Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University

According to the data maintained by the Government of India's Department of Statistics, the HAU's Department of Agronomy was established in 1930 and department of Entomology was founded in 1956 in Punjab Agricultural University. In February 1948, the Punjab College of Veterinary Sciences was opened at Railway Road Hisar in a rented building which was shared with the Govt College Hisar from 1950 onward. In 1961, the Punjab College of Veterinary Sciences later moved to the Government Livestock Farm, Hisar and it eventually came under the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) as a satellite campus when PAU was established in 1962. In 1962, the College of Agriculture was established. In 1964, the College of Basic Sciences and Humanities was established. In 1966, the College of Animal Sciences was established. In 1966, when Haryana was formed, it was declared as an autonomous institution. On 2 February 1970, it was ratified and established as a university by Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, and was named as Haryana Agricultural University, with A. L. Fletcher as its first Vice-Chancellor. The four constituent colleges of HAU located at Hisar, namely, College of Agriculture, College of Basic Sciences, College of Animal Sciences and College of Veterinary Sciences became a part of Haryana Agricultural University. In 1971, A regional campus of the university was opened at Kaul in 1971. In 1972, the College of Sports and in 1973 the College of Home Science were established. In 1973, College of Home Sciences was added. On 31 October 1991, the HAU was renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. In 1992, the College of Agricultural Engineering was established. In 2010, College of Veterinary Sciences and College of Animal Sciences were separated from the university and became a part of the newly formed Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS). ==Campus==

It is located about 5 km from the Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology; 4 km from the Blue Bird Lake; 2 km from the bus station along the National Highway 9, (old NH 10) 1 km from the town center & main market area; 100 meter from Mahabir Stadium; 1 km from Hisar Junction railway station, 6 km from the Hisar Airport; 167 km from the Indira Gandhi International Airport; 180 km from the New Delhi railway station; and 235 km from the Chandigarh International Airport. The main campus of CCS HAU has four gates, Gate No-1 near Mahabir Stadium, Gate No-2 and Gate No-3 behind Campus School and next to Giri Centre respectively both on the MDR107 Balsamand road, and Gate No-4 on NH52 Rajgarh road. The development plan of the university is based on the concept of a Central Campus Core around which academic buildings for various colleges, schools and departments, residential, recreational and common facilities such as Faculty House and Club, Farmers' Hostel, Students' Hostel, Hospital, Shopping Centre etc., are built. The buildings comprising the Core are Gandhi Bhawan, Nehru Library, Indira Gandhi Auditorium and the Administration Building, situated on three sides of great Plazza, the greater part of which is four feet above ground level. The main campus of the university is situated at Hisar at a distance of162 km North-West of Delhi on National Highway No.10 and is 2 km from the railway station and 3 km from the Bus Stand. University is spread over an area of 7219 Acres at Hisar and 1426 Acres at outstations. Area at Hisar under farms is 6483 Acres and under buildings and roads is 736 Acres. HAU has a central campus core formed by Fletcher Bhawan, Gandhi Bhawan (built 1975–1978), Indira Gandhi Auditorium (built 1982–1985) and Nehru Library, around which the other buildings and facilities are built. The university has a total land of ( at the main campus at Hisar, Dr. Ramdhan Singh Seed Production Farm at Hisar, and at outstations). Facilities located inside university campus caters to the children of university employees. Spread over an area of 298 hectares, the university has four constituent colleges viz. College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities and College of Home Science. Each college building is a complete institution in itself having large number of lecture rooms, laboratories, auditorium, seminar rooms, audio-visual Laboratories, computer facilities etc. To accommodate administrative staff, the university has an administrative block known as Fletcher Bhawan. Directorate of Extension Education along with the Directorate of Publications is housed in a double storeyed spacious building named Gandhi Bhawan. Adjacent to Gandhi Bhawan is the Dean, Postgraduate Studies Block housing Dean PGS staff. In addition to the colleges, the university campus has the following facilities: • Fletcher Bhawan, the administrative block • Nehru Library, a collection of over 375,000 books and 2500+ journals on a floor area of . • Campus school for the children of the faculty. • Indira Gandhi Auditorium at HAU • Gandhi Bhawan, serving as the Directorate of Extension Education • HAU Campus Hospital, a 50-bed hospital for the university community. • Government High School at HAU opened in 1980 • HAU Faculty Club • HAU Faculty House • HAU Farmers' Hostel and Kisan Ashram for visiting farmers • Residential Buildings (970 at Hisar and 242 at outstations) for staff and faculty • Shopping Centre with grocery shops, banks, post office, book stores etc. • HAU Community centre complex • Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management (AAREM) • HAU Counselling and Placement Cell which provides students the opportunity to interact with National and International organisations for facilitating the job opportunities and other activities related to their career advancement. ==Organisation and administration==

