Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut established on 2nd October 2000 has the honour of being “First Agriculture University of the 21st century”. It is a professional University providing education, research and extension activities in integrated manner. The University reflects a global outlook and envisioned to set a revolutionary pace for creating professional achievers in the field of Agriculture, Bio-Technology, Veterinary Science, Technology, Post Harvest Technology and other related Technologies/ Sciences. The University offers undergraduate, postgraduate & Ph.D. programmes matching international standards in Agricultural and Technology education and also provide research opportunities with modern equipped laboratories and agriculture research centres. The courses and research projects have been carefully designed to offer a wide variety of high-tech discipline that are flexible and suit the dynamic requirement of the students, research scholars and assure the prosperity of farmers and rural communities.
India is a Country of villages. Therefore, without an all – round development of villages, development is not possible. To improve the villager's quality of life, agriculture must be modernized. The University has linked its Education, Research and Extension with rural development.
I am confident that University shall create world class professionals, scientists and technocrats capable of improving the quality of life of our people.