Shiv Pratap Shukla
Chancellor
His Excellency Shiv Pratap Shukla, the Hon’ble Governor of Telangana and Chancellor of PJTAU,Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla was born on 01.04.1952 in the village Rudrapur Post-Khajni of Gorakhpur district, did his primary education in Rudrapur Khajni village, and completed his graduation in law from Gorakhpur. He worked as Sangathan Mantri of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
Politically, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1983. He was elected as a Janata Party candidate from the Gorakhpur Nagar assembly constituency for the first time in the year 1989.
After that, he was re-elected in the year 1991 and took the charge of Minister of State independent charge of Basic Education, Adult Education, and Language Department in the government of Kalyan Singh, the Chief Minister of the first BJP government of Uttar Pradesh.
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He also took over the responsibility of the Horticulture Department, Sports, Youth Welfare, and Food Processing Department.
Horticulture Department, Sports, Youth Welfare, and Food Processing Department. He was reelected to the Vidhan Sabha in the year 1993.
After being elected to the Vidhan Sabha for the fourth time in 1996, successfully discharged his duties as Cabinet Minister of the Prison, Law and Justice and Rural Development Department in the government of Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta, and Rajnath Singh. After this, on 10th June 2016, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. On 3rd September 2017, took over the responsibility of the Minister of State for Finance, Government of India in the Narendra Modi Government. He successfully discharged his duties as a Rajya Sabha member till 4th July 2022 and executed his duties as Hon’ble Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 18th March 2023 to 9th March 2026.
Chancellor Message
Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University, an institution built on the noble Land Grant model and inspired by the ideals of national service, inaugurated by Former Prime Minister Late Sri. Lal Bahadur Shastri ji, echoes his eternal call: “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan,” a reminder that both food and freedom are nurtured by duty and sacrifice.
Agriculture today includes climate-smart tools, fintech solutions, supply chain logistics, and digital advisory systems each a fertile field for innovation and enterprise. Agri-startups are emerging as the new engines of rural prosperity offering scalable, tech-enabled solutions that bridge the gap between the soil and the supermarket.
Under the leadership of Prof. Aldas Janaiah, PJTAU has pioneered the Centre for Digital Agriculture, integrating AI, IoT, and robotics redefining what it means to be a farmer in the 21st century.Initiatives like AgHub, recognized by the FAO, have become beacons of agritech innovation and rural entrepreneurship.
The four pillars of Viksit Bharat@2047 youth empowerment, poverty alleviation, gender equity and remunerative farming are all rooted in one thing: agriculture.Agriculture must be Vibrant, Viable and Visionary.
I am proud to note that the university’s outreach has touched over 1.2 lakh farmers across 1,200 villages through Rythu Mungitlo Sastravettalu(Scientists at the doorstep of farmers)—proving that the laboratory must walk to the field.
The Quality Seed to Every Village campaign and international partnerships with Auburn, Kansas, Sydney, and Fraunhofer speak of a university that is both rooted and global.
Jai Hind!