Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) was an Agricultural University in the Indian union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir. It was established in the year 1982 and named after Kashmiri leader
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah who is popularly known as Sher-e-Kashmir.
Initially, the university had jurisdiction over the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir with its headquarters at
Srinagar. The agricultural education, research and extension training units were transferred to SKUAST from various development departments of the Jammu and Kashmir State.
In the year 1998–99, the territorial jurisdiction of the university was redefined by amending the SKUAST Act 1982 under which a separate agricultural university was established for the
Jammu Division
The Jammu division (; ) is a revenue and administrative division within Jammu and Kashmir, a union territory of India. It consists of the districts of Jammu, Doda, Kathua, Ramban, Reasi, Kishtwar, Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur and Samba. Mos ...
and named as
(SKUAST-J) with its territorial jurisdiction extended to the entire Jammu Division. The parent University was renamed as
(SKUAST-K)
Agricultural universities and colleges in India
Universities in Jammu and Kashmir
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