Affiliation UGC, NAAC, AIU Phone 02426 243 861 Chancellor C. Vidyasagar Rao | Established 29 March 1968 Vice-Chancellor Dr. K.P. Vishwanatha Founded 29 March 1968 | |
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Mahatma phule krishi vidyapeeth helds its 29th convocation ceremony
The Maharashtra Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri is a university established on March 29, 1968. It became functional in October 1969. Forty kilometers to the south is Ahmednagar city and 50 km to the north is Shirdi. Newasa, land of saint Dnyaneshwar is 33 km from Rahuri. Ahmednagar is a historical place and was a capital of the Nizam rulers. It is famous for co-operative sugar and dairy industries. The annual average maximum and minimum temperature ranges between 30 and 40 °C and 10 to 20 °C. respectively.
Contents
- Mahatma phule krishi vidyapeeth helds its 29th convocation ceremony
- Mahatma phule krishi vidyapeeth top 9 facts
- Constituent Colleges
- State Level Biotechnology Center
- Alumni
- References
Mahatma phule krishi vidyapeeth top 9 facts
Constituent Colleges
College Of Agriculture Pune, College of Agriculture Dhule, College of Agriculture Kolhapur, College of Agriculture Karad College of Agriculture Nandurbar, Post Graduate Institute MPKV Rahuri, Dr. A. S. College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Rahuri, College of Agriculture Muktainagar, Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar College of Agriculture,Halgaon.
Apart from this many colleges are affiliated to this university.
MPKV offers Post Graduate education at Central Campus, Rahuri and College of Agriculture, Pune, Kolhapur and Dhule; Ph.D. programme at Rahuri; M. Tech. (Agril. Engg.) at Rahuri with high quality faculty and modern laboratories.
Special infrastructure facilities for international students.
Faculty of Lower Agricultural Education offers Diploma courses in Agriculture through 9 constituent and 85 affiliated Agricultural Schools under MPKV.
State Level Biotechnology Center
State Level Biotechnology Center has been established at main campus of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth,Rahuri. Centre started M. Sc. degree programme in the subject of Agricultural Biotechnology with the intake capacity of 8 students for M.Sc (Agril. Biotechnology).
Alumni
MPKV has an excellent alumni with numerous Agricultural Research Service Scientists and government officers working under State and Central Governments. Some meritorious officers in Indian Administrative Service like Tanaji Satre(I.A.S), Prabhakar Deshmukh(I.A.S), Chandrakant Dalvi(I.A.S), Umakant Dangat(I.A.S), Shivaji Daund(I.A.S), Vikas Deshmukh(I.A.S), V.J Bhosale(I.A.S), Rajaram Mane(I.A.S), A.R Shinde(I.A.S), Shekhar Gaikwad(I.A.S) are the pass-out's of MPKV. Apart from these many pass-outs from MPKV are working under State Services.