Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences: Difference between revisions

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'''Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences''' ('''SHUATS'''), formerly '''Allahabad Agricultural Institute''', is a government aided agricultural university in [[Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UPCAR|url=https://www.upcaronline.org/page.php?title=Ag.%20Edu.%20and%20Res.%20Inst.#|access-date=2020-12-19|website=www.upcaronline.org}}</ref><ref name="NIRF Report 2017">{{Cite web|title=NIRF Report 2017|url=http://shuats.edu.in/nirf/nirf2017.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref> It operates as an autonomous Christian minority institution under the 'Sam Higginbottom Educational and Charitable Society, Allahabad'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University Profile|url=https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/ebook/universirt-compendium/up/Sam-Higginbottom-Institute-of-Agriculture-Technology-and-Sciences-Allahabad.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=MHRD}}</ref><ref name=ICAR2010Accb/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/deemeduniversitylist.aspx?id=33&Unitype=4 |title=Deemed University List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=ugc.ac.in |publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] |access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref>

It was established in 1910 by Dr. [[Sam Higginbottom]] as "Allahabad Agricultural Institute" to improve the economic status of the rural population.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hess|first=Gary R.|date=1968|title=American Agricultural Missionaries and Efforts at Economic Improvement in India|journal=Agricultural History|volume=42|issue=1|pages=23–34|jstor=3740182|issn=0002-1482}}</ref> In 1942, it became the first institute in India to offer a degree in [[Agricultural Engineering]].<ref name="shuats history"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icar.org.in/files/reports/other-reports/4DeanCom.pdf |title=Fourth Deans Committee on Agricultural Education in India |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2007 |website=icar.org.in |publisher=[[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] |access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref>

While having completed its own hospital, Hayes Memorial Mission Hospital, the university is in the process of starting a medical college as per [[Medical Council of India]] (MCI) norms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hayes Memorial Mission Hospital, Allahabad, India|url=http://www.hospitalscout.com/en/Hospitals/Facility/56194/hayes-memorial-mission-hospital.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.hospitalscout.com}}</ref>

[[File:AAI,_Allahabad.jpg |thumb|Old Engineering Building of the institute, an antiquated water tank can be seen in the background]]

The institute was established by Dr. [[Sam Higginbottom]], an English-born [[American Presbyterian Mission|Presbyterian missionary]] in 1910 as a Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension of [[Ewing Christian College]], [[Allahabad]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions|author=Anderson, G.H.|date=1999|publisher=W.B. Eerdmans Pub.|isbn=9780802846808|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&pg=PA292|page=292|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bathgate|first=John|date=1984|title=Presbyterians and Rural Development in India|journal=Journal of Presbyterian History (1962-1985)|volume=62|issue=3|pages=237–245|jstor=23328484|issn=0022-3883}}</ref> The institute was declared as a separate entity from the college in 1918.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d2k4AQAAMAAJ&q=The+Allahabad+Farmer|title=Farm Machinery and Hardware|date=1920|publisher=Midland Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref> The Department of Animal Husbandry was the first department of the institute established in 1924. It was an important landmark in the history of dairy training in India as the admission to the first batch of Indian Diploma in Dairying (IDD) was conducted here.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundaresan School|url=http://shuats.edu.in/pdf/facAnimal.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref> After a meeting in Banaras, Dr. Higginbottom and [[Mahatma Gandhi]] became friends and started exchanging letters on issues, such as agriculture, poverty alleviation and rural economy. Gandhiji visited the institute in 1929 and sought his advice on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HIGGINBOTTOM|url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/letters/chrchmisn/higginbottom.htm|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.mkgandhi.org}}</ref> In the 1930s, the institute was supported by [[Harvard-Yenching Institute]] to expand its teaching and research programme in agricultural sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of The Harvard-Yenching Institute {{!}} Harvard-Yenching Institute|url=https://harvard-yenching.org/history|access-date=2020-06-25|website=harvard-yenching.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Fan|first=Shuhua|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa1hBAAAQBAJ|title=The Harvard-Yenching Institute and Cultural Engineering: Remaking the Humanities in China, 1924–1951|date=2014-08-21|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-6851-6|language=en}}</ref> About the same time the institute was recognized by the government for a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture science and became affiliated with the [[University of Allahabad]]. Another landmark came in 1942, when it became the pioneer institute to offer an [[Agricultural Engineering]] degree in India. In November 1947, the institute was brought under an independent "Board of Directors of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute" which was sponsored as an ecumenical body by a number of churches and missions. During this phase the institute was taken up by [[Arthur T. Mosher]], and he is largely credited with major expansion of infrastructure and the introduction of famous "Jamuna Par Punar Yojna", the [[Agricultural extension|extension project]] of recruiting workers at the village level.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Institute|first=Allahabad Agricultural|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLE1AAAAMAAJ|title=Experiment in Extension: The Gaon Sathi|date=1956|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UGC Report|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/document-reports/TFR04032014.pdf|website=UGC}}</ref>

