Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) is a

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

established by the

Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...

in December 2010 to further education, research and extension services in the field of

Veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

and

Animal Sciences Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of humankind". It can also be described as the production and management of farm animals. Historically, the degree was called animal husbandry and the ...

. The territorial jurisdiction of the university extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. Its headquarters is located at

Pookode Pookode is a village in Vythiri Taluk in Wayanad district of Kerala state in India. Pookode is known for Pookode Lake and as the headquarters of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. Geography Pookode is situated in the south west ...

near

Kalpetta Kalpetta is a major town and municipality in the Wayanad district, state of Kerala, India. Kalpetta is the headquarters of Wayanad district, as well as the headquarters of Vythiri taluk. It is a bustling town surrounded by dense coffee and tea ...

Wayanad District Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

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Constituent colleges

There are eight constituent colleges of the university: * College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,

Mannuthy ] ] Mannuthy is suburb area on National Highway 544 of Thrissur city of Kerala, India. Mannuthy is Ward 13 of Thrissur Municipal Corporation. Kerala Agricultural University is situated in Vellanikkara near Mannuthy. Mannuthy is also a center fo ...

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

*College of Dairy Science and Technology, Kolahalamedu, Idukki *College of Dairy Science and Technology, Pookode, Wayanad *College of Dairy Science and Technology, Mannuthy, Thrissur *College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,

Wayanad Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

*College of Avian Sciences and Management, Thiruvazhamkunnu,

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*College of Dairy Science and Technology, BSNL RTTC, Kaimanam,

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. *College of Food Technology, Thumburmuzhy, Chalakudy,

. Dr B Ashok, an alumnus of College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at

, is the first

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of the university. The foundation stone-laying ceremony of the administrative block of the university was held on 2 August 2010 by

V.S. Achuthanandan Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan (born 20 October 1923) is an Indian Communist politician who was the Chief Minister of Kerala from 2006 to 2011. At 82, he is the oldest person to have assumed the office. He served as the chairman of Adm ...

, the then

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of Kerala.

One-time grant of Rs.100 crore to KVASU

The newly formed Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has been allocated an amount of Rs. 100 crore in the Union Budget for 2011–12. This is a one-time grant for the development of the potential in veterinary and animal sciences research in the new university. The grant is to be used for developing eight research schools in the veterinary colleges at Mannuthy and Pookode and the dairy science college at Mannuthy: animal production biotechnology; bio-energy and farm waste management; zoonoses and public health; patho-biological sciences and ethno-pharmacology; new media and research; avian sciences; and instrumentation and engineering.

Institutions under KVASU

# College of Dairy Science and Technology, Kolahalamedu, Idukki # College of Dairy Science and Technology, Pookode, Wayanad # College of Dairy Sciences and Technology,

. # College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,

, Wayanad. # College of Avian Sciences and Management, Thiruvazhamkunnu, Palakkad. # College of Dairy Science and Technology, BSNL RTTC, Kaimanam,

. # College of Food Technology, Thumburmuzhy, Chalakudy,

. # College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,

, Thrissur. # Clinical Veterinary Complex, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,

. # Instructional farms attached to College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,

. # Livestock Research Station, Thiruvazhamkunnu,

. #Avian Research Station, Thiruvazhamkunnu, Palakkad # Base Farm, Kolahalamedu, Idukki. # University Poultry and Duck Farm, Mannuthy. # Pig Breeding Farm, Mannuthy. # Goat and Sheep Farm, Mannuthy. # Regional Cattle Infertility Research Centre,

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

. # University Livestock Farm and Fodder Research and Development Scheme, Mannuthy. # All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Poultry, Mannuthy. # Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science, Mannuthy. # Centre for Advanced Studies in Animal Breeding and Genetics, Mannuthy. # Centre for Wildlife Studies, Pookode. # Meat Plant, Mannuthy. # Dairy Plant, Mannuthy. # Veterinary Hospital,

Kokkalai Kokkalai is one of the business districts of Thrissur city in Kerala state, India. Thrissur railway station, one of the busiest and most important railway junctions in South India, connecting Thrissur city with the rest of Kerala and India, is s ...

. # Veterinary Hospital, Mannuthy. # Cattle Breeding Farm, Thumburmuzhy.

References

External links

Home page of KVASU
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