C. P. College of Agriculture, SDAU, Sardarkrushinagar

The Chimanbhai Patel College of Agriculture was established as a constituent college of Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (Erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University) in June, 1982 in the Primary School building at the university ca n the Primary School building at the university campus. It was subsequently shifted to present two storeyed building on December 24, 1991. The formal inauguration of the college was done by Dr. Urmilaben Patel, Member of Parliament and it was named after Late Shri Chimanbhai Patel (Ex Chief Minister, Gujarat state) on October 29, 1994. Food security and raising standard of living of farming community through development of agriculture. To create skilled manpower who can practically work on the farmers’ field and enhance agriculture. Agricultural professionals could link public and corporate sector.To impart higher education leading to bachelor, master and doctorate degrees in the field of agricultural sciences.  To conduct research in various subjects to generate new technologies and to improve productivity and profitability to uplift socio-economic status of farmers.  To develop efficient methods of transfer of technology. The college has four lecture halls, two air conditioned conference halls, well equipped UG and PG laboratories, computer laboratory with internet facilities, Tissue culture and biotechnology laboratory, Language laboratory, Audiovisual laboratory, Soil and Water analysis laboratory, Informative museum of Entomology, Plant Pathology, Horticulture and Agronomy, Botanical garden, Agrometeorological observatory and each department is having overhead projector, camera, slide projector, multimedia LCD projector to facilitate teaching and research activities.  The college is also running Nursery, vermiculture, and organic farming cell. Over and above this, it has two green house, two screen house and one net house.  For imparting practical crop production skill, the college has an Agronomy Instructional Farm with 52 ha. Land with modern tools, crop cafeteria and Horticulture Instructional Farm spread over 37.75 ha land with orchard of various fruit crops.  The departments are well equipped with various modern scientific equipment like auto analyzer, spectrophotometer for DNA and Protein quantification, thermo-cycler PCR, Ultra Water Purification system, portable photosynthesis system, chlorophyll content index system, phase contrast, microscopes, BOD incubators, deepfreeze, isolation/inoculation chambers, leaf area meter etc. ...view more