ALUMNI

College of Agriculture,

Junagadh Agricultural University

Junagadh 362 001 (Gujarat), India

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          The College of Agriculture, Junagadh started in the month of June, 1960 with the admission capacity of 100 students.  It  was  housed in a  palatial building at Sardar Baug.  The buildings viz., Mangal  Niwas, Hussain Kacheri, Fancy Baug, Uma vilas etc. were used as the hostels for  accommodating  the students.

          The college, which started in the final year of the second Five Year Plan, was the first Government Agricultural College in the Gujarat State.   It was vested with the heavy responsibilities of looking after the research for the entire state in different disciplines.  One redeeming feature of the college was that all the Professors of the college were the Subject Matter Specialists  (SMS) in their respective subjects at the state level and they had to look after the research aspects of their disciplines for the whole state.   They had to have rapport with Government of India for the problems of agriculture in their respective fields.  On the other hand, they also established a permanent linkage with farmers so as to familiarise them with the latest scientific developments in agriculture and also to get a feed back in order to enable scientists to plan their future research programmes. 

          In fact, the triple responsibilities of teaching, research and extension education carried out by the college, made it a foremost center for integration of all these important activities.  This fits well within the present concept of land grant colleges of USA, the pattern of which has been more or less accepted by Agricultural Universities in India.

         The syllabus of the college followed a pattern, which was almost identical with other sister agricultural colleges in India.  The college was affiliated to Gujarat University, Ahmedabad from its inception till the year 1967.  Subsequently, on inception of Saurashtra University in 1968 at Rajkot, the affiliation was transferred to it.

         With the advancement of the educational programmes to the full degree course, as also with the commencement of postgraduate programme and the expansion of different activities of the college, the authorities, therefore, decided to develop the entire complex at newly selected site at Junagadh Vanthali Road on a center point with Motibaug, Cattle Breeding Farm, Sagdividi Farm and Gramsevak Training Center as its four extremities.

          With the inception of Gujarat Agricultural University as an autonomous body in 1972, a new era commenced in the history of college when it was transferred to the university with all the activities so far carried out by the Department of Agriculture. It thus, became a constituent college of the Gujarat Agricultural University.  

          A large number of graduates and Post graduates of College of Agriculture, Junagadh have occupied higher ranks in different departments such as Agriculture, Forest, Police, Customs, Institutions, Corporations, Administrative Services, Banking Services, Pesticides, Fertilizers and Seed Industries, etc. Some of the Alumni of this college also reached to the rank of Vice chancellor and Director of Campus of Gujarat Agricultural University, Director of Agriculture, Minister of Agriculture in the State of Gujarat. They have significant contributions in upliftment of Agriculture. Moreover, the information regarding to graduate and postgraduate degree awarded to students from 1964 to 2004 by GAU and 2005 to 2009 by JAU are given as under.

Degree awarded to students from 1964 to 2004 by G A U

Degree awarded to students from 01- 05 - 2004 to 31 - 12 - 2010   by J A U

Summery 

No. of U G & P G Students enrolled during 2006-07

Head Quarter :

The head quarter of the Association is at Junagadh
COA Alumni Association,
C/o: College of Agriculture,
Junagadh Agricultural University,
Junagadh-362001

Objectives of the alumni association:

1. To promote the best interest of the alumni and to enable them to keep in touch with the institute and to have socio- professional links with each other.
2. To engage with the activities of functioning blood-banks and will see to it that the poor people get blood at concessional price.
3. To provide a forum for the alumni so as to engage in such academic and social activities as shall contributes towards promoting liaison between the alumni and the college.
4. To organize the welfare activities for the benefit of the alumni and to disseminate technical expertise for information & entepreneurial development among the alumni.
5. To organize training camps, coaching camps, technical seminars etc.
6. To provide social services.
7. To take up the activities of environment conservation and to organizer competition connected with the environment education.
8. To provide the support for the growth and development of the profession, college and students.
9. To provide financial assistance to poor students.
10. To help in developing the activity run by the home-scale industry and cottage industry and take up all the works related to the development of the activities being run by social welfare board.
11. To run training institution for the technical and professional management.
12. To take in hands the works of useful education/training to society, agriculture, animal husbandry and rural development for rebuilding the society.
13. To work for the welfare of the youth.
14. To help all the people facing natural or man-made calamities.
15. To begin and run the libraries, sport clubs as well as training classes for the bright future of the student.
16. To work of the village and environment. 

Membership :

Every person receiving a degree like B. Sc. (Hons.) Agri, M. Sc. (Agri), Ph. D. from College of Agriculture under GAU and JAU, shall be a member of the Association on payment of life membership fees.
Membership shall also, on payment of membership fees, be open to the teachers/technical staff of the college. Any other person connected with the institute taking active interest in Alumni Association may, in recommendation of the executive committee be declared member of the Association. The executive committee shall decide such individually.

Membership Fees :

Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred only) for Indian Resident,$ 50/- (fifty US dollars only) for Non Resident Indian (The membership fees will be non refundable).

COAJ Alumni Association Executive Council :

(Reg. No. F/3235/Junagadh, Dt. 15-02-2011)

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