Lok Sabha Question No. 635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Agriculture Education
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 635

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19/12/2017

## AGRICULTURE EDUCATION

## 635. SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  Agriculture  Education  in  India  has  registered  huge expansion in quantitative terms during the last two decades, but the quantitative expansion has not been accompanied by any commensurate qualities improvement, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  it  is  true  that  only  58  out  of  75  universities  currently  have  full  or  even limited  accredition  from  the  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Agricultural  Education  system  is  suffering  from declining numbers as well as quality of teachers, as the majority of university faculty has limited  exposure to frontier research areas such as  agri-nanotechnology and agriinformatics  because  of  outdated  curriculum  lack  of  advanced  training  and  refresher courses, poor farm and library facililties and obsolete laboratory equipment and infrastructure; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  measures  the  Government  has  taken  to  improve  the Agricultural Education in the country?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) The  number  of  agricultural  universities  has  increased  from  35  in  1999  to  75  in 2017. Initially,  agricultural  universities  were  multifaculty  and  mono-campus  type. However,  during this period based on the regional demand  for high agricultural productivity  and  emphasis  on  research  and  development,  most  of  them  were  gradually expanded  multi-campus  to  meet  the  regional  requirements.    The  extensive  spread  of agricultural  universities  and  colleges  have  opened  opportunities  for  higher  agricultural education in country.

(b) There  is  no  provision  of  the  limited  accreditation  from  National  Agricultural Education  Accreditation  Board  (NAEAB)  of  ICAR.    Currently,  60  Universities  and  3 faculties are accredited by the NAEAB.  The list is annexed at Annexure-I .

(c) The  ICAR  is  actively  involved  in  the  capacity  building  of  teachers  in  National Agricultural  Research  and  Extension  System  (NARES)  system  through  Summer  Winter School  and  Short  courses  &  Centre  of  Advance  Faculty  Training  (CAFT)  programmes. The budget earmarked for capacity building was Rs. 10.40 crore during 2016-17 and Rs. 17.25  crore  for  2017-18.    During  2016-17,  62  Summer  Winter  School  of  21  days  &  55 Short  courses  of  10  days  were  organized  at  ICAR  Institutes  and  State  Agricultural Universities  in  key  areas  of  Agricultural  &  Allied  Sciences.    While,  31  CAFT  centres provided  training  to  about  1000  Scientists/faculty  members  from  the  NARES  system through 47 training programmes in cutting edge areas of agricultural and allied sciences.  A Capacity Building Program Vortal exists to provide information on all training programmes, training proposal submission and evaluation, submission of application by a trainee, availability of e-books/lecture notes of a training and reports for all categories of users and several other features.

During 2017-18, 120 Summer Winter School & Short courses have been sanctioned to train 3000 faculty.  Training to 1850 (approx) faculty through 40 CAFT centres shall be provided  by  conducting  74  CAFT  trainings  in  the  year  2017-18.    Thus,  Approximately 5000 faculties of NARES get the advanced training and refresher courses every year.

The Course curricula for undergraduate courses have been revised in the year 2016 to cater to the needs of stakeholders.

In  addition,  support  is  provided  to  Agricultural  Universities  under  Plan  Scheme 'Strengthening  and  Development  of  Higher  Agricultural  Education  in  India'  for  library strengthening, wherein latest, printed books, e-books, journals not covered under CeRA are provided.    Similarly,  the  common  instrumentation  laboratories  are  upgraded  with  latest equipments for which the support is again provided under the plan scheme.

