Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth
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Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, formerly Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, is an agricultural university at Dapoli in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. It was established on 18 May 1972 as Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, and got its present name on 12 February 2001 in memory of third Chief Minister
of Maharashtra P. K. Sawant. Its research centre at Karjat has developed some patented varieties of rice. Its major focus areas are rice, horticulture and fisheries. In 1997, it received the Best Institute Award of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Dr. Sanjay G. Bhave is the 16th Vice Chancellor of this University, he was appointed by Chancellor on 07 June 2023. In July 2018, about 30 staff members of the University who were travelling in the bus were killed in a road accident.
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