Faculty Of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Palanpur

About Faculty Of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Palanpur

The Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU) started functioning with effect from June, 1972. The University was established with specific mandates of promoting productivity of agriculture through pursuation of research in agriculture and allied sciences. The unique feature of the Gujarat Agricultural University was a multi-campus University. The other three campuses were located at Junagadh, Navsari and Anand. The Gujarat Agricultural University had 11 constituent colleges located in different faculties which impart under-graduate and post graduate teaching under semester system. The total number of students, graduated from the Gujarat Agricultural University (Till 1996) were 8532 in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Dairy Science, Agricultural Engineering, Horticulture and Forestry, Home Science and Fisheries. 2159 students have obtained Masters and 393 have acquired their Ph. D. degree.

The college has 10 posts of Professor, 27 posts of Associate Professor and 32 posts of Assistant Professors. Apart from this, it has several posts of supporting staff to assist the faculty in imparting farm skills and research. The faculty members are highly qualified teachers with Doctorate in their disciplines and all of them have undergone 2-3 trainings/summer schools to enrich their knowledge and skill.

The Government of Gujarat had established the Gujarat Agricultural University in the state vide Gujarat Act, No. 13 of 1969. The Government of Gujarat repealed Gujarat Agricultural University Act, 1969 and promulgated GAUs Act, No. 5 of 2004. Accordingly, Four State Agricultural Universities have been carved out from erstwhile GAU, S. D. Agricultural University being one of them.

The jurisdiction of S. D. Agricultural University is Seven Districts of North Gujarat region viz., Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Patan, Gandhinagar, Kachchh and Aravalli. SDAU is established for the better development of Agriculture and allied sectors in the North Gujarat Agro-climatic Zone. The SDAU is aimed to serve the agricultural interest for the economic development of the farming community of North Gujarat region. S. D. Agricultural University has 8 colleges, 28 Research Stations and 3 KVKs in the jurisdiction.Vision
Consummate prosperity through agriculture and allied sectors

Mission
Enhanced farm income through sustainable agricultural development for affordable, safe and high quality nutrient healthy farm production without any deterioration of the natural base and ecology