Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

Ludhiana (HARPREET SINGH)Dr.V.K.Taneja Like previous years, 2011 was full of accomplishments. We managed to get a Loan of Rs. 40 crores from NABARD for our infrastructure development for College of Fisheries, School of Animal Biotechnology, Directorate of Extension Education, Veterinary Referral Hospital and Experimental Dairy Milk Plant.The State Assembly enhanced annual budget sanctioned under Non Plan Scheme of GADVASU by 50%, increasing it from present Rs 2700 lakh to Rs 4050 lakh. The University approved various benefits like conveyance allowance, special allowance, ADA installments, revision of pay scales of employees as recommended by State Govt. Necessary orders for releasing cash portion of 1st installment of arrears on account of revision of pay scales of the employees have been issued.



First Convocation of the University was held. A total of 238 students were conferred degrees for Ph.D. M.V.Sc./M.Sc., M.F.Sc. and B.V.Sc. & A.H programs. Four gold medals in Master' and two University gold medals for B.V.Sc. & A.H were awarded to the meritorious students. Dr. S. Ayyappan, Director General, ICAR, New Delhi during the convocation address lauded the efforts of the University and promised further financial support.



A rapid increase in P.G admissions for specialised courses was witnessed. A total of 180 students in M.V.Sc. and 45 in Ph.D were enrolled in the disciplines of Veterinary Sciences, Animal Biotechnology and Fisheries. New initiatives were taken to strengthen training and capacity building for faculty. Four young scientists were deputed for 6 months training in USA and Canada in areas of molecular disease diagnosis, vaccinology, functional genomics and value addition of livestock products. There is further need to strengthen the existing system and bring efficiency in teaching and training programmes so that the future graduates and postgraduates are well equipped to provide specialized services including service sector like banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals, dairy and multi-specialty hospitals.



An International Workshop and a seminar on Nanotechnology were organised. Apart from that, University organized a conference on livestock production management, advance training courses in gynaecology, surgery, a winter school in Animal Biotechnology, an Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries Officer's workshop and a number of training programs for dairy, fish and pig farmers and feed millers/manufacturers. The ICAR has sanctioned two Krishi Vigyan Kendras to be established one each at Taran Taran and Mohali districts of Punjab for technology assessment, refinement and demonstration.



On the research front, projects in the field of disease diagnosis, biotechnology, reproduction and pharmacology amounting to Rs. 310.45 lakhs from DBT, UGC, ICMR, PSFC, Sir Ratan Tata Trust and experiential learning from ICAR were sanctioned. Further Rs 1.8 crore under FIST PROGRAMME 2011 from Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India was sanctioned for strengthening postgraduate teaching and research in Veterinary Microbiology, Reproduction and Animal Biotechnology.



Research focus would be to develop cutting edge technologies to increase animal productivity while mitigating the effects of climate change on livestock productivity. For accurate and efficient disease diagnosis and treatment, excellence in clinical services shall be developed with super-speciality at species level and advancements in medicine, surgery and reproduction. The research in the area of environmental pollutants and zoonotic pathogens and their effect on animal and human health shall be further strengthened by upgrading the department of Veterinary Public Health to 'School of Public Health and Zoonoses'.



Successful hatching and rearing of exotic layer variety of Ducks (Khaki Campbell) and fished-duck model was demonstrated. Local availability of ducklings will encourage more farmers to take up fish cum duck farming, which is a low input, eco-friendly and sustainable technology for higher economic returns especially for the small and marginal farmers. First batch of 50 ducklings were provided to one of the farmers for off campus testing and demonstration.



The students performed extremely well and excelled on all fronts, be it academics, sports or co-curricular activities and brought laurels to the university at national level. University faculty and students organized 6th Foundation day, 2nd Inter-College Youth Festival and Republic Day with fervor and gaiety.



I am convinced and confident that we are on a path of realizing our vision and shall collectively achieve breakthroughs in our pursuit for national and global leadership in academics, basic and applied research, delivery of services and dissemination of knowledge and technologies to livestock farming community.






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