University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad


University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad is a state agriculture university established by the Government of Karnataka which imparts education, research and extension activities in the fields of agriculture, forestry, food science, agricultural marketing and home science. The university was established on 1 October 1986.
It is on Dharwad-Belgaum road on a campus with space for growing trees and fields for conducting experiments and research. The university has constituent colleges at places of Karnataka state:
University has jurisdiction over seven districts namely Dharwad, Uttar Kannada, Gadag, Haveri, Belagum, Bagalkot and Bijapur.

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 83 among universities in 2019.

Honorary Doctorates

The university has awarded sixteen honorary doctorates up till year 2014.
Sl. No.AwardeeConvocationDate
01Mr. K.R.Alur4th Convocation16.04.1990
02Mr. Manmohan Attavar4th Convocation16.04.1990
03Mr. Manoobai Desai4th Convocation16.04.1990
04Mr. Prafulla Chandra9th Convocation28.03.1998
05Mr. Udaya shankar Awasti20th Convocation25.04.2006
06Mr. Mallanna Nagaral20th Convocation25.04.2006
07Mr. Abdul Rauf A. Shaikh20th Convocation25.04.2006
08Dr. G.S. Vijay Raghavan24th Convocation27.12.2010
09Dr. S.L.Mehta24th Convocation27.12.2010
10Dr. S. Ayyappan25th Convocation03.03.2012
11Dr. William Ronnie Coffmoan25th Convocation03.03.2012
12Sri Ashok Malagouda Patil25th Convocation03.03.2012
13Dr. Richard Jhones26th Convocation22.03.2013
14Dr. R.S.Paroda26th Convocation22.03.2013
15Dr. Mark A. Hussey27th Convocation22.05.2014
16Dr. Rajendra Singh27th Convocation22.05.2014