Punjab Agricultural University

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Punjab Agricultural University

PAU
Type	Public
Established	1962
Vice-Chancellor	Satbir Singh Gosal
Location	Ludhiana , Punjab , India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC, ICAR[1]
Website	www.pau.edu

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is a public funded agricultural university presently headed by Dr. Satbir Singh Gosal (SS Gosal), located in Ludhiana district of Punjab.^{[citation needed]} It is a state agricultural university in India.^[2] It was established in 1962 and is the nation's third-oldest agricultural university, after Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar and Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneshwar. It was formally inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on July 8, 1962. PAU pioneered the Green Revolution in India^[3] in the 1960s. It was bifurcated in 2005 with the formation of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU). The Farmers Fair, which have been organised by the PAU since 1967, see the footfall of at least one lakh farmers in two days on PAU campus in Ludhiana, Punjab (bi-annually in March and September). Farmers not only from Punjab, but also from neighbouring states such as Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, etc., travel to the PAU campus to buy high-quality seeds, farm equipment and gain knowledge on new agricultural technologies in the two-day main fair event.