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| Motto | Education Research and Extension |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1985; 40 years ago (1985) |
| Chancellor | Governor of Himachal Pradesh |
| Vice-Chancellor | Rajeshwar Singh Chandel[1] |
| Location | ,, India 30°51′54″N77°10′08″E / 30.865°N 77.169°E /30.865; 77.169 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Affiliations | UGC,ICAR,ICFRE |
| Website | www |
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Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, known by the abbreviationYSP UHF, is astate university located in districtSolan,Himachal Pradesh,India. It has exclusive mandate of education, research and extension inhorticulture andforestry.
It covers 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi) and is situated inNauni on the Solan-Rajgarh Road. The campus lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the town of Solan.
The Himachal Agricultural College, Solan was established in 1962 and affiliated to thePanjab University. Dr. S. S. Jain, Mycologist & Plant Pathologist was the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) appointed by the HP State Government Department of Agriculture to set it up. In 1970 theHimachal Pradesh University was established and the college became one of its campuses. In 1978 it became the horticulture complex of the recently establishedHimachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya. Finally, on 1 December 1985 it was upgraded to aState University and named afterYashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. It was inaugurated on 30 April 1988 by the lateRajiv Gandhi,Prime Minister of India.[2]
It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses in horticulture, forestry and allied disciplines.
Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry has three colleges: the College ofHorticulture, the College ofForestry, and the College ofHorticulture andForestryNeri, India (Hamirpur), College ofHorticulture andForestryThunag (Mandi, Himachal Pradesh) which are subdivided into 14 departments and are looked after by a faculty of over 500 scientists and teachers. It has a school specialised in the study of apples, calledApple School, Nauni. The department of management is under the college of horticulture providing degree in three basic courses: Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources withagribusiness.
TheNIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranked it 18th among Agriculture institutes in India and 151-200 overall in 2024.[3][4]
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