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Allahabad Agricultural Institute - Deemed University (AAI-DU)
Allahabad Agricultural Institute was established in 1910 as a
department of Allahabad Christian College. In 1911, the Agriculture
and Technical department of the college were shifted across the Jamuna
river from Allahabad. In April 1913, the Agriculture and Technical
department were bifurcated from the Arts and Science Department of the
Christian College.
On February 1st 1919, the school was re-christened as the Allahabad
Agricultural Institute providing a wider scope of expansion,
development and broad based educational management. In order to obtain
more academic freedom and to strengthen the specialized program of
teaching research and extension, a proposal was submitted to the
ministry of Human Resources Development, the Govt. of India on 31st
August, 1994 for granting the Deemed University status to the
institute. Later on 15th and 16th May 1997 a team of experts appointed
by the university Grants Commission visited the Institute. It was
encouraging to learn about the report submitted by the visiting team
to the commission that the institute has all infrastructure and
academic means for granting the deemed university status.
It was on July 29th 1997 that the meeting of the full commission was
held at UGC, and it recommended finally to the Ministry of Human
resources Development, Govt. of India, for issuance of notification
for the Deemed University status to Allahabad Agricultural Institute.
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workforce is required in all types of industries. Online
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expects to reach the export level of US$ 50 billion in the year 2008.
This calls for the emergence of new need of high caliber IT and
Management professionals. The programs launched by Allahabad
Agricultural Institute - Deemed University have been designed to cover
the entire spectrum of IT and Management subjects, drawing on the wide
range of expertise in the relevant fields. Each subject is to be
started from its fundamentals before moving on to specialized areas in
detail.
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