Punjab Agricultural University

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Located in Ludhiana, India, Punjab Agricultural University is globally recognized as a premier institution for agricultural research, education, and innovation, playing a pivotal role in India's historic Green Revolution. The university is strongest in its agricultural sciences, crop improvement, veterinary science, and agricultural engineering faculties, consistently producing cutting-edge research that addresses food security and sustainable farming. For international students, the campus offers a welcoming multicultural environment supported by a dedicated International Students Advisor cell that assists with admissions, visa formalities, and cultural integration. While most undergraduate degrees are taught in English and Punjabi, several postgraduate and doctoral programs are conducted entirely in English, attracting researchers from across the globe. A particularly distinctive characteristic of the university is its expansive 1,500-acre main campus, which functions as a self-contained agricultural township featuring advanced research farms, specialized laboratories, and technology transfer centers directly on-site.

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Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is a public funded agricultural university located in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. It is a central agricultural university in India established under Harayana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act 1970 enacted by Parliament in the Twenty first Year of the Republic of India. It was established in 1962 and is the nation's third-oldest agricultural university, after Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar and Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneshwar. It was formally inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on 8 July 1962. PAU pioneered the Green Revolution in India in the 1960s. It was bifurcated in 2005 with the formation of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU). The Farmers Fair, which have been organised by the PAU since 1967, see the footfall of at least one lakh farmers in two days on PAU campus in Ludhiana, Punjab (bi-annually in March and September). Farmers not only from Punjab, but also from neighbouring states such as Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, etc...

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