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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 12 June 1964 |
| Chancellor | S. Raghu Vardhan Reddy |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr A. Padma Raju |
| Location |
Gorantla, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India 17°19′17.44″N 78°24′35.32″E / 17.3215111°N 78.4098111°ECoordinates: 17°19′17.44″N 78°24′35.32″E / 17.3215111°N 78.4098111°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Former name | Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.angrau.ac.in |
The Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) is a public Agricultural university with its headquarters at Lam, Guntur of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
The university was established on 12 June 1964, with O. Pulla Reddy as the first vice-chancellor. It was formally inaugurated on 20 March 1965, by Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Prime Minister of India in Hyderabad. On 23 June 1966, another milestone was the inauguration of the building program of the university by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India. Post bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the headquarters of Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University was shifted from Hyderabad to Guntur.
According to the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University Act, 1963, Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Hyderabad (affiliated to Osmania University), Agricultural College, Bapatla (affiliated to Andhra University), Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College and Andhra Veterinary College, Tirupati (affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University) were transferred to the new university in June 1964. About 41 agricultural research stations and four research stations were transferred to the university in July 1966 and May 1967, respectively.
The Faculty of Home Science is a faculty of the University. The institution has awarded around 2000 graduates, 654 post graduates and 60 Ph.D scholars, who have settled in professions such as dieticians, preschool managers, interior designers, apparel designers, community coordinators for development programmes, university teachers and researchers. Jobs for graduates who have entered self-employment includr interior and exterior designing firms, apparel industry, voluntary organisations, day care centers, pre schools, food processing units, and diet counselling centers.
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