Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University

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Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) was established under the name of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) on the 12th of June 1964 through the APAU Act 1963. Later, it was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on the 7th of November, 1996 in honour and memory of the noted Parliamentarian and Kisan Leader, Acharya N. G. Ranga.
At the verge of com...pletion of Golden Jubilee Year of the ANGRAU, it has given birth to a new State Agricultural University namely Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University with the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014. The ANGRAU at LAM, Guntur is serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication. Train the manpower in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering & Technology and Home Science for the development of the state (Teaching). Constantly generate and improve technologies for increasing production in Agriculture and for the welfare of rural folk (Research). Assist in dissemination of the improved technologies to the farmers of the state through development departments of Government (Extension).
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University offers both Under Graduate and Post Graduate programmes in the faculties of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering & Technology and Home Science.
ANGRAU at present has five Agricultural Colleges under Agriculture Faculty, two Colleges of Agricultural Engineering and two colleges of Food Science and Technology under Agril. Engineering and Technology faculty and one College of Home Science under Home Science faculty. In addition to these, the University is running two Post Graduate Colleges i.e. Advanced Post Graduate Centre at Lam, Guntur and Institute of Agri-Business Management at Tirupati. There are fifteen Agricultural Polytechnics, one Seed Technology Polytechnic and one Organic Farming Polytechnic offering two year Post-metric diploma programme in Telugu medium and two Agricultural Engineering Polytechnics offering three year diploma programme in English medium.
In tune with the mandate of the university which "among others shall be to make provision for education mainly of the rural people of the state of Andhra Pradesh in agriculture in its broad sense and to promote research, field and extension programmes in agriculture and agricultural production", the university has set for itself the following goals.
Provide opportunities for the citizens of the state and the country for education in the field of agriculture in its broad sense and to promote research, field and extension programmes in agriculture and allied sciences. Strengthen UG and PG teaching through periodic revision of syllabi.
Establish the required infrastructure to conduct location specific research in the field of agriculture and allied sciences. Generate technologies to improve farm production and income to farmers. Provide the needed assistance to the development departments of the Government and other agencies to test and disseminate the improved technologies developed. Provide opportunities for rural youth and women for learning and adoption of improved agro-technologies. Revitalize the extension activities through the creation of specific infrastructure in each district. Adopt advancements in information technology and computers to improve the formal academic programmes and introduce non-formal distance and contact learning programmes for the benefit of farmers, rural youth and women.