TAMIL NADU VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY CITIZEN CHARTER CONTENTS Page I. Introduction 1 II. Education 3 III. Research 6 IV. Extension 8 V. Touch Screen Information Kiosks 9 VI. University Students Counseling and 10 Placement Cell VII. Contact Addresses / Telephone Numbers 11 (College / Centres / Laboratories) i. Address of Constituent Colleges 11 ii. Veterinary University Training and 11 Research Centres / Avian Diseases Laboratories iii. Address of Krishi Vigyan Kendras / 13 Farmers Training Centres iv. Research Stations 14 VIII Telephone Numbers of University Head 15 Quarters i. Telephone Numbers of Madras 16 Veterinary College Campus ii. Telephone Numbers of Veterinary College 16 & Research Institute (VC&RI) Namakkal iii. Telephone Numbers of Fisheries College & 17 Research Institute (FC&RI) Thoothukudi iv. Telephone Numbers of University Officers 17 of TANUVAS TAMIL NADU VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY CITIZEN CHARTER I. INTRODUCTION The Administrative office of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University is located at Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai – 600 051 and houses the office of the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Officer, Controller of Examinations, Director of Research, Director of Extension Education and Director, Centre for Animal Production Studies. Objectives To impart education in different branches of veterinary and animal sciences and fisheries science To further advancement of learning and research in veterinary and animal sciences and fisheries science To undertake the extension of such research to the rural people in co-operation with the Government departments and various agencies Mission The Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai was established on 20th September 1989 with a mandate to impart education, advancement of learning and prosecution of research and undertake extension to rural people in cooperation with the government departments in different branches of veterinary, animal and fisheries. 1 Our Vision Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) desires to be an institution of international excellence in Veterinary, animal and Fisheries Sciences Education and Research and to develop, disseminate scientific knowledge and skill for enhanced livestock, poultry and fisheries productivity through the use of technologies of social, economic and environmental relevance developed by adopting team approach. Establishment and Growth The establishment and growth of TANUVAS is directly linked with the existence of 100 years old Madras Veterinary College. This institute had a modest beginning as an Agricultural School at Saidapet, Chennai in the year 1876 offering diploma and certificate courses in the field of veterinary science. Over the years of successful governance, the institute attained the status of a college in 1903 and started functioning at Vepery, Chennai. In 1974, the college was affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and in 1976 it became a constituent unit of TNAU. The Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi was started in the year 1977. A second veterinary college was started at Namakkal in the year 1985. All these units were brought under TANUVAS by Act 42 of 1989. 2 II. EDUCATION Graduate degree B.V.Sc. & A.H. (Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry) The degree requires four and half years of full time study (Nine Semesters) and an intensive internship programme for a period of six months. Every year 226 students are being admitted for this programme. (At Madras Veterinary College 146 students and at Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal 80 are admitted every year). B.F.Sc. (Bachelor of Fisheries Science) The degree requires three and half years of full time study (Seven Semesters) and fisheries work experience of 105 days. Every year 35 students are being admitted. B.Tech. (Food Processing and Technology) The degree is of four years full time study (Eight Semesters) and 20 students are being admitted every year. The graduate degrees are open to students with higher secondary qualification (10 +2). The minimum requirement of marks and reservations are as per the norms fixed by the Government of Tamil Nadu. B. Tech. (Poultry Production Technology) From the academic year 2011-12 a new degree course B.Tech in Poultry Production Technology is to be started. The degree is of four years full time duration (8 Semesters) and 20 students will being admitted every year. 3 Postgraduate degree (M.V.Sc. / M.F.Sc.) The degrees require two years of full time study (Four Semesters). Candidates qualified with B.V.Sc., & A.H. / B.F.Sc., are eligible for admission for M.V.Sc., / M.F.Sc. Foreign Nationals : 5 Seats for M.V.Sc., & M.F.Sc., are