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
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.
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
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is the state agricultural university of Tamil Nadu located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
History
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University had its genesis from establishment of an agricultural sch ...
's Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (i.e.,
Madras Veterinary College
The Madras Veterinary College, the college affiliated with Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, is a veterinary college in Vepery, a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The college was established on 1 October 1903 in a smal ...
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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
The university has the following constituent colleges.
See also
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List of universities in India
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Universities and colleges in India
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Education in India
Education in India is primarily managed by state-run public education system, which fall under the command of the government at three levels: central, state and local. Under various articles of the Indian Constitution and the Right of Child ...
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Distance Education Council
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University Grants Commission (India)
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List of Tamil Nadu Government's Educational Institutions
References
External links
TANUVAS Official website
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1989 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Educational institutions established in 1989
Veterinary schools in India
Universities in Chennai
Animal research institutes