Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur

About the university

The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), came into existence on February 24^th 1971 by the Act 33 of 1971 of the Kerala State Legislature, entitled The Agricultural University Act, 1971. However, the Kerala Agricultural University became operational only on February 1^st 1972 when, the then existing two educational and 21 research institutions administered by the Departments of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of the Government of Kerala, were brought under the umbrella of KAU for facilitating the sustainable and accelerated development of Agriculture in the State.

The KAU is the primary and the principal instrumentality of the Kerala State in providing human resources, and skills and technology, required for the sustainable development of its Agriculture, defined broadly encompassing all production activities based on land and water, including crop production, forestry and co-operatives by conducting, interfacing and integrating education, research and extension in these spheres of economic endeavour.

With the division of KAU to form new universities of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies during 2010-11, the number of institutions under KAU was reduced to six Colleges, six Regional Agricultural Research Stations (RARS), 15 Research Stations, seven Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) and 16 other units. The University offers diploma, graduate, post-graduate and doctoral programmes in almost all disciplines and specialities related to Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Co-operation, Banking, Management, Agricultural Engineering, Food Engineering and allied sciences through its three faculties (Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering and Forestry), six constituent colleges and 32 departments.

Coming to the mandate and goal, the University functions for Excellence in Agricultural Education, Research and Extension for Sustainable Agricultural Development and Livelihood security of farming community and aims to provide human resources, skills and technology required for sustainable development of agriculture, including crop production, Co-operation, Forestry, Agricultural Engineering, Home Science and other allied disciplines by integrating education, research and extension.

The vision of KAU is to create an enabling environment and institutions of excellence to impart quality higher education in Agriculture and to institute better agricultural research and out reach programmes so as to improve the livelihoods and welfare of the farmers, consumers and other stake holders through growth and sustainability inclusive of social development. The mission mode activities envisaged by KAU are to transform States agricultural education into a demand-driven efficient system, to provide academic services and high quality output in education, research and extension, to promote centres of excellence, and to provide skilled, analytical and globally competitive human resources to meet the national needs for sustainable and inclusive growth.

University Type

State Agricultural University

Established | NIRF Rank

1972 | NIRF Rank : 15

Vice Chancellor

Dr B.Ashok

Bachelor

Course(s) Available

Master

Course(s) Available

Doctoral

Course(s) Available

Objective

The University focuses its strategy on synergizing multi-disciplinary education and strengthening problem-specific research relevant to the state and help building innovative extension systems for sustainable management of natural resources, sustainable agricultural production and overall improvement of rural livelihoods.

To achieve the Mission and Goal, the University propose to adopt the following programmes:

Provide quality education in Agriculture, Horticulture, Co-operation, Forestry, Agricultural Engineering, Home Science and other allied disciplines.

Undertake basic, applied and adaptive research to address current and future challenges of farming community and to provide management options relevant to the prevailing agroclimatic and socioeconomic situations.

Generate appropriate technologies to support sustainable growth of agricultural entrepreneurship and agri-business.

Develop innovative extension strategies and formulate effective mechanisms for Transfer of Technology to institutions and farmers for enhanced and sustainable agricultural production leading to improved rural livelihoods.

Locate and protect biodiversity to preserve agro-ecosystem of the state and to document traditional knowledge and technologies.

University Information

Mandate

Student Strength

Faculty Strength

Scholarship

Achievements

New Departments:

In college of Forestry, the existing three departments were renamed on the light of fifth Dean Committee suggestions.

New Labs:

Equipment like ICP-OES, gamma irradiation chamber were purchased at the Central Instrumentation Lab. Video conferencing units were established in all the colleges. Chemicals/ glasswares/ equipments etc. were purchased to support the existing academic programme. The renovation and up- gradation of the facilities in the Laboratories of all the colleges were carried out. In College of Agriculture, Padannakkad VAM lab for research and Production- Organic Input Production Laboratory was established.

New Educational programmes:

Important technical matters relating the waste management and soil resources were documented and displayed.

New Skill training programmes:

A Skill development Centre was started at College of Agriculture, Padannakkad.

New Civil Works/infrastructural facilities:

At College of Agriculture, Vellayani, P.G. Research Laboratory was strengthene with new laboratory tables and chairs, teaching aids were purchased to improve the quality of teaching, plastering and painting of classrooms were also carried out. In College of Forestry, smart classroom facilities were established in the new academic block and furnishing of the classrooms were also done.At college of Agriculture, Padannakkad, renovation of Auditorium, Ladies Hostel,Mens Hostel, Central Instrumentation Laboratory facilities were carried out.

Green initiative made:

Green initiatives like use of Solar energy for electricity generation has been implemented in the campus of College of Forestry, Vellanikkara.Solar Panel installation, Shifting to LED lights, Ecofriendly residential campus , Development of Instructional Farm:Coconut Garden developed as a part of Centenary Celebrations were done at College of Agriculture, Padannakkad.