(d) For maintaining and upgrading quality and relevance of higher agricultural education, a centrally sponsored plan scheme 'Strengthening and Development of Higher Agricultural  Education  in  India',  is  being  implemented.    The  scheme  strives  to  plan, undertake, aid, promote and coordinate agricultural education in the country with an aim to enhance the quality and relevance of higher agricultural education to address the emerging challenges in the agriculture sector.  Catalytic and need based financial support is provided to agricultural universities (AUs), for strengthening of infrastructure pertaining to student amenities,  learning  resources,  strengthening  of  curriculam  delivery  and  examination system,  holistic  development  of  students,  capacity  building  of  faculty  and  non  faculty, Niche  Area  of  Excellence,  Experiential  Learning  modules  for  skill  development,  Rural Awareness Work Experience, as well as various other facilities by providing development grant,  revision  of  course  curricula  as  per  changing  needs,  ensuring  minimum  standards through accreditation etc.

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## Status of Accreditation of SAUs/DUs

|   S.No. | Name of SAU/DU                   |
|---------|----------------------------------|
|       1 | GADVASU, Ludhiana                |
|       2 | UAS, Raichur                     |
|       3 | KVAFSU, Bidar                    |
|       4 | UBKVV, Coochbehar                |
|       5 | CSKHPKV, Palampur                |
|       6 | CCS HAU, Hisar                   |
|       7 | IGKV, Raipur                     |
|       8 | DBSKKV, Dapoli                   |
|       9 | MPKV, Rahuri                     |
|      10 | Dr.PDKV, Akola                   |
|      11 | VNMAU, Parbhani                  |
|      12 | MAFSU, Nagpur                    |
|      13 | MSKUA&T, Banda                   |
|      14 | TNAU, Coimbatore                 |
|      15 | PAU, Ludhiana                    |
|      16 | KAU, Thrissur                    |
|      17 | UHS, Bagalkot                    |
|      18 | SK RAU, Bikaner                  |
|      19 | UPPDDUPCVVEGOS, Mathura          |
|      20 | DR.YSPUHF, Solan                 |
|      21 | JNKVV, Jabalpur                  |
|      22 | TANVASU, Chennai                 |
|      23 | BAU, Sabour                      |
|      24 | ICAR-IARI, New Delhi             |
|      25 | ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai                |
|      26 | MPUA&T, Udaipur                  |
|      27 | RVSKV, Gwalior                   |
|      28 | RAU, Pusa                        |
|      29 | OUAT, Bhubaneswar                |
|      30 | SEKUA&T, Srinagar                |
|      31 | KVASU, Wayand                    |
|      32 | JAU, Junagadh                    |
|      33 | UAS, Bengaluru                   |
|      34 | CAU, Imphal                      |
|      35 | ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar             |
|      36 | CSAUA&T, Kanpur                  |
|      37 | ANGRAU, Guntur                   |
|      38 | PJTSAU, Rajendrangar, Hyderabad  |
|      39 | DR.YSRHU, Venkataramannagudem    |
|      40 | SKLTSHU, Rajendrangar, Hyderabad |

Faculties

|   41. | GBPUA&T, Pantnagar    |
|-------|-----------------------|
|    42 | NDPCVV, Jabalpur      |
|    43 | CKV, Chhattisgarh     |
|    44 | AAU, Jorhat           |
|    45 | SKNAU, Jobner, Jaipur |
|    46 | AU, Kota              |
|    47 | SVBPUAT, Meerut       |
|    48 | WBUAFS, Kolkata       |
|    49 | RAJUVAS, Bikaner      |
|    50 | TNFU, Nagapattanam    |
|    51 | AAU, Anand            |
|    52 | BAU, Ranchi           |
|    53 | UAHS, Shimoga         |
|    54 | BCKVV, Mohanpur       |
|    55 | LLRUVAS, Hisar        |
|    56 | NDRI, Karnal          |
|    57 | SKUAT, Jammu          |
|    58 | NAU, Navsari          |
|    59 | SDAU, Dantiwada       |
|    60 | UAS, Dharwad          |

|   61. | Faculty of Agriculture, BHU, Varanasi    |
|-------|------------------------------------------|
|    62 | School of Agriculture, SHUATS, Allahabad |
|    63 | Faculty of Fisheries, KUFOS, Cochin      |

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