Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University: Difference between revisions

| chancellor = [[List of governors of Telangana|Governor of Telangana]]

| vice_chancellor = Vice Chancellor

 

Sri M. Raghunandan Rao<ref>{{cite web |title=P J T S A U Vice Chancellor |url=https://pjtsau.edu.in/our-vice-chancellor.html |website=PJTSAU |access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref>

| type = State Agricultural University<ref>{{cite web |title=State Agricultural Universities |url=https://icar.org.in/content/state-agricultural-universities-0 |website=Indian Council of Agricultural Research |publisher=Indian Council of Agricultural Research |access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref>

The '''Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University''' ('''PJTSAU''') is a state agriculture university, which was separated from the central [[Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University]] in the year 2014 as a result of the [[bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="Historical Background">{{cite web|title=Historical Background|url=https://pjtsau.edu.in/historical-background.html|publisher=Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University|access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref>

==Headquarters and colleges==

The university has its headquarters at Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.

It has the following colleges:

* College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar

* Agricultural College, Jagtial

* Agricultural College, Aswaraopeta

* Agricultural College, Palem

* Agricultural college, Siricilla

== History ==

The university was established on 12 June 1964, with O.Pulla Reddy as the first [[chancellor (education)|vice-chancellor]]. It was formally inaugurated on 20 March 1965, by [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]] in [[Hyderabad]]. On 23 June 1966, another milestone was the inauguration of the building program of the university by [[Indira Gandhi]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]].

 

Post [[bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh]], it was renamed as ''Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University'' and the headquarters of [[Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University]] was shifted from [[Hyderabad]] to [[Guntur]].<ref name="Historical Background"/>

According to the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University Act, 1963, Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Hyderabad (affiliated to Osmania University), Agricultural College, Bapatala (affiliated to Andhra University), Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College and Andhra Veterinary College, Tirupati (affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University) were transferred to the new university in June 1964. About 41 agricultural research stations and four research stations were transferred to the university in July 1966 and May 1967, respectively.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

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[[Category:Agricultural universities and colleges in India]]

[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2014]]

 

 

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