Anil Singh's Review on Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

• The University was declared as the best among all the other State Universities in India, in 1997
• The University is approved by UGC, ICAR and AICTE

• The University lies in the campus-town of Pantnagar in the district of Udham Singh Nagar in the state of Uttrakhand

• The University is regarded as the harbinger of Green Revolution in India

• The University was declared as the best among all the other State Universities in India, in 1997
• The University is approved by UGC, ICAR and AICTE.

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 and statesman Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.

Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUA&T, Pantnagar University or simply Pantnagar) 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 and statesman Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.