The campus is in [[Naini]], a satellite neighborhood of [[Allahabad]] on the banks of river [[Yamuna]]. The university is spread over an area of 1020 acres lush-green campus, which includes 420 acres of research farms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IQAC Report|url=http://shuats.edu.in/iqac/iqac_report2015-16.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref> The campus is divided into clusters of constituent schools and separate blocks for administration. The academic area chiefly comprises the main building, departmental annexes and auditoria. The university has 12 hostels on campus, six women's, four men's and two international hostels.<ref name="SHUATS Prospectus"/>

The campus has an open-air theatre for cultural events. Several [[association football|football]], [[field hockey|hockey]] and [[cricket]] grounds; and [[lawn tennis|tennis]], [[basketball]], [[squash tennis|squash]] and [[volleyball]] courts are built on campus. The university has a [[primary school]], [[middle school]] and two [[Secondary school|inter colleges]] housed in independent buildings, to meet the education requirements of the children of employees and of neighbouring area. The campus houses a shopping complex, several cafeterías, restaurants, ATMs, post office, a centre of [[Krishi Vigyan Kendra]] and a branch of the [[State Bank of India]].<ref name="shuats2">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/stu_wel_fac.asp|title=:: Student Welfare & Facilities ::|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>

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SHUATS is a multi-faculty residential academic institution. The university offers 51 undergraduate programmes, 123 postgraduate programmes, 20 diploma/certificate programmes and doctoral programmes with over 10,000 students enrolled on campus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences officials review convocation preparations |url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-03/allahabad/44709126_1_shiats-sam-higginbottom-institute-prof-rajendra-b-lal |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=7 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="SHUATS Prospectus"/>

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The university provides an ample infrastructure for interdisciplinary collaborative research and interaction between students and faculty. The major research areas include [[agronomy]], [[mechanised agriculture]], [[food processing]], [[silviculture]], [[genetic engineering]], [[pharmacology]], [[plant pathology]], [[Applied Microbiology|applied microbiology]] and [[computational biology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS :: Research|url=http://shuats.edu.in/research.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-23|title=UP agri department nod to new, better variety of maize for farmers|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/up-agri-deparment-nod-to-new-better-variety-of-maize-for-farmers/story-1UrdOcNyxU6HaAZDjj7nxO.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-25|title=Veggies, fruits becoming storehouse of toxic chemicals, warn scientists|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/veggies-fruits-becoming-storehouse-of-toxic-chemicals-warn-scientists/story-mQWjpXx22xrN104k0E2YHM.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS faculty gets project worth Rs 2.14 crores - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/shuats-faculty-gets-project-worth-rs-2-14-crores/articleshow/65097889.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=20 June 2020|first=Rajiv|last= Mani|title=Msc student of SHUATS grows a south Indian flower in Sangam city|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/msc-student-of-shuats-grows-a-south-indian-flower-in-sangam-city/articleshow/76483054.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=8 February 2014|author=TNN |title=Udaya Pratap Singh: SHIATS professor invited to meet in Paris |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-professor-invited-to-meet-in-Paris/articleshow/30043952.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS research scholar grows Goldenrod in local climate - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/shuats-research-scholar-grows-goldenrod-in-local-climate/articleshow/78457130.cms|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Apr 7, 2021|title=City agri-scientist develops sugar-free wheat varieties {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/city-agri-scientist-develops-sugar-free-wheat-varieties/articleshow/81940273.cms|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The research activities are funded through extramural research grants from government agencies such as [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research|ICAR]], [[Department of Biotechnology|DBT]], [[National Remote Sensing Centre|NRSC]], [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|DST]], [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|MHRD]], [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|MRD]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|UPCAR]], [[European Union|EU]] and [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 September 2009|title=Workshop on water quality research concludes at AAI-DU {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Workshop-on-water-quality-research-concludes-at-AAI-DU/articleshow/4987529.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=10 April 2013|title=UPCAR head lauds agro work of SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/UPCAR-head-lauds-agro-work-of-SHIATS/articleshow/19468822.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name="shuats3">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/dict_research.asp|title=SHUATS :: Directorate of Research|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 February 2014|title=Nutri-farm inaugurated at SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Nutri-farm-inaugurated-at-SHIATS/articleshow/30584529.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

