Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology (CSUAT), Kanpur

Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology is an agricultural university at Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is named after the famous Indian revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad. There are three faculties in the university: Faculties of Agriculture and Home Science at Kanpur, and the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology at Etawah. The university caters to the needs of the farming community of 28 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

A small school was started in 1893 at Kanpur to provide training to revenue officers. It gradually grew to the status of a Government Agricultural College (1906), the U.P. Institute of Agricultural Sciences (1969) and a full-fledged university in 1975. U.P. College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Mathura was merged with the university at that time.

The extensive research effort in the university takes place under Director - Agricultural Research Station. It is divided into the following research sections:

* Economic Botanist (Rabi Cereals) established in 1904 as the first Economic Botanist of India (along with Lyallpur, now in Pakistan).
* Barley Section
* Economic Botanist (Legumes)
* Economic Botanist (Oilseed)

The university has developed and released more than 150 early maturing, high yielding and disease/insect resistant crop varieties/hybrids of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, cotton, 29 of these in the last three years. It has also contributed to the evolution of agro-techniques suited to various situations.

The university provides training to farmers and officials in agricultural technologies. An Agricultural Technology Information Centre at the main gate of the university provides information to the farmers in the region.

Placements

• L&T
• TRIVENI ENGG. & INDUSTRIES
• ITC
• Mahindra & Mahindra
• Union Bank
• Dhampur Sugar Mill
• Bank of Baroda
• Reliance Industries
• CANARA BANK
• EICHER
• Sonalika
• BASF
• Hindalco Industries Ltd
• Mahindra Swaraj
• Agri Net Solutions Ltd
• Excel Industries Ltd.
• The Tasty Dairy Specialities Pvt. Ltd.
• The Maple Orgtech (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Super Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
• Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd.
• State Bank of India
• NABARD
• DSCL Sugar
• United Phosphorus Ltd
• The Godrej Agrovet Ltd
• The Rohtas Project Ltd.
• The Superhouse Ltd.
• Mahyco Seed Ltd.
• Harrisons Malayalam Ltd.
• Perfect Point
• Indian Overseas Bank
• Monsanto Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
• IFFDC
• KRIBHCO