The university has well equipped specialized laboratory / research units with sophisticated equipments to carry out both fundamental and applied
research in the area of agricultural sciences. The UAS has a common instrumentation room, which is
accessible to both faculty and postgraduate students. Each department has adequate equipments / instruments, to carryout research in the respective discipline. Sophisticated instrumentation facilities developed at the university
have been the major strengths to carry out advanced research in several areas and provide options for postgraduate students
to get adequate exposure in recent modern biology techniques. Some of the sophisticated equipments and specialized facilities available are presented in below
Fluorescent Microscope with computational facility
Photosynthesis, transpiration and respiration measurements under field condition
Atomic absorption spectrophotometer
Nutrient analysis
Portable Photosynthesis Systems (IRGA)
Compendium of UAS Circulars
Oxygen electrode
Respiration measurements
Molecular biology and molecular marker laboratories with modern equipments
Gene cloning and genotyping
Back-up generator facility for laboratories and transgenic containment facility
Electricity back-up for all laboratories
Computer net working facilities for PG students
For PG students to access scientific information
Plant tissue culture facilities
For gene over expression studies/ propagation
Transgenic containment facilities
Evaluation of transgenic plants
Field facilities with rain out shelters with irrigation facility
Screening for germplasm lines for stress tolerance
Field lab drying facility
For biomass drying, growth analysis
Green house facilities
For raising crop plants under controlled conditions.
Specialized Facilities
Crop Museum
Mulberry germplasm
Tissue Culture Laboratories
Rain-out-shelter facilities
Molecular Biology Laboratories
Cold room
Aromatic and Medicinal plants garden
Mushroom production unit
Playhouse and growth chambers
Biofertilizers production unit
Pedonarium
Virology Laboratory
Crop Museum
A Central Museum is established at the old Agricultural College building of Hebbal Campus
having carpet area of 1040 sq.mtrs. There is also a live museum attached to it in an extent
of 2.00 ha. There is a Botanical Garden at GKVK campus spread over an area of about 25 ha. with a Herbarium and green house.
National Seed Project
The UAS has been operating seed technology research scheme sanctioned under National Seed Project
–II since 1980-81. The scheme has well equipped field, laboratories, processing units etc.,
to conduct research in multidiscipline areas like entomology, pathology, post-harvest engineering
and technology, agronomy and plant breeding etc. It has two processing units, one with 1 TPH
at GKVK and another with 0.5 TPH at ARS, Kathalagere. These units undertake processing of breeder
seeds produced at different seed farms up to grading, packing and labelling.
The unit provides the entire infrastructure available for post-graduate research,
besides exposing the undergraduate students to activities and training them. So far, more than 40 P.G.
students have availed facilities from the scheme.
The scheme has qualified technocrats to guide and train research students.
The unit is also helpful to impart training to seed growers and other farmers.
Administrative Building
The Central Administrative Offices are located at Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra (GKVK) . The administrative block
with a carpet area of 3659 sq.m. houses the offices of the Vice-Chancellor, Dean, Registrar, Comptroller, Administrative Officer, Director of Research, Director of Student Welfare and the Board Meeting Hall.
The Main Administrative building has been provided with lifts, uninterrupted power supply, Computer Network system, Telephone, E-mail, Fax
Staff Residential Facilities
The university campuses have residential accommodation for teachers,
scientists and farm labours on the campuses. On the whole the UAS provides accommodation to 430 employees. At the Hebbal campus
there is a Colony Staff Club which is organizing activities like sports, cultural activities for the staff
members and also running a school for the benefit of its members and UAS Employees from Nursery to 10th Standard for about 1000 students