Governance Board of Management is the main policy making body responsible for the management of the university. The Governor of Haryana is the Chancellor of the university and the Honorary Chairman of the Board of Management. The Vice-Chancellor is the working chairman of the board, and is the principal executive and academic head of the university. Official members include the secretaries of agriculture, finance and community development of the Government of Haryana. Non-official members are also nominated by the Government of Haryana. The Office of the Comptroller is responsible for finance, investment, budget and expenditure related affairs of the university and Directorate of Students Welfare is responsible for housing, boarding and welfare of the students and for various non-academic activities. The supreme academic authority is the Academic Council, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor. There are Board of Studies headed by Deans, one for each college in the university. There are some Non Statutory Committees to assist the general administration. Colleges HAU has four colleges in the main campus at Hisar: • College of Agriculture (CoA) • College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology • College of Basic Sciences & Humanities • Indira Chakravarty College of Home Science • College of Fisheries Science (CoF) • Department of Agribusiness & Management, Hisar • Institute of Agribusiness & Management, Gurugram Research stations There are two additional research stations and colleges of Agriculture. Kaul Agriculture Research stations It is located at Kaul in Kaithal district. Bawal Research stations It is located at Jhabuwa near Bawal in Rewari district. Regional centres The university has research facilities spread throughout the state of Haryana. • Eight Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Agricultural Science Centres) situated at Devigarh (Kaithal), Kurukshetra, Bhopani (Faridabad), Jagdispur (Sonepat), Sadalpur (Hisar) Jind, Ujha (Panipat) and Damla (Yamunanagar) • Twelve Krishi Gyan Kendras (Agricultural Knowledge Centres) at Karnal, Rohtak, Jind, Ambala, Sirsa, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Bhiwani, Panchkula, Palwal (Faridabad), Hisar and Mahendragarh • Regional Research Stations at Bawal (Rewari), Rohtak, Uchani (Karnal), Kaul (Kaithal), Buria (Yamunanagar), Ambala and Balsamand (Hisar) • A Training Institute at Nilokheri Karnal. • Six Disease Investigation Labs at Rohtak, Ambala, Sirsa, Jind, Gurgaon and Karnal. Associated institutions • Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management • Haryana Space Applications Centre, Hisar, a nodal agency of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Haryana, for Remote Sensing and GIS applications. • Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Hisar Directorate Farm Information and Communication Service The Farm Information and Communication Service of the Directorate provides audio-visual and mass media support to the various wings, sections and departments of the university. Haryana Rural Antique Museum The Haryana Rural Antique Museum in Gandhi Bhawan, established by this unit, exhibits evolution of agriculture and vanishing antiques. The Rakhigarhi Indus Valley Civilisation Museum is located at Rakhigarhi, which is an Indus Valley civilisation site 60 km away, also has a museum developed by the state government. Agri Business Incubation Centre (ABIC) The Agri Business Incubation Centre, CCSHAU was established as a business incubator with INR11.75 crore funding by the NABARD to encourage startup value-addition entrepreneurship, training and guidance to the youth. Its foundation stone was laid on 2 February 2018. To generate employment and to double the farmer's income, ABIC will act as single-window access for consultancy, incubation, initial business proposal development, procurement of resources and finance, risk mitigation, etc. with funding from Indian Council of Agricultural Research. In 1989, the new extension centres were named as Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm Service Centres) and since then one Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) was established in each district of Haryana, and currently there are a total of three Kisan Sewa Kendra (KSKs) (c. 2012) The organic produce will be sold in the National Capital Region. == Academics ==

Academic programmes The institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs. Undergraduate programs award BSc (Hons) and BTech in various agricultural fields. Postgraduate programmes award MSc, MTech and M.B.A. programme. and there is also PhD programme. Admission Admission to the undergraduate programmes (except BTech in Agricultural Engineering) is through a Common Entrance Test that includes questions on Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Mathematics/Agriculture. Admission is offered in July in order of merit in two counseling sessions. 75% of positions are offered to residents of Haryana, and the rest 25% are filled through an all-India entrance test organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. The seats for BTech in Agricultural Engineering are filled through HSTES counselling based on result of JEE exam by NTA and ICAR exam by Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Seats available for Haryana Residents are 41 and for ICAR students are 6 as of 2021. Laboratories The university has laboratories that provide facilities like DNA sequencing, UV trans-illuminator, PCR, FT-IR, gene gun, gene pulser, electron microscope, plasma spectrometer, X-ray diffraction, chromatography etc. Screen house, green house and transgenic green house are also available to researchers. Experimental farms The university has an experimental farm of > at the main campus, and ten experimental farms at regional research stations, a total area of . These farms have both canal and tubewell irrigation facilities. Recently, the Government of Haryana has provided additional land of to the university exclusively for seed production. Printing Press There is a full-fledged University Press to cater to the needs of printing of university publications like Haryana Kheti in Hindi and Haryana Farming in English. Besides above, several books in Hindi like Package of Practices for Rabi and Kharif Crops and Preservation, Package of Practices for Kharif Crops in English are printed in HAU Press. Some publications have also been printed on behalf of Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi. == Research ==

