Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar

Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya (UBKV) came into being as the second State Agricultural University (SAU) in 2001 with two faculties, Agriculture and Horticulture. The University has its origin from the establishment of the North Bengal Campus of erstwhile Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya. The satellite campus of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya was set up in 1979 at the erstwhile Gram Sebak Training Centre (GSTC) for offering B.Sc (Ag.) Honours Course for 30 numbers of Students per year. A tiny library that remained at GSTC at that time was used for the Students and teachers of the campus. In 1990 the North Bengal campus was shifted from Cooch Behar District town to Pundibari to provide more space/area for the said campus and the library was housed at the first floor of the Academic Building of Faculty of Agriculture where the present Central Library exists. A unit of Faculty of Horticulture of BCKV was established in 1997 for offering B.Sc. (Hort.) Course and thereby the strength of students was augmented. During 1999, Masters' Degree programme was introduced in five departments from this Campus and there after in 2001 the State Govt. upgraded this Campus and established UBKV. From 2014 the intake capacity of Agriculture and Horticulture at UG and PG level has been enhanced. A Separate College of Agriculture, Majhian, Balurghat has been established. After the creation of UBKV, the library of North Bengal Campus was named as Central Library. In 2005, the third Faculty named Faculty of Technology was established for the purpose of offering B. Tech. in Agricultural Engineering with an intake capacity of 15 per year. During this course of time from 1979 to till date i.e. more than 30 years, the number of books has increased. In fact, the library has undergone a fair and steady growth and development during this span of time.