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Prof. Naveen Kumar joined
as Vice-Chancellor CSKHPKV, Palampur
Palampur, August 01 Prof. Naveen Kumar
has officially assumed the charge of Vice-Chancellor today at ChaudharySarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur. Born to Smt. Vidya Devi and Sh.
Dharam Singh on September 02, 1965;Prof. Kumar
completed his B.Sc. in Agriculture in 1986 and his M.Sc. in Agronomy in 1988
from CSK HPKV, Palampur. He began his career at the university as an Assistant
Scientist (Agronomy) on December 02, 1989, and earned his Ph.D. from Punjab
Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, in 1998.With over 34 years of
professional experience, Prof. Kumar has served in various capacities,
including 9 years as an Assistant Scientist, 8 years as an Associate Scientist,
and 17 years as a Professor. He has guided more than
25 postgraduate students and has been involved in the execution of more than 24
research projects funded by various state, national and international
agencies. Throughout his career, Prof. Kumar has published more
than110research, extension publications including the papers presented in seminars,
symposium and conferences in India and abroad. His academic journey started
with the position of Head of the Department in the year 2021 and, most
recently, Director of Extension Education as of April 01, 2024. Prof. Kumar has
been honoured with numerous prestigious awards for his contributions to the
field of Agricultural Sciences.
Palampur
18 June.2024 Dr Taruna Kamal, an alumnus of DGCN College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, CSK
Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University has brought glory to the University by
cracking UPSC examination. Dr Taruna Kamal attained
203rd All India
rank in UPSC examination. Dr S Katoch, President COVAS Alumni Palampur extended
good wishes on behalf of the college alma matter and said that other students
should also imbibe the competitive spirit of Dr Taruna.
Despite her humble family background, she excelled to attain great heights in
life and career. Dr Taruna's spectacular success will
inspire other students of the University in realization of their ultimate goal
in life through hard work and perseverance. Dr Taruna
Kamal, obtained her B.VSc.
& AH from DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Science in 2020.
Palampur
June, 12, 2024. Dr Shivani Katoch, Professor and Head, Department of Animal
Nutrition DGCN COVAS, CSK HPKV Palampur has been unanimously elected as
Secretary, Animal Nutrition Society of India. Notably, ANSI is the oldest Society
of Animal Nutritionists in the country and focusses on the development of the
subject of Animal Nutrition and has more then 1500 life members throughout the
country and abroad.
Palampur 11 June
2024: Training of fish farmers
concluded on the eve of celebration of 'National Fish Farmers Day' at Farm Veristy
Dr. D.K. Vatsa, Vice Chancellor, Chaudhary
Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agricultural
University, Palampur was the chief guest at the concluding function of the
three-day training on Integrated Fish Farming for Sustainable Livelihood
Security sponsored by the National Fisheries Development Board held at DGCN
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences here today. On this occasion, he said
that there is a need for such trainings in Himachal Pradesh for the young
entrepreneurs to move forward and the university is always ready to provide all
possible assistance to the young entrepreneurs. Guest of honour Dr. Naveen Kumar, Director Extension Education of the
university inspired trainees to pursue fisheries for self-employment and Dr. Ravindra KumarDean of the
college expressed about the need for livestock and agriculture along with fish
farming to increase the income of farmers. Dr.
Prasenjit Dhar, Head of the Fisheries Department of the college, gave detailed
information about this training. A total of 50 participating farmers took part
in this training, coming from villages near Palampur. In this three-day
training programme, eleven lectures were delivered and visits to various
departments were also conducted. Training coordinators Dr.
Madhu Sharma and Dr. Tarang
Shah also expressed their views on the occasion.
Vice Chancellor
Dr D.K.Vatsa inaugurates
training on toxicology in farm animals
Palampur 22
April. Dr D.K.Vatsa, Vice
Chancellor, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh
Agriculture University, inaugurated a three days refresher course on
'Toxicological Know how in Animal Treatment' here today. The Vice Chancellor
said that toxicity among farm animals was a common problem leading to huge
economic losses to farmers. It is important that field veterinary officers are trained to
properly diagnose and treat this problem. He said that early diagnosis and
prompt treatment can save valuable animal wealth. Dr Vatsa
said that farmers should also be made aware about toxicity among animals as sometimes animals
eat toxic plants like lantana when fodder is not available and pets eat toxins
accidentally. He appreciated the Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and
Toxicology for organising the training. Dr Ravindra
Kumar, Dean, Dr G.C.Negi
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences told that 11 veterinary officers from
the State Department of Animal Husbandry will get training on various aspects
of toxicological problems, its
diagnosis, treatment and management in livestock from the experts. He
said that continuing veterinary training updates knowledge of officers. Dr
Vishal Sharma, Joint Director Animal Husbandry, said that training will be very
useful to veterinary officers. Course director Dr Pallavi Bhardwaj and Dr
Dinesh Sharma also detailed about the refresher course.Palampur 31 January, 2020. New Executive
committee of Veterinary and Animal Science Teachers Association took charge
under the Presidentship of Dr S P Tyagi, Professor. Newly formed executive
committee unanimously elected include Dr Ankur Sharma General Secretary, Dr
Virender PAthak, Vice President, Dr Varun Sankhyan, Joint Secretary and Dr. Nishant Verma as
Treasurer.
Palampur 25 November. Prof. Ashok Kumar Sarial, Vice-Chancellor inaugurated a month long 'Training
Programme on the Job Role of Small Poultry Farmer' at Dr G.C.Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
(COVAS) in CSK H.P. Agriculture University, here today.
While addressing the twenty farmer trainees, the
Vice-Chancellor said that some very promising schemes to encourage farming and
farm enterprises have been initiated by central and state governments and
progressive farmers, especially young farmers should come forward to avail the
benefits of such programmes. He exhorted them to become job providers rather
than job seekers and propel farming for the common good of all. He said that
his university was making massive efforts to train a large number of trainings
so that young farmers were attractive towards farming.
Prof Ashok Kumar Sarial,
told that his university has developed twenty farm and animal husbandry based models. He exhorted farmers to adopt any
model or combination of models as per their region and need.The Vice-Chancellor also interacted with all
farmers. He advised them to make full use of special training as government was
spending huge amount for the effort which should not go waste. The
Vice-Chancellor said that the university scientists will be visiting some of the
trainees after some months to see the progress. He advised them to be in touch
with scientists at University or its Krishi Vigyan Kendras at
district level to seek timely help and guidance. He also underlined the
importance of natural farming and Desi cow.
Dr Yash Pal Thakur, Director of Extension
Education, said that backyard poultry has good potential in the State. It is
helpful for providing additional income and nutrition to farm families. He said
that sixteen trainings sponsored by Agricultural Skill Council of India will be
organized by the University.
Dr Mandeep Sharma, Dean, COVAS), said that a
promising "Karaknath" breed of poultry has
been adopted by some progressive farmers of the State. He said that the
University has developed "Him Samridhi" poultry
breed which was becoming popular.
Vice-Chancellor Prof A.K. Sarial
advises organizing annual Animal Husbandry Officers' workshop
Palampur 22 November. A six days refresher course
on 'Recent advances in treatment and control of animal diseases' for the
veterinary officers of State Department of Animal Husbandry
concluded at Dr G.C.Negi College of Veterinary
& Animal Sciences (COVAS) in CSK H.P. Agriculture University, here today.
Chief Guest Prof. Ashok Kumar Sarial,
Vice-Chancellor, while addressing the trainee veterinary officers, said that
said that field veterinarians need regular updating of their knowledge and
skills to face the new emerging challenges in the profession. He advised that
on the lines of farm officers' workshop, animal husbandry officers' workshop
should be organized annually to share advancement of technology which was
helpful to the staff. He also advised that there should be collaborative
projects between the COVAS and State Department of Animal Husbandry.
Prof Ashok Kumar Sarial,
Vice-Chancellor, said that animal husbandry sector will play crucial role in
doubling the income of farmers. He informed that his university has developed
twenty farm and animal husbandry based models.
"If adopted religiously, such models will help livestock keepers and
farmers to double their income", opined Prof Sarial.The
Vice-Chancellor also underlined the importance of indigenous cattle breeds in
natural farming. He also released a training manual and distributed training
certificates to trainees.
Dr Mandeep Sharma, Dean, COVAS), said that it has
become more important to diagnose, treat and
prevent new kind of diseases which have appeared in the state and country
due to affects of climate change.
Dr Yash Pal Thakur, Director of Extension
Education, said that animal husbandry was important for small and marginal
farmers for their livelihood concerns and nutritional security in Himachal
Pradesh. Dr. Desh Raj,
Course coordinator-cum- Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine told that 18
officers took part in the refresher course.Dr.
Surinder Kapil, Joint Director, State Department of Animal Husbandry and Dr
Pardeep Sharma, training coordinator told that
the course was sponsored by the State Department of Animal Husbandry.
Besides university scientists, local veterinary
officers from the State Department of Animal Husbandry were present in the
function.
Investment invited in organic meat production:
Shri Virender Kanwar, Animal Husbandry Minister
Palampur 8 November. A three days international
symposium and conference of Indian Meat Science Association (IMSA) on
"Advances in Production, Processing and Quality Assurance of Muscle Foods
for Improved Health and Nutritional Security" concluded at CSK H.P.
Agriculture University, here today.
Chief Guest Virender Kanwar, Minister of Animal
Husbandry, Fisheries and Rural Development, Himachal Pradesh while addressing
the delegates, said that ever growing population and higher meat demand offer
new entrepreneurial opportunities in the meat sector. He told
that Himachal has 48 lakh animal number and there was substantial increase in
goat and sheep number. He said that animal breed improvement can help in
improving animal production. He said that improved goat breeds have been
introduced in the State but market linkages were needed. He told
that investment has been invited in animal husbandry sector especially in
organic meat production of goat and sheep. He said that Pahari cow
milk will be marketed with 'Gauri' brand. Shri Kanwar said that
recommendations of symposium should reach all stakeholders.
