Pantnagar
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Pantnagar is a town and a university campus in Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Kashipur, Rudrapur, Kiccha and Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar.
The town is home to the first agricultural university of India which was established on 17 November 1960.[http://www.gbpuat.ac.in Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology], website. The university was earlier called the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University or Pantnagar University. It was renamed G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP.
In recent years, an integrated industrial estate has been established near the campus which houses companies such as Tata Motors, Bajaj, Britannia, Hewlett-Packard, Hindustan Computers Ltd., Voltas, Schneider Electric, Nestle, Dabur, Vedanta Resources, etc., as a part of SIDCUL Industrial Area developed by the government owned State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand.
==History==
Before November 2000 Pantnagar was in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. After 9 November 2000 it became part of the new Indian state of Uttarakhand, which is located in the northern part of India. Uttarakhand was carved out of Himalayan and adjoining districts
of Uttar Pradesh. After independence, development of the rural sector was considered the primary concern of the Government of India. In 1949, with the appointment of the Radhakrishnan University Education Commission, imparting of agricultural education through the setting up of rural universities became the focal point. Later, in 1954 an Indo-American team led by Dr. K.R. Damle, the Vice-President of ICAR, was constituted that arrived at the idea of establishing a ‘Rural University’ on the land-grant pattern of US. As a consequence a contract between the Government of India, the Technical Cooperation Mission and some land-grant universities of US, was signed to promote agricultural education in the country. The US universities included the universities of Tennessee, the Ohio State University, the Kansas State University, The University of Illinois, the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. The task of assisting Uttar Pradesh in establishing an agricultural university was assigned to the University of Illinois which signed a contract in 1959 to establish an agricultural University in the State. Dean, H.W. Hannah, of the University of Illinois prepared a blueprint for a Rural University to be set up at the Tarai State Farm in the district Nainital, UP. In the initial stage the University of Illinois also offered the services of its scientists and teachers. Thus, in 1960, the first agricultural university of India, UP Agricultural University, came into being by an Act of legislation, UP Act XI-V of 1958. The Act was later amended under UP Universities Re-enactment and Amendment Act 1972 and the University was rechristened as Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP. The University was dedicated to the Nation by the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960.
The G.B. Pant University is a symbol of successful partnership between India and the United States. The establishment of this university brought about a revolution in agricultural education, research and extension. It paved the way for setting up of 31 other agricultural universities in the country
The credit for starting the functioning of the University without losing any time goes to the warm and resourceful personality of the first Vice-Chancellor, late Dr. Kenneth Anthony Parker Stevenson (1-12-58 to 2-1-64), who could keep people fruitfully engaged on the university farm, the labs and the classrooms despite the lurking fear of wild animals roaming the area. The other Vice-Chancellors to be remembered for their distinctive contributions in the development of the University are :
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| Serial No.
! Name ! Time |
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| 1
| Raja Bajrang Bhadur Singh | 20-12-1964 to 18- 01- 1966 |
| 2
| Dr. Dhyan Pal Singh | 28-1-66 to 19-1-75 |
| 3
| Shri Shiv Prasad Pandey | 20-1-75 to 20-4-77 |
| 4
| Dr. Dharma Pal Singh | 22-10-77 to 22-6-78 |
| 5
| Mr. Narendra Shankar Mathur | 1-8-78 to 12-5-80 |
| 6
| Mr. Anand Sarup | 27-8-80 to 7-2-83 |
| 7
