Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana has clinched the coveted first position among all the 63 state agricultural universities in India in the prestigious National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023. In the category of all agricultural institutions, which includes agriculture and allied sectors, PAU ranks third. The first and second positions in this category are held by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi and the National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal, respectively. The NIRF-2023 report specifically mentions the PAU’s pioneer role in the Green Revolution in the 1960s.
