Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), formerly Rajasthan Agricultural University, is a state agricultural university located in

Bikaner Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Formerly the capital of ...

in the

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n state

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. The university, formerly a part of the Mohanlal Sukhadia University,

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became a separate entity in 1987 through ''Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner Act, 1987''. It was renamed after freedom fighter and social reformer

Swami Keshwanand Swami Keshwanand (12 March 1883 – 13 September 1972) was an Indian freedom fighter and social reformer. Early life Born in Jat family of village Magloona in Sikar district of present-day Rajasthan in 1883, Swamiji, whose actual name was Bi ...

in 2009. Raksha Pal Singh was appointed

vice chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor is ...

in 2019.

Campuses and colleges

The University consists of three colleges. College of Agriculture, Home Science and Agriculture Business Management. College of agriculture, Jobner was separated from it and was made a University in 2013. The constitute colleges include: *College of Agriculture, Bikaner *

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, Bikaner *Institute of Agribusiness Management, Bikaner *Academic Staff College cum Distance Education Centre, Bikaner The university is authorized to provide instruction in Agriculture and Allied Sciences which include Horticulture, Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Home Science and Agri-Business Management. It has also been authorized in other fields of agricultural learning, which the University may deem fit. It is empowered to maintain academic institutions, dealing with agriculture, veterinary and animal sciences, home science, agri-business management, etc., to carry out instruction in these faculties, hold examinations, and confer degrees, diplomas, pertaining to professional qualifications.

References

External links

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Official website, Institute of Agribusiness Management
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