| Mr. Kripa Narayan | 9-2-83 to 21-1-87 |
| 8
| Dr. Kailash Nath Katiyar | 27-1-87 to 26-7-87 |
| 9
| Dr. Mahatim Singh | 31-7-87 to 30-7-90 |
| 10
| Dr. Hari Govind Singh | 31-7-90 to 17-12-93 |
| 11
| Dr. Suresh Chandra Mudgal | 17-12-93 to 18-2-97 |
| 12
| Dr. Surendra Bahadur Singh | 18-2-97 to 17-2-2000 |
| 13
| Dr. J. B. Chowdhary | 17-2-2000 to 15-4-2002 |
| 14
| Dr. Amresh Kumar |
| 15
| Dr. Prem Lal Gautam | 18-6-2002 to 11-10-2007 |
| 16
| Dr. A.P. Sharma | |
| 17
| Dr. B.S. Bisht | |
| 18
| Dr. Subhash Kumar | |
| 19
| Dr. Alok Jain | |
| 20
| Dr. Matthew Prasad | |
| 21
| Dr. H.S. Dhami | |
| 22
| Dr. Mangla Rai | 21-03-2015 to 26-09-2016 |
| 23
|Dr. J. Kumar | 27-09-2016 to 25-09-2017 |
| 24
|Prof Aditya Kumar Misra | From 26 to 09-2017 |
The Campus appears impressive today with its well-tended fields, a network of roads, housing colonies, street lighting, a telephone exchange, hospitals, marketing centres, a water supply section, a community radio station 90.8 MHz, canteens, 6 primary schools and 3 secondary schools. The main campus lies in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand at 29° N latitude and 79° E longitude at an elevation of 243.8 m above the mean sea level. This main campus has the area responsibility for the entire Uttarakhand representing plains, Tarai, Bhabar and hill areas. However, to provide service to the hill region its other stations are situated at Ranichauri (Tehri district), Majhera (Nainital district) and at Lohaghat-Sui (Champawat district). There are 763 teachers and officers 59 technical staff, 631 administrative and ministerial personnel and 1425 class III employees, amounting to a total strength of 2878. The number of students in the University ranges between 2800 and 3000. Thus, the teacher taught ratio is about 1:6 and student-staff ratio is about 1:1.
University
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{{Main|Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology}}
Pantnagar University houses ten colleges:
- College of Agriculture
- College of Technology[https://web.archive.org/web/20041209025825/http://www.gbpuat-tech.ac.in/ College of Technology Official website]
- College of Home Science {{cite web | url=http://www.gbpuat.ac.in/acads/cbsh/index.htm | title=College of Basic Sciences and Hu }}
- College of Basic Science & Humanities
- College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
- College of Fisheries
- College of Agri-Business Management
- College of Post Graduate Studies
- College of Forestry & Hill Agriculture, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal (off-campus)
- VCSG College of Horticulture, Bharsar, Pauri Garhwal (off-campus)
Schools
There are primary and secondary level schools located on the university campus. These include Campus school, Bal Nilyam Shishu Vidyalaya, Primary school, Pantnagar Inter College, Government Girls Inter College and Saraswati Shishu Mandir.
Climate
{{Weather box
| location = Pantnagar (1991–2020, extremes 1985–2020)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 28.6
| Feb record high C = 34.0
| Mar record high C = 36.9
| Apr record high C = 41.5
| May record high C = 44.3
| Jun record high C = 45.6
| Jul record high C = 42.1
| Aug record high C = 39.6
| Sep record high C = 38.6
| Oct record high C = 38.0
| Nov record high C = 32.4
| Dec record high C = 29.4
| year record high C = 45.6
| Jan high C = 19.6
| Feb high C = 24.0
| Mar high C = 29.2
| Apr high C = 34.9
| May high C = 36.7
| Jun high C = 35.8
| Jul high C = 33.0
| Aug high C = 32.6
| Sep high C = 32.5
| Oct high C = 31.0
| Nov high C = 27.4
| Dec high C = 22.6
| year high C = 30.0
| Jan low C = 5.5
| Feb low C = 7.7
| Mar low C = 11.5
| Apr low C = 16.0
| May low C = 21.0
| Jun low C = 24.3
| Jul low C = 25.3
| Aug low C = 25.0
| Sep low C = 23.1
| Oct low C = 16.9
| Nov low C = 10.3
| Dec low C = 6.2
| year low C = 16.1
| Jan record low C = -2.2
| Feb record low C = -0.6
| Mar record low C = 3.4
| Apr record low C = 6.3
| May record low C = 8.0
| Jun record low C = 17.5
| Jul record low C = 13.0
| Aug record low C = 18.6
| Sep record low C = 16.2
| Oct record low C = 8.3
| Nov record low C = 1.2
| Dec record low C = 0.2
| year record low C = -2.2
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 28.0
| Feb rain mm = 34.6
| Mar rain mm = 22.4
| Apr rain mm = 15.0
| May rain mm = 46.4
| Jun rain mm = 179.7
| Jul rain mm = 397.7
