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PAU Rankings at National Level

Ranked 3^rd among all Agricultural Institutions/Universities by ICAR in 2017
Ranked 40^th among all Agricultural Institutions by MHRD (NIRF) in 2017
Ranked 24^th among all Universities by MHRD (NIRF) in 2017
Ranked 7^th among all State fundedUniversities by MHRD (NIRF) in 2017
Ranked 3^rd among all Agricultural Institutions/Universities by MHRD (NIRF) in 2017
Ranked 2^nd among all Agricultural Universities by MHRD (NIRF) in 2017
Ranked 1^st among Top State Universities based on total number of research publications by CII-ICI in 2017
Ranked 1^st among Top State Universities based on number of research paper citations by CII-ICI in 2017
Ranked 1^st for development of Landmark Varieties by Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding in 2017

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking

Sr.No.	Award	Period	Awarding Agency
1.	Punjab Agricultural University secured 3^rd position in Agriculture and Allied Sector Category, 80^th in Overall and 57^th in university Category	2024	NIRF-2024 by NBA, Ministry of Education (MOE), GOI.
2.	Punjab Agricultural University secured 3^rd position in Agriculture and Allied Sector Category, 74^th in Overall and 54^th in university Category	2023	NIRF-2023 by NBA, Ministry of Education (MOE), GOI.
3.	Punjab Agricultural University ranked 75^th in Overall and 51^st in university Category	2019	NIRF-2019 by NBA, Ministry of Education (MOE), GOI.
4.	Punjab Agricultural University secured 60^th position in Overall and 38^thposition in university Category	2018	NIRF-2018 by NBA, Ministry of Education (MOE), GOI.
5.	Punjab Agricultural University ranked 40^th in Overall and 24^th in university Category	2017	NIRF-2017 by NBA, Ministry of Education (MOE), GOI.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) rankings

Year	Ranking of PAU amongst state Agricultural Universities	Overall Ranking among Agricultural Institutes
2016-17	First	Third
2017-18	Second	Fifth
2018-19	Fourth	Seventh
2019-20	First	Second
2020-21	Second	Fifth