R.M.D. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Ambikapur (IGKV Raipur, C.G)
UNIVERSITY :Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
HEAD QUARTERS: Raipur
DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT:Regional Agril. Res. Station:January 22, 1982 Zonal Agril. Res. Station:January 20, 1987 College & Res. Station:September 20, 2001
COLLEGE:Raj Mohini Devi College of Agriculture and Research Station Address:Ajirma Farm,Ambikapur Telephone:(07774)230815 Fax:(07774)230986E mail:[email protected]
HEAD OF FACULTY:Dr. S.S. Shaw,Dean LOCATION AND SEASON Ambikapur is located at analtitude of 611 above MSL latitude 23°09' and longitude 83°08' East. Raj Mohini Devi Collegeof Agriculture and Research Station is situated about 6 kmaway from Ambikapur city towards west on the Manendragarh Road. Ambikapur city is the district head quarter,which comes under Surguja district. Surguja means "Gunjan of Sur". This place is full of vegetation, covered with denseforests, having beautiful rivers,water falls etc. Ambikapur city iswell connected with few bigcities by road such as Raipur (capital of Chhattisgarh Stateabout 350 km), Ranchi (capital of Jharkhand State about 330 km)and Varanasi (big city of Uttar Pradesh State about 330 km).This city is well surrounded bythe hills with green vegetation.One of the hilly places is the Mainpat which is 80 km away from Ambikapur. Mainpat has 'Tiger point', 'Mehta Point', 'Fish Point' etc, places of tourist interest.