Facilities

Library

Hostel

Auditorium

Sports Facilities

Wi-Fi Campus

Labs

DBT Schemes

ICAR-PG Scholarship Financial Year : 2023-24 \| Beneficiary :32	National Talent Scholarship-PG Financial Year : 2023-24 \| Beneficiary :117	ICAR-JRF/SRF Financial Year : 2023-24 \| Beneficiary :19
National Talent Scholarship-UG Financial Year : 2023-24 \| Beneficiary :131

Gallery

Events

World Soil Day 2019
Start Date: 05/12/2019
End Date: 05/12/2019
Kayaloram Agri lake fest 2019
Start Date: 26/11/2019
End Date: 27/11/2019
Constitution Day Observance
Start Date: 26/11/2019
End Date: 26/11/2019
Blue Ocean 2k19
Start Date: 06/11/2019
End Date: 06/11/2019
ICAR sponsored Winter School on Agroforestry for Climate Change Mitigation, Biodiversity Conservation and Resilience in Agroecological Systems: Current Trends and Future Strategies
Start Date: 03/12/2019
End Date: 23/12/2019
Rashtriya Sankalp Diwas (National Re- dedication Day)
Start Date: 31/10/2019
End Date: 31/10/2019
Bappu@150
Start Date: 14/10/2019
End Date: 14/10/2019
Vidhyarabham
Start Date: 09/10/2019
End Date: 09/10/2019
Onam Celebration
Start Date: 06/09/2019
End Date: 06/09/2019
Campus Cleaning
Start Date: 18/08/2019
End Date: 18/08/2019

Contact

Kerala Agricultural University,Thrissur
KAU Main Campus, KAU P.O. Vellanikkara, NH - 47, Thrissur, Kerala
Website : http://www.kau.in/

College Name	Professor	Associate professor	Assistant Professor
Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,Tavanur, Malappuram	6	4	10
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	5	1	2
College of Agriculture,Vellayani	19	5	64
College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	30	4	74
College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	5	0	35
College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	6	0	20

College Name	Hostel Name	Room for Men	Room for Women
Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,Tavanur, Malappuram	KCAET, Tavanur	57	48
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Harsha	0	38
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Haritha	0	38
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Hermia	0	21
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Hrudya	0	39
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Pampa	46	28
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Periyar	28	0
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Nila	0	6
College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Chandragiri	50	0
College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Tejaswini	0	85
College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	College Hostel	65	160

SN	College Name	Availability	No of Auditorium
1	Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,Tavanur, Malappuram	YES	1
2	College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	YES	1
3	Kerala Agricultural University,Thrissur	YES	1
4	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	YES	3
5	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	YES	1
6	College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	YES	2
7	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	YES	1