| Aug rain mm = 412.0
| Sep rain mm = 263.5
| Oct rain mm = 30.0
| Nov rain mm = 3.1
| Dec rain mm = 11.6
| year rain mm = 1443.9
| Jan rain days = 1.6
| Feb rain days = 2.2
| Mar rain days = 1.6
| Apr rain days = 1.3
| May rain days = 3.3
| Jun rain days = 7.6
| Jul rain days = 14.0
| Aug rain days = 14.6
| Sep rain days = 8.5
| Oct rain days = 1.3
| Nov rain days = 0.3
| Dec rain days = 0.6
| year rain days = 56.9
|time day = 17:30 IST
| Jan humidity = 71
| Feb humidity = 57
| Mar humidity = 46
| Apr humidity = 33
| May humidity = 40
| Jun humidity = 56
| Jul humidity = 74
| Aug humidity = 78
| Sep humidity = 75
| Oct humidity = 69
| Nov humidity = 72
| Dec humidity = 72
|year humidity = 62
|source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| access-date = April 8, 2024
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Pantnagar Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 589–590
| access-date = 15 February 2020}}
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Integrated industrial estate
The Integrated Industrial Estate, Pantnagar of the State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand (SIDCUL) houses the companies like Britannia Industries, HP, HCL, Voltas, Schneider Electric, Ashok Leyland, Delphi-TVS Diesel Systems Limited, Vedanta Resources, RSB Transmission, Bajaj Motors Ltd. and New Allenberry Works setting up their manufacturing units.[http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=318555 75 ancillaries of Tata Motors coming up in Pantnagar] Business Standard, 1 April 2008. and Tata Motors[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Tata-to-set-up-mini-Nano-plant-in-Pantnagar/374872 Tata to set up mini Nano pant at Pantnagar] Indian Express[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tata-seeks-more-land-at-pantnagar-for-nano/00/16/342946/ Tata seeks more land at Pantnagar for Nano] Business Standard, 12 December 2008. Rane Madras limited,
Rane NSK Steering Systems Private Ltd.,
Connectivity
- Pantnagar railway station is the nearest railway station to Pantnagar. Haldi Road railway station and Lalkuan railway station are located 5 kilometers and 9 kilometers respectively from Pantnagar.{{cite web |url=https://nearestrailwaystation.com/pantnagar/ |website=NearestRailwayStation.com|title=Nearest Railway Stations to Pantnagar in 2021|date=23 September 2020 }}
- Pantnagar Airport - It is a domestic airport that serves the town of Pantnagar and is operated by the Airports Authority of India.
Between 2005 and 2008, the Government of Uttarakhand offered a subsidy to Jagson Airlines to start a daily scheduled flight between Pantnagar and New Delhi.{{cite news|title=In its bid to connect the state through aviation, Uttaranchal government today signed an agreement with private carrier Jagson Airlines to launch a direct flight between Delhi and Pantnagar |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9850686_ITM |publisher=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, Financial Times|date= 2005-10-28|access-date=2009-06-29}} The airline used an 18-seater Dornier 228 on the route.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} This was, however, withdrawn in 2008 when the runway size was increased. The government then invited Deccan Aviation to fly on the Delhi - Pantnagar route.{{cite news|title=Fly to Pantnagar, Uttarakhand asks Deccan |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/fly-to-pantnagar-uttarakhand-asks-deccan/317973/|newspaper= Business Standard|date= 2008-03-26|access-date=2009-06-29}} Kingfisher Airlines, which took over Deccan Aviation, undertook seasonal flights to Pantnagar as the weather did not allow it to fly all round the year.{{cite news|title=Kingfisher looks to shut some stations, reduce workforce|url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/11/17235232/Kingfisher-looks-to-shut-some.html|access-date=12 December 2011|newspaper=Hindustan Times P(livemint)|date=17 November 2011}} Air India started flights from Delhi to Pantnagar using ATR 80 seater aircraft from the third week of October 2014.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Wikivoyage-inline}}
- [http://www.gbpuat.ac.in Official site of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041209025825/http://www.gbpuat-tech.ac.in/ Official site of College of Technology, G.B.P.U.A & T, Pantnagar]
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