He said that livestock meat production was a
promising area for food production, nutritional security and doubling the
income of farmers. He said that farmer commodity groups should be formed at
grass root level to organize meat production and marketing. The Minister also
awarded five scientists and distributed appreciation certificates.
Dr.S.K.Mendiratta, President, IMSA, told that during the three days
conference, major recommendations have emerged for vibrant Indian meat sector
to enhance the sustainability of livestock sector, double the farmers' income
and employment generation. Dr M.Muthukumar,
General Secretary, IMSA, told that major recommendations include intensive
farming, organic farming, meat value chain, post harvest
processing, artificial intelligence, big data, food safety management system ,
biotechnology, functional and eco friendly packaging
system, efficient by product processing and utilization, etc.
Dr Mandeep Sharma, Dean, Dr G.C.Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences,
said that the symposium has been very successful as useful recommendations have
emerged. He said that goat meat production could prove highly remunerative area
for the livestock keepers of Himachal Pradesh.
Drs. Dinesh Krofa and B.G.Mane, organizing secretaries
told that around two hundred delegates from all over the country and four
delegates from Nepal and Bangladesh took part in the conference. Besides
university statutory officers and scientists,
Dr Jagdeep Kumar, Director, Department of Animal Husbandry, H.P. and Shri
Ashok Sharma, Vice-Chairman, H.P.Gau Seva Ayog were also present in the valedictory function.
International symposium & conference of
Indian Meat Science Association
Livestock sector can play
important role in doubling the income of farmers: Dr.Ram Lal Markanda, Agriculture
Minister
Palampur 6 November. A three days international symposium
and conference of Indian Meat Science Association (IMSA) on "Advances in
Production, Processing and Quality Assurance of Muscle Foods for Improved
Health and Nutritional Security" began at CSK H.P. Agriculture University,
here today.
Chief Guest Dr Ram Lal Markanda,
Minister of Agriculture, Tribal Development and Information Technology, H.P.
while inaugurating the conference, said that as envisaged by the Government,
livestock sector can play an important role in doubling the income of farmers.
He said that processing of muscle foods from
livestock, poultry and fish sector plays an important role in the economics,
social and nutritional well being of people which is
an important component in rural development and poverty alleviation. In India,
the processing sector has been recognized as a potential arena for income and
employment generation to over 48 million farmers and processors. These sectors
also provide quality animal protein to the people and ensuring nutritional
security. With a value of export of fisheries, meat and poultry to a tune of
about Rs. 60,000 crore, the processing of muscle foods
from livestock, poultry and fish sector was playing a major role in stimulating
and strengthening the economic growth of the nation.
Dr. Markanda drew the attention of
scientists towards hygienic processing, value addition, effective utilization
of by-products, modern preservation techniques, impact of climate change,
quality and safety of muscle food. He asked them to develop strategies for
multi-sectoral approaches for enhancing state of art technologies and
innovations for processing of muscle food from livestock, poultry and fish. The
Chief Guest also released some publications.
Dr Mandeep Sharma, Dean, Dr G.C.Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences,
detailed about the major achievements of his college. He hoped that the
conference outcomes will help future course of
action in research, training and technology development in the muscle food
processing sector.
Dr. S.K. Mendiratta, President,
IMSA, spoke on the activities of his association and the importance of the
conference. He said that India was exporting meat to more than 70 countries.
Drs. Dinesh Krofa and B.G.Mane, organizing secretaries
and Dr Devesh Thakur told that around hundred delegates from all over the
country and some delegates from Nepal and Bangladesh were taking part in the
conference.
University statutory officers, scientists and
students also attended the inaugural ceremony of the conference.
World Veterinary Day at DGCN COVAS
Experts underline the importance of vaccination
Palampur 27 April. World veterinary day on the
theme, 'Value for vaccination' was celebrated enthusiastically at CSK H.P.
Agriculture University, here today.
While addressing the veterinary scientists and
students, Chief Guest Maj Gen (Dr) Shri Kant Sharma, VSM, SM (Retd), President,
National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, said that learning was a continuous
process and asked the scientists and students to serve the livestock keepers
with dedication. He said that they should be motivated for getting their
animals vaccinated.
Prof Ashok Kumar Sarial,
Vice-Chancellor, in his presidential remarks appreciated the work at Dr G C
Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (COVAS). He said that such
programmes makes the society aware about their
important and useful work. The Vice-Chancellor said that many diseases can be
controlled by timely vaccination. He said that it was worth appreciating that
COVAS was regularly organizing vaccination camps in the rural areas. He also
spoke on the importance and need of conserving rich animal genetic diversity,
need of growing nutritive fodder crops, natural farming, etc.
Dr Mandeep Sharma, Dean, COVAS, detailed major
activities and achievements of his college. He said that scientists and
students have always brought glory to the alma mater by their excellent
performances.
Dr Subhash Verma, delivered a talk on "Value
of vaccination".
Dr R.K.Asrani
, President, Veterinary and Animal Sciences Teachers' Association (VASTA) and
Dr Pradeep Sharma, General Secretary, told that the function was jointly
organised by their association and COVAS. Activities like blood donation camp,
marathon, slogan writing, poetry, poster making and quiz competitions, etc were
organised to mark the occasion. The Chief Guest
and the Vice-Chancellor awarded winners of these competitions.
Statutory officers, heads and officers also
attended the inaugural ceremony.
Later, a cultural programme ,
"Mehak" was also organised where Chief Guest Prof A.K.Sarial,Vice-Chancellor,
appreciated the performance of students.
06/03/2018
Himachal
Pradesh Public Service Commission today declared the results of interviews
conducted w.e.f. 19-02-2018 to 27-02-2018 for recruitment to 35 posts of
Veterinary Officer, Class-I (Gazetted) in the
Department of Animal Husbandry, H.P. The name(s) of following candidate(s) have
been recommended to the Government of Himachal Pradesh for appointment. The
result is also available on the Commission’s website www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc.
1 106140 Shri Tejender Kumar General 2 106002 Ms. Sonali Mishra General 3
106123 Ms. Preeti Rana General 4 106037 Shri Kunal
Pandit General 5 106137 Ms. Radhika General 6 106092 Ms. Pallvi
Sharma General 7 106030 Ms. Hem Lata Gautam General 8 106047 Shri Sumit Chandel General 9 106251 Ms. Jyotsna Chauhan General
10 106036 Shri Vishwjeet Singh Chandel General 11
106065 Ms. Palvi Thakur General 12 106192 Ms. Radhika
Rajshree Sood General 13 106263 Ms. Poonam Kumari
General 14 106136 Shri Pranshu Sharma General 15
106132 Shri Deepak Sobti General 16 106128 Shri
Mukesh Kumar Thakur General 17 106068 Shri Nishant General 18 106214 Ms. Dipali Parmar General 19 106276 Ms. Anupama Thakur General
20 106161 Ms. Shalini Thakur General 21 106033 Ms. Richa Thakur General 22 106059
Ms. Pooja Sharma General 23 106159 Ms. Aanchal Sharma
General 24 106206 Shri Varun Puri General 25 106235
Ms. Abhilasha Patial
General 26 106084 Shri Vishal Thakur General 27 106034 Shri Dushyant Dogra S.C.
28 106170 Ms. Yavnika Kashyap S.C. 29 106111 Ms. Pinki Saini OBC 30 106237 Shri. Roshan Lal S.C. 31 106191
Ms. Sakshi Chauhan S.T. 32 106171 Ms. Preeti Bhatia
S.C. 33 106198 Shri Varun Kumar OBC 34 106258 Shri Manish Kharwal
S.C. 35 106004 Shri Kunal Koundal
1-8-2017
Prof. Mandeep Sharma joins as Dean, DGCN COVAS and Prof R.K.Agnihotri as Dean, PG Studies
CSK HPKV as per the order of the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor CSK HPKV on dated
1-8-2017.
COVAS students secure top positions in All India ICAR JRF-2017: July , 2017
Like
previous years, Students of the college this time too bagged top positions at
the National Level in ICAR JRF examination for admission to post graduate
programs through out India. It is notable to mention here that only 38
students secured position for admission to PG program at all India level
through ICAR where as Rahul Kumar was ranked 1st in
category and pallavi Chauhan was ranked 3rd among ST
category. The detailed list is as follows
|
Sr. No. |
Name |
|
Marks in JRF |
Institutional standing |
All India Rank |
|
1 |
Vety. Sci |
490.4 |
1 |
14 |
|
|
2 |
Vety. Sci |
479 |
2 |
Gen-29 Category-1 |
|
|
3 |
Vety. Sci |
453.4 |
3 |
||
|
4 |
Vety. Sci |
451.4 |
4 |
63 |
|
|
5 |
Vety. Sci |
450.2 |
5 |
||
|
6 |
Vety. Sci |
446 |
6 |
ST-AIR-3 |
|
|
7 |
Vety. Sci |
433 |
7 |
||
|
8 |
Pankaj Rana |
Vety. Sci |
429 |
8 |
117 |
|
9 |
Akshay Kumar |
Vety. Sci |
424.2 |
9 |
|
|
10 |
Abhishek Bhardwaj |
Vety. Sci |
422.2 |
10 |
JNU |
|
11 |
Vety. Sci |
419.2 |
11 |
Category-AIR-8 |
|
|
12 |
Charlie Sharma |
Vety. Sci |
415.2 |
12 |
|
|
13 |
Rishabh kalia |
Vety. Sci |
401.2 |
13 |
|
|
14 |
Anikshit Verma |
Vety. Sci |
393.4 |
14 |
|
|
15 |
Aditya Sharma |
Vety. Sci |
386 |
15 |
|
|
16 |
Palak |
Vety. Sci |
384 |
16 |
|
|
17 |
Rupali Masand |
Vety. Sci |
383.6 |
17 |
|
|
18 |
Akshima Dogra |
Vety. Sci |
373 |
18 |
|
|
19 |
Shreya Bahl |
Vety. Sci |
365 |
19 |
|
|
20 |
Nitesh koundal |
Vety. Sci |
361.5 |
20 |
|
|
21 |
Sameeksha |
Vety. Sci |
359.8 |
21 |
|
|
22 |
Shivani Angaria |
Vety. Sci |
349 |
22 |
|
|
23 |
Arvind Negi |
Vety. Sci |
341 |
23 |
390/9 ST |
|
24 |
Vety. Sci |
334.6 |
24 |
||
|
25 |
Sunaina |
Vety. Sci |
334.2 |
25 |
|
|
26 |
Kiran Thakur |
Vety. Sci |
333.2 |
26 |
|
|
27 |
Ankita Kumari |
Vety. Sci |
329.6 |
27 |
|
|
28 |
Vety. Sci |
326.2 |
28 |
||
|
29 |
Sakshi Rawal |
Vety. Sci |
323.8 |
29 |
|
|
30 |
Shubham Koundal |
Vety. Sci |
321.6 |
30 |
|
|
31 |
Avantika Sharma |
Vety. Sci |
316.2 |
31 |
|
|
32 |
Smriti Kapoor |
Vety. Sci |
294 |
32 |
|
|
33 |
Vaishali Sharma |
Vety. Sci |
277.2 |
33 |
|
|
ANIMAL SCIENCES |
|||||
|
1 |
Ani Sci |
360.2 |
1 |
55 |
|
|
2 |
Ani Sci |
337.6 |
2 |
81 |
|
|
3 |
Ani Sci |
327 |
3 |
||
|
4 |
Ani Sci |
300 |
4 |
||
|
5 |
Ani Sci |
287.4 |
5 |
146 |
Oath
Taking Ceremony at COVAS: July 10, 2017: Palampur 10 July. Oath taking
ceremony for passing-out graduates of Dr.G.C.Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (COVAS)
was held at CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, here today.
