High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Agricultural Universities or `AUs` are mostly public universities in India that are engaged in teaching, research and extension in agriculture and related disciplines. In India, agricultural education has evolved into a large and distinct domain often, separately from other areas of higher education. Many of these universities are member of a registered society- Indian Agricultural Universities Association. Indian Council of Agricultural Research is the main regulatory authority of agricultural education in India, while the disciplines of Veterinary medicine and Forestry are regulated by Veterinary Council of India and Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education respectively. Based on the statutes establishing these universities, agricultural universities in India can be grouped into various types.