S V Veterinary University Admin Building

Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) is a

state university A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state, territory or federal district. These systems constitute the majority of public-funded universities in the country. State univers ...

located at

Tirupati Tirupati () is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirupati district. The city is home to the important Hindu shrine of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and other historic temples and is refe ...

Chittoor district Chittoor district () is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located at Chittoor. It has a population of 4,170,468 according to 2011 census of India. It lies in ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. It was established in 2005 by the

Government of Andhra Pradesh Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as, GOAP, or, Andhra Government, is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an elected government with 175 Member of the Legislative ...

and focuses on veterinary studies.

History

Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University marks its beginning with the establishment of the College of Veterinary Science in

Bapatla Bapatla is a city and District headquarters of Bapatla district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Bapatla mandal of Bapatla revenue division. The ne ...

in 1955, which was shifted to

in 1957. During the

golden jubilee A golden jubilee marks a 50th anniversary. It variously is applied to people, events, and nations. Bangladesh In Bangladesh, golden jubilee refers the 50th anniversary year of the separation from Pakistan and is called in Bengali ''"সু ...

celebrations of the college in September 2004, the then

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chi ...

announced the establishment of the university. This took form with the ''Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University Act, 2005'', which was passed on 30 March 2005. The university was officially inaugurated by

Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was the List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, 14th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy wa ...

in the premises of the college on 15 July 2005. The university took control of the operations of the faculty of Veterinary Science from

Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) is a public agricultural university with its headquarters at the village Lam, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. History The original Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University was est ...

Vice-chancellor

Former

vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

s (VC) of the university, with the day they assumed charge: * Priyadarshi Dash: 5 August 2005 (special officer) * Manmohan Singh: 25 May 2006 as special officer, 15 September 2006 as VC, 12 November 2007 as VC in-charge. * D.V.G. Krishna Mohan: 14 April 2008 * Md. Hafeez: 12 January 2010 (in-charge) * V. Prabhakar Rao: 27 October 2010 * Manmohan Singh: 31 October 2013 * Y. Hari Babu: 17 April 2017 * Poonam Malakondaiah: 17 April 2017 (in-charge) * Velugoti Padmanabha Reddy: 5 August 2020

Notable alumni

Kanneboyina Nagaraju Kanneboyina Nagaraju is a medical scientist and immunologist who is credited with creating the MHC Class I transgenic mouse model for autoimmune myositis. Nagaraju is also credited with identifying novel glucocorticoid analogs with reduced side e ...

, Professor,

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university with campuses in Binghamton, New York, Binghamton, Vestal, New York, Vestal, and Johnson City, New Yor ...

References

External links

* Universities in Andhra Pradesh Educational institutions established in 2005 2005 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Universities and colleges in Tirupati Veterinary schools in India {{AndhraPradesh-university-stub