CAU Imphal ranked 13th position in ICAR ranking of Agricultural Universities 2020
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 06 2021:
Central Agricultural University (CAU) , Imphal, was placed in 13th position among 73 agricultural universities in the country in the prestigious ICAR ranking of agricultural universities 2020.A press release issued by the Information & Publicity Officer, CAU, Imphal informed that during the last 2 years, the university had been ranked in 25th place.
Director of Instruction Dr S Basanta said that the momentous achievement of the university is the result of its outstanding performance in academics, research and transfer of technology output.
During the reported period, 4.76% and 5.04% of students of the university cleared the all India JRF and SRF exams, and, 16.96% and 4.2% of them got admission in PG and PhD programmes at reputed universities through open examinations conducted by ICAR and IIT, while publications in reputed journals of high Thompson Index per faculty were 0.24, added the press release.
The release further informed that four varieties of rice and cassava and ten technologies which are widely adopted by farmers of seven north-eastern states were developed during the period.
Research projects worth Rs 33.34 crores were granted by various funding agencies.
In technology transfer, 6495 training programmes were organised.
12 foreign students also took admission in various programmes of the university.
The Vice-Chancellor of CAU Imphal, Dr Anupam Mishra, congratulated the statutory officers, faculties and staff of the university for this outstanding achievement, added the press release.