What is "pantnagar"

Pantnagar is a town and a university campus in Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Kashipur, Rudrapur and Kiccha, Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar.

The town is famous for having the first agricultural university of India which was established on 17 November 1960. Previously the university was called the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University or Pantnagar University. It was rechristened G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP.

In recent years, an integrated industrial estate has been established near the campus which houses companies such as Tata motor, Bajaj, Britannia, HP, HCL, Voltas, Schneider Electric, Nestle, Dabur, Vedanta Resources etc., as a part of SIDCUL industrial area developed by government owned State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited.