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CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is a public funded agricultural university located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the biggest agricultural university in Asia. The university has of land (around at main campus, at outstations). It is named after India's fifth Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It was initially a satellite campus of Punjab Agricultural University at Hisar. It was established as a university by Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, ratified 2 February 1970 and was named as Haryana Agricultural University. So basically it is considered as the first established university of state Haryana. On 31 October 1991, it was renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. A. L. Fletcher was the first vice-chancellor of the university. The university publishes the largest number of research papers among agricultural universities in India. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Leocadia Fletcher
Anthony Leocadia Fletcher (9 December 1909 – 14 December 1974) was an Indian civil servant. He was the first vice-chancellor of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University and the founder of Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar. Early life and education Anthony Leocadia Fletcher, son of Peter Fletcher and Helen Fletcher, was born on 9 December 1909 in a Christian family of Kerala. He completed his school education from St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Trivandrum. He did his B.Sc. from University of Madras and M.Sc. from University of Nagpur. Then he went to School of Oriental Studies for further education and joined as an Indian civil servant in London. Career * Between 1933 and 1947, he served in Punjab as Deputy Commissioner and as District and Sessions Judge. * He was also appointed as Secretary in the Department of Industries, Medicine, Labour and Transport of local Government, Legal Remembrance. * Between 1954 and 1958, he served as Commissioner of Jullun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
