Faculty Of Agriculture Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad

About Faculty Of Agriculture Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad

The University was established on June 12, 1964, with Shri O.Pulla Reddy, I.C.S (Retired) as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University. It was formally inaugurated on March 20, 1965, by Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Prime Minister of India. Another significant milestone was the inauguration of the building programme of the University by Smt Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India on June 23, 1966.The University was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on November 7, 1996 in honour and memory of parliamentarian Acharya N. G. Ranga, who rendered remarkable selfless service for the cause of farmers and is regarded as an outstanding educationist, kisan leader and freedom fighter. A life size bronze statue of Acharya N.G. Ranga was unveiled by His Excellency Dr. C. Ranagarajan, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, on 7 November 1998 at the main campus of the University. Institutional Autonomy

This University is considered as the largest in India with an infrastructure of 9 Colleges, 58 research stations distributed in 7 Agro-climatic zones of the State, 8 Agricultural Polytechnics, 1 Horticultural Polytechnic, 1 Multipurpose Polytechnic, 22 District Agricultural Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centres, 12 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Farmer Science Centre), one Agricultural Technology and Information Centre and Electronic Media Wing apart from one Extension Education Institute and Agricultural Information and Communication Centre.