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Raja Balwant Singh College
Raja Balwant Singh College is located at Bichpuri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The college is affiliated to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow. The college has its beginning as a small boarding house for the Rajput community in 1885, before becoming a high school in 1899, an Intermediate College in 1928, and a Degree College in 1940. It is the first college in India to award a postgraduate degree in agriculture. RBS College has eight faculties – Arts, Commerce, Education, Science, Agriculture, Engineering pharmacy and Technology, and Management and Computer Application, and six campuses – three in Agra itself besides Bichpuri, Mathura and Awagarh. History Established in 1885, Raja Balvant Singh College owes its existence to Raja Balwant Singh of Awagarh who enabled the institution to grow as one of the oldest and biggest colleges of Uttar Pradesh. Raja Balwant Singh College, formerly known as Balwant Rajput Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangala Rai
Mangala Rai (born June 30, 1947) is an Indian agriculture scientist. He served as Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Early life He was born into a farming family in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. Rai earned his B.Sc. (Ag.) from Gorakhpur University in 1967, followed by an M.Sc.(ag.) in 1969 and a Ph.D. in 1973 from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.* * * * The city has a syncretic tradition of I .... Career Rai began working as a Junior Plant Breeder at Raja_Balwant_Singh_College, R.B.S. College, Agra (1973–1975). He held positions in multiple organizations, eventually rising to the top of India’s agro-research and dissemination network. He has visited more than 50 cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |