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CHAPTER 1.   ABOUT IAAS / AFU AND SOME AFFAIRS               1.1  INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL SCIENCE (IAAS) §         Began as a school of Agriculture under ministry of Agriculture in 1957 to train JTA’s in agriculture. §         School of agriculture upgraded to college level in 1968 §         It was entitled IAAS in 1972 as a constituent institute of Tribhuwan University and located the specific place at Rampur in the same year. §         The institute has 230 hac of land for its academic and research programs at Rampur. §         Lamjung Campus located at Sundarbazar Lamjung was established in 1975 and has about 18 hac of land. §         Paklihawa Campus at Rupandehi established in 1978 with area of about 22 hac of land. §         In 1998 the institute started M.Sc.Ag program. §         In 2001 the semester system of study in bachelor level was introduced. §         Ph.D degree course started in 2002. §         Campus chief of IAAS lamj