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G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

Pantnagar, Italy

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, also known as Pantnagar University, is the first agricultural university established in Independent India. It was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru on 17 November 1960 as the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University (

UPAU) in Pantnagar. Later the name was changed to Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in 1972 in memory of the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, statesman and Bharat Ratna recipient Govind Ballabh Pant. The university is located in the campus town of Pantnagar in Kichha Tehseel and in the district of Udham Singh Nagar near the famous town of Nainital in the State of Uttarakhand. The university is regarded as the harbinger of the Green Revolution in India. India's agriculture industry is a global powerhouse today, employing around 60 percent of the nation's workforce and contributing to about 20 percent of its GDP. Related to agriculture, India's energy sector is a rapidly growing industry balancing hydrocarbon fuels like coal, oil, and gas with significant recent capacity additions in sustainable energy sources like solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear, making the...

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