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With the construction of Sukkur Barrage in Sindh (1932), the need for education and training in agricultural profession was realized and translated in the form of the establishment of King George-V institute of Agriculture at Sakrand, District Nawabshah in 1939. initial 2 years Diploma course was, later converted to a three-year B.Sc. degree. The institute was shifted to tis present site in 1954 and was named as Sindh Agriculture College Tandojam with specialization in various fields of Agriculture and Animal Sciences.

The college was able to promote agricultural education steadily in the province paving the way for raising the status of the college to the fullfledged university, named as Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam established under the Sindh Assembly Act on 1st March, 1977, with the main objective of providing the qualified manpower in Agriculture, Engineering and Animal and Veterinary Sciences, well equipped with academic as well as problem oriented research and capable enough to extend latest agricultural technology to the doorstep of farmers eventually leading to increased agricultural production.

The university is located at Tandojam town, which is 18 kms east of Hyderabad city on Hyderabad Mirpukhas highway. It is interconnected with the all major cities of Pakistan through rail and road. The climate of Tandojam is semi-arid subtropical with summers moderately hot and winters cool.

[Source: Images and text Hyderabad Revisited by Momin Bullo | Coordinates: Liaquat Ali Soomro]

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