PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday inaugurated the administrative and several other new buildings of Bihar Agriculture University (BAU) at Sabour in Bhagalpur district through videoconferencing from his residence. These buildings were constructed at the cost of Rs 268 crore.
Addressing the function, Nitish said an agriculture college at Sabour was established way back in 1908. It was one of the first five agriculture colleges in the country. Later, the Sabour agriculture college was upgraded into a full-fledged agriculture university on August 5, 2010. It was named as BAU.
“After upgrading the Sabour agriculture college into a university, the state government also decided to open five new agriculture colleges under it. These five colleges are Horticulture College at Noorsarai in Nalanda, Mandan Bharti Agriculture College at Saharsa, Veer Kuer Singh Agriculture College, Dumraon, Bhola Paswan Shastri Agriculture College, Purnea and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Agriculture College at Kishanganj,” the CM said.
He also said the Kishanganj college has the largest campus among all the agriculture colleges across the country. Nitish said the state government also established a separate Bihar Animal Sciences University in Patna in 2016. “We also established an exclusive forestry college at Munger to promote forestry in the state,” Nitish said.
The CM said the BAU has done several remarkable works in the field of education and research. The university has now secured 18th position in the national rankings. “The university is now producing seeds of different varieties on a large scale. During the Kharif season of current year, the university distributed more than 10,000 quintal seeds among the beneficiaries,” Nitish said while highlighting the works being done by the BAU.
Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, agriculture minister Prem Kumar, building construction department minister Ashok Choudhary and secretary (agriculture) N Saravana Kumar also addressed the function through videoconferencing.
Addressing the function, Nitish said an agriculture college at Sabour was established way back in 1908. It was one of the first five agriculture colleges in the country. Later, the Sabour agriculture college was upgraded into a full-fledged agriculture university on August 5, 2010. It was named as BAU.
“After upgrading the Sabour agriculture college into a university, the state government also decided to open five new agriculture colleges under it. These five colleges are Horticulture College at Noorsarai in Nalanda, Mandan Bharti Agriculture College at Saharsa, Veer Kuer Singh Agriculture College, Dumraon, Bhola Paswan Shastri Agriculture College, Purnea and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Agriculture College at Kishanganj,” the CM said.
He also said the Kishanganj college has the largest campus among all the agriculture colleges across the country. Nitish said the state government also established a separate Bihar Animal Sciences University in Patna in 2016. “We also established an exclusive forestry college at Munger to promote forestry in the state,” Nitish said.
The CM said the BAU has done several remarkable works in the field of education and research. The university has now secured 18th position in the national rankings. “The university is now producing seeds of different varieties on a large scale. During the Kharif season of current year, the university distributed more than 10,000 quintal seeds among the beneficiaries,” Nitish said while highlighting the works being done by the BAU.
Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, agriculture minister Prem Kumar, building construction department minister Ashok Choudhary and secretary (agriculture) N Saravana Kumar also addressed the function through videoconferencing.
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