Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology And Sciences

Dharmveer Pratap Singh 35 months ago

Established in 1910 as "Allahabad Agricultural Institute". In 1942, it became the first institute in India to offer a degree in Agricultural Engineering. In December 2016, UP State cabinet elevated the institution from the status of Deemed University to full-fledged University by passing the SHUATS Act operational from 29 December 2016, thus renaming it to SHUATS. University possess 1020 acres lush-green campus, including 400+ acres of research farms. It is divided into constituent schools and separate blocks for administration.University has 12 hostels on campus, 6 women's, 4 men's and 2 international hostels.
The campus has many facilities like an open-air theatre for cultural events. Several football, hockey and Cricket grounds; tennis, basketball, squash and volleyball courts. are built on campus. The campus houses a shopping complex, several cafeterias, restaurants, ATMs, post office, a centre of Krishi Vigyan Kendra and a branch of the State Bank of India.

umesh prajapati 12 months ago

The Agricultural Institute was established under the leadership of Dr. Sam Higginbottom, in 1910, as an ecumenical Institution of the Christian Churches and Church organizations in India. Dr. Sam Higginbottom came to India in 1903 and joined the North India Mission of the Presbyterian Church. From 1903 to 1909, he taught economics and science in the Allahabad Christian College, presently known as Ewing Christian College, and at the same time studied the local dialect. During this period, he became a familiar figure in the surrounding villages. He also saw and observed the living conditions of the villagers and was deeply concerned about the ancient system of agriculture that contributed to low productivity and thus led to extreme poverty amongst them. He was also genuinely disturbed by the vast gulf between the urban Christian and the rural masses. For several months he contemplated upon the Christian neglect of the villages and ultimately by the end of 1909 he decided to bridge this gulf by establishing an agricultural school, which he envisioned would educate the village boys, introduce improved agricultural methods and cooperate with the local farmers in solving their practical agriculture related problems. He also took over the responsibility of supervising a home for lepers. This home was operated by the Allahabad Charitable Association,but since the home did not have adequate facilities for providing food, clothing and shelter, the lepers often left and wandered into the city as beggars.

Saurabh 59 months ago

This was a good college experience. Academically, was not as expected. The college has a superb infrastructure. Has good facilities for practical and labs. It has all kinds of workshops and labs. However students get less help from the college administration to grow one's entrepreneur skills. The placement is very good for its related branches while for other core branches, it's not so good. Fee is high in terms of tuition and hostel fees but Food in the hostel is very good as compared to other colleges.