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506: 498: 333:, the daughter of an American millionaire, and the wife of Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India. In his speech, the viceroy had expressed his vision that the seed he was planting would soon blossom out, making Pusa the nucleus of agricultural activities, research and education which would not only benefit Bihar and Bengal but the whole of the country and would attract the best of talents from India and abroad. In a separate meeting with the Bihar Planters Association, he fervently hoped that the institute would be of immense service to them in their grave hour of crisis caused by the German Indigo scientist. 387: 27: 729: 741: 131: 374:, Basic Sciences, Humanities & Home Science, besides the college of agriculture, fisheries and institute of dairy technology. The university offers six undergraduate degree programmes, 14 postgraduate programmes and 4 PhD programmes. It is also providing 2-year professional degree programs name MBA ( 343:
was his successor. Till the last minute, he had seen through each and every detail of the Pusa project which virtually was his brainchild. Incidentally, one major issue on which he had not agreed was the architecture of the main building, its wings, vaults, and arches but finally, he gave his consent
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In 1934, after a major earthquake rocked Bihar and which severely damage the main buildings, the Imperial Institute was shifted to the new Pusa campus in New Delhi and that eventually became
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (previously, Rajendra Agricultural University) was originally established as India's first-ever Imperial Agriculture Research Institute.
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of course with a stint. Rightfully, Pusa received an imperial status in 1918, being renamed as the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).
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University Library, established in the year 1978 at Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, was shifted to present building at Pusa in 1981.
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under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and is recognised as
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on 1 April 1905, with the financial assistance of Henry Phipps, Jr., an American philanthropist. Phipps was a family friend of
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On 11 May 2016, Parliament of India passed the Central University Bill. So, RAU, Pusa was upgraded to
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Management) and MBA (Rural Management) for agricultural and allied sector graduates.
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Gerbera Cultivation in Polyhouse, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University
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The foundation stone of the Agricultural Research Institute and College was laid by
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Agricultural Research Institute, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University
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Established or granted central university status in 2009 or afterwards.
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and named as Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University.
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There are five faculties in the university in the disciplines of
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