Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology at Pantnagar is India’s first agricultural university and is closely associated with the country’s Green Revolution. It was established in 1960 on the American land-grant university model to integrate agricultural teaching, research and extension. Planning drew on cooperation between India, the United States and land-grant institutions, with the University of Illinois playing an important advisory role. The university was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960. It began as Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University and was later renamed in honour of Govind Ballabh Pant. The large Pantnagar campus developed colleges, research farms, extension systems and specialized institutes across agriculture and allied sciences. The university is widely described as the first agricultural university established in independent India. Its founding model integrated teaching, research and extension in a single land-grant structure. Pantnagar’s agricultural research contributed substantially to crop improvement and food production. Norman Borlaug described the institution as a harbinger of India’s Green Revolution. The College of Agriculture has operated since the university’s inauguration in 1960. The university developed dedicated colleges in veterinary science, technology, basic sciences, fisheries and agribusiness. The Communication Centre created in 1970 was an early agricultural-university communication facility. Fisheries education developed from research and training activity begun in the early 1980s. Pantnagar maintains extensive research farms and field-based extension activities. The first university museum, inaugurated in 2021, preserves institutional documents, photographs and artifacts. 17 November 1960 — Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dedicated the university to the nation. 1960 — The College of Agriculture began with the university’s inauguration. 1963 — The university held its first convocation. 1970 — The Communication Centre was established to support agricultural education and extension. 1985 — The College of Fisheries was established. Its land-grant model continues to connect agricultural classrooms, laboratories, farms and rural extension.