Dr.N.S.Rathore, Deputy Director General, Indian
Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), as chief guest, asked the
neo-graduates to work sincerely for the empowerment of the farming community.
He said that among the teaming 125 crore
plus population of the India, there were hardly 0.36
percent farm graduates so they have added responsibility for the
rural population engaged in agriculture and allied avocations. Dr Rathore said that
animal husbandry sector has played an important role in tremendous farm growth
in the country yet this sector has to
remodel itself with the aim to double the income of farmers.
The Deputy
Director General complimented the Vice-Chancellor Prof A.K,Sarial for his initiative for record breaking
clearance of ICAR Junior Research Fellowship examinations by his
more than sixty students. He also distributed Internship Certificates to the
neo-graduates and released some practical manuals.
Prof Ashok
Kumar Sarial, Vice-Chancellor, in his presidential
remarks, while complimenting the graduates, their parents and teachers,
appreciated the effective contribution by the COVAS in the areas of academics,
research and extension work.He
advised the graduates to prefer serving the farmers rather than looking
for greener pastures as rural India needed their dedicated services. He also
advised them to maintain a live link with their alma mater and help in creating
a batchwise endowment fund as the society had
contributed for their professional attainment. The Vice-Chancellor expressed
the hope that the students would continue to excel in their professional life.
Dr.Rajiv Kumar Agnihotri, Dean, COVAS,
informed that 27th batch of graduates was passing out from his college. He
administered oath of professional ethics to 55 graduates including 26 girls. So
far, 740 graduates have passed-out since the
establishment of the college three decades back. He also elaborated about major
academic, research and extension education activities.
Drs. Mandeep
Sharma and Pankaj Sood informed about the rigorous
training of passing out graduates.
University
officers, scientists and officers from the state department of animal husbandry
also attended the oath taking ceremony.
26-4-2017:
World veterinary Day
World
veterinary Day will be celebrated by VASTA in college premises on 29 April 2017
on the theme Antimicrobial resistance- From awareness
to action. HP State veterianry Council has agreed to
finance one awareness camp/ seminar in College of
veterinary & Animal Sciences.
Media Cell:
Press Release: No. QSD/MC/118 Dated: April 19, 2017
CSK H.P.
Agriculture University appoints 21
Assistant Professors in COVAS: Palampur 19 April. CSK H.P.
Agriculture University has issued appointment letters to 21 Assistant
Professors in different disciplines of veterinary sciences. All the newly
appointed teachers have been posted in different departments of Dr.G.C.Negi College of Veterinary
& Animal Sciences(COVAS). The newly appointed teachers include Drs.
Aman Dev Moudgil (Veterinary Parasitology), Ajayta Rialch (Veterinary Parasitology), Madhu Suman (Animal Nutriton), Prashant Sudamrao Daundkar (Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology), Anjali
Somal( Veterinary Physiology), Surender Kumar
(Veterinary Medicine), Sanjay Kumar ( Livestock Products Technology), Anjali
Kumari (Livestock Production Management), Ankaj
Thakur (Livestock Production Management ), Narender Kumar(Livestock Production
Management), Rakesh Kumar( Veterinary Pathology) ,Swati Sharma(Veterinary
Pathology), Manoj Kumar Sharma( Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Education, Krishanender Dinesh (Animal Genetics & Breeding),
Rajesh Kumar (Animal Genetics & Breeding), Nishant Verma (Animal Genetics
& Breeding), RishikaVij( Veterinary
Biochemistry), Parul Shukla(Veterinary Anatomy), Raheeqa Razvi (Veterinary
Anatomy), Shama Khan( Veterinary Gynaecology
& Obstetrics) and Madhu Sharma( Fisheries).
According to
Prof. Ashok K. Sarial, Vice-Chancellor, the
recruitment has been done as per the policy of State Government after a long
gap of almost eight years. He told that it was
essential to fill-up the positions to maintain high academic standards in COVAS
as the staff was over burdened due to faculty
positions fallen vacant on retirement. The Veterinary Council of India, a
regulatory body at all India level of veterinary education, during inspection
of the college last year had also raised concern about shortage of faculty.
Prof Sarial said that majority of
the freshly recruited candidates have their B. V. Sc degree
from this university but acquired their M.V. Sc and Ph.
D degrees outside the state from reputed national institutes
like Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar and National Dairy Research Institute
(NDRI), Karnal, hence possess wide exposure to academic standards that
will help in the long run to accelerate the pace of teaching,
research and extension education activities of the university.
Acquiring degrees from different institutes outside the state is
considered an essential ingredient to prevent inbreeding in faculty which
according to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is a cause of
deteriorating academic norms in many of the state agricultural universities in
India. Prof Sarial said that all the newly
selected teachers not only possess wide academic excellence but have qualified
the all India National Eligibility Test (NET) of
Assistant Professor conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board of
the ICAR.
The
Vice-Chancellor informed that the process to fill- up more posts of teachers in
other three colleges and non-teaching staff in the university was underway
after receiving permission from the state government. He thanked the
Chief Minister in particular and Govt. of Himachal Pradesh in general for
granting permission to recruit staff in the university.
Oath
taking ceremony: 9 July, 2016
Oath taking
ceremony, a pious ritual for the passing out veterinary graduates of 26th batch
was held on 9 July 2016 at 11 AM in the college auditorium. Dr A.Rahman, Deputy Director General
(Ani. Sci.) ICAR, New Delhi was the chief Guest of the function and Dr K.K.Katoch, Vice Chancellor CSK
HPKV, Palampur presided over the function. A total of 45 graduates took the
oath of the profession, listed below. During his address, Dr Rahman outlined
the progress made by the country in terms of self suficency
in milk and meat products and the contribution of veterinarians in achieving
the same. He also lauded the efforts of the students for achieving high ranks
in ICAR JRF exams 2016.
|
1. Dr.
Aarti Thakur |
|
2. Dr.
Abhilasha Patial |
|
3. Dr.
Abhimanyu Sharma |
|
4. Dr.
Aishwarya Baltoo |
|
5. Dr.
Ajay Patial |
|
6. Dr.
Amit Kashyap |
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7. Dr.
Aanchal Sharma |
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8. Dr.
Anukarna Singh |
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9. Dr.
Anupama Thakur |
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10. Dr. Atal Kumar |
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11. Dr. Deepak Kumar |
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12. Dr. Dipali Parmar |
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13. Dr. Deepika Negi |
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14. Dr. Dikshant Kanwar |
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15. Dr. Divya Sharma |
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16. Dr. Dushyant Dogra |
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17. Dr. Harshita Sood |
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18. Dr. Himani Sharma |
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19. Dr. Kritika Dhial |
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20. Dr. Kunal Kaundal |
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21. Dr. Manisha Thakur |
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22. Dr. Neha Rana |
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23. Dr. Neha Thakur |
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24. Dr. Niharika Thakur |
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25. Dr. Neetika |
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26. Dr. Pinki Saini |
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27. Dr. Poonam Thakur |
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28. Dr. Pooja Sharma |
|
29. Dr. Preeti Bhatia |
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30. Dr. Radhika R. Sood |
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31. Dr. Rakshita Sharma |
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32. Dr. Rohit Kumar |
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33. Dr. Sahil Sharma |
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34. Dr. Sakshi Chauhan |
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35. Dr. Sakshi Vij |
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36. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar |
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37. Dr. Shriya Gupta |
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38. Dr. Shubham Thakur |
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39. Dr.Smriti Saklani |
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40. Dr. Sonali Mishra |
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41. Dr. Tanu Palsra |
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42. Dr. Mohd. Rais |
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43. Dr. Archana Thakur |
|
|
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44. Dr. Heena Soni |
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45. Dr. Susheel Kumar |
COVAS students secure top positions in All India ICAR JRF-2016: June 11,
2016
Like
previous years, Students of the college this time too bagged top positions at
the National Level in ICAR JRF examination for admission to post graduate
programs through out India. It is notable to mention here that only 28
students appeared for JRF ICAR where as 11 secured
top poistions in the country. The detailed list is as follows
|
Name |
Rank at All India
Level |
|
Veterinary
Biotechnology |
|
|
Dr Preeti
Bhatia |
All India 2nd Rank (Ist Category) |
|
Veterinary Sciences |
|
|
Dr. Sakshi Chauhan |
All India 3rd rank (Category 1st Rank) |
|
Dr. Sonali Mishra |
All India 4th Rank |
|
Dr Deepali Parma |
All India 53 Rank |
|
Dr Archana Thakur |
All India 54th Rank |
|
Dr Poonam Thakur |
All India 57th Rank |
|
Animal Sciences |
|
|
Dr Neha Thakur |
All India 22nd Rank |
|
Dr Shubham Thakur |
All India 30th Rank |
|
Dr Anukarna
Singh |
All India 4th Rank in
category |
|
Dr Harshita Sood |
All India 37th Rank |
|
Dr Ajay patial |
All India 74th Rank |
Media
Visit to Department of Animal Nutrition; 1 October, 2015
Palampur 1
October. The University Media Cell conducted a media visit to the Department of
Animal Nutrition , Dr.G.C.Negi
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences(COVAS), CSK H.P. Agriculture
University, here today.
