Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute, is a government-aided Agricultural University in

Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

, India. It operates as an autonomous Christian minority institution under the 'Sam Higginbottom Educational and Charitable Society, Allahabad'. It was established in 1910 by Dr.

Sam Higginbottom Samuel Higginbottom (27 October 1874 – 11 June 1958) was an English-born Christian missionary in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), India, where he founded the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. Higginbottom was born in Manchester, England.

as "Allahabad Agricultural Institute" to improve the economic status of the rural population. In 1942, it became the first institute in India to offer a degree in

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. In December 2016, the Uttar Pradesh State cabinet announced their decision to elevate the institution from the status of Deemed University to full-fledged University by passing the SHUATS Act operational from 29 December 2016, thus renaming it to SHUATS. As a tribute to its founder, the institution submitted a proposal to the

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in 2009 to rename Allahabad Agricultural Institute as Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences. The institute was conferred deemed university status on 15 March 2000 and was certified as a Christian Minority Educational Institution in December 2005. Earlier the

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placed SHUATS among the elite category 'A'

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on the basis of the expert committee recommendation. The academic infrastructure of the university is organized into six Faculties — Agriculture; Engineering and Technology; Science; Theology; Management, Humanities and Social Sciences; and Health Sciences — which consist of 15 constituent schools, over 60 academic departments and four advanced research centres with emphasis on scientific, agricultural, technological education and research. The university is an alma mater to many notable

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and often regarded as the progenitor of Green Revolution in India. While having completed its own hospital, Hayes Memorial Mission Hospital, the university is in the process of starting a medical college as per

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(MCI) norms.

Accreditation and affiliations

SHUATS is a recognized member of

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, Indian Agricultural Universities Association and

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. The university has been re-accredited with a

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of 3.14 on a four-point scale and has received an 'A' grade from the

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(NAAC), valid till October 2018. SHUATS was accredited in 2009 by

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(ICAR) and in 2010 by

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(ICFRE).

History

The institute was established by Dr.

, an English-born Presbyterian missionary in 1910 as a Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension of

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. The institute was declared as a separate entity from the college in 1918. The Department of Animal Husbandry was the first department of the institute established in 1924. It was an important landmark in the history of dairy training in India as the admission to the first batch of Indian Diploma in Dairying (IDD) was conducted here. After a meeting in Banaras, Dr. Higginbottom and

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became friends and started exchanging letters on issues, such as agriculture, poverty alleviation and rural economy. Gandhiji visited the institute in 1929 and sought his advice on several occasions. In the 1930s, the institute was supported by Harvard-Yenching Institute to expand its teaching and research programme in agricultural sciences. About the same time the institute was recognized by the government for a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture science and became affiliated with the

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. Another landmark came in 1942, when it became the pioneer institute to offer an

degree in India. In November 1947, the institute was brought under an independent "Board of Directors of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute" which was sponsored as an ecumenical body by a number of churches and missions. During this phase the institute was taken up by Arthur T. Mosher, and he is largely credited with major expansion of infrastructure and the introduction of famous "Jamuna Par Punar Yojna", the extension project of recruiting workers at the village level. Between 1950 and 1957 Albert Mayer, an American architect, was assigned for developing the major buildings of the institute. In 1951,

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granted $940,000 to the institute for carrying out the research and development projects. In 1952, the

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signed a contract with

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for assisting the institute in improving its educational programs. Between 1950 and 1980, John B. Chitamber led the institute successfully and made

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a very well known programme of the institute. To obtain more academic freedom and to strengthen its research and extension programmes, a proposal was submitted to the Department of Higher Education,

in August 1994, that the institute be granted the status of a deemed university. The institute was conferred the same on 15 March 2000 and Dr. Rajendra B. Lal was appointed as the first

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of the university.

Campus

The campus is in

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, a satellite neighborhood of

on the banks of river

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. The university is spread over an area of 1020 acres lush-green campus, which includes 420 acres of research farms. The campus is divided into clusters of constituent schools and separate blocks for administration. The academic area chiefly comprises the main building, departmental annexes and auditoria. The university has 12 hostels on campus, six women's, four men's and two international hostels. The campus has an open-air theatre for cultural events. Several

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and

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grounds; and

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and

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courts are built on campus. The university has a

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and two inter colleges housed in independent buildings, to meet the education requirements of the children of employees and of neighbouring area. The campus houses a shopping complex, several cafeterías, restaurants, ATMs, post office, a centre of

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and a branch of the

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Academics

SHUATS is a multi-faculty residential academic institution. The university offers 51 undergraduate programmes, 123 postgraduate programmes, 20 diploma/certificate programmes and doctoral programmes with over 10,000 students enrolled on campus.