SN	College Name	Name	Purpose
1	College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	Pathology Lab	Practicals of UG and PG programmes are being done in Pathology Laboratory
2	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Biotechnology Lab	Biotechnology experiments
3	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Community Science Lab	Experiments on food science and nutrition
4	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Biocontrol Lab	For production of bio control agents
5	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Microbiology Lab	For experiments on microbiology
6	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Pathology Lab	Disease diagnostics and plant pathogent interactions
7	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Plant Physiology Lab	For plant physiology experiments
8	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Plant Breeding and Genetics Lab	Advanced experiments in plant breeding
9	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Nematology Lab	Nematology experiments
10	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Pesticide Residue Lab	To identify residues of pesticides in commercially produced and market samples of fruits/ vegetables and spices and other farm produce
11	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	UG Silviculture Lab	Soil and plant analysis
12	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Seed Research Lab	Well equipped Seed Lab with all latest equipments for conducting the UG and PG practical sessions
13	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Forest Pathology Laboratory	Forest Pathology lab with Image analyzer, microscopes, laminar air flow cabinets for UG and PG practical sessions.
14	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	NRM laboratory	NRM laboratory with forest mensuration, survey and engineering equipments for conducting UG practical sessions.
15	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory	Remote sensing and GIS lab with ARC-GIS, ERDAS Imaging Software, GOS etc. for the conduct of UG and PG practical sessions.
16	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Physiology laboratory	Department has facilities for measuring various physiological parameters of trees like IRGA, Canopy analyzer, Leaf area meter, Scholanders pressure bomb, Steady state porometer etc mainly for the practical sessions of UG
17	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Tissue Culture laboratory	It has the facilities for developing tissue culture protocols of forestry trees and used by UG and PG students
18	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Biotechnology	Biotechnology equipments like PCR machine, refrigerated centrifuge, etc are available for biotechnology works and mainly for the research work of PG students
19	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Wood Anatomy Laboratory	Anatomy lab has Facilities for tissue processing, microtomy, microscopy and image analysis for making accurate identification of timber specimens mainly for UG practical sessions
20	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Wood Chemistry laboratory	Wood chemistry lab has facilities biochemical analysis mainly for PG research works
21	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Wood Technology Laboratory	It has the facilities to study the wood physical Properties studies such as density, moisture, shrinkage etc. PG research.
22	College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Wildlife Forensic Laboratory	It has facilities like Deep Freezer, Centrifuge, PCR, Laminar Air Flow, Electrophoresis Apparatus for the conduct of research work of UG and PG
23	College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Virology Lab	Plant virus indexing
24	College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	Pesticide Residue Testing Lab	The college has a well equipped Pesticide-Residue Testing lab which houses modern apparatus such as GC, GCMS, HPLC, Hydrogen evaporator and Rotary vacuum evaporator, which are utilised by both undergraduate and post-graduate students of the various departments.
25	Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,Tavanur, Malappuram	Hydraulics Laboratory	For Conducting practical session on Fluid Mechanics and Open Channel Hydraulics
26	Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,Tavanur, Malappuram	Language lab	For improving language proficiency of students
27	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - Molecular biology laboratory	For molecular biology experiments. For UG,PG practicals and research work
28	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - Metabolome Laboratory	For experiments on secondary metabolites and for UG, PG practicals.
29	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - Genetic Engineering and Plant tissue culture laboratory	For genetic transformation experiments and for development of commercial micropropagation protocols in crops
30	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Pathology - molecular biology lab	For molecular biology experiments. For UG,PG practicals and research work
31	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Plant physiology laboratory	For plant physiology experiments
32	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Radiotracer Laboratory	The facilities of radiotracer laboratory such as gamma irradiation, instruments for analyses of samples with radioactive isotopes and autoradiography are being utilized by KAU and other universities and research organizations.
33	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Plant Breeding and Genetics - molecular biology and tissue culture laboratory	For molecular biology experiments. For UG,PG practicals and research work
34	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	UG laboratory	Specimens depicting symptoms of various diseases
35	Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,Tavanur, Malappuram	Remote sensing and GIS Lab	Practical sessions on GIS and Remote Sensing
36	College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Language lab	For improving their language skills, group discussion etc. Digital Linguistic Mentor software has been installed in Language Lab and Tally has been installed for Accounting.
37	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Lab	Laboratory is utilised by UG and PG students for practicals and research work
38	College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	Entomology Lab	Laboratory is utilised by UG and PG students for practicals and research work
39	College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	ARIS cell / Computer Lab	The well furbished ARIS cell with up-to-date technology facilitates an improved teaching-learning experience, enhances teaching efficiency and assists in research amongst faculty members.
40	College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	Engineering Workshop With Working Model Equipments	Conducts practical classes for UG in Engineering courses
41	College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Lab	Laboratory is utilised by UG and PG students for practicals and research work
42	College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	Biotechnology Lab	The department offers an experiential learning programme in commercial micro propagation, making the students confident in handling the various aspects of a commercial micro propagation lab. Post-graduate students actively assist in the tissue culture laboratory to produce tissue culture banana.
43	Kerala Agricultural University,Thrissur	Central Library	Reference of books journals and e resources
44	College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Facilites at Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology	conducting examinations and meetings

SN	Scholarshipname	Eligibility	Amount	Duration	Degree	FellowshipNo	Discipline
1	KAU Merit Scholarship	Under- graduate students in the first,second,third and fourth year classes of study under the KAU and who are Keralites alone are eligible for the award.	Rs.180.00/-	one academic year(2 semesters)	Undergraduate	2	Junior Fellowship &Senior Fellowship
2	KAU Junior Fellowship	All students admitted to the Master Degree Programme in the KAU are eligible for Junior Fellowship.	Rs.600.00/-	4 semesters	Postgraduate	1	M.Sc
3	KAU Senior Fellowship	All students admitted to Ph.D Degree are eligible for the Senior Fellowship.	Rs.840.00/-	5 semesters	Doctoral	1	Ph.D

College	Campus	Library	Hostel	Laboratory
Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,Tavanur, Malappuram	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
College of Co-operation, Banking and Management,Vellanikkara, Thrissur	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kerala Agricultural University,Thrissur	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
College of Agriculture,Vellayani	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
College of Agriculture,Padannakad, Kasaragod	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
College of Forestry,Vellanikkara	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

ICAR-PG Scholarship Financial Year : 2023-24 \| Beneficiary :32	National Talent Scholarship-PG Financial Year : 2023-24 \| Beneficiary :117	ICAR-JRF/SRF Financial Year : 2023-24 \| Beneficiary :19
National Talent Scholarship-UG Financial Year : 2023-24 \| Beneficiary :131

Monday to Saturday (Including 2nd Saturdays)	8 AM to 8 PM
Sundays	8 AM to 2 PM
Library will remain closed on all Public holidays

Category	No. of Books	Loan Period
UG Students	2	15 days
PG Students	3	15 days
Teaching Staff	5	30 days
Non-Teaching Staff	2	30 days

Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur

About the university

State Agricultural University

1972 | NIRF Rank : 15

Dr B.Ashok

Course(s) Available

Course(s) Available

Course(s) Available

Objective

University Information

Achievements

Facilities

DBT Schemes

ICAR-PG Scholarship

National Talent Scholarship-PG

ICAR-JRF/SRF

National Talent Scholarship-UG

Gallery

Events

Contact