Anand Agricultural University

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur

AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

AAU AIMS:

• To impart relevant education to the students in agriculture and allied fields.
• To conduct research in order to improve the productivity of rural areas.
• To undertake basic research to make breakthrough in newer areas of knowledge.
• To provide opportunity to observe and understand the life of rural people.
• To enable the students to insulate the attitudes and develop skill relevant for grass-root work.

AAU MANDATES:

• Impart education to the students in agriculture and allied fields.
• Conduct research in order to improve the productivity of rural areas.
• Undertake basic research to breakthrough newer areas of knowledge.
• Provide opportunities to observe and understand the life of rural people.
• Enable the students to inculcate the attitudes and develop skills relevant for grass-root work.

Over the years, Anand Agricultural University has steadily built a strong academic tradition. It is evident from the impressive statistics in terms of various indicators such as being ranked at 40th position amongst all the universities and at 62nd position in overall category at national level by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2017 conducted by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. ICAR has also placed AAU at 20th rank amongst all the agricultural universities of the country. Very recently, AAU is one of the four agricultural universities of the country and the only university from Gujarat which has been considered by UGC for submitting the proposal for Institution of Eminence to place it as the world class institution. Thus, AAU is nationally recognized for delivering excellent education at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as research, and is committed to provide excellent human resource to meet national needs and global expectations.