G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology - Administration and Organization

Administration and Organization

In the Indian higher education system, Pantnagar is classified as a State Agricultural University (SAU). The university is in the jurisdiction of the state government. The Governor of the state is ex-officio Chancellor of the university and (s)he appoints a Vice-chancellor (VC), who functions as a full-time Chief executive of the university. The VC chairs a 13-membered Board of Management, which is the highest executive body of the university and oversees primarily financial and administrative matters and also ratifies recommendations of other councils of the university. The other councils are the Academic council, the Research council and the Extension education council. Governor of Uttarakhand Margaret Alva is present Chancellor and Subhash Kumar is VC of the university.

The university is financed primarily from grant-in-aid of the state government and through grants received from the central government through ICAR, besides income from student tuition fees, sponsored research, university farm, etc. Total allocated budget for the university in the year 2008–2009 stood at Rs 201.194 crores (~ US$ 48 million), which puts Pantnagar among top five SAUs in terms of financial resources. In recognition of its achieved excellence, Pantnagar was selected for a special one-time grant of Rs 50 crores, as announced in the Union budget of 2007–2008.

Recently, a high powered central government committee — The Committee to Advise on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education (Yashpal Committee, 2009) — has recommended converting agricultural universities into general universities encompassing all branches of studies.