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Bareilly to #8 (#7). The Top 10 table impactful extension activities. NAU biochar. Over the past five years, our
is completed by the University of is one of the few agricultural univer- commitment to research and innova-
Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru sities in India that actively researches tion has led to 17 patents awarded to
at #9 (#8) and Tamil Nadu Agricul- and develops cutting-edge technolo- us,” says Dr. Patel.
tural University, Coimbatore #10 gies to serve the farming community Patel takes special pride in high-
(#9). and tech-savvy agripreneurs. Our lighting NAU’s farmer extension ser-
Dr. Z.P. Patel, the media-friendly high scores under the parameters of vices. “We are very proud of our exten-
Vice Chancellor of Navsari Agri- curriculum and pedagogy and place- sion services provided by five Krishi
cultural University (NAU), pro- ments are acknowledgement of the Vigyan Kendras located across the
moted in 2004 by the Gujarat state practical, real-time, entrepreneur- state. We also strongly promote the
government, is delighted that NAU ship-oriented education we provide. farmer-to-farmer extension system,
has retained its Top 3 ranking in the However, our score for research and where a satisfied farmer becomes a
14-strong selective league table of innovation under-estimates our ex- catalyst for widespread adoption of in-
the country’s best government agri- cellent R&D initiatives. NAU has 26 novative technologies. To upgrade our
cultural universities with high scores research stations in 15 locations in extension services, we have recently
under the parameters of curriculum Gujarat focusing on need-based fun- launched the ‘One Crop, One Village’
and pedagogy, placement and range/ damental, applied, and verification and ‘One Variety, One Village’ initia-
diversity of programmes. research on crops such as paddy, tives. Moreover, our vision includes
“This recognition is testament to sugarcane, cotton, sorghum, small identifying ‘One Scientist for One
our unwavering commitment to pro- millets, mango, banana, sapota, and Crop’ across all disciplines, ensuring
viding high quality agriculture educa- vegetables. We are the first institu- dedicated, in-depth research and de-
tion, farmer-oriented research, and tion in Gujarat to initiate research on velopment for every crop,” says Patel.

Gov. agriculture universities league table

Competence of faculty Curriculum & pedagogy Industry interface (100) Leadership / governance programmes offered (100) TOTAL SCORE (1300)

Rank Faculty welfare & development (100) Research and innovation (300) Placement (100) Infrastructure (150) Internationalism (100) Range/diversity of NIRF 2024* Rank

2022 2023 2024 2025 (150) (100) quality (100)

2 1 1 1 ICAR — Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi 143 80 244 74 71 71 134 63 80 61 1021 1
1 2 2 2 Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 134 76 223 74 70 71 136 75 76 58 993 3
4 4 3 3 Navsari Agricultural University 136 77 174 73 69 70 131 69 76 74 949 35
3 4 5 4 Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture &
Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) 138 78 167 73 69 70 132 69 79 70 945 8
1 3 4 5 ICAR — National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 136 75 170 77 71 79 135 70 74 57 944 2
3 5 6 6 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural
University, Hisar 140 77 158 73 70 66 126 72 73 71 926 7
7 7 6 7 Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU) 135 73 165 69 68 67 129 69 75 72 922 NR
5 6 7 8 ICAR — Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar,
Bareilly 138 68 178 70 66 64 129 64 80 63 920 5
9 8 8 9 University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru 132 72 143 70 67 74 145 68 70 70 911 11
6 7 9 10 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 134 78 161 71 65 70 128 66 78 57 908 6
10 9 10 11 Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University,
Banaskantha (Gujarat) 127 72 122 68 68 63 122 66 75 66 849 NR
8 8 10 12 Anand Agricultural University (Gujarat) 121 68 129 68 67 67 128 63 74 59 844 23
11 10 11 13 Central Agricultural University, Imphal 133 69 121 67 63 65 120 63 70 62 833 31
12 11 12 14 Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat 126 64 129 65 62 59 126 57 65 60 813 14

NB: NR= Not Ranked; NIRF= National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2024 of the Union education ministry

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