Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University

On November 7th 1996, the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University was renamed Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University to pay tribute to the Parliamentarian Acharya N.G. Ranga, an outstanding educationist, peasant leader and freedom fighter. A huge bronze statue of Acharya N.G. Ranga was framed at the main campus of the University.

 

The university offers courses leading to graduate, post-graduate and PhD degrees. Admissions in under-graduate courses are done on basis of the performance of the candidates in the state-wide Engineering, Agriculture and medicine Common Entrance Test, EAMCET, conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. For Masters Degree courses admissions are based on the past academic record and performance in entrance test while for admission into PhD, the past academic record and performance in interview is the criterion for selection. 

Responding to the rapidly changing global environment, the university runs several international projects. It has entered into agreements with many prestigious foreign universities. Research is undertaken in a variety of fields. Extension services link the various units of a research institution with intermediary users and end users (farmers) in decision-making and problem solving exercise.

 

Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University has all the basic infrastructural facilities which include classrooms, farmlands, laboratories, computer facilities, workshops and hostels. The University has included amenities like Central Library, University Auditorium, Planning and Monitoring Cell, Research Infrastructure and Infrastructure for Transfer of Technology to facilitate teaching and research.

 

Established on 20 March, 1965, the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University abbreviated APAU was inaugurated by Late Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Prime Minister of India. In 1996, it was rechristened Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University.