Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur

Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) is a public agricultural university with its headquarters at Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established as the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University on 12 June 1964 under the APAU Act 1963, with O. Pulla Reddy as its first vice-chancellor, and was formally inaugurated on 20 March 1965 by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. It was renamed Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on 7 November 1996. The university comprises 11 colleges organized under faculties of Agriculture, Community Science, Agricultural Engineering & Technology, and Diploma in Agricultural Engineering, located in districts such as Guntur, Chittoor, Srikakulam, Nandyal, East Godavari, Anantapur, Kadapa, and Vishakapatnam. In 2024, NIRF ranked it 26th in India for Agriculture and 151-200 overall. The university has had several vice-chancellors, including A. Padma Raju and P.V. Sathyanarayana. It publishes several periodicals, including The Journal of Research ANGRAU, Vyavasaya Panchangam, Vyavasayam, and Crop Diagnostics Bulletins. Notable alumni include Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, chairman of the State Bank of India, and Kanneboyina Nagaraju, a professor at Binghamton University.