Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University


Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University is central agricultural university located in Jhansi district of north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The university was established by the government of India through the Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act - 2014, passed by parliament in 2014. The first academic session of university was started from July 2014. The university follows a semester system with two semesters every year.

History

RLBCAU history starts with a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister on 27 July 2009 by a delegation of MPs and MLAs, requesting the establishment of a central agricultural university in the Bundelkhand region.
The first bill for the establishment of the university was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 28 December 2011. After clarifications, a reintroduction, a report by a committee and a response of the Department of Agricultural Research, "Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act" was passed by both the houses and published on 5 March 2014.

Campus

The temporary campus of the university is at Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, until the building of the main campus will not completed.

Academics

University has started the Bachelor of Science in agriculture from session 2014-2015.