The reporters
representing various vernacular newspapers and news channels attended the visit
and interacted with Dr.R.K.Agnihotri,
Dean, COVAS and department scientists and PG students. They were taken around
the Metabolic Stall and its three units.
The reporters
were informed that the revolving fund scheme in this department was started in the
year 1994-95 with the seed money of Rs. 25,000 provided by the University for
the manufacturing of the various feed materials with the objective to
facilitate the supply of standard quality feed products like mineral mixture, uro-mol-min bricks, milk ration, calf ration, milk
replacer, poultry mash, lab. Animal feeds and dog biscuits etc. on economical
rates, to develop infrastructure in the department out of the funds generated,
to provide hand on practice to the undergraduate and post graduate students.
The technology
formulation and manufacturing of material was being transferred by
participating in training program, exhibitions fairs and festivals. The
major materials which were being produced included
Maintenance / milk production/pregnancy ration to the milk animals;
Modified milk replacer/calf starter for grower calves; Area Specific mineral
mixture/ Mineral mixture/ fortified mineral mixture; Protected protein ration
for high yielding cattle; Different type of poultry feeds; Uromol-min
bricks for cattle (Animal Chocklate); Dog biscuits;
Probiotics; Complete feed block; Lab Animal Feeds; Any type of feed and feed
supplement on demand; Silage; Sheep fed; Emu feed; Fish feed; Rabbit feed; Goat
feed and Laboratory Animal feed
The total sale
turnover of feed production Unit was Rs 2.84 Crore for the year 2013-2014, 2.20
crore for the year 2014-15 and was likely to
cross 2.20 crore at the end of current financial year. The feed
production unit has contributed in a big way from time to time since its
inception towards meeting the financial liabilities of the University.
During the year
2014-2015, the department manufactured and sold 5955 quintal of cattle feed,
1625 quintal of Poultry feed, 7 quintal of Lab animal feed, 401 quintal of Area
specific mineral mixture, 15633 UMMB and 30 quintal of
Silage in Drums. Similarly during the year 2015 until
today, 2344 quintal of cattle feed, 960 quintal of poultry feed, 4.5 quintal of
lab animal feed, 482 quintal of Area Specific Mineral mixture and 29973 number
of UMMB have been manufactured and sold.
The R & D
products of the department were catering mainly
to the each and every livestock farmer of the state including tribal regions
through a network of veterinary institutions of the State Department of Animal
Husbandry as well as through NGO, Milkfed, KVK and
ATIC of the University. The department has been mainly instrumental in
development, production and supply of Area Specific Mineral Mixture based on
the four agro climatic
zones of the state. The income generated from the Feed Production Unit has been
spent for raising university infrastructure and to meet the financial
requirements.
The
departmental research projects have been undertaken for incorporation of
Azolla, Apple-pomace and Sea-buckthorn by products (Sea-buckthorn Cake) -
unconventional feed resources for inclusion in the cattle and poultry ration
for economizing the cost of production. The research work is underway to study
their effect of production, health and performance at different levels of
substitution
The feed
Production Unit has been facilitating livelihood of the local populace by
employment generation in the feed Production by creating job of around 3000 man days every year. The feed Production unit not only
caters to the livestock farmer of the State but Was
also providing quality feed and feed additives to the government
Poultry farms throughout the State, the Wildlife National Park, Gopalpur and
the Bull/ Cow farms under State government.
The reporters
also interacted with Drs. Shivani Katoch, Daisy and Vinod Sharma. Dr.Hirday Paul Singh, Joint
Director (Information & Public Relations) was also present during the Media
Visit.
Campus
Placements; 14 July, 2015:
Godrej
Agvet Limited, a leading company in the field of feed
manufacturing, poultry processing conducted Campus placement for the passing
out graduate and post graduate students of the college facilitated by the
Student Counselling and Placement centre of the
college led by Dr Shivani Katoch. Campus interview was held to select potential
people for Technical Services, R& D and Sales in Godrej Agrovet Limted with Rs 5.5 Lac as annual CTC to MVSc
pass out. Around 15 students participated and the company is expected to hire
substantial graduates in various divisions. This was the second company which
showed interest for hiring graduates from this college during the year
indicating a demand of the graduates passing out from the college in corporate
sector. Earlier Baani Milk Prodcuers
LTD, Patiala had also shortlisted graduates from the college by conducting
campus interviews.
Oath
taking ceremony: 10 July, 2015
Oath taking
ceremony, a pious ritual for the passing out veterinary graduates of 25th batch
was held on 10 July 2015 at 11 AM in the college auditorium. Dr A.K.Srivastava, Director cum Vice
Chancellor, NDRI Karnal was the chief Guest of the function and Dr K.K.Katoch, Vice Chancellor CSK HPKV, Palampur presided
over the function. A total of 39 graduates took the oath of the profession,
listed below. It is notable to mention here that this time 47 graduates are
passing out and 39 took the oath of profession on 10 July and the remaining 8
will pass out a month later since their internship program is delayed by a
month.
It is
worthwhile to mention here that already a few passing out grauates
have found placement with leading Milk corporates working in the region through
campus placements and many have qualified the All India ICAR JRF to pursue
higher education.
|
1 |
Tushar Sood |
|
2 |
Prince Chauhan |
|
3 |
Anurag Sharma |
|
4 |
Manish Kharwal |
|
5 |
Deepak Sobti |
|
6 |
Ankush Kumar |
|
7 |
Kunal Pandit |
|
8 |
Hemlata Gautam |
|
9 |
Jyotsna Chauhan |
|
10 |
Manvi Chaudhary |
|
11 |
Neelam |
|
12 |
Ruchi Malhotra |
|
13 |
Shraya Thakur |
|
14 |
Brij Vanita |
|
15 |
Monika Sharma |
|
16 |
Rohit Kumar |
|
17 |
Takshi Rehalia |
|
18 |
Preeti Rana |
|
19 |
Rajat Dutta |
|
20 |
Naresh Pundir |
|
21 |
Deepa Garpha |
|
22 |
Ashmita Anand |
|
23 |
Aditya Sharma |
|
24 |
Neeraj Thakur |
|
25 |
Indu Bala |
|
26 |
Nirdeshika Chaudhary |
|
27 |
Pallvi Sharma |
|
28 |
Vinay Singh |
|
29 |
Yamika Kashayap |
|
30 |
Shagun Mahajan |
|
31 |
Pranshu Sharma |
|
32 |
Akshay sharma |
|
33 |
Shambhvi |
|
34 |
Rajeev Kumar Kandal |
|
35 |
Roshan Lal |
|
36 |
Tejender Kumar Chauhan |
|
37 |
Pawan Kumar singh |
|
38 |
Swati Sharma |
|
39 |
Shilpa Thakur |
Retirement
functions:
Dr .K K Chadha, Program Co-ordiantor
(Animal And Veterianry Sciecnes)
KVK Dhaulakuan will be retiring from the services on
31 May 2015. VASTA organized the official retirement function in his honor at
college campus on 25 May. Dean of the college Dr Sanjeet
Katoch chaired the function organized by VASTA. On this occasion Dr K K Chadha was presented a departing Momento
from the association Presiedent Dr Shiv-Vani Katoch
in recognition of the services rendered by him in the field of Veterinary &
Animal sciences. He is credited with raising a pure bred Murrah
buffalo farm in KVK Dhaulakuan (Sirmaur)
COVAS students secure top positions in All India ICAR JRF-2015: May 25,
2015
Like
previous years, Students of the college this time too bagged top positions at
the National Level in ICAR JRF examination for admission to post graduate
programs through out India. The detailed list is as
follows
Veterinary
Sciences
|
Name |
Rank at All India
Level |
|
Dr. Jyotsna Chauhan |
16 rank
|
|
Dr. Pallvi Sharma |
20 rank
|
|
Dr Neeraj Thakur |
21 rank
|
|
Dr Manish Kharwal |
70 (1st rank in SC
category) |
|
Dr Nirdeshika
Chaudhary |
77 rank
|
|
Dr Tejender
Chauhan |
94 rank
|
|
Dr Deepa garpha |
11rank in (In ST
Category) |
|
Dr Ankush Kumar |
15th rank in SC
category) |
|
Dr Tushar Sood |
3rd rank in physically
disabled |
|
Dr Yavnika
Kashyap |
25 rank
in SC category |
Animal
Sciences
|
Name |
Rank at All India
Level |
|
Dr Preeti
Rana |
9th Rank |
|
Dr Ruchi Malhotra |
68th (5th in SC
category) |
|
Dr Akshay
Sharma |
76th Rank |
CAP congratulates
and wishes a successful career to all the students who made it in the JRF this
year.
Tit Bits: May 2015:
Prof.MS Kanwar retired
from the services on 31 April 2015. VASTA organized the official retirement
function
The process of
filling up the seats for admission to UG and PG program has been inititated w.e.f 20 April and
will continue till 20 May 2015. This year the applications are being filled
online by logging on to University portla
www.hillagric.ac.in. The entrance test will be held in the selected examination
centres through out the
state in HP on 13 June 2015. This year, the academic council also approved 6
seats for NRI or wards of NRI and 4 foreign nationals who can apply directly
(without sitting in Entrance exam) by filling in the admission form available
on the university web portal.
