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Cover Story EW India Government University Rankings 2022-23

INDIA’S BEST GOV. AGRICULTURE VARSITIES

Depite 60 percent of the
country’s population
engaged in agriculture
and allied vocations
and industries, India’s
agriculture universities
receive scant media
coverage

he National Dairy Re-
search Institute, Karnal
(NDRI, estb.1923) and Pun-
Tjab Agricultural Univer-
sity, Ludhiana (PAU, estb.1963) are
jointly ranked India’s #1 agriculture
varsities in EWIHER 2022-23. NDRI
(ranked #19 in 2021-22) is awarded
top scores on the parameters of cur- ICAR-NDRI's Dr. M.S. Chauhan (centre): EW and ICAR #1
riculum and pedagogy, industry inter-
face and placements and PAU (#26) Haryana Agricultural Univer- search centres at 15 locations and an
is top-ranked on the parameters of sity, Hisar and GB Pant Univer- extension network of five Krishi Vigy-
faculty competence, research and in- sity of Agriculture and Technol- an Kendras to reach farmers in south
novation, and infrastructure. ogy, Pantnagar, jointly ranked #3. Gujarat. I want to thank the univer-
Promoted by the Central govern- The Top 5 table is completed by the sity’s faculty, students, and farmers
ment and accorded deemed uni- previously unranked Navsari Agri- who are our source of inspiration and
versity status in 1989, NDRI is also cultural University (Gujarat) at #4 best evaluators of our efforts. Despite
designated an ICAR (Indian Council and Indian Veterinary Research rankings, we measure our success
of Agricultural Research) institution. Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly at #5 from their satisfaction and growth,”
“We are thrilled to be ranked India’s (#37), which have received huge pro- says Patel, an alumnus of NAU and
#1 agricultural university in the EW motions in this year’s domain-specific B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand, ap-
survey. FYI in the ICAR rankings of league tables. pointed VC in 2020. Currently, NAU
agricultural universities also, NDRI Dr. Z.P. Patel, vice chancellor of has 2,391 students mentored by 398
has been ranked India #1 for five years Navsari Agricultural University highly-qualified faculty.
consecutively. Last year, the institute (NAU, estb.2004), is euphoric that In the 14-strong league table of
filed 11 patents and commercialised NAU is ranked India #4 and #1 in Gu- India’s best agricultural universities,
six technologies, initiated cloning of jarat (pop.65 million). “I am overjoyed several institutions have substan-
indigenous cattle breeds and conduct- to learn that NAU is ranked among tially improved their ranking. They
ed 29 training programmes despite India’s Top 5 government agricultural include Tamil Nadu Agricultural
disruption of the Covid pandemic. We universities. This award is acknowl- University which has risen to #6
are working dedicatedly to make NDRI edgement of our continuous effort to (#53 in 2021-22), Anand Agricul-
among the Top 10 agriculture univer- provide quality agriculture education tural University to #8 (#78), and
sities of the world,” says Dr. M.S. and conduct focused farmer-oriented University of Agricultural Sci-
Chauhan, director of ICAR-NDRI research and frontline extension ac- ences, Bengaluru to #9 (#89). Two
since 2020. tivities. We pride ourselves on being previously unranked varsities — Ju-
Following NDRI and PAU at the top one of the few agricultural universities nagadh Agricultural University
are the ICAR-Indian Agricultural that develop customised technologies and Sardarkrushinagar Danti-
Research Institute, Delhi at #2 to meet the needs of farmers and our wada Agricultural University
(#34 in the composite 2021-22 league highly industrious and technology- (Palanpur, Gujarat) — have debuted
table), Chaudhary Charan Singh savvy agripreneurs. NAU has 25 re- at #7 and #10 respectively.

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