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Punjab Agricultural University
PAU
Type
Public
Established
1962
Vice-Chancellor
Satbir Singh Gosal
Location
Ludhiana
,
Punjab
,
India
Campus
Urban
Affiliations
UGC, ICAR[1]
Website
www.pau.edu
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is a public funded agricultural university presently headed by Dr. Satbir Singh Gosal (SS Gosal), located in Ludhiana district of Punjab.[citation needed] It is a state agricultural university in India.[2] It was established in 1962 and is the nation's third-oldest agricultural university, after Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar and Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneshwar. It was formally
inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on July 8, 1962. PAU pioneered the Green Revolution in India[3] in the 1960s. It was bifurcated in 2005 with the formation of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU). The Farmers Fair, which have been organised by the PAU since 1967, see the footfall of at least one lakh farmers in two days on PAU campus in Ludhiana, Punjab (bi-annually in March and September). Farmers not only from Punjab, but also from neighbouring states such as Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, etc., travel to the PAU campus to buy high-quality seeds, farm equipment and gain knowledge on new agricultural technologies in the two-day main fair event.
^Status of NAEAB Accredited Agriculture Universities/Colleges as on 29 July 2019, ICAR
^"Universities | Indian Council of Agricultural Research". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
^Roul, Chhabilendra (2001). Bitter to Better Harvest: Post-green Revolution : Agricultural and Marketing Strategy for India. ISBN 9788172111199.
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