Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, also known as Gujrat Agricultural University or GAU, is one of the prestigious State Agricultural Universities in India which was the headquarters of erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University. It is approximately 30 km from the Palanpur town in Banaskantha District of Gujarat. The Gujarat Agricultural University started functioning in June 1972. The university was established with specific mandates of promoting productivity of agriculture by pursuing research in agriculture and allied sciences. The unique feature of the Gujarat Agricultural University was a multi-campus set-up. The other three campuses were located at Junagadh, Navsari and Anand. Gujarat Agricultural University does not exist any more. The four campuses of Gujarat Agricultural University have been converted into four universities on May 1, 2004 by Gujarat Government through the Gujarat Agricultural Universities Act 2004. Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, formerly Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), was founded in 1972 as one of the prestigious State Agricultural Universities in India.