The Assam Agricultural University
 | Was established in 1969 under the Assam Agricultural University Act l968 (Assam Act XXIV of l968) vide Governor's notification LJL l8/67/l0 dated the 2nd January l969. The University has ben set up to educate people in agriculture and other allied branches of learning, furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in agriculture & other allied sciences in addition to undertaking the extension of such sciences specially to the rural people of the state. |
| The University has a number of campuses with its headquarters located at Borbheta, about 5 km from both bus station and railway station of Jorhat town, which is well connected to Guwahati, the capital of Assam by air/bus/train. There are six Directorates under the Assam Agricultural University. They are the Directorate of Research (Agriculture), the Directorate of Research (Veterinary), the Directorate of Extension Education. the Directorate of Post Graduate Studies, the Directorate of Students' Welfare and the Directorate of Physical Plant. | |