allotted from the year 2009-2010 Doctoral degree Ph.D. (Veterinary/Fisheries sciences) The degree normally requires three years of full time study (Six Semesters). The postgraduate and doctoral degrees are open to students with a graduate (B.V.Sc. / B.F.Sc.) and postgraduate degree (M.V.Sc. / M.F.Sc.) in the concerned subject respectively with an OGPA of not less than 7.00/10.00 or 3.00/4.00. For SC/ST candidates a minimum pass is sufficient. Reservation of seats for NRI candidates in B.V.Sc. & A.H and B.F.Sc. Government of Tamil Nadu has sanctioned NRI and foreign Nationals Quota seats as given below: NRI : 5 Seats for B.V.Sc., & A.H. and 1 Seat for B.F.Sc., Foreign Nationals : 5 Seats for B.V.Sc., & A.H. and 3 Seats for B.F.Sc., Kashmir migrants : 1 Seat for B.V.Sc., & A.H. Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences and Faculty of Fisheries Science M.V.Sc. - 19 disciplines M.F.Sc. - 08 disciplines Ph.D. (Vety.) - 18 disciplines Ph.D. (Fisheries) - 04 disciplines 4 M. Phil. in Bio-technology P.G. Diploma in Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosis P.G. Diploma in Bio-informatics P.G. Diploma in Companion Animal Practice P.G. Diploma in Wild Animal Disease Management P.G. Diploma in Business Management in Animal and Fisheries Sciences P.G. Diploma in Fish Quality Management P.G. Diploma in Diversified Poultry Production Clinical Facilities The Veterinary Teaching Hospitals attached to Madras Veterinary College and Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal are equipped with advanced clinical facilities for diagnosis and treatment of small and large animals. The hospital has three major units viz. Medicine, Surgery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics with out-patient and in- patient facilities. Another hospital, the Veterinary University Peripheral Hospital is functioning at the Head quarters in Madhavaram Milk Colony. ICAR - Centre for Advanced Studies / Centre for Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai Avian Science, Department of Poultry Science, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal ICAR - Centre for Excellence Bio-technology and Immunology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai 5 Centralised Instrumentation Laboratory The Madras Veterinary College has a well equipped Centralised Instrumentation Laboratory which is utilised by both student researchers and faculty. This facility is also extended to the staff and students of other universities and colleges. Bio-Informatics Centre The Bio-informatics Centre was established at Madras Veterinary College in 1991 with the financial support of Dept. of Bio-technology, Government of India. The centre have IBM Servers, number of computers, hardware and software to enable online retrieval of literature using Internet, Nicnet and Medlars and off-line retrieval through CD-ROM based databases with VSAT micro earth station. III. RESEARCH Funding agencies The university is actively engaged in sponsored research programmes by constantly exploring the various sources of external funding agencies at State, National and International levels. Instructional / Research farms The university is actively engaged in various research programmes that are relevant to the needs of the livestock, poultry and fish farmers, entrepreneurs and the society at large. The Research farms are catering to the needs of students, researchers by providing livestock inputs, 6 infrastructure and hands on training in various livestock production and health aspects. University Research Farm (URF), Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai Livestock Research Station (LRS), Kattupakkam Institute of Poultry Production Management (IPPM), Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai Mecheri Sheep Research Station (MSRS), Pottaneri, Salem Sheep Breeding Research Station (SBRS), Sandynallah, The Nilgiris Regional Research Centre (RRC), Pudukottai Small Ruminant Research Centre (SRRC), Tirunelveli The university has well established laboratories with advanced diagnostic facilities which render services to the public apart from academic and research activities Central University Laboratory Embryo Biotechnology Laboratory Viral Vaccine Laboratory Animal Feed Analytical and Quality Control Laboratory Bacterial Vaccine Laboratory Leptospirosis Research Laboratory Avian Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Shrimp Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory Central Clinical Laboratory 7 IV. EXTENSION The university caters to the needs of the farming community by reaching them through its constituent extension centres and colleges. A chain of fifteen Veterinary University Training and Research Centres, three Farmers Training Centres, three Krishi Vigyan Kendras, two Veterinary University Training and Research