Research and collaboration

The university provides an ample infrastructure for interdisciplinary collaborative research and interaction between students and faculty. The major research areas include

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mechanised agriculture Mechanised agriculture or agricultural mechanization is the use of machinery and equipment, ranging from simple and basic hand tools to more sophisticated, motorized equipment and machinery, to perform agricultural operations. In modern times, po ...

food processing Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing includes many forms of processing foods, from grinding grain to make raw flour to home cooking to complex industr ...

silviculture Silviculture is the practice of controlling the growth, composition/structure, and quality of forests to meet values and needs, specifically timber production. The name comes from the Latin ('forest') and ('growing'). The study of forests and wo ...

genetic engineering Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including t ...

pharmacology Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...

plant pathology Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungus, fung ...

applied microbiology The branches of microbiology can be classified into Pure science, pure and applied sciences. Microbiology can be also classified based on Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, in the cases of bacteriology, mycology, protozoology, and phycology. There is c ...

and

computational biology Computational biology refers to the use of data analysis, mathematical modeling and computational simulations to understand biological systems and relationships. An intersection of computer science, biology, and big data, the field also has fo ...

. The research activities are funded through extramural research grants from government agencies such as

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, DBT, NRSC,

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, UPCAR, EU and

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.
''The Allahabad Farmer''
is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of the university which has been publishing research articles in basic and applied aspects of agriculture technology and sciences. First published in 1925, it is perhaps one of the oldest journal dedicated to agricultural research. The university has been a collaborating partner of

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(GFAR), headquartered in

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, Italy for research in

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and

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. The university is currently hosting over 350 international students from

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, neighbouring

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n and several African nations. SHUATS has signed MoUs with more than 20 international organizations for academics and research including,

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, and

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among others. The university has been in collaboration with a Thailand-based

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for academic-exchange programme since 2011. In 2015, SHUATS collaborated with

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and has established a nanotechnology research centre to explore the potential of

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on agricultural economy. In 2022, the university teams up with the

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for drought resistance breeding programme.

Career and placement

The university has established a Career Planning & Counselling Centre (CPCC). The CPCC invites companies for campus recruitment and placement assistance. Besides, the centre facilitates entrepreneurial and soft skills training, summer internships, career counselling and other personality development programs to the students. Some of the major recruiters of the university are

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, ThoughtWorks,

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, Parle,

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, Escorts Tractors,

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, Jain Irrigation,

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, Chambal Fertilisers,

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, Thyrocare and

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Student activities

Extra-curricular activities such as sporting events, festivals, and cultural functions are organized throughout the year. The students are divided into four houses, ''Red Eagles'', ''Blue Bulls'', ''Yellow Tigers'' and ''Pink Panthers'' for inter-house games and sports tournaments. The athletics committee is formed to govern the activities under the Department of Physical Education. A student-run

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station, Radio Adan (90.4 MHz) brings together experts, students, farmers and local population, through various popular programmes, focussing on agriculture, education, employment, women empowerment, child marriage, health and culture. The academic societies and cultural clubs on the campus organize national and international competitions, symposiums, conferences and workshops. Students can join the

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or enrol in

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for overall personality development.

Alumni association

The students, alumni, and faculty members of the university are traditionally referred as " Aggies." The university has an active alumni association, governed by an executive committee with the objective of expanding and strengthening the connections between alumni and alma mater. An international alumni association
''Alagin International''
started in the year 2002, has been organizing annual meetings in various cities and also connects aggies through social media.

Notable people

SHUATS has a widespread alumni network of agriculturists, life scientists and agricultural engineers taking over many prestigious positions across the world. Some of the prominent people associated with the university include agricultural scientists,

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, Arthur T. Mosher and Mason Vaugh, independence activists, Titus Theverthundiyil and

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, educationists and scholars,

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and John B. Chitamber, sportsperson,

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, politicians, Anil Agrawal,

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, Fateh Bahadur Singh,

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, and

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, theologists and administrators, K. Reuben Mark,

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and John Lawrence Goheen, sociologists,

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and William H. Wiser among others.

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