Top Agriculture Colleges in India as per NIRF Ranking 2025

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Top Agriculture Colleges in India
as per NIRF Ranking 2025

All 40 ranked colleges in the NIRF Agriculture and Allied Sectors list for 2025. Between them they
span 20 states and union territories.

RANKED COLLEGES IN RANK-BANDS STATES & UTS TOP SCORE

40 — 20 89.23

What changed since 2024
Of the 36 colleges ranked in both years, 9 improved, 19 slipped and 8 held position. The rest are new to the list.

Biggest climbers Biggest falls

Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University of Agricultural Sciences ▼ 11
▲ 15
University, Samastipur Dharwad, Karnataka 24 → 35
29 → 14
Samastipur, Bihar
Annamalai University ▼ 11
Professor Jayashankar Telangana Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu 27 → 38
▲ 13
Agricultural University (PJTAU)
37 → 24
Hyderabad, Telangana West Bengal University of Animal and
▼ 11
Fishery Sciences, Kolkata
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, 28 → 39
▲ 11 Kolkata, West Bengal
39 → 28
Raipur, Chhattisgarh Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal
▼ 10
Pardesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya
Central Agricultural University ▲7 19 → 29
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Imphal West, Manipur 31 → 24
▼9
Lovely Professional University ▲5 Sciences University
17 → 26
Phagwara, Punjab 22 → 17 Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Where the ranked colleges are
Tamil Nadu 5
Haryana 4
Uttar Pradesh 4
Punjab 3
Andhra Pradesh 2
Bihar 2
Gujarat 2
Himachal Pradesh 2
Jammu and Kashmir 2
Karnataka 2

The full ranking
Score is the weighted total; the five columns after it are the parameters that produce it, each marked out of
100. Reading across shows what a rank is actually built on.

TLR RPC GO OI PR vs
# College State Score
30% 30% 20% 10% 10% 2024

Indian Agricultural Research Institute
1 New Delhi
Delhi 89.23 86.59 93.83 86.89 79.37 97.84 –

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute
2 Karnal
Haryana 75.87 82.63 66.56 85.77 68.20 71.37 –

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# College State Score

Punjab Agricultural University
3 Ludhiana
Punjab 75.83 84.73 76.85 66.74 51.77 88.33 –

Banaras Hindu University
4 Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh 68.95 67.50 72.00 76.00 62.59 56.44 –

Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
5 Izatnagar Uttar Pradesh 67.66 84.85 47.98 82.74 60.48 52.25 –
Bareilly

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
6 Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu 67.06 82.13 44.89 65.20 59.05 100.00 –

Sher-e-Kashmir University of
Agricultural Science and Technology of Jammu and
7 Kashmir Kashmir
65.81 79.71 54.21 82.08 57.48 34.67 ▲3
Srinagar

Central Institute of Fisheries Education,
8 Fisheries University Maharashtra 63.92 74.39 43.79 80.99 75.00 47.58 ▲1
Mumbai

G.B. Pant Universtiy of Agriculture and
9 Technology, Pantnagar Uttarakhand 61.56 68.90 41.04 76.81 52.10 80.15 ▼1
Pantnagar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana
10 Agricultural University Haryana 61.47 87.12 33.38 68.47 51.72 64.57 ▼3

University of Agricultural Sciences,
11 Bangalore Karnataka 60.35 81.40 29.48 76.08 55.78 62.90 –
Bengaluru

Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur
12 Thrissur
Kerala 60.00 88.51 31.36 66.36 55.49 52.25 ▲4

National Institute of Food Technology,
Entrepreneurship and Management -
13 Thanjavur (NIFTEM - Thanjavur)
Tamil Nadu 58.76 66.36 50.29 62.14 60.02 53.33 ▼1
Thanjavur

Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural
14 University, Samastipur Bihar 58.25 78.82 31.76 71.05 63.61 45.04 ▲15
Samastipur

Amity University
15 Gautam Budh Nagar
Uttar Pradesh 58.14 62.89 75.70 47.36 67.19 3.69 new

Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
16 Nadia
West Bengal 57.64 76.00 35.94 81.65 36.45 40.90 ▼3

Lovely Professional University
17 Phagwara
Punjab 57.61 59.26 69.67 51.25 68.35 18.43 ▲5

