Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya is a torch bearer of a new wave in Agricultural Education. The university offers higher education in some most important fields of agriculture in UG, PG and doctoral levels. It had come into existence as a satellite campus by the state government of West Bengal in 1979. The main focus of this campus was growing the productivity of 6 northern districts of West Bengal i.e. Jalpaiguri, Malda, Darjeeling, Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur and Coochbehar. ICAR or Indian Council of Agricultural Research has accredited the campus along with increased development support. At the same time, National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) has initiated to give recognition Pundibari as headquarter of Terai-agro climatic zone of West Bengal. To develop horticultural facilities the state government elevated the campus to a complete university in 2000 under West Bengal act XX 2000 which covers whole North Bengal. Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya is also known as North Beng