The Maharashtra Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Rahuri is established on March 29, 2025 and subsequently
named as Mahatma
Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth
(MPKV) after a great social reformer "Mahatma Jyotiba Phule".
It has started functioning from October, 1969 at Rahuri, District
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India. The Campus is situated 160 km from
Pune on Pune-Delhi highway in Ahmednagar district. Forty kilometer
in the South is Ahmednagar town and 50 km in the North is Shirdi,
famous for the saint Saibaba. Newasa, land of saint Dnyaneshwar
is 33 km from Rahuri. The campus is 10 km from Rahuri Railway Station
and 110 km from Manmad railway junction. Ahmednagar is a historical
place and was a capital of the Nizam rulers. It is famous for co-operative
sugar and dairy industries. The annual average maximum and minimum
temperature ranges between 30 to 40 0C and 10 to 20 0C. respectively. The basic mandate assigned to this University are advancement
in teaching, research and imparting extension education to the
farmers of the State. There are four Agricultural Universities
in the State , catering the similar services in their locality.
The jurisdiction of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri extends
over Western Maharashtra covering ten districts.
The University has two faculties namely Agriculture and Agricultural
Engineering. The under-graduate and post-graduate programmes are
offered in both faculties. The University also deals with lower
agricultural education through Agricultural Schools, Mali Training
Centre and Training's for Livestock Supervisors.
The University has a very good network of research stations spread
over different agro-climatic zones. In all 23 research stations,
4 State level specialists and 16 research testing/verification
centers are located in different agro-climatic zones in addition
to 4 Zonal research stations.
Of the three fold functions, it is mandatory on the part of the
University to transfer the technology from the research centers
to the ultimate users through extension education programme. |
