G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Motto in English	"The prosperity & development of our village is the prosperity of our nation"
Type	Public, land-grant
Established	1960
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Manmohan Singh Chauhan
Location	Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India; 29°01′25″N 79°29′19″E / 29.023495°N 79.488522°E
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	UGC, ICAR, AICTE
Website	gbpuat.ac.in

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, also known as Pantnagar University, is the first agricultural university of India. It was inaugurated by Jawahar Lal Nehru on 17 November 1960 as the "Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University" (UPAU). Later the name was changed to "Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology" in 1972 in memory of the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, statesman and Bharat Ratna recipient Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant. The University lies in the campus-town of Pantnagar in Kichha Tehseel and in the district of Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. The university is regarded as the harbinger of the Green Revolution in India.^[1]

^ Pawar, Sharad (2008). "Inaugural address by Shri Sharad Pawar, Union minister of Agriculture and consumer affairs, Food and Public distribution at the Third National Conference on KVK at GBPUA&T, Pantnagar on December 27, 2008" (PDF). Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2010.

[1] Pawar, Sharad (2008). "Inaugural address by Shri Sharad Pawar, Union minister of Agriculture and consumer affairs, Food and Public distribution at the Third National Conference on KVK at GBPUA&T, Pantnagar on December 27, 2008" (PDF). Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2010.

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