VASTA organized
World Veterinary Day on 25 April 2015 in the college campus. A marathon rally
including participants from students and faculty was flagged off on this
occasion which covered a distanc eof
5.5 KM inside the campus.
Tit
Bits: April 2015:
Prof. R. L.
Bhardwaj and Prof. K.B.Sharma
retired from the services on 31 March 2015. VASTA organized the official
retirement function for the first time
This year, the
academic council approved a total of 55 seats including VCI nominations for
BVSc & AH in the college. A provision of 6 seats for NRI or wards of NRI, 4
foreign nationals and 3 Self finance seats have been made.
Prof. M.S.Kanwar, Hospital Suprintendent will be superannuating from the services on 30
April 2015. VASTA will be organizing the retirement function on 30 April 2015.
VASTA will be
organizing World Veterinary Day on 25 April 2015 in the college campus. A
marathon rally is proposed on this day.
Palampur
13 Febraury 2015:
Campus
interviews for placement of the passing out Veterinary Graduates of 25 Batch
were held on 13 Febraury 2015 in the campus of
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences Palampur. M/S Baani
Milk Producers limited, based at Patiala conducted the interview led by its
Head, HR Sh Gagandeep Sharma. The interviews were
facilitated by the Incharge Dr R S Chandel and Dr
Shivani Katoch (COVAS) Student Counselling & Placement Cell CSK HPKV. A
total of 19 internees participated comprising of a written test followed by
interviews. 10 internees have been shortlisted who be called for further
interview at Patiala at a later date to be intimated shortly. Job profile
includes provision of veterinary services to the adopted farmers of the company
in Patiala region.
Palampur
22 December.
A team of
veterinary scientists from the Department of Gynaecology
& obstetrics, Dr.G C
Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences organized six clinical camps
in remote villages of district Sirmour. The camps
organized at village Barma-Papdi, Sataun,
Jamna, Khala-Kyar, Nauradhar
and Bhalta-Macher benefitted around 215
livestock keepers. These camps were organized under Rashtirya
Krishi Vikas Yojna(RKVY) project to investigate status and incidence of
infertility in bovines of Himachal Pradesh.
According to Dr.Madhumeet Singh, Professor and
team leader, blood samples and uterine discharge samples were collected for
investigations of various diseases and free medicines were distributed to
farmers. In the last one and a half year, 80 camps have been organized all over
the State including Pangi, Bharmour,
Lahaul & Spiti and
Kinnaur and also some very remote locations like Dodra-Kwar
and Janjehli. Around
2500 livestock keepers received treatment for their animals in these camps.
More such camps will be organized next year also. Drs. Pravesh Kumar and Rohit
Sharma and Mr Vijay Rana were other members of
the team.
Tit Bits: 13 August
2014:
Academics: New session starts:
All seats fill up and 61 students admitted to First Year BVSc & AH for the
session 2014-15. 31 seats in self finance category where as
5 through VCI and the remaining as per the seat plan. Entrance test was
conducted in June 2014 and counselling was done on 1 July 2014. 38 graduates
passed out from the college during the Oath taking ceremony held on 10 July
2014 in which Vice Chancellor Dr KK Katoch was the Chief Guest where as
Director Animal Husbandry Dr KS Pathania was the
Guest of Honor. Out of the pased out batch, 8
students have taken admission for Master's in different departments of the
college, 4 have joined services with NGO, corporate sector, 2 joined back state
department of animal husbandry as VO, where as 24
have taaken admission in PG programs in different
institutes namely IVRI-Bareilly, NDRI Karnal, GADVASU, Ludhiana.
Events: Convocation for the
under graduate students of College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences CSK HPKV
will be held on 15 September 2015 in the University Auditorium in which Sh Anil Sharma, Animal Husbnadry,
Panchayati Raj & Rural Development Minister will be the Chief Guest.
Seven days NSS camp was
organized at village Bharmat(Palampur) w.e.f. 01July to 07 July by Dr GCN COVAS in which
53 students participated.
Retirements: Dr C Varshneya, Professor & Head, Veterinary Pharmocology retired from the university services on 31
July 2014.
Inaugrations: Dr.K.K.Katoch,
Vice-Chancellor, inaugurated Chamundeshwari girls’
hostel (phase-II) on 3 July. He said that the University was known for
providing quality education and all possible facilities will be provided for
their overall development of the students . He also
announced a grant of Rs. 20 lakh for adding furniture
and other facilities in the newly inaugurated hostel. The Vice-Chancellor also
thanked the ICAR for a grant of Rs.1.5 crore for the construction of this hostel.Dr.S.S.Kanwar, Students’
Welfare Officer, informed that the new hostel has 19 dormitories to accommodate
57 students.
Dr Shivani Katoch wins
election to HP State Veterinary Council: 21 June 2014:
Dr Shivani Katoch, A.
Professor Department of Animal Nutrition was elected Member, HP State
Veterinary Council consecutively for the II term in a recently held elections.
Apart from Dr Shivani Katoch, other members elected were Dr Munish
Batta, Dr Anupam Mittal & Dr H S Sumra. HP State Veterinary Council is a
statuary body constituted by the act of Parliament VCI-1984 and has 11 members
which comprises of 4 elected members, 3 members are nominated by the state
government, ex-officio members include Director, AH, Dean, COVAS, President HP
VO Assoc. and Registrar who is also the member secretary. Hp State Veterinary
Council is concerned with the regulation of veterinary profession in the state
of Himachal Pradesh and maintains the register of qualified veterianry
practioners. It also organizes seminars on important
topics related to the profession from time to time in different parts of the
state.
Oath Taking ceremony of
passing out 24th Batch Graduates: 10 June 2014
Oath taking ceremony for
admission to veterinary profession for the newly passing out graduates of 24th
batch (2009-2014) has been fixed on 10 July 2014 in the campus of College of
Veterinary & Animal Sciences Palampur. Dr K K
Katoch Vice Chancellor CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur
will be the Chief Guest where as Dr K S Pathania
Director, Anaimal Husbandry, Govt of Himachal Pradesh
has been invited as Guest Of Honor on this occasion. A
total of 38 graduates will be passing out this year as part of 24 Batch. Out of
this 38 graduates, 2 are in service candidates. A
total of 15 students have already passed ICAR JRF examination and are likely to
pursue their PG program in different disciplines in different institutes of the
country including IVRI, NDRI, GADVASU Ludhiana etc
and some will be pursuing PG program in the college itself. Batch wise
recruitment of already passed out batches have already been held and are likely
to get placement in coming few days. Altogather,
graduate placement in the college is around 100 per cent and their is good demand from the
corporate sector. Placement of students of 24 Batch is also in progress and job
placement recommendations have been sent in few cases.
Girls outnumber boys in
ET-2014 of CSK HPKV Palampur : 8 June 2014:
Combined Entrance Test
2014 for admission to the constituent colleges of CSK HPKV Palampur was succesfully conducted on 8 June 2014 in various centres across the state. A total of 8771 roll numbers were
issued comprising of 3607 male and 5164 female candidates, out of which 7898
appeared in the entrance test. As per the statistics 355 appeared in chamba centre, 1885 in Hamirpur,
2964 in Palampur, 1293 in Mandi, 669 in Solan , 547 in
Una and 185 candidates appeared in Rampur centre. The
ET-2014 was conducted for admission to BSc Agriculture (4
year degree program) and BVSc & AH Veterianry
Sciences (Five year degree program) in which 4999 candidates appeared in
Biology stream and 2895 in math where as 4 students
appeared in Agri stream. The result of the ET-2014 is likely to be declared in
the last week of June 2014 and can be accessed by logging on to the University
web site www.hillagric.ac.in. Counselling will be held in CSK HPKV Auditorium
on 1 July 2014 for unreserved category and on 2 July 2014 for other categories
as per the prospectus.
Dr Shivani Katoch unanmiously elected President of VASTA: 29 May 2014:
New executive of
Veterinary & Animal sciences teachers Association, for the year 2014-2014 was
elected unanmiously in the general house held on 29
May 2014 in the college premises. Dr Shivani Katoch A. Professor Department of
Animal nutrition was elected President, Dr Rajesh Chahota
Vice President, Dr Sidharath Dev Thakur General
Secretary, Dr Ajay katoch, Joint Secreatry
and Dr varun Sankhyan was
elected Treasurer. The newly elected office bearers of the VASTA assured the
house to take up the issues concerning the faculty with the higher authorities
and also sought their support for effective resolution of their issues.
Inauguration
of Experiential Learning Units: May 29, 2014.
Vice Chancellor
of HP Agricultural university Palampur Dr K K Katoch
inaugurated the newly constructed “Model Unit for Milk & Value
added products” & “Veterinary Critical care unit cum Skill
development & Training Centre” under Experiential learning on 29 May 2014
in the campus of College of veterinary & Animal Sciences
Palampur. Dean of the college Prof Sanjeet Katoch
informed that these units have been constructed under experiential learning
program with an budget outlay of Rs One Crore each and
the funding has been provided by ICAR New Delhi. He further informed that these
are basically demonstration units for teaching to the students. The Model
Unit for Milk & Value added products is equipped with state
of art pasteurization unit for processing of the milk and preparing
value added milk products like ghee, cheese, ice cream,etc.
In future the milk of the livestock farm will be pasteurized and packed in this
unit before sale to the local public. The Vice Chancellor lauded the efforts of
the faculty of the college for bringing this project and said that such type of
facility will be very useful for the students as well as visiting farmers. All
the statuary officers of the university were present on this
occasion.
COVASIANS rock in SSB for entry to RVC; May 22, 2014.
