The reported moves by the government to bifurcate the prestigious University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru (UAS-B) to carve out a new university of agricultural sciences, Mandya, has created a flutter among agricultural scientists and academicians with many including retired Vice-Chancellors fearing that it may prove detrimental to the interests of both the universities.
Interestingly, it come ahead of the Lok Sabha polls when Mandya has already become a hotbed of politics. According to sources in the government, official preparations have begun on the proposed bifurcation and an announcement on formation of the new university may be made in the State Budget to be presented this month.
The UAS-B, which is the State’s first agricultural university set up in 1967, presently has jurisdiction over 10 districts of Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Kolar, Chickballapura, Ramanagara, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Hassan, and Tumakuru.