[http://www.allahabadfarmer.org/ ''The Allahabad Farmer''] is a peer-reviewd open access scientific journal of the university which has been publishing research articles in basic and applied aspects of agriculture technology and sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Allahabad Farmer Journal|url=https://www.shuats.org/ajast/Upload_file.aspx|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.shuats.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS :: Publications|url=http://shuats.edu.in/upd.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref> First published in 1925, it is perhaps one of the oldest journal dedicated to agricultural research.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allahabad agricultural institute|date=1925|title=The Allahabad farmer.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/allahabad-farmer/oclc/924891387?referer=di&ht=edition|journal=The Allahabad Farmer.|language=en|issn=0365-3854|oclc=924891387}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmwhAQAAIAAJ&q=The+Allahabad+farmer|title=The Allahabad Farmer|date=1971|language=en}}</ref> The university has been a collaborating partner of [[Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation]] (GFAR), headquartered in [[Rome]], Italy for research in [[food security]], [[climate change]] and [[agricultural education]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES {{!}} GFAR|url=https://www.gfar.net/organizations/sam-higginbottom-university-agriculture-technology-and-sciences|access-date=2020-06-27|website=www.gfar.net}}</ref>

The university is currently hosting over 350<ref>{{Cite web|title=NIRF Report|url=http://shuats.edu.in/nirf/nirf2017.pdf|access-date=29 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref> international students from [[Australia]], [[Brazil]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[Guyana]], [[Thailand]], [[Middle East]], neighbouring [[South Asia]]n and several [[African nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 September 2016|first=Rajeev|last=Mani|title=Convocation at SHIATS to be held on Sep 20|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Convocation-at-SHIATS-to-be-held-on-Sep-20/articleshow/54412978.cms|access-date=2020-11-26|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=फरार अफगानी छात्रों ने भारतीय छात्रों को फिर पीटा|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-indian-students-beaten-by-afgani-students-13677084.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=भूटान सरकार के अनुरोध पर शुआट्स से वापस भेजे गए सात विदेशी छात्र|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/seven-foreigners-repatriated-from-shuats-at-bhutan-governments-request-naini-news-ald2729091104|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 November 2012|title=Proud moments at SHIATS convocation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Proud-moments-at-SHIATS-convocation/articleshow/17319976.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 February 2014|title=SHIATS experts to train Afghanistan farmers {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-experts-to-train-Afghanistan-farmers/articleshow/30901426.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> SHUATS has signed [[MoU]]s with more than 20 international organizations for academics and research including, [[Maastricht University]], [[University of Copenhagen]], [[University of Queensland]], [[Biola University]], [[Alabama A&M University]], [[Hannam University]], and [[University of Twente]] among others.<ref name="shuats4">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/dict_international.asp|title=SHUATS-International Secretariat|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> The university has been in collaboration with a Thailand-based [[Asian Institute of Technology]] for academic-exchange programme since 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIT-SHUATS|url=http://serd.ait.ac.th/non-regular-programs-2/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=serd.ait.ac.th}}</ref><ref name="ait">{{cite web|url=http://www.ait.ac.th/2011/02/shiats-pens-agreement-with-ait|title=AIT-SHIATS|publisher=ait.asia|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> In 2015, SHUATS collaborated with [[University of Missouri]] and has established a nanotechnology research centre to explore the potential of [[green nanotechnology]] on agricultural economy.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chatt|first=A.|date=2016-07-01|title=Laudation for Professor Kattesh V. Katti Hevesy Medal Awardee 2015|journal=Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry|language=en|volume=309|issue=1|pages=15–16|doi=10.1007/s10967-016-4866-6|issn=1588-2780|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Missouri-university-group-studies-hybrid-crop-varieties/articleshow/28671854.cms|title=Missouri university group studies hybrid crop varieties - The Times of India|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-University-of-Missouri-to-study-food-security-in-India/articleshow/28632162.cms|title=SHIATS, University of Missouri to study food security in India - The Times of India|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>