Three boys of the college namely Dr Surjeshwar Sehgal, Dr Ajay Thakur and Dr Ashish Sharma have
made to the final merit list of the Remount & veterinary Corps of Indian
Army in the recently conducted SSB at Allahabad. A total of 11 vets have been
short listed comprising of 3 COVASIANs. The final merit list is expected to be
out in the last week of July 2014. CAP congratulates and wishes a successful career
COVAS students secure top positions in ICAR JRF-2014: May 22, 2014
Like
previous years, Students of the college this time too bagged top positions at
the National Level. As per the result declared, Dr Apoorva Shekhar secured FIRST RANK for admission to
Animal biotechnology conducted by JNU. Similarly In ICAR JRF exams, Dr Richa
Thakur secured 12th rank at the All India Level in Veterinary Sciences followed
closely by Dr Radhika Vaidya (20), Dr Deepti sharma
(31) Dr Chaavi Sharma (52), Dr Ankit Ahuja (59), Dr
Swati Chaudhary (61) Dr Varun Puri (74), Dr Ekta (75) and Dr Sanjay Vivek Negi (11 in
ST Category) where as Dr Nipuna Thakur secured 33rd rank in Animal
Sciences followed by Dr Bharti Sharma who got 62 rank at the All India level.
CAP congratulates and wishes a successful career to all the students who made
it in the JRF this year.
Dean: 1 September 2013.
Dr Sanjeet Katoch Prof. & Head, Animal
Breeding & Genetics has taken over as acting Dean,
COVAS, Palampur where as Dr C Varshneya who was earlier acting as Dean, COVAS has been
entrusted with the responsibility of Dean, PGS , CSK HPKV as per the communiqué
received from the office of Vice Chancellor CSK HPKV .
Retirements:31 August 2012
Dr KS Sharma, Prof. Animal Nutrition retired from service on 31 August
2012 after putting in more then 30 years of valuable
services in the college. Dr. Sharma, active and pleasant personality was given
a warm farewell by the Faculty Club wishing him a happy retired life. Dr.
Sharma rendered his services since the inception of the college and was
instrumental in shaping the Department of Animal Nutrition. After retirement,
Dr KS Sharma has settled in Kangra, his native place.
Palampur. 11 April, 2012.
Principal Secretary (A.H.) Dr.P.C.Kapoor inaugurates Animal
Husbandry Workshop at CSKHPAU
Palampur 11 April. A State level two days
Animal Husbandry Workshop was inaugurated at CSK H.P. Agriculture University,
here today. Chief Guest Dr. P.C.Kapoor,
Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Tribal Development, Govt.
of H.P., said that the Department of Animal Husbandry and the University should
develop effective technologies which realize the needs of the society. He also
called for effective transfer of scientific knowledge to the livestock keepers.
He said that there should be perfect skill
in the hands of veterinarians and supporting staff, especially among
pharmacists, and there was need of regular trainings of staff on the lines of
Department of Health. He also felt the need of training institute for the staff
of department. He appreciated the work in Dr G C Negi College of Veterinary
& Animal Sciences(COVAS) and suggested regular
interaction between the field veterinarian and scientists to resolve the
problems faced by the livestock keepers. He assured all help to the college
from the government.
Dr S.K.Sharma,Vice-Chancellor,
said that to achieve required four percent growth in agriculture sector as
envisaged in National Agricultural Policy, animal husbandry sector can play a
pivotal role. He declared that animal husbandry workshop would be annual
feature henceforth and all steps would be taken for better interaction and
collaborative programmes between the University and
department. He said that some areas for future research like effect of climate
change on animals, migratory sheep and goats, animal production and product
technology, infertility ,etc
have been identified. He said that the University was conducting research which
was relevant to some neighboring hilly states like J&K and Uttarkhand. He told that 37 research projects worth
Rs.14.59 crore were in operation in the college.
Dr.B.P.Malhotra, Director, Department of Animal Husbandry, said there
was need to accelerate work on induced lactation in abandoned milch cattle so
that such stray cattle be made productive. He informed that per capita milk
availability in the State was higher than national average.
Dr.A.C.Varshney, Dean of the college, detailed about teaching and
research activities in and requested the chief guest to provide liberal grants
for many new proposals.
Dr.Desh Raj, Director of Extension Education, informed about veterinary
extension education programmes and Dr.S.P.Sharma, Director of Research informed about various
research activities in the University. The Chief Guest also released two
publications on the occasion. Statutory officers and heads of departments also
attended the function.
Source; Public
Relations Unit - CSK HPKV Palampur.
International Conference: 1 April, 2012.
Dr
Shivani Katoch, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary & AH
Extension Education recently visited Egypt to attend the 3rd Mediterranean Poultry
Network, 6th International Poultry Conference organized by Egypt Chapter of
World poultry Science Association at Porto- Marina, Alexandria w.e.f. 26 to 29
March, 2012. Dr Katoch was invited to deliver oral presentation on his research
paper concerning probiotics in Poultry feeding. Around 250 delegates all around
the globe participated coming mainly from Italy, France, UK, Greece, Germany,
Turkey, South Korea, Thailand etc to name a few. Dr
Katoch was granted Travel Award by WPSA to
attend the conference. Participants in the conference included Dr Bob Pym
(Australia), President, WPSA, Prof Dr. Ruveyde Akbay (Turkey) , Past president
WPSA, Prof. Dr Y.Nyes, (France) President Europe
Chapter of WPSA.
Silver Jubilee Cum Second Alumni reunion: 23 September, 2011.
Silver
Jubilee celebrations on completion of 25 years of the College of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences Cum2nd Reunion of Covas
Alumni palampur (CAP) is
being held on 4th and 5th Nov, 2011 at Palampur. Dean,
of the College, Prof AC Varshney has extended a very warm invitation to all the
former students and faculty members, who so ever associated with the college to
become part of this celebration. On 4th Nov. 2011, the college is
organizing a formal function to commemorate 25 years of existence & rejoice
the contributions of each & everyone of those
including teachers, students & others who have been associated with this
college either directly or indirectly.
Retirement:31 August, 2011.
Dr.
LS Sudhakar, Professor Veterinary Anatomy retired after putting in more then 30 years of valuable services in the college. Dr.
Sudhakar, a quiet and pleasant personality was given a warm farewell by the
Faculty Club wishing him a happy retired life. Dr. LS Sudhakar rendered his
services since the inception of the college and was instrumental in shaping the
Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology. After retirement, Dr Sudhakar
has settled in Hyderabad, his native place.
Obituary: 21 August, 2011: Former Deans of the College Dr BS Katoch (1942-2011)
and Dr RC Katoch (1947-2011) expired in the month of July 2011. Stalwarts in
their own field, made a tremendous contribution in the shaping of the College
of Veterinary & Animal Sciences. Dr BS Katoch
joined HPKV in the year 1968, where as Dr RC
Katoch joined in 1973-74 when HPKV was functioning as College of Agriculture
under PAU Ludhiana. Both of them were known for their honesty, uprightness and
professionalism and always sincerely guided the students for hard work and
devotion in studies. Faculty and the students got together to pay obeisance to
the departed souls by keeping a 2 minute silence in
the college premises.
Oath Taking ceremony of the passing out 21st Batch
Source; Public Relations Unit - CSK HPKV Palampur.
Palampur 6 July. Mr
Shanta Kumar, member, Rajya Sabha and former Chief Minister, H.P., has
sanctioned Rs.25 lac to CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University from his
M.P. Area Development Fund. He was in the University as Chief Guest of oath
taking ceremony of passing out veterinary graduates in Dr.G.C.Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences.
While addressing the 19 neo-graduates and
scientists, he said that there was need to increase milk production as milk
worth Rs.50 crore was imported in Kangra district
alone annually from the neighbouring States. The
dairy industry should be popularized among youth. He lamented that most of the
unemployed persons were only interested in government job as they have no love
for labour. He also advised to improve the quality
and quantity of fodder for animal wealth.
Placement of Veterinary Graduates of 21 Batch
July 5, 2011.
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Name of graduate |
Rank |
Placement |
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1 |
Dr Pallavi Bhardwaj |
ICAR Rank-26 (Vety.Sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
IVRI (Public Health) |
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2 |
Dr Monika Bhardwaj |
ICAR Rank-34 (vety.sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
IVRI Vety.
Bacteriology |
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3 |
Dr Anjali Somat |
ICAR Rank-79 (Animal sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
NDRI (Animal Physiology) |
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4 |
Dr Hitesh Jaswal |
ICAR Rank-109 (vety.sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
GADVASU,(Vety,Parasitology) |
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5 |
Dr Rajesh Sharma |
ICAR Rank-114 (Animal sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
GBPATU,Pantnagar,(LPM) |
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6 |
Dr Vijay Singh |
ICAR
Rank-107 Category Rank-12
(Animal sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
IVRI,(Poultry Sciences) |
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7 |
Dr Gauri Jairath |
ICAR Rank-121 (Animal sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
GADVASU,(LPT) |
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8 |
Dr Anil Sharma |
ICAR Rank-165 (Animal
sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
GADVASU,(LPM) |
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9 |
Dr Ankaj
Sharma |
JNU Rank-4 (Biotechnology) |
Selected for Indian Institute of Forest
Management (IIFM) through score obtained in CAT |
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10 |
Dr Surinder Bansal |
ICAR
Rank-183 CAT Rank-9 (vety.sciences) |
Higher Education (MVSc) |
IVRI,(Vety.Clinical Medicine) |
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11 |
Dr Surinder Chauhan |
ICAR
Rank-200 CAT
Rank-11 |
Appointed as Vety.Officer
in Brooks Hospital for Animals in Distt.Rampur(U.P) |
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12 |
Dr Navjot Sharma |
As Field Executive in “BASIT” |
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13 |
Dr Achari Jamwal |
Appointed as Vety.Officer
in Brooks Hospital for Animals at Katra(Jammu) |
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Oath taking ceremony of the 21st Batch:
July 5, 2011.
Oath taking
ceremony for the 20 vet-graduates of the outgoing 21st Batch of DGCN College of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences will be organized at CSK H.P. Agriculture
University, on 6th July 2011. Ex Chief Minster of
Himachal Pradesh, Sh. Shanta Kumar will be the Chief Guest on the occasion. It
is worthwhile to mention here that till date 532 students have graduated from
the college since its inception in 1986 and this is the 21st Batch to pass out
from the college and commensurate with the Silver Jubilee year of the
institution.
