INTRODUCTION
In pursuit of providing professional service to the farming
community in the 12 northern districts of Karnataka State, India in modernising
agriculture, the College of Agriculture was established in 1947 by the
erstwhile Bombay State Government at the Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad
about 8 km away from the present University campus. With the reorganisation of
states of India during 1956, the college came under the administrative control
of the Department of Agriculture, Mysore State (later named as Karnataka
State). The College was affiliated to Bombay University soon after its
formation and then to Karnatak University, Dharwad in 1950. It became the
constituent college of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore in
1965 and then came under the purview of the University of Agricultural
Sciences, Dharwad with effect from 1st October 1986, the day on which a
separate University for the northern Karnataka region was formed. The
University has multi-fold functions of teaching, research and extension in the
field of agricultural and allied sciences.
MANDATE
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Making provision for imparting education in different branches
of the study, particularly agriculture, horticulture, veterinary and animal
sciences, forestry, fisheries, agricultural engineering, home economics and
allied sciences
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The advancement of learning and research, particularly in
agriculture and other allied sciences.
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Undertaking the extension of such sciences to the rural people
of the state; and
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Such other purposes as the State Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, specify.
MISSION
The mission of the University is to provide leadership in
teaching, research and extension related to agriculture and allied sciences.
The University has been making efforts to keep pace with new frontiers of
science and contemporary developments to be socially, economically and
technically relevant. The University is strongly committed to develop the needed
excellent manpower and useful technologies and their dissemination to serve the
farming community of the State, in general, and its jurisdiction, in
particular.
GOALS
In keeping with the spirit of the mission and mandate of the
University, the following goals have been projected for the University.
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To make agricultural education responsive to the growing and
changing needs of the society, in general, and aspirations of the farming
community, in particular.
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To establish a dynamic system of agricultural education to train
highly skilled and competent manpower to address the challenging tasks in new
emerging areas of research, extension and industry.
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To develop suitable end use technologies to solve farmers’
problems vis-ŕ-vis agricultural production including animal husbandry and
fisheries and foster research aimed at conceptual advances in all disciplines
for technology development in the long run.
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To establish state-of-the-art infrastructure including well
equipped laboratories, extensive farm lands and an operational research
management system that will ensure quick, efficient and cost effective
implementation of research programmes.
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To attract qualified and talented personnel to undertake research
in the University.
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To ensure that the research findings and innovations, after
their proven demonstration, are communicated to the farmers on a logistically
feasible scale. This mechanism acts as an interface between farmers and
researchers and enables identification problems through a positive feedback.
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To disseminate knowledge and technology to farmers on a wider
scale by training the grass root workers and officers of the State Departments
of Agriculture, Horticulture and Sericulture on recent advances in the
respective fields through subject matter specialists.
AWARDS AND RECONGNITIONS
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Owing to its outstanding achievements and yeomen services in
fields of agricultural education, research and extension, the University has
been adjudged as the Best Agricultural University in the country and has been
conferred the prestigious “Sardar Patel Outstanding Agricultural Institution
Award 2000” by the ICAR, Government of India.
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The scientists of the University have received more than 150
national/international awards.
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The University has been accredited for 5 years by the ICAR with
“A” Grade.
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NSS Activities in the University are adjudged as the best in the
state as well as country. UASD received the Indira Gandhi NSS Award at National
level in the year 2000-01 from amongst 270 universities and the State NSS Best
Award for the year 2000-01.
