Name of the University: BANDA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, BANDA
Year of Establishment: 2010
Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda was established on 2nd March 2010 under Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (revised) 1958 Gazette-Adhiniyam 2010 for the development of the agriculture and allied sectors in Uttar Pradesh in general and Bundelkhand region of the state in particular. The University has jurisdiction over Banda, Chitrakoot, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jhansi, Lalitpur, and Jalaun districts. The University is committed to serve the Bundelkhand region with trinity concept, i.e. complete integration of teaching, research and extension for the development of agriculture, horticulture and allied sectors in order to ensure food security and enhance socio-economic status of inhabitants. Eleven Colleges dealing with Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Home Science, Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Agriculture Engineering & Technology, Agribusiness Management, Dairy Technology, Basic Sciences & Humanities, Food Science and Fisheries have been proposed in the master plan of the University. Among these, Colleges of Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Home Science are in operation. Undergraduate degree programmes of four-year duration namely B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture and B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture started in 2011 while B.Sc. (Hons) Forestry has been started in 2017 and B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science has recently been initiated in 2019. Postgraduate programmes in 11 disciplines of Agriculture and Horticulture have been started from the 2018-19 academic session whereas,
in College of Forestry PG programme started in one discipline since 2020-21. PhD programme for 6 disciplines in College of Agriculture and 4 disciplines in College of Horticulture started from the academic session 2020-21. Since academic session 2019-20, intake capacity of undergraduate students has been made doubled in college of Agriculture and College of Horticulture.
Mission:The University is committed to the cause of Indian Agriculture through its quality teaching, demand-driven and location-specific research and extension programmes in the light of dynamism of socio-economic and agro-ecological conditions, management perceptions, international trade’s scenarios and Government policies.
Mandate of the University:
Teaching
- To create human resource, trained in agricultural and allied sciences that may cater to the need of 21st century.
- To produce, scientifically and technically sound graduates with entrepreneurial skills, who can provide employment to unemployed rural and urban youth.
- To generate technically-sound humans who can apply their acquired knowledge and skills to diversify and industrialize agriculture for socio economic transformation of the rural society.
- Development of technical skills for coordinating agriculture with industry.
Research
- To generate innovative agricultural technologies to make Indian Agriculture globally competitive.
- To apply all possible sources of scientific interventions to the solution of the technical and practical problems of agriculture including horticulture.
- To boost up basic research to accelerate the progress of agriculture with the inputs of fundamental knowledge.
- To solve the specific agriculture related problems, being faced by farming community.
- To formulate specific package of practices for optimization of farmer’s income of different holding sizes viz. large, medium, small and marginal.
Extension
- To disseminate the innovative agricultural technologies among the farmers.
- To establish partnership with growers/farmers, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in agriculture for mutual benefit.
- To make the agricultural technologies more demand-driven.
- To facilitate validation, demonstration and adoption of appropriate agro-technologies.
- To achieve economic and environmental sustainability through integrated management of productivity, production, marketing and end use of farm produce.
No. of Constituent Colleges: 04
Educational Programmes offered (PG / UG / Ph. D):
College Of Agriculture
Degree Programme ‘B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture
At present, COA has 10 functional departments as listed below
- Agronomy
- Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Entomology
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Engineering
- Plant Pathology
- Agricultural Extension
- Crop Physiology
- Statistics and Computer Science
Degree Programme "M.Sc." Agriculture
At present, COA has 7 functional M.Sc. Programme as listed below
- Agronomy
- Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Entomology
- Agricultural Economics
- Plant Pathology
- Agricultural Extension
Degree Programme Ph.D. (Agriculture)
At present, COA has 6 functional Ph.D. Programme as listed below
- Agricultural Extension
- Agronomy
- Entomology
- Genetics & Plant Breeding
- Plant Pathology
- Soil Science & Agril. Chemistry
College Of Horticulture
Degree Programme "B.Sc." Horticulture
At present there are 6 departments in the College of Horticulture.
- Fruit Science
- Vegetable Science
- Post Harvest Technology
- Floriculture and Landscaping
- Natural Resource Management
- Basic Sciences and Humanities
Degree Programme "M.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture
At present there are 4 functional M.Sc. Programme as listed below
- Fruit Science
- Vegetable Science
- Post Harvest Technology
- Floriculture and Landscaping
Degree Programme Ph.D. (Horticulture)
At present there are 4 functional Ph.D. Programme as listed below
Floriculture and Landscaping
Fruit Science
Post Harvest Technology
Vegetable Science
College Of Forestry
Degree Programme "B.Sc. (Hons) Forestry"
At present there are 6 departments in the College of Forestry
- Silviculture and Agroforestry
- Forest Products Utilization
- Forest Biology and Tree Improvement
- Wildlife Sciences
- Natural Resource Management
- Basic Sciences
College of Community Science
Degree Programme "B.Sc. (Hons) Home Science"
At present there are 6 departments in the College of Home Science.
- Department of Clothing and Textiles
- Department of Family Resource Management
- Department of Human Development and Family Studies
- Department of Foods and Nutrition
- Department of Home Science Extension