, and the first such institution in the entire north-eastern
region, Assam Agricultural University has been serving the interests of various stakeholders
including the farmers, agripreneurs and the agricultural industry.
The foundation of an institution of agricultural education in the northeastern part of the country
were sown way back in the first quarter of the 20th century with the establishment of two rice
research stations, one at Karimganj in the Barak Valley and the other at Titabor in the Brahmaputra
Valley in 1913 and 1923, respectively. Even while the stations were producing trainees, the need for
an agricultural college was felt immediately after independence. Consequently, the Assam
Agricultural College and the Assam Veterinary College came into existence as a result of exemplary
willpower and dedication of Bharat Ratna Late Gopinath Bordoloi, the first Chief Minister of Assam,
and a few other visionaries. In the beginning, both the colleges were affiliated to Gauhati
University; the affiliation was later shifted to Dibrugarh University before the Assam Agricultural
University came into being embracing both the colleges in 1969.
To carry out the education as per mandate, the University has six faculties in the fields of
Agriculture, Veterinary, Community Science, Fishery, Horticulture and Sericulture with 9 constituent
colleges - three in agriculture, two in veterinary science and one each in community science,
fishery, horticulture and sericulture. Except horticulture and sericulture, all the other seven
constituent colleges have their own state of the art facilities for imparting education in
designated locations in the state. The Dean is the official head of the Faculty and Chairman of the
Board of Studies of the respective Faculty. There is a Director of Post Graduate Studies to
coordinate Post-Graduate Studies in all the departments and colleges of the University. To
coordinate the research activities, the University has two full-fledged Directorates of Research,
one for agriculture and community science and the other for veterinary science and fisheries
science, headed by a Director of Research. The extension programme of the University is carried out
under the Directorate of Extension Education headed by a Director of Extension Education. In
addition, the University has Director of Students’ Welfare, Director of Physical Plant and Chief
Librarian and other important officers as per the Statute. The Director of Students’ Welfare is
responsible for arrangement of housing for students, student counselling and placement besides
supervising the extra-curricular activities and general needs of the students. The Director of
Physical Plant is responsible for all construction related activities and repair/renovation of the
University.
Assam Agricultural University is the first institution of its kind in the whole of North-Eastern
Region of
India. The main goal of this institution is to produce globally competitive human resources in
farm
sectorand to carry out research in both conventional and frontier areas for production
optimization as
well as to disseminate the generated technologies as public good for benefitting the food
growers/produces
and traders involved in the sector while emphasizing on sustainability, equity and overall food
security
at household level.
Our Vision
Provisioning of quality human resource to facilitate technology led agricultural renaissance
revitalizing
and rejuvenating post-green revolution in agriculture ensuring both production and environment
sustainability targeting a minimum of 4% agricultural growth while addressing the issues of
household
nutritional security, farmers' distress, commerce in agriculture as well as regional, national
and global
food crisis taking the advantage of innovative technology, market reforms and liberalization.
Our Mission
To fill up talent gap in agriculture and allied sector to preposition the state to combat the
emerging
challenges in agriculture and ensure productivity increase in agri-horti-animal-fish crops on
the face of
shrinking/fragmented land holdings, ailing soil health, diminishing water resources and
increased human
population.Technology showcasing and transfer to the user groups for science led agricultural
growth
Mandates
Imparting resource conserving, quality and market driven education in agriculture and allied
fields to
facilitate agricultural growth for food security
Undertake basic, strategic and applied research in the sector for agriculture centric
business and
employment avenues in the production to consumption chain
Technology showcasing and transfer to the user groups for science led agricultural growth
About our Univeristy
Assam Agricultural University
The seed of the Assam Agricultural University was sown by establishing the the Assam Agricultural
College in 1948 in Jorhat, the cultural capital of Assam; and the Assam Veterinary College in the
same year in Nagaon in middle Assam. The institution came to the present shape in 1969 with
establishment of the Assam Agricultural University on April 1, 1969 by an act called The Assam
Agricultural University Act, 1968 with its headquarters at Jorhat. Since then, being the sole
agricultural university of the state, and the first such institution in the entire north-eastern
region, Assam Agricultural University has been serving the interests of various stakeholders
including the farmers, agripreneurs and the agricultural industry.
The foundation of an institution of agricultural education in the northeastern part of the country
were sown way back in the first quarter of the 20th century with the establishment of two rice
research stations, one at Karimganj in the Barak Valley and the other at Titabor in the Brahmaputra
Valley in 1913 and 1923, respectively. Even while the stations were producing trainees, the need for
an agricultural college was felt immediately after independence. Consequently, the Assam
Agricultural College and the Assam Veterinary College came into existence as a result of exemplary
willpower and dedication of Bharat Ratna Late Gopinath Bordoloi, the first Chief Minister of Assam,
and a few other visionaries. In the beginning, both the colleges were affiliated to Gauhati
University; the affiliation was later shifted to Dibrugarh University before the Assam Agricultural
University came into being embracing both the colleges in 1969.
To carry out the education as per mandate, the University has six faculties in the fields of
Agriculture, Veterinary, Community Science, Fishery, Horticulture and Sericulture with 9 constituent
colleges - three in agriculture, two in veterinary science and one each in community science,
fishery, horticulture and sericulture. Except horticulture and sericulture, all the other seven
constituent colleges have their own state of the art facilities for imparting education in
designated locations in the state. The Dean is the official head of the Faculty and Chairman of the
Board of Studies of the respective Faculty. There is a Director of Post Graduate Studies to
coordinate Post-Graduate Studies in all the departments and colleges of the University. To
coordinate the research activities, the University has two full-fledged Directorates of Research,
one for agriculture and community science and the other for veterinary science and fisheries
science, headed by a Director of Research. The extension programme of the University is carried out
under the Directorate of Extension Education headed by a Director of Extension Education. In
addition, the University has Director of Students’ Welfare, Director of Physical Plant and Chief
Librarian and other important officers as per the Statute. The Director of Students’ Welfare is
responsible for arrangement of housing for students, student counselling and placement besides
supervising the extra-curricular activities and general needs of the students. The Director of
Physical Plant is responsible for all construction related activities and repair/renovation of the
University.
Assam Agricultural University is the first institution of its kind in the whole of North-Eastern
Region of
India. The main goal of this institution is to produce globally competitive human resources in
farm
sectorand to carry out research in both conventional and frontier areas for production
optimization as
well as to disseminate the generated technologies as public good for benefitting the food
growers/produces
and traders involved in the sector while emphasizing on sustainability, equity and overall food
security
at household level.
Our Vision
Provisioning of quality human resource to facilitate technology led agricultural renaissance
revitalizing
and rejuvenating post-green revolution in agriculture ensuring both production and environment
sustainability targeting a minimum of 4% agricultural growth while addressing the issues of
household
nutritional security, farmers' distress, commerce in agriculture as well as regional, national
and global
food crisis taking the advantage of innovative technology, market reforms and liberalization.
Our Mission
To fill up talent gap in agriculture and allied sector to preposition the state to combat the
emerging
challenges in agriculture and ensure productivity increase in agri-horti-animal-fish crops on
the face of
shrinking/fragmented land holdings, ailing soil health, diminishing water resources and
increased human
population.Technology showcasing and transfer to the user groups for science led agricultural
growth
Mandates
Imparting resource conserving, quality and market driven education in agriculture and allied
fields to
facilitate agricultural growth for food security
Undertake basic, strategic and applied research in the sector for agriculture centric
business and
employment avenues in the production to consumption chain
Technology showcasing and transfer to the user groups for science led agricultural growth