Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (Hindi: चौधरी चरण सिंह हरियाणा कृषि विश्वविद्यालय), popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh prime minister, Choudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997.^[1] A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... Sanskrit ( , ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The term public school has different (and in some cases contradictory) meanings due to regional differences. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... A governor or governour (archaic) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... Hisar, previously spelled as Hissar, is a city in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India, and it is also headquarters of Hisar district. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी or हिंदी; IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union government of India [1][2]. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, and Gujarati... World map showing the location of Asia. ... For a list of universities around the world, see Lists of colleges and universities Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the Indian Prime Minister. ... The term Green Revolution is used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations that led to significant increases in agricultural production between the 1940s and 1960s. ... Operation Flood was the name of rural development programme started by by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), India in 1970. ... Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India is the apex body in Agriculture and related allied fields, including research and education. ...

History

HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970.^[2] A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth and established it as a leader among agricultural universities in India.^[3] Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Ludhiana (Punjabi: ) in India is the largest city in Punjab, with an estimated population of 3. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Ordinance can mean: A law made by a non-sovereign body such as a city council or a colony. ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ...

Campus

HAU has a sprawling campus that is very scenic and is regularly visited by local people for morning and evening walks. The buildings are well-designed with a modern external as well as internal architecture. There is a Central Campus Core formed by Fletcher Bhawan, Gandhi Bhawan, Nehru Library and Indira Gandhi Auditorium, around which the other buildings and facilities are built. The university has a total land of 2915 hectares (1291 hectares at the main campus at Hisar, 1068 hectares Seed Production Farm at Hisar, and 556 hectares at outstations).^[4] The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ...

Colleges

HAU has seven colleges in the main campus at Hisar:

• College of Agriculture
• College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
• College of Animal Sciences
• College of Basic Sciences & Humanities
• Indira Chakravarty College of Home Science
• College of Veterinary Sciences
• Chaudhary Devi Lal Centre for Food Science & Technology

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Facilities

In addition to the colleges, the university campus has the following important facilities:

• Nehru Library, a huge collection of 300,000 books and 700 journals in a floor area of 100,000 sqare feet.^[5]
• Fletcher Bhawan, the administrative block.
• Gandhi Bhawan, serving as the Directorate of Extension Education.
• Indira Gandhi Auditorium.
• Giri Centre, a modern facility acting as students' activity and welfare center; has badminton courts, squash courts, a synthetic track, an Olympic-size swimming pool and a large indoor gymnasium.
• Campus Hospital, a 50-bed hospital for the university community.
• Campus School for the children of the faculty.
• Faculty Club and Faculty House.
• Farmers' Hostel and Kisan Ashram for visiting farmers.
• Extensive Hostel facilities for students enrolled in the university.
• Residential Buildings (970 at Hisar and 242 at outstations) of different sizes for staff and faculty.
• Shopping Centre with grocery shops, banks, post office, book stores etc.

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Laboratories

The university has well-equipped laboratories that provide modern facilities like DNA sequencing, UV trans-illuminator, PCR, FT-IR, gene gun, gene pulser, electron microscope, plasma spectrometer, X-ray diffraction, chromatography etc. Screen house, green house and transgenic green house are also available to researchers. DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleotide order of a given DNA fragment, called the DNA sequence. ... Transillumination is the transmission of light through tissues of the body. ... PCR redirects here. ... The gene gun is a device for injecting cells with genetic information, originally designed for plant transformation. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... // Headline text Bold text:For Acoustic uses in spectrographs of sound waves, see below. ... X-ray crystallography is a technique in crystallography in which the pattern produced by the diffraction of x-rays through the closely spaced lattice of atoms in a crystal is recorded and then analyzed to reveal the nature of that lattice. ... A chemist is shown using column chromatographic apparatus in the mid-1950s to separate constituents in a coal tar color analysis Pictured is a sophisticated gas chromatography system. ... A genetically modified organism is an organism whose genetic material has been deliberately altered. ...

