Government of India with the assistance of
the State Government established the
biggest multi-campus university at Jabalpur,
in the heart of India, named after the architect
of modern India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru based
on the recommendations of Radhakrishnan
commission (1949) on the concept of
establishment of Agricultural University. An
approach was envisaged to narrowed down
the gap between the experts and farmers
through Joint Indo-American Team on
Agricultural Research and Education in 1954-
55 and 1959-60 on the patterns of Land Grant
Colleges of USA. On October 2, 1964,
Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya
(JNKVV) was inaugurated by the then Union
Minister for Information and Broadcasting
Smt. Indira Gandhi.
The Central Administrative Office of the
University is located about 7 km North of
Jabalpur town on National Highway No. 7.
The Universitywas created by an act of
Madhya Pradesh Legislature passed in 1963.
The University had to part with the creation of
sister universities Indira Gandhi Krishi
Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) at Raipur in 1987,
Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindhia Krishi Vishwa
Vidyalaya, Gwalior in 2008 and Nanaji
Deshmukh Veterinary Science University,
Jabalpur in 2009.
At present, the University holds an area of
about 1544 ha of land. The area under the
University jurisdiction contains alluvial, deep
black, medium black, shallow and light black,
mixed red and black, mixed red and yellow
and skeletal or Gravelly soil. It is low to
medium in available nitrogen and
phosphorus, and medium to high in available
potassium.
At present, JNKVV encompasses five
colleges of Agriculture (Jabalpur, Rewa,
Tikamgarh, Ganjbasoda and Waraseoni,
Balaghat) one Agricultural Engineering
(Jabalpur) 4 Zonal Agricultural Research
Stations (ZARS) (Jabalpur, Powarkheda,
Tikamgarh, Chhindwara) 2 Regional
Research Stations (Rewa, Sagar)
Agricultural Research Stations (ARS)
(Dindori, Waraseoni, Garhakota, Sausar,
Tendini) and 20 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK)
(Badgaon, Betul, Chhattarpur, Chhindwara,
Damoh, Dindori, Harda, Jabalpur, Katni,
Mandla, Narsinghpur, Panna, Powarkheda,
Rewa, Sagar, Seoni, Shahdol, Sidhi,
Tikamgarh, Umaria) representing 6 agro-
climatic zones spread over 25 distric
