Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences

Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences
Motto"Serve The Land . Feed The Hungry"
TypeGovernment aided research university
Established1910
ChancellorJetti A. Oliver[1]
Vice-ChancellorRajendra B. Lal[1]
Academic staff
454[2]
Students12331[2]
Undergraduates8068[2]
Postgraduates4263[2]
Location
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

25°24′49″N 81°50′57″E / 25.4137°N 81.8491°E / 25.4137; 81.8491
Campus1,020 acres (4,100,000 m2)
Sub-Urban
ColorsRed, green and yellow    
AffiliationsICAR, UGC, ACU[3] AIU[4] IAU[5] IAUA[6]
Websiteshuats.edu.in

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]

As a tribute to its founder, the institution submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2009 to rename Allahabad Agricultural Institute as Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences.[16] The institute was conferred deemed university status on 15 March 2000[17] and was certified as a Christian Minority Educational Institution in December 2005.[18][16][19] Earlier the MHRD placed SHUATS among the elite category 'A' deemed universities on the basis of the expert committee recommendation.[20]

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]

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  8. ^ "University Profile" (PDF). MHRD. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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  10. ^ "Deemed University List". ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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  15. ^ "SHUATS Act" (PDF). SHUATS. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Sam Higginbottom University- Ministry of HRD reference No. F.13-7/2008-U.3.A". www.shuats.edu.in. Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  17. ^ "University". Ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  18. ^ "Training programme for minority institutions - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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  21. ^ "On Campus Prospectus 2019" (PDF). shuats.edu.in. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  22. ^ "SHIATS gets new building for research - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  23. ^ "Soon, BIRAC to open its E-YUVA centre at SHUATS". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  24. ^ "The american Society of Animal Science Morrison Award Donor: the F. B. Morrison Family 1981". Journal of Animal Science. 53 (6): 1692–1702. 1 December 1981. doi:10.2527/jas1982.5361692x. ISSN 0021-8812.
  25. ^ "Centenary celebrations at SHIATS - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  26. ^ Mani, Rajeev (20 September 2016). "Ram Naik: UP governor addresses convocation of SHIATS". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  27. ^ Naidis, Mark (1 February 1968). "Sam Higginbottom of Allahabad: Pioneer of Point Four to India. By Gary R. Hess. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 1967. Pp. ix, 177. $5.50)". The American Historical Review. 73 (3): 884–885. doi:10.1086/ahr/73.3.884. ISSN 0002-8762.
  28. ^ Kumar, Prakash (30 January 2020). ""Modernization" and Agrarian Development in India, 1912–52". The Journal of Asian Studies. 79 (3): 633–658. doi:10.1017/S0021911819001219. ISSN 0021-9118. S2CID 213442057. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  29. ^ Perkins, John H. (14 December 1997). Geopolitics and the Green Revolution: Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-535503-1.
  30. ^ "Special lecture on green revolution at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences". The Times of India. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  31. ^ "Hayes Memorial Mission Hospital, Allahabad, India". www.hospitalscout.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.