NAHEP has been formulated by ICAR with a total cost of US$ 165 million (Rupees 1100 crores at the exchange rate of Rs. 66.75 = 1US$) for five years starting from 2017-18. The project is proposed on 50:50 cost sharing basis between the World Bank and the Government of India, implemented at the Education Division, ICAR, New Delhi. Overall, the project aims to develop resources and mechanism for supporting infrastructure, faculty and student advancement, and providing means for better governance and management of agricultural universities, so that a holistic model can be developed to raise the standard of current agricultural education system that provides more jobs and is entrepreneurship oriented and on par with the global agriculture education standards.
The mandate of ICAR/DARE includes promotion and coordination of education in agriculture, agro-forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, home science and allied sciences in the country. ICAR is now embarking upon an ambitious step in further strengthening the National Agricultural Education system in the country through National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) with financial assistance of the World Bank by investing on infrastructure, competency and commitment of faculty, and attracting talented students to agriculture.
Training Programme on "DATA SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE"Start Date: 04/09/2023 End Date: 15/09/2023
Training Program on "GENOMIC TOOLS IN PLANT GENETIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"Start Date: 18/09/2023 End Date: 30/09/2023
Training Program on Operationalization and Usage of Agri-DIKSHA Web Education ChannelStart Date: 29/05/2023 End Date: 31/05/2023
Training Programme on Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning In Agriculture Using PythonStart Date: 13/02/2023 End Date: 17/02/2023
AMS Implementation in NDVSU, JabalpurStart Date: 31/01/2023 End Date: 03/02/2023
Sensitization Workshop on NAHEP Component 2 Activities and Hands on Training for Operationalization of Academic Management System at SKUAST, Kashmir, J&K Start Date: 10/11/2022 End Date: 14/11/2022
Training Workshop on Education Management and Academic LeadershipStart Date: 06/02/2023 End Date: 10/02/2023
AMS Implementation in VNMKV, ParbhaniStart Date: 07/10/2022 End Date: 07/10/2022
International Conference On "Blended Learning Ecosystem for Higher Education in Agriculture" (ICBLE-2023)Start Date: 21/03/2023 End Date: 23/03/2023
National Symposium on Mainstreaming of Private Agricultural Education in IndiaStart Date: 29/09/2022 End Date: 29/09/2022
Mainstreaming Agricultural Curriculum in School Education (MACE)Start Date: 14/06/2022 End Date: 14/06/2022
National Seminar on Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)Start Date: 07/07/2022 End Date: 08/07/2022
Inauguration of the Implementation of Financial Management Software (FMS) & UAT Workshop at BASUStart Date: 16/03/2022 End Date: 16/03/2022
Inauguration of the Implementation of Financial Management Software (FMS) & UAT Workshop at RLBCAUStart Date: 05/03/2022 End Date: 07/03/2022
Virtual Training Program on Statistics and Informatics in Experimental Data Management and Analysis for Research Scholars of NARESStart Date: 14/03/2022 End Date: 21/03/2022
The project would benefit all the Agricultural Universities (AUs), i.e. 63 State Agricultural Universities modelled on the US Land Grant University pattern, 5 Deemed to be Universities (DUs), three Central Agricultural University (CAUs) and four Central Universities (CUs) with Agriculture Faculty.