GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUA&T) is the first agricultural university of India. It was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru on November 17, 1960 as the “Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University” (UPAU). In 1972, the name was changed to “Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in memory of the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, statesman and Bharat Ratna recipient Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant. The university was declared as the best among all state universities in India, in 1997.
The University lies in the campus-town of Pantnagar in the district of Udham Singh Nagar in the state of Uttarakhand. The university is regarded as the harbinger of Green Revolution in India.
The University campus at Pantnagar is spread in an area of 12,661-acre making it the second largest university in the world. The university campus is located at a distance of 250 km from Delhi in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. Pantnagar is a purely residential university and comprises an independent township in itself. The ‘Concentric semicircles’ or the ‘rising sun’ plan of the campus-centre was a brainchild of Department of Architecture of Illinois University.
The central library of the university features a collection of 3.9 lakh documents in disciplines such as Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences, Animal Husbandry, Home Science, Fisheries, Basic Sciences, Humanities, Technology and other allied subjects. The collection includes books, theses, periodicals, standards, reprints, maps, toposheets, globes, microfilms, microfiches, records, tapes & CD-ROMs.
The nine constituent colleges under the university are as follows:
College of Agriculture
College of Agribusiness Management
College of Basic Sciences and Humanities
College of Fisheries
College of Home Science
College of Technology
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
College of Post Graduate Studies
Departments in College of Agriculture are as follows:
Agricultural Communication, Agricultural Economics, Agrometerology, Agronomy, Entomology
Food Science and Technology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Vegetable Science
Departments in College of Agribusiness Management:
Business Economics and Policy, Finance Management, Human Resource and Personnel Management, Marketing Management, Production Management
Departments in College of Basic Sciences and Humanities:
Department of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Science, Department of Chemistry, Department of Environmental Science, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, Department of Microbiology, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering, Department of Physics, Department of Plant Physiology, Radio And Isotopes Laboratory, Bioinformatics Centre
For more details please visit https://www.gbpuat.ac.in/academics/registrar/index.html
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Internet Wi-FiUndergraduate Admission- B.Tech.
Selection Criteria: JEE Main score/rank.
Eligibility: 10+2 in science stream from a recognised board.
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Undergraduate Admission- B.Sc., B.V.Sc. And B.F.Sc.:
Selection Criteria: Entrance exam conducted by the university.
Eligibility: 10+2 in science stream from a recognised board.
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Postgraduate Admission- M.Tech.
Selection Criteria: GATE scores / ICAR-conducted entrance.
Eligibility: B.E./B.Tech. degree in relevant discipline/specialisation from a recognised university with a minimum aggregate of 55% marks or 6.0 CGPA.
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Postgraduate Admission- M.Sc., M.V.Sc., M.F.Sc. and M.C.A.
Selection Criteria: Entrance exam conducted by university.
Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline/specialisation from a recognised/AICTE approved university.
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Candidates will be selected on the basis of their entrance exam merit. Selected candidates may verify documents and pay the fees to confirm their admission.
Postgraduate Admission- M.B.A.
Selection Criteria: CAT/CMAT scores, group discussion and personal interview.
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Doctoral Admission- Ph.D.
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Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology is the first agricultural university of India and was declared as the best among all state universities in India, in 1997. The university is regarded as the harbinger of Green Revolution in India.
The QS World University Rankings of 2019 ranked G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology 137 among BRICS nations.
The university provides 23 hostels including 10 hostels for female students, one for married students with separate arrangements for postgraduate and undergraduate students.
There is a common room for the hostel residents with a colour T.V. equipped with cable facility, a music room, indoor games room and a library featuring selected books, magazines and newspapers etc.
