Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology is the first agricultural university of India. It was inaguarated by the first Prime minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on the 17 th of November, 1960 as the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University (UPAU). Later the name was changed to Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in 1972 in memory of the great freedom fighter Govind Ballabh Pant. The University lies in the campus-town of Pantnagar in the district of Udham Singh Nagar in the state of Uttarakhand.
The University has the following colleges at its main campus at Pantnagar:
* College of Agriculture
* College of Technology
* College of Veterinary Sciences
* College of Home Sciences
* College of Basic Sciences and Humanities
* College of Fisheries
* College of Agri-Business Management (CABM, Pantngar @ www.gbpuat.ac.in/acads/cabm/index)
Apart from the main campus at Pantnagar, the University also has three hill campuses at the following locations of Uttarakhand:
* Ranichauri (Tehri district)
* Majhera (Nainital district)
* Lohaghat-Sui (Champawat district)
