Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute, is a government-aided university in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.[7][2] It operates as an autonomous Christian minority institution under the 'Sam Higginbottom Educational and Charitable Society, Allahabad'.[8][9][10]
It was established in 1910 by Sam Higginbottom as "Allahabad Agricultural Institute" to improve the economic status of the rural population.[11][12] In 1942, it became the first institute in India to offer a degree in Agricultural Engineering.[13][14]
In December 2016, the Uttar Pradesh State cabinet announced their decision to elevate the institution from the status of Deemed University to full-fledged University by passing the SHUATS Act operational from 29 December 2016, thus renaming it to SHUATS.[15]
The academic infrastructure of the university is organized into six Faculties[21]—Agriculture; Engineering and Technology; Science; Theology; Management, Humanities and Social Sciences; and Health Sciences—which consist of 15 constituent schools, over 60 academic departments and four advanced research centres with emphasis on scientific, agricultural, technological education and research.[2][22][23] The university is an alma mater to many notable scientists, geneticist, agricultural engineers[24][25][26] and often regarded as the progenitor of Green Revolution in India.[27][28][29][30]
While having completed its own hospital, Hayes Memorial Mission Hospital, the university is developing its health and medical science infrastructure as per Medical Council of India (MCI) norms.[31]
^ ab"Authorities". shuats.edu.in. SHUATS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^Hess, Gary R. (1968). "American Agricultural Missionaries and Efforts at Economic Improvement in India". Agricultural History. 42 (1): 23–34. ISSN0002-1482. JSTOR3740182.