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{{Infobox university<br />
| name = Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University<br />
| image_name = Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University logo.png<br />
| caption = <br />
| established = 1989<br />
| vice_chancellor = Dr. K.N.SELVAKUMAR <ref>{{cite web |title=Vice-Chancellor of TANUVAS |url=http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/vice_chancellor.html |website=www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in |publisher=Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University |access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref><br />
| city = [[Madhavaram]] Milk Colony, Chennai<br />
| state = Tamil Nadu<br />
| country = India<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.tanuvas.ac.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University''' ('''TANUVAS''') is a veterinary university founded in 1989 in [[Madhavaram]] Milk Colony, [[Chennai]], [[India]]. It is composed of the Madras Veterinary College,Vepery, Veterinary College and Research Institute, [[Namakkal]], Veterinary College and Research Institute, [[Tirunelveli]] ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, [[Orathanadu, Thanjavur]] and the Institute of Food and Dairy Technology, Koduvalli, Chennai-52. Research farms are for leprosy bacteria, for prawn and edible fish culture, and for animal feed safety.<br />
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==History==<br />
The institution now operating as a university was established in 1876 and became a college in 1903, with 20 students at Dobbin Hall, Chennai. The three-year diploma course, Graduate of Madras Veterinary College, was then offered.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=India Today, Education|title=TANUVAS, Chennai admissions 2015: Apply for MBA programme|date=27 July 2015|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/tanuvas-admissions-2015/1/454317.html|access-date=3 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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The [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] established the university on 20 September 1989 through the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Act, 1989 (Tamil Nadu Act 42 of 1989). [[Tamil Nadu Agricultural University]]'s Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (i.e., [[Madras Veterinary College]], [[Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal]] and [[Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi]]) formed the nucleus of university and the institutes became constituent colleges of the newly formed university.<br />
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==Constituent colleges==<br />
The university has the following constituent colleges.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
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! No. || College Name !! Location !! District !! Estd<br />
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| 1 || [[Madras Veterinary College]] || [[Vepery]], [[Chennai]] || [[Chennai district]] || 1903<br />
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| 2 || Veterinary College and Research Institute, [[Namakkal]] || Laddivadi || [[Namakkal district]] || 1985<br />
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| 3 || Veterinary College and Research Institute, [[Tirunelveli]] || Ramayanpatti, [[Palayamkottai]] Taluk || [[Tirunelveli district]] || 2011<br />
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| 4 || Veterinary College and Research Institute, [[Orathanadu]], [[Thanjavur]] || [[Orathanadu]] || [[Thanjavur district]] || 2011<br />
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| 5 || [[Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi]] || Chidambara Nagar, [[Thoothukudi]] || [[Thoothukudi district]] || 1977<br />
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| 6 || College of Food and Dairy Technology, [[Koduvalli]] || [[Koduvalli]] || [[Chennai district]] || 1972<br />
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| 7 || Post Graduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences, [[Kattupakkam]] || [[Kattupakkam]] || [[Tiruvallur district]] || 1972<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of universities in India]]<br />
* [[Universities and colleges in India]]<br />
* [[Education in India]]<br />
* [[Distance Education Council]]<br />
* [[University Grants Commission (India)]]<br />
* [[List of Tamil Nadu Government's Educational Institutions]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.tanuvas.ac.in/ TANUVAS Official website]<br />
{{Education in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:1989 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1989]]<br />
[[Category:Veterinary schools in India]]<br />
[[Category:Universities in Chennai]]<br />
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