College of Agriculture

The College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, and ANGRAU was established on 20th August, 1946 in the Osmania University campus. Subsequently, the University was shifted to the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University on 10th July, 1964 and presently working under the umbrella of one of the best University in the country i.e. ANGR Agricultural University from 14-11-1996. The College was established to impart the knowledge to the students and farmers of Telangana region in the field of agriculture. The College has completed its 60 years of establishment and organized the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the College during the year 1971, Golden Jubilee celebrations during the year 1996 and Diamond Jubilee celebrations recently during the year 2006. The College was started with only one B.Sc.(Ag) degree programme and to meet the manpower needs of the country with changing scenario in the field of agriculture two more degree programmes at UG level namely B.Sc.(Hort.) and B.Sc.(CA&BM) were subsequently started at this College during the year 1982 and 2003, respectively. The College is first of its kind in the State and second in the South India to start the M.Sc.(Ag) P.G. programme in the year 1958 and Ph. D programme during the year 1975. Subsequently another PG programme in the field of Horticulture was also started at this College during the year 1985. Further, to cater the specific requirements of the industry, more special programmes at PG level like MABM (Master of Agricultural Business Management), M. Sc. (Biotechnology) and M.Sc. (Env. Sc. & Tech) were also started at this College during the year 2001 and 2003, respectively. This is the first College which has prepared the Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme (RAWEP) manual for the final year students of all the degree programmes in which the students will stay in the villages for six months along with host farmer to know the rural living conditions of the people in the village. The programme was adopted by all the State Agricultural Universities in the country.