Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (IGAU), Raipur is a renowned university for providing training in agricultural sciences and allied disciplines at Under Graduate and Postgraduate level. The university was established on 20 June 1987 in Raipur District of Madhya Pradesh State. Now Raipur is a district of Chhattisgarh State carved out from Madhya Pradesh.Since the start, the university has the motto to at least double the crop yields in the region with appropriate increase in livestock husbandry, fishery and agro-forestry etc. The university has the mission to make possible nonstop development in agriculture and allied fields by increasing quality manpower, providing relevant technological solutions, piloting their field uses and supporting other related activities. To make its mission possible the University strives continuously-

• To provide quality education in the areas of agriculture and allied sciences.

• To undertake basic, applied and adoptive research and to develop the most appropriate solutions and technologies that are relevant to the area and which can elevate the socio-economic conditions of the people.

• To provide direct and indirect education and technological support to the public in general and to farmers in the area in particular, this has been done with purpose to improve agriculture productivity and the economic situation of the rural people.

• To build up commercial potential of the agriculture sector in the area by facilitating and supporting the growth of agriculture based industries.