The university publishes the largest number of research papers among agricultural universities in India. It has four official publications: HAU Journal of Research, Haryana Veterinarian, Haryana Kheti, and Thesis Abstracts. Extension department also runs a weather and crop advisory service for the farmers called eMausam. == Student life ==

Residential life Directorate of Students Welfare is responsible for providing residential facilities to the students. The university has a total of 14 hostels out of which 12 are located at Hisar. Out of 12 hostels located at Hisar, eight are for males, three for females and one for married students. There are separate for in-service and foreign students. Aravali hostel is the oldest hostel of the university. Its construction started in 1958. It served as the Administrative Block of the university during the first year of the university. The club presented Haryanvi folk dance in Indian Festival held at Moscow, Russia in 1986 and have participated in each All India Inter-Agricultural University Youth Festival ( AgriUniFest ) organised by Indian Council of Agricultural Research since its inception in 2000. It also offers photography as a co-curricular activity of the university course curriculum for undergraduate students. Many members of this society have won awards at the AgriUniFest. CCS HAU Mountaineering Club provides mountaineering opportunities to the students of the university. The club was started in 1971 and its motto is Youth for Adventure. The club offers trekking programs, seminars on mountain sports and, basic and advanced courses in rock climbing, mountaineering and skiing. in 2007, the club organised a motorbike expedition from Hisar to Khardung La, world's highest motorable pass. The club also organises humanitarian and voluntary activities such as awareness campaigns, environmental campaigns and fundraising events. The base of the club is located at the Giri Centre for Sports Activities of the university. Other facilities National Cadet Corps and National Service Scheme (NSS) are available as credit activities in the university. NSS was established at the university in 1970. Many students of the university have been selected for Republic Day Parade and one student has been selected for International Youth Development Exchange Programme held in Tokyo, Japan. Counseling and Placement Centre provides placement opportunities whereas Alumni Association is responsible for handling alumni relations. Directorate of Student Welfare Director, Students' Welfare is responsible for making arrangements for housing, boarding and welfare of the students and various co-curricular activities other than the academic work. The Directorate of Students Welfare serves as a hub of students' guidance, counseling and placement activities for all its constituent colleges. Directorate helps CCS HAU graduates to get suitable placement in various nationalized banks, agro-based companies/industries/MNCs/NGOs etc. It facilitates students to pursue their higher education in India and abroad by conducting coaching classes, motivation lectures, mock group discussions, and interview simulations etc. The Directorate of Students' Welfare is also responsible for promotion of all co-curricular activities such as Sports, NCC, NSS, Mountaineering, Graphic Arts, Literary, Music, Dance, Drama, NIS, etc. For promotion of these activities, various trainings are arranged from time to time. == Sports ==

Directorate of Students Welfare is responsible for non-academic activities of the university. Sports Authority of India has established a Sports Training Center at HAU to impart training in Athletics, Boxing, Judo and Table tennis. Giri Centre for Sports Activities The Giri Centre, also housing Sports Authority of India's (SAI) "Sports Training Centre", for students sports activities is an outstanding feature of this university. Since 2001 it has dedicated "center of excellence" for several sports, including the "Center of Excellence for Wrestling" named after Sakshi Malik, hockey, boxing and judo. It also has two indoor badminton courts with a seating capacity for 600 spectators, an Olympic-size swimming pool, two indoor squash courts, hobby rooms, two multipurpose indoor gymnasium with a reasonable seating capacity. University Handball Club Handball is a particularly popular sport at HAU and the university has its own Handball Club. The club won Gold medal at the All India Inter Varsity Handball Championship in 1988, Bronze medal at Senior National Handball Championship and are five times winner of Haryana State Handball Championships. The university has organised All India Inter Varsity Handball Championship once in 1988. Three players from the club have represented Indian handball team at international level and almost all the players of Haryana handball team belong to HAU. == Notable people ==

Notable alumni • Anil Kumar Gupta, professor in the Centre for Management in Agriculture at IIM, Ahmedabad, founder of Honey Bee Network, Executive VC of the NIF, (2004) Padma Shri National Award (management education). • Sanjeev Balyan, Member of Parliament from Muzaffarnagar. • Jagat Jakhar, Haryanvi film actor and main lead of the highest grossing Haryanvi film, Chandrawal. • Harsh Vardhan Batra, former director of the Defence Food Research Laboratory Notable faculty • Dr. Jai Bhagwan Chaudhary, Ex Vice-Chancellor of CCSHAU and GBPUA&T Pantnagar, recipient of the Padma Shri award. • Anthony Leocadia Fletcher, Indian civil servant, First Vice-Chancellor of HAU. • Megh R. Goyal, considered as father of irrigation engineering in Puerto Rico. • Udey Chand, Arjuna Award recipient and first individual world championship medal winner from independent India. Notable residents • Saina Nehwal, World Junior Badminton Championship champion and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna recipient, student of CCS HAU Campus School. • Yash Tonk, Indian actor, finalist of Nach Baliye 2, student of CCS HAU Campus School. == See also ==