Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

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Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
File:Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University logo.png
Established1989
Vice-ChancellorDr. K.N.SELVAKUMAR [1]
Location
Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India
Websitewww.tanuvas.ac.in

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.

History[edit]

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.[2]

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.

Constituent colleges[edit]

The university has the following constituent colleges.

No. College Name Location District Estd
1 Madras Veterinary College Vepery, Chennai Chennai district 1903
2 Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal Laddivadi Namakkal district 1985
3 Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli Ramayanpatti, Palayamkottai Taluk Tirunelveli district 2011
4 Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur Orathanadu Thanjavur district 2011
5 Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi Chidambara Nagar, Thoothukudi Thoothukudi district 1977
6 College of Food and Dairy Technology, Koduvalli Koduvalli Chennai district 1972
7 Post Graduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences, Kattupakkam Kattupakkam Tiruvallur district 1972
8 COLLEGE OF POULTRY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT, Hosur Hosur Krishnagiri district 2011
9 Veterinary College and Research Institute, Salem Salem Salem district 2019
10 Veterinary College and Research Institute, Udumalaipettai Udumalaipettai Thirupur district 2020
11 Veterinary College and Research Institute, Theni Theni Theni district 2020

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Vice-Chancellor of TANUVAS". www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in. Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "TANUVAS, Chennai admissions 2015: Apply for MBA programme". India Today, Education. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

External links[edit]

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