COVAS students secure top positions in ICAR JRF-2011:
May 30, 2011
Like
previous years, Students of the college this time too bagged top positions
during the ICAR JRF examinations. As per the result declared, Pallavi Joshi
secured 26th rank at the All India Level in Veterinary Sciences followed
closely by Monika (26th) and Anjali getting 79th
rank in Animal Sciences. other students who secured ranks include Gauri jairath (126), Rajesh Sharma (114), Hitesh Jaswal (109), Vijay Kumar (107), Anil Sharma (166),
Surinder Bansal (183), Surinder Chauhan (200), Akansha
(255) and Sudershan(400). 22 students of the college appeared in the ICAR JRF
exams during this year and 12 of them were able to secure positions. CAP
congratulates and wishes a successful career to all the students who made it in
the JRF this year.
VASTA celebrates World Veterinary Day at Veterinary College Palampur on
30 April, 2011.
Palampur 30 April-2011:
Students and Faculty, led by Veterinary & Animal Science Teachers
Association of COVAS Palampur celebrated with great fervor and enthusiasm the
World veterinary Day on 30 April, 2011 i.e last
Saturday in the month of April. A large number of students and faculty members
participated in the events organized including competition in the category of
Digital Photography on the theme "Rural
people and their animals" in which a large number of participants showed
keen interest and the event was won by Mr.Naresh Pundheer closely followed by Miss. Shyambhavi
and Mr. Rakesh, all students of the college. Further, students also
participated in an Photo Journalism contest in which
Mr. Ankush Rana, student of First year BVSc &AH was declared the winner. On
this occasion Dr. A.K.Panda,
Assoc. Prof. Veterinary Public Health presented his lecture on Rabbies. He emphasized on prevention programmes
for this deadly disease and made aware the august gathering that Rs 2 billion
cost of medicine is being spend on this deadly
disease annually. Dr. S.P.Tyagi
Assoc. Prof. veterinary Surgery delivered a talk on the role of veterinarians
in the society. He emphasised on the increasing role
of Veterinarians in the current scenario of emerging zoonotic diseases like
Swine Flu, bird Flu, rabbies, TB. Ashish Sharma, Fourth year student spoke on the topic, Role of students in
Veterinary profession. The event was hosted by the VASTA and Dr. S.K.Sharma, Hon'ble Vice
Chancellor CSK HPKV Palampur was the chief guest on the occasion. Speaking on
the occasion Dr. S.K.Sharma emphasised on the increasing role of veterinarians in bio
security, food security and environmental protection. Dr. A.C.varshney, Dean of the college presented the
scenario of the college and also highlighted the importance of celebrating the
World veterinary Day. President of VASTA Dr. R.L.Bhardwaj welcomed the Chief Guest and appreciated
the efforts of the faculty in the development of the college. The Chief
Guest distributed the prizes to all the winners followed by a Dham organized at
Gopal Mandir Holta to all the participants.
A Mega DST-
FIST Project for Deptt. of Surgery & Radiology,
COVAS
Palampur 30
April-2011.
A Mega Project amounting to Rs. 32 lac has been
sanctioned to Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, Dr. G.C. Negi
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur for five years
under FIST (Funds For Development of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and
Higher Educational Institutions) by the department of Science and Technology, New
Delhi. It is matter of great honour to all the
faculty members of the department. This project is in operation w.e.f.
April 2011. Dr. M.S. Kanwar, Professor & Head, Surgery &
Radiology has been designated as Program Coordinator to run this project.
The grand in aid under this project will be to establish infrastructural
facilities for post graduate research and teaching in the department.
Palampur 4 April, 2011
The admission notice
for conducting entrance test for admissions to BVSc & AH for the year
2011-12 has been issued by the office of Registrar, CSK HPKV, Palampur. As per
the notification issued, the prospectus and forms have been uploaded on the
university web site www.hillagric.ernet.in which can also be procured form the
general post offices through out the state. The
prospectus are out for sale since 1-4-2011 and will be
available till 20-4-11 which is also the last date of submission. Further, the
forms can be deposited with a late fee of Rs 1000/- till 25-4-2011.The entrance
test will be held on 8 May 2011 at the centers notified in the University
prospectus.
Palampur 4 April, 2011
Out of the seven vacancies offered for
commission in Remount Veterinary Corps at the Bhopal SSB centre,
4 were bagged by the COVASIANS-Palampur. It was a proud moment for the Palampur
fraternity, as the boys once again showed that COVASIANS-Palampur rock. The
Teacher association (VASTA), Covas Alumni Palampur
and HP Veterianry officers
association have all expressed their pleasure. Those selected include Dr.
Nikhil Chopra, Dr. Aman Sood, Dr.Abhinav Sharma and Dr.Pankaj
Sharma
Palampur 21 March, 2011
The renovation of the decade old building
of the Veterinary teaching clinical complex was finally taken and completed.
The old building housing the veterinary clinics had out lived its utility
regards to treatment of the animals as per the advances in the treatment
protocol of the animals. The renovation was completed after the funds received
from the ICAR as central development assistance were released by the university
authorities. An estimated amount of Rs 7 lac were spent. Major alterations
included provision of aluminium panels with glass
replacing the age old brick walls on the sides, floor
tiling, laying of granite shelves and white washing. Apart from this, a new
laboratory adjoining the clinics was renovated and prepared for multi functional works.
Palampur 12 March, 2011.
The construction of the long awaited
Advanced veterinary clinics cum farmer capacity building centre
finally kicked off with the completion of all the processes involved with the
award of the tendering process. it is worth while to
mention here that the foundation stone of the complex was laid by the hon'ble
Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in the month of May 2010. There after the
site on which the building was to be constructed became disputed with one of
the person claiming the owner ship of the land by
erecting fence. The university authorities there after shifted the site of the
construction behind the main building. The state government highlighting its
achievements has mentioned about the new up coming
specialty facilities for animals at Palampur. The funding has been done through
RKKVY.
Palampur 12 July.
Oath taking ceremony for the 31
vet-graduates of DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences was organized
at CSK H.P. Agriculture University, here today.
Dr.S.K.Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, appealed to the outgoing B.V.Sc. graduates and university scientists to continue
working hard to grow higher and make a mark in their profession. He said
that the scientists need to create work for themselves
so that the institution may attain new heights. Similarly, the students
should also try to diversify , which is the need of
the hour. Dr.Sharma
appreciated the college for quality research work alongside teaching as it
hones the skills of students.
Dr.A.P.Singh, Vice-chancellor, Veterinary University, Mathura, who was chief guest,
gave away the certificates to the passing out 31 students and said that
13 students from this batch has bagged junior research fellowships of Indian
Council of Agricultural Research and JNU which was commendable.
Dr.A.C.Varshney, Dean of the college read annual report highlighting
teaching, research and extension education activities. He informed that so far
532 students have graduated from the college since its inception in 1986. He
said that a multidisciplinary modern veterinary hospital worth Rs.11 crore was
under construction with full support of the state government.
Statutory officers, heads of departments
and parents of passing out graduates attended the ceremony. The chief guest and
vice chancellor released three publications to mark the occasion.
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Palampur: 11 May, 2010: Appointments (Alumnus)
Dr. Rajesh Kumar (Batch-XIII) has been selected as
Assistant Professor Animal Breeding & Genetics at
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Sher-E-kashmir
University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, RS Pura Jammu. Dr. Rajesh
is basically from Lahaul & Spiti
who did his BVSc from COVAS palampur during the year
2003 and later completed his MVSc & PhD in Animal
Breeding & Genetics from IVRI Izaatnagar. CAP
congratulates him for his selection and wishes him all the best in his career.
Palampur:30 April, 2010: Retirements:
Dr. Kamlesh Gupta Professor (Animal Breeding) retired on 30 April 2010 after
putting in more then 30 years of service.
Palampur:30 April, 2010:Farmer information cum
modern veterinary Hospital and diagnostic centre.
Government of Himachal Pradesh in principle agreed to the proposal of the Dean
COVAS for the establishment of Farmer information cum modern veterinary
Hospital and diagnostic centre in the College campus.
Proposed centre is to be built in two phases with an
initial outlay of Rs 7 crore for building and rd 4
crore for the equipments. Already Rs 2.8 crore has
been released to take up the First phase of the project. The funding has been
made partially from RKVY and partially by the state government. The foundation
stone for the centre is likely to be laid by in the
Second week of May. When completed this centre will
go a long way in meeting the specialized requirement in Animal health/
diagnostics and for dissemination of information using modern means.
Palampur:30 April, 2010: World veterinary day:
World veterinary Day Was celebrated with enthusiasm and fervour
by the faculty and students of COVAS on 24 April 2010 in the college. The event
was organized by Veterinary Animal Science teachers
association. Dr. Tej Partap
Vice Chancellor of CSK HPKV was the chief guest on the occasion. To mark the
event, a painting competition was organized. Students and faculty members
presented their views with Dr. P.Dhar
giving an interesting talk on Immuno therapy to fight
cancer. The slogan for World veterinary Day this time was One Health One World.
A dham was organized by the VASTA in the Gopal Mandir
Holta which was attended by student and faculty
members.
Palampur:30 April, 2010:COVAS Students win Overall
Championship at NDRI Karnal
A team of 35 students form Veterinary College CSKHPKV gave a competition to all
other teams coming from various parts of the country and won the Overall
Champion trophy in all India youth festival held in National Dairy Research
Institute at Karnal, Haryana from 2nd April to 4th April 2010. Hon’ble Vice
Chancellor CSK HPKV, Dr. Tej Pratap was the chief
guest of this function. The students took part in various competitions like
quiz, acting, dances, singing, skits, mime, poster making and other art
activities. ‘Naati’ folk was especially admired very
much by the audience and won the best folk dance
award. Mr. Suneel Kumar also won the best actor award. The group was led by Dr.