Experimental Farms

The university has well a developed experimental farm of 994 hectares at the main campus, and ten experimental farms at regional research stations, a total area of 568 hectares. These farms have both canal and tubewell irrigation facilities. Recently, the Government of Haryana has provided additional land of 1608 hectares to the university exclusively for seed production. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Channel (geography). ... Cable tool water well drilling rig in Kimball, West Virginia. ...

Regional Centres

The university has an extensive system of research facilities spread throughout the state of Haryana.^[1]

• Eight Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Agricultural Science Centres) situated at Devigarh (Kaithal), Kurukshetra, Bhopani (Faridabad), Jagdishpur (Sonepat), Sadalpur (Hisar) Jind, Ujha (Panipat) and Damla (Yamunanagar).
• Twelve Krishi Gyan Kendras (Agricultural Knowledge Centres) at Karnal, Rohtak, Jind, Ambala, Sirsa, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Bhiwani, Kurukshetra, Palwal (Faridabad), Hisar and Mahendragarh
• Six Regional Research Stations at Bawal (Rewari), Rohtak, Kaul (Kaithal), Buria (Yamunanagar), Ambala and Balsamand (Hisar)
• A Training Institute at Nilokheri (Karnal).
• Six Disease Investigation Labs at Rohtak, Ambala, Sirsa, Jind, Gurgaon and Karnal.

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Associated Institutions

• Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management
• Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Center (HARSAC)^[6]

Administration

The Governor of Haryana is the Chancellor of the university and the Honorary Chairman of the Board of Management. The Vice-Chancellor is the working chairman of the board, and is the principal executive and academic head of the university. The Registrar for Academic and Administrative Affairs, the Comptroller for Finance and the Director of Students' Welfare are the chief administrative assistants of the Vice-Chancellor. The supreme academic authority is the Academic Council, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor. There are Board of Studies headed by Deans, one for each college in the university. There are some Non Statutory Committees to assist the general administration.^[7] A governor or governour (archaic) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered... For other uses, see Chancellor (disambiguation). ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ...

Education

The university has a wide variety of programmes to offer. Admission to the undergraduate programmes (except B.Sc. Home Science) is through a Common Entrance Test that includes questions on Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Mathematics/Agriculture. Admission is offered in July in order of merit in two counselling sessions.^[2] 75% of positions are offered to residents of Haryana, and the rest 25% are filled through an all-India entrance test organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India is the apex body in Agriculture and related allied fields, including research and education. ...

Undergraduate Programmes

• B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture
• B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)
• B.Sc. (Hons) Home Science
• B.V.Sc. and A.H. (Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry)

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Masters Programmes

• M.Sc. Agriculture
• M.Sc. Forestry
• M.B.A.^[8]
• M. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)
• M.Sc. (Botany, Zoology, Sociology, Chemistry, Genetics, Fisheries, Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology & Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology or Statistics)
• M.Sc. (Food Science & Technology)
• M.Sc. (Home Science)
• M.V.Sc.

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Doctoral Programmes

Several departments in the College of Agriculture, College of Home Science, College of Animal Sciences, College of Veterinary Sciences and College of Basic Sciences & Humanities offer Ph.D. programmes as well.

Research and Extension Activities

The university publishes the largest number of research papers among agricultural universities in India.^[9] It has four official publications: HAU Journal of Research, Haryana Veterinarian, Haryana Kheti, and Thesis Abstracts.^[5] A Kisan Mela (Farmers' Fair) is organized every year in March to promote the spread of agricultural technology among farmers. Over the years, HAU has released several varieties of wheat, rice, millets, forage crops, cash crops like sugarcane, cotton and oilseeds, vegetables and medicinal plants.^[10] Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 For the indie rock group see: Wheat (band). ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice is two species of grass (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) native to tropical and subtropical southern & southeastern Asia and in Africa. ... Pearl millet in the field The millets are a group of small-seeded species of cereal crops, widely grown around the world for food and fodder. ... Forage is the herbaceous plant material (mainly grasses and legumes) eaten by grazing animals. ... In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for money. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical regions... Cotton ready for harvest. ... Seeds which are grown for their oil. ... Vegetables in a market Venn diagram representing the relationship between (botanical) fruits and vegetables. ...

References

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External link

• Official website