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
18 Jorhat
Assam 57.20 87.55 21.61 62.64 53.05 66.18 ▼4

Odisha University of Agriculture and
19 Technology Odisha 56.61 78.78 26.33 74.28 57.16 45.04 ▼4
Khordha

Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture
20 and Forestry
55.53 71.88 34.77 74.78 51.13 34.67 ▼2
Solan

Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
21 Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh 55.46 61.57 43.84 77.30 67.93 15.87 new

National Institute of Food Technology,
22 Enterprenurship & Management Haryana 54.61 62.02 50.08 65.95 67.72 10.22 ▼1
Sonipat

Sher-e-Kashmir University of
Agricultural Science and Technology of Jammu and
23 Jammu Kashmir
54.28 72.14 36.09 69.03 54.71 25.28 ▼3
Jammu

Source: NIRF · Visit for all rankings Page 2 of 4

# College State Score

Central Agricultural University
24 Imphal West
Manipur 52.97 74.24 28.60 63.99 67.88 25.28 ▲7

Professor Jayashankar Telangana
24 Agricultural University (PJTAU) Telangana 52.97 82.31 18.22 67.15 59.12 34.67 ▲13
Hyderabad

26 Sciences University Tamil Nadu 52.91 76.68 19.95 62.09 54.83 60.25 ▼9
Chennai

Anand Agricultural University
27 Anand
Gujarat 51.67 76.48 19.08 71.92 46.91 39.43 ▼4

Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya,
28 Raipur Chhattisgarh 50.60 75.63 15.08 75.59 55.42 27.33 ▲11

Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal
29 Pardesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya
50.18 72.97 24.71 73.04 49.59 13.14 ▼10
Kangra

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal
30 Sciences University Punjab 50.02 77.57 30.31 46.57 54.24 29.29 ▼6
Ludhiana

Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean
31 Studies Kerala 49.45 59.91 39.18 58.44 53.08 27.33 ▼1
Kochi

Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural
31 University, Guntur Andhra Pradesh 49.45 77.36 13.14 56.35 53.94 56.44 ▼5
Guntur

S.R.M. Institute of Science and
33 Technology Tamil Nadu 49.38 58.53 42.28 59.97 50.74 20.84 new
Chennai

Navsari Agricultural University
34 Navsari
Gujarat 49.13 80.17 13.97 69.91 53.19 15.87 ▲1

University of Agricultural Sciences
35 Dharwad
Karnataka 48.79 69.72 12.49 73.75 51.43 42.33 ▼11

Bihar Agriculture University
36 Bhagalpur
Bihar 48.05 74.71 16.58 65.30 53.02 23.12 –

Lala lajpat Rai University of Veterinary
37 and Animal Sciences Haryana 48.03 78.31 24.96 58.49 35.09 18.43 ▼3

Annamalai University
38 Annamalainagar
Tamil Nadu 47.30 53.11 23.79 69.22 46.54 57.43 ▼11

West Bengal University of Animal and
39 Fishery Sciences, Kolkata West Bengal 46.97 68.78 21.23 75.83 13.32 34.67 ▼11
Kolkata

Dr Y S R Horticulture University
40 West Godavari
Andhra Pradesh 46.87 71.84 9.53 74.47 57.29 18.43 new

TLR Teaching, Learning & Resources RPC Research and Professional Practice GO Graduation Outcomes OI Outreach and
Inclusivity PR Perception
Green marks 70 or above, red below 35. The last column is the change against this institution's own 2024 rank. Perception
comes from a survey, so newer and regional institutions often score low on it even where teaching and outcomes are
strong.

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How to use this list
• Entrance exams. ICAR AIEEA is the national route; many state agricultural universities also run their own
entrance tests.

• A rank is not a ranking of your experience. NIRF measures the institution as a whole, not the individual
specialisation. One ranked lower overall may still be stronger for the one you want.

• Participation is voluntary. A good institution missing here may simply not have submitted data. Absence is not
evidence of poor quality.

• Check the year. These are India Rankings 2025 figures, released September 2025. The 2026 edition is expected
later in 2026 and will supersede them.

Compiled from NIRF India Rankings 2025, including the alphabetical rank-band listings, with year-on-year movement
calculated against NIRF 2024.

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