Geetanjali Singh and Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari. The students especially Ashish
Sharma, Anjali Somal, Shivani Chaudhari, Anjali Rana,
Surendra Chauhan, Hitesh Jaswal, Dakpa
Tenzin and Mayank performed very well in this youth festival.
Palampur:30 April, 2010: Seats for admission to BVSc & AH program
increased to 60 in Veterinary College Palampur:
In a major decision, the university administration has decided to enhance the
overall number of seats for admission in First year B.V.Sc & AH from present 47 to 60 during this
academic year. Further as per the CSKHPKV 2015 Frameworks for reforms and
structuring approved by State Council for Agriculture, Horticulture and
Forestry education and research, Government of HP, the number of seats will be
increased to 75 in 2012 and finally to 100 in 2013. University is in the
process of running a veterinary Pharmacist diploma course where it is proposed
to impart training to about 400 veterinary Pharmacists for 2
year duration. The proposed course will be run in overall supervision of
COVAS most probably at KVK Dhaulakuan from this
session.
Research Project: A new research GEF project funded by the World bank under NAIP entitled
" Harmonizing biodiversity conservation and agricultural intensification
through integration of plant, animal and fish genetic resources for livelihood
security in fragile eco system" worth 1 crore was sanctioned to CSKHPKV
Palampur. National Bureau of Plant genetic resources New Delhi wil be the lead centre for
implementing the project where as CSK HPKV Palampur
has been made the consortia partner in addition to NBAGR Karnal, RAU Bikaner,
APAAU Hyderabad. Total budgentary sanction for the
project has been worked out to Rs. 8.83 crore. The area of implementation in HP
will be district Chamba. The Animal Husbandry
component will be implemented by the faculty member of Department of Veterinary
& AH Extension education.
23/2/2010 : NSS wing of COVAS organised a debate on GM crops ,need of the hour . Some of
the speakers who spoke in favour of the topic were of
the view that in the wake of ever-growing population and increased chemical
population due to pesticides ,GM foods can ensure food
security with minimal environmental pollution .Those who were against the view
said that GM crops have detrimental effects on human health ,biological
diversity and it would shift the ownership from farmers hands in favour of multinational companies. DO You wanna say on this issue Express your opinion on this issue
Palampur- 24 October, 2009.Dr. Karam Chand Negi (Batch-XVI) qualifies ARSB Exams and will be
joining as Scientist in ICAR Currently he is pusuing Ph.D program in Virology from
IVRI, Mukteshwar centre.
Students of the college celebrate International day on
climate change 350.org under the leadership of Dr. Kailash Mahajan in the
campus of college of veterinary and animal sciences, Palampur. Dr. Sanjeet Katoch (Prof. & Head -Animal Breeding) Flagged
off the rally to mark the occassion.
Awards and Honors: Palampur: 10 November: Faculty members of the
Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Histology namely Dr. Rajesh Rajput,
Assoc. Professor and Dr. R.L.Bhardwaj, Professor
& Head, bagged Best paper Award along with Gold medal for their research
paper during the recently held International Conference of Veterinary Anatomy
held at Luckhnow.Best paper was awarded for
"Study of the angioarchitecture of the caprine reproductive organs with
special reference to anastomosis of the utero-ovarian arteries" Presented
by Rajesh Rajput in International congress on Veterinary Anatomy &
symposium on "New concept & innovative Technologies in Veterinary
Anatomy of the sustainable Livestock production in the New Millennium"
& 24th convocation of Indian Association of Veterinary Anatomists from
November4-6,2009 at Hotel Taj Residency,Lucknow. Dr R.L.Bhardwaj acted as rapporteur
in a scientific session and got plaque of honour.
Vet Fair 2K9:Palampur
Dated 10 November: vet Fair 2K9 was held on 31 October and 1 November,
2009 in the college campus.Event was inaugrated by Dr. B.C.Bisht
(Director- Animal Husbandry, HP) while it was presided over by Dr. Tej Partap Vice Chancellor of CSK
HPKV Palampur. Highlights of vet Fair 2K9 included Inter College sports and
cultural competitions, Flower Show, Dog Show, cultural night - MEHAK and an
exhibition depicting advancements in the field of veterinary and Animal
Sciences. Only 34 entries were recieved in various
categories of Dog Show where as people showed less enthusiasm in turning up as
compared to previous VetFairs held. Students worked
hard for the cultural night MEHAK which was appreciated by one and all incuding Ambassador of Mongolia who was the chief guest of
the evening. CAP appreciates the efforts made by the students in reviving VET
FAIR and hopes that the coming batches will take up the event with more
enthusiasm.
First Reunion-2009. 10-11 October, 2009:
The first formal reunion of alumni of the College of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Palampur (CAP) was held on 10-11 Oct, 2009. The
event was attended by more than 120 alumni members all over India and abroad.
The alumni were accompanied to this memorable feat by their spouses and kids
taking the total numbers of attendees to around 250. The occasion was full with
happiness, pride and love; zeal and commitment to excel professionally to raise
the flag of alma-mater to greater heights.
On the day of inauguration, the alumni and faculty of this young veterinary
college Palampur were addressed by Dr. A. K.Srivastava,
Director, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal who highlighted the role of
veterinarians and animal scientists in the present era. He also emphasized the
need to organize such functions to keep the spirit of bond and sharing alive
amongst alumni.
The Dean of the college, Dr. A.C. Varshney formally welcomed the guests and
presented the technical report of the college and summarized the journey this
college has made since its inception in 1986. He proudly emphasized that
college can now boast of being the highest centre of
specialized education and learning in different areas of veterinary sciences.
He congratulated the alumni and faculty in same breath for working towards the
betterment of society and for their alma-mater.
Dr. Subhash Verma, General Secretary of the COVAS Alumni Palampur, who was also
an organizing secretary of the event, facilitated this formal reunion. He said
that 19 batches of veterinary graduates have already walked through the gates
of this beautiful campus and this reunion was therefore very much awaited. He
said that the reunion is not only a time of rejoicing our decisions to join the
noblest profession, to enjoy the reminiscent of our student lives, to admire
the achievements of our mates in diverse fields, to see the fulfillment and
sense of satisfaction that this education and profession has brought into our
lives; but also is a time to analyze our actions, to dwell upon our
shortcomings, to motivate each other to give back to the society to the best
our potential and to think and plan for the future of this profession.The
alumni and faculty interacted with each other over the traditional “dham” in Villa Camellia and enjoyed the extravagant dine
and dance reception in the evening. The next day, on 11th October, CAP
remembered all those alumni members who are no more in this world and were
snatched by the cruel hands of death. On this occasion, the organizing
secretary briefly read their biography to the house.The event came to close after lunch. The
general body meeting was held and new executive body was constituted, Dr.
Rajesh Rajput (President), Dr. Sujay Sharma (Sr. VP), Dr. Saniv
Kumari (VP), Dr. Subhash Verma (Gen. Secy.), Dr. Shivani katoch
(Web Manager), Dr. Arun Sharma (Treasurer), Dr. Devesh Thakur (Press Secy), Dr. Surender Gupta (Special invitee-Jammu) and auditors as Dr. Sanjiv Katoch and Dr. Geetanjali
Singh. Apart from this, batch secretary were also
elected to maintain better coordination amongst alumni members. It was decided
that next event of grand scale will be organized to celebrate silver jubilee of
the college. The alumni and their family members after having wonderful time
finally parted to meet again.
2. Elections of Himachal Veterinary Council: 16 October, 2009.
About 450 Vets registered with HVC cast their votes
through postal ballot for electing 4 councilor to
Himachal veterinary Council, the result of which was declared on 15 October at
Shimla. 7 candidates were in the fray out of which highest votes were polled in
favor of Dr. Shivani Katoch (236) followed by Dr. Munish
Batta, Dr. Anupam Mittal and Dr. Amit Sharma (B-XVII). CAP congratulates them
all.
3.New faculty members join: 16 October, 2009.
Palampur. New faculty members joined various
departments in DGCN College of Veterinary & AnimalSciences,
Palampur (HP). Dr. Ankur Sharma, Dr. Ajay Katoch and Dr. Pardeep Sharma joined
as Asstt. Professor in Department of Clinical Medicine.
Dr. Atul Gupta (Veterinary Public Health) Dr. Anish Thakur (Veterinary
Microbiology), Dr. Varun Sakhyan (Animal Breeding
& Genetics), Dr. Gopal Puri (Veterinary
Physiology), Dr. Pallavi Bhardwaj, Dr. Dinesh Sharma (Veterinary Pharmocology) and Dr. Devina
Pathak joined in Department of Veterinary Parasitology. Apart from them, Dr.
Rajesh Chahota and Dr. Subhash Verma joined as
Associate Professor in Department of Veterinary Microbiology.
4.Merger of departments: 16 October, 2009.
As per the guidelines issued by VCI regarding
Veterinary Education, the deprtment of Veterinary Epidemeology & Preventive medicine was disbanded and
merged partially with Veterinary Clinical Medicine and partially with
Veterinary Public Health. The revised curriculum for B.V.Sc and AH was adopted from this academic session
after it was passed by the Borad of studies.
Palampur Vets bag top positions in ICAR-JRF conducted
in May-2009. 16 June, 2009
The 19th batch passing out Students of the College of Veterinary & Animal
Sciences maintained the tradition of bagging top positions at the National
level in recently conducted All India Entrance test by ICAR for JRF. Sagar
Chand got 2nd Rank in Animal Science category at the national level followed by
Ashish gupta who bagged 10th Rank in Veterinary
Science. Shyam Lal got 16th Rank in AnimalScience, Suresh Kapoor (104th Rank (Animal Science)
Ajay Thakur- (120th Rank Animal Science) Himani Dhanze (145th rank- Veterinary Science)
CAP wishes a successful career to all successful candidates.
College vets bag top positions in selection list of
RVC: 16 June, 2009: Dr. Vikas Sharma and Dr. Mayur Varshney were rated