The students are divided into four houses, ''Red Eagles'', ''Blue Bulls'', ''Yellow Tigers'' and ''Pink Panthers'' for inter-house games and sports tournaments. The athletics committee is formed to govern the activities under the Department of Physical Education.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS :: U.P.State Act No. 35 of 2016|url=http://shuats.edu.in/sports.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref> A student-run [[Campus radio|community radio]] station, Radio Adan (90.4&nbsp;MHz) brings together experts, students, farmers and local population, through various popular programmes, focussing on agriculture, education, employment, women empowerment, child marriage, health and culture.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Radio Adan|url=https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Community%20Radio%20Compendium%202019.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=MIB, GOI}}</ref> The academic societies<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2011|title=National Pharmacy Week at SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/National-Pharmacy-Week-at-SHIATS/articleshow/10862061.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and cultural clubs<ref>{{cite news|date=6 December 2012|title=Evening turns musical at SHIATS|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-06/allahabad/35646573_1_category-senior-award-first-prize|url-status=dead|access-date=13 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126054242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-06/allahabad/35646573_1_category-senior-award-first-prize|archive-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> on the campus organize national and international competitions, symposiums,<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 March 2009|title=AAIDU to host meet on microbial technology|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/AAIDU-to-host-meet-on-microbial-technology/articleshow/4278058.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 November 2013|title=Horticulture seminar begins at SHIATS|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Horticulture-seminar-begins-at-SHIATS/articleshow/26614767.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> conferences<ref>{{cite news|date=21 June 2013|title=Conference discusses antimicrobial resistance|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Conference-discusses-antimicrobial-resistance/articleshow/20694607.cms|access-date=13 September 2013}}</ref> and workshops.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 April 2014|title=Seminar on cyber security at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Seminar-on-cyber-security-at-Sam-Higginbottom-Institute-of-Agriculture-Technology-Sciences/articleshow/33646705.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 March 2013|title=Spotlight on food safety at SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Spotlight-on-food-safety-at-SHIATS/articleshow/18740163.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 November 2013|title=Intellectual property seminar at SHIATS today |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Intellectual-property-seminar-at-SHIATS-today/articleshow/25344975.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name="shuats6">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/news_events.asp|title=:: News and Event ::|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> Students can join the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] or enroll in [[National Service Scheme]] for overall personality development.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 April 2014|title=Blood donation camp at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Blood-donation-camp-at-Sam-Higginbottom-Institute-of-Agriculture-Technology-Sciences/articleshow/33574280.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-18/allahabad/30530969_1_shiats-sam-higginbottom-institute-rajendra-b-lal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103133013/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-18/allahabad/30530969_1_shiats-sam-higginbottom-institute-rajendra-b-lal |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=SHIATS students take out candlelight procession |date=18 December 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=8 November 2012}}</ref>

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The students, alumni, and faculty members of the university are traditionally referred as "[[wikt:aggie#Etymology 2|Aggies]]." The university has an active alumni association, governed by an executive committee with the objective of expanding and strengthening the connections between alumni and alma mater.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS :: Alumni Association|url=http://shuats.edu.in/alumni_association.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Apr 12, 2011|title='Food, milk production could ensure nation's prosperity' {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/food-milk-production-could-ensure-nations-prosperity/articleshow/7952438.cms|access-date=2021-11-05|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> An international alumni association, [https://alagin.org ''Alagin International''], started in the year 2002, has been organizing annual meetings in various cities and also connects aggies through social media.<ref>{{Cite web|last=International|first=Alagin|title=Welcome to Alagin International|url=https://alagin.org/about-alagin|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Alagin International|language=en-IN}}</ref>

