Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana

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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as Haryana Agricultural University (HAU), is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Choudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997.

HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

Campus:

HAU has a sprawling campus that is scenic and is visited by local people for morning and evening walks. There is a central campus core formed by Fletcher Bhawan, Gandhi Bhawan, Nehru Library and Indira Gandhi Auditorium, around which the other buildings and facilities are built. The university has a total land of 29.15 km² (12.91 km² at the main campus at Hisar, 10.68 km² Seed Production Farm at Hisar, and 5.56 km² at outstations).

Colleges:

HAU has six colleges in the main campus at Hisar:

  • College of Agriculture
  • College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
  • College of Animal Sciences
  • College of Basic Sciences & Humanities
  • Indira Chakravarty College of Home Science
  • College of Veterinary Science

Programmes Offered:

Admission to the undergraduate programmes (except B.Sc. Home Science) is through a Common Entrance Test that includes questions on Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Mathematics/Agriculture. Admission is offered in July in order of merit in two counselling sessions. 75% of positions are offered to residents of Haryana, and the rest 25% are filled through an all-India entrance test organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

1. Undergraduate programmes

  • B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture
  • B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Home Science
  • B.V.Sc. & A.H. (Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry)

2. Masters programmes

  • M.Sc. Agriculture
  • M.Sc. Forestry
  • M.B.A.[8]
  • M. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)
  • M.Sc. (Botany, Zoology, Sociology, Chemistry, Genetics, Fisheries, Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology & Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology or Statistics)
  • M.Sc. (Food Science and Technology)
  • M.Sc. (Home Science)
  • M.V.Sc.

3. Doctoral programmes

Several departments in the College of Agriculture, College of Home Science, College of Animal Sciences, College of Veterinary Sciences and College of Basic Sciences and Humanities offer Ph.D. programmes.

Contact Us:

CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar - 125 004,
INDIA

Phone No: 1-800-1803001
Website: www.hau.ernet.in

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