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{{Short description|Agricultural university in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology
 | image                  = Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology logo.png
 | image_size             = 160px
 | motto                  = 
 | type                   = [[State university (India)|State University (Government)]]
 | chancellor             = [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
 | vice_chancellor        = Shri K. Vijayendra Pandian
 | dean                   = 
 | established            = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|1975}}
 | city                   = [[Kanpur]]
 | state                  = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
 | country                = [[India]]
 | coor                   = {{Coord|26.49122|N|80.307012|E|type:landmark|display=inline, title}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban areas|Urban]]
 | free_label1            = 
 | undergrad              = 
 | postgrad               = 
 | affiliations           = [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research|ICAR]], [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
 | accreditation          = [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]] B+
 | website                = [http://www.csauk.ac.in www.csauk.ac.in]
}}
'''Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology''' ('''CSAUA&T''') is an [[agriculture|agricultural]] [[university]] at [[Kanpur]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is named after the [[Revolutionary movement for Indian independence|Indian revolutionary]] [[Chandrashekhar Azad]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=UniversityKart |title=Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur: Courses, Admission 2025, Fees, Scholarship, Placements, Ranking |url=https://universitykart.com/university/universitydetails/chandra-shekhar-azad-university-of-agriculture-and-technology-kanpur |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=universitykart.com |language=English}}</ref> Besides [[Kanpur]], it also has constituent colleges (also known as campuses) in [[Etawah]], [[Hardoi]] and [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]]. The university caters to the needs of the farming community of 29 districts of Uttar Pradesh.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

==History==
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A small school was started in 1893 at Kanpur to provide training to revenue officers. It gradually grew to the status of a Government Agricultural College (1906), the U.P. Institute of Agricultural Sciences (1969) and a full-fledged university in 1975. U.P. College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]] was merged with the university at that time.

==Colleges==
The university comprises eight colleges:
* In [[Kanpur]]: College of Agriculture, College of Home Science, College of Forestry, College of Horticulture,
* In [[Etawah]]: Baba Saheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Dairy Technology, College of Fisheries,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://csauk.ac.in/|publisher=Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology|title=Home page|access-date=18 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912143711/http://csauk.ac.in/|archive-date=12 September 2019|url-status=dead}} Under "Academics".</ref> and
* two other in [[Hardoi]] and [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]]: College of Agriculture.

==Admission policy  ==
Students are admitted to the undergraduate programme through UPCATET (Uttar Pradesh Combined Agriculture & Technology Entrance Test) conducted by Agriculture Universities one by one of UP, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh and CUET (Common Universities Entrance Test). Seats are allotted according to the merit of the students in UPCATET and their choice at the time of counselling 2008-09 onward students are taken through UPCATET and CUET. Now this year for 2020-21 session this Entrance exam is conducted by CSAUA&T, Kanpur.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upcatet.org/ |title=Home |website=upcatet.org}}</ref>

==Research==
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The extensive research effort in the university takes place under director of the Agricultural Research Station. It is divided into the following research sections:
* Economic Botanist ([[Rabi crop|Rabi]] [[Cereal]]s) established in 1904 as the first Economic Botanist of India (along with [[Faisalabad|Lyallpur]], now in [[Pakistan]]).
* [[Barley]] Section
* Economic Botanist ([[Legumes]])
* Economic Botanist ([[Oilseed]])

The university has developed and released more than 150 early maturing, high yielding, and disease/insect resistant crop varieties/hybrids of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, [[vegetable]]s, [[cotton]], 29 of these in the last three years.{{when|date=April 2018}} It has contributed to the evolution of agro-techniques suited individual situations.

==Extension==
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The university provides training to farmers and officials in agricultural technologies. An Agricultural Technology Information Centre at the main gate provides information to the farmers in the region.

==Notable alumni==
* [[Kishan Singh (biologist)|Kishan Singh]], plant pathologist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] recipient{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
* [[Hargovind Bhargava]], ex-MLA<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=49 | title=Hargovind Bharagav(Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency- SIDHAULI (SC)(SITAPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate }}</ref>

== References ==

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==External links==
* [http://www.csauk.ac.in Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology website]

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