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Central Agricultural University, Pasighat

The Central Agricultural University has been established by an act of Parliament, the Central Agricultural University Act, 1992 (No.40 of 1992). The Act came into effect on 26th January, 1993 with the issue of notification by the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Govt. of India. The University became functional with the joining of first Vice-Chancellor on 13th September, 1993. The jurisdiction of the University extends to six North-Eastern Hill States viz., Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura, with headquarters at Imphal in Manipur. College of Horticulture & Forestry, a constituent College of the Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur, was established on 7th March 2001 at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh on the bank of beautiful river Siang.

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    Proceedings of the Meeting of Librarians of Agricultural Universities August 11, 2016
    (2016-08-24) Indian Agricultural Research Council, ICAR, New Delhi.
    At the outset the DDG (Agril. Edn) extended the warm welcome to all the librarians, ADGs, ICAR officials and other delegates of the meeting. He mentioned that importance of library as “temples of learning” and a librarian as “Teacher of Teachers” is immense in the field of education. He said, digital India has been initiated long back by the librarians and some of the libraries in the National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES) have already made a difference by developing into good libraries despite several constraints. The libraries have the most important contribution in the lives of students, farming and teaching community therefore the strength and weaknesses of each library may be identified and addressed as per the requirements of present day. The DDG referred the LIBRARY as Learning Station, Intelligent tank, Bureau of Knowledge, Reference Centre, Academic Centre, Resource Centre and Yard of tools and technology. He suggested all the librarians to come up with innovative ideas so that their library may be made unique and to create visibility among the target community. He suggested that the book and other purchases in the library may be done as per the demand and right type of books may be purchased which covers the syllabus as recommended by Fifth Deans Committee. He suggested all the librarians should be pro-active for creating modern facilities such as the smart class room, biometric system, e-books etc. He assured that the ICAR is working in a partnership mode with the AUs for the betterment of research and education in the country.