SHUATS has a widespread alumni network of agriculturists, life scientists and agricultural engineers taking over many prestigious positions across the world.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-17|title=Ex-student of SHUATS made guv of Rawanda's western province|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/exstudent-of-shuats-made-guv-of-rawanda-s-western-province-101616000229718.html|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Asmita Singh, Food Science Doctoral Student, Receives Feeding Tomorrow IFT Scholarship|url=https://news.uark.edu/articles/54162|access-date=2020-07-05|website=University of Arkansas News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 September 2013|title=Special function held to welcome new students at SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Special-function-held-to-welcome-new-students-at-SHIATS/articleshow/22690080.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Some of the prominent people associated with the university include educationists and scholars, [[Valson Thampu]]<ref name="ststephens">{{cite web|url=http://www.ststephens.edu//academics/faculty.htm|title=Faculty|publisher=ststephens.edu|access-date=3 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705183103/http://www.ststephens.edu/academics/faculty.htm|archive-date=5 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[John B. Chitamber]],<ref name="abebooks.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.abebooks.com/Introductory-Rural-Sociology-J.B-Chitambar-New/4674824201/bd |title=Introductory Rural Sociology |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=abebooks.com |publisher=New Age International (P) Limited |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> agricultural scientists, [[Rajiv Khosla]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajiv Khosla|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29249|access-date=26 September 2020|website=Virginia Tech|hdl=10919/29249}}</ref> [[Arthur T. Mosher]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Arthur Mosher, 82, International Expert On Agricultural Aid |author=Lee A. Daniels |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/30/us/arthur-mosher-82-international-expert-on-agricultural-aid.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 September 1992 |access-date=13 September 2013}}</ref> and [[Mason Vaugh]],<ref name="shs.umsystem.edu">{{cite web |url=http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/3130.pdf |title=Vaugh, Mason (1894-1978), Papers, 1928-1970 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=shs.umsystem.edu |publisher=[[State Historical Society of Missouri]] |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> independence activists, [[Titusji|Titus Theverthundiyil]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Titusji|url=http://www.dandimemorial.in/pdf/reports/Readers-Digest-Aug-2014.pdf|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.dandimemorial.in}}</ref> and [[Seth Achal Singh]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Profile on Lok Sabha Official Website|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/575.htm}}</ref> politicians, [[Anil Agrawal]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Anil Agrawal {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/dr-anil-agrawal|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref> [[Jitendra Prasada]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jitendra Prasada|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20010129-congress-leader-jitendra-prasada-passes-away-775855-2001-01-29|access-date=25 June 2020|website=India Today}}</ref> [[Amarnath Pradhan]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pradhan, Shri Amarnath|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4417&lastls=15|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> and [[Sasmit Patra]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri Sasmit Patra {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-sasmit-patra|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref> theologists and administrators, [[K. Reuben Mark]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Ph.D. Scholars|url=http://14.139.57.198/webwapp/PhdPassout.asp|access-date=2020-06-27|website=SHIATS}}</ref> [[Vishal Mangalwadi]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rai|first=Ashmita|date=2015-08-08|title=Literary Club SHIATS' Inaugural Reception|url=https://ashmitarai.com/2015/08/08/literary-club-shiats-inaugural-reception-a-report/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=ASHMITA RAI|language=en}}</ref> and [[John Lawrence Goheen]],<ref name="history.pcusa.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=222 |title=Goheen Family Papers, 1864-1951 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=history.pcusa.org |publisher=[[Presbyterian Historical Society]] |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> sociologists, [[Charlotte Viall Wiser]]<ref name=Yaledatabase>{{cite web |url=http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=divinity:128&query=posters&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&filter=&hitPageStart=76 |title=Guide to the William Henricks and Charlotte Melina (Viall) Wiser Papers (Record Group No. 128) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=drs.library.yale.edu |publisher=[[Yale University Library]] |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> and [[William H. Wiser]]<ref name=Yaledatabase/> among others.

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