Indian Agricultural Universities Association

The Indian Agricultural Universities Association

Indian Agricultural Universities Association (IAUA) was established on 10th November, 1967. The founder member agricultural universities (9 only) and their VCs were: founder president Dr P.N. Thapar, Vice Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, Chandigarh (now Ludhiana); and members Shri V. Pulla Reddy, Vice Chancellor, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad (now Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur); Dr. J.S. Patel, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur; Dr. D.P. Singh, Vice Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University (now Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology), Pantnagar; Dr K.C. Naik, Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru; Dr. S.N. Das Gupta, Vice Chancellor, Kalyani University, Kalyani (now Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Mohanpur); Dr. K. Ramiah, Vice Chancellor, Orissa University of Agricultural & Technology, Bhubaneswar; Dr. G.S. Mahajani, Vice Chancellor, Udaipur University (now Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology), Udaipur; and Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

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President Message

The Indian Agricultural Universities Association (IAUA) stands as a unifying platform for advancing excellence in agricultural higher education, research, and extension in India. It gives me great pleasure to outline the vision, role, and forthcoming activities of the Indian Agricultural Universities Association (IAUA) as we collectively strive to strengthen agricultural education, research, and extension in the years ahead. In the days to come, the Association will strengthen its commitment to fostering synergy among agricultural universities to address emerging challenges in food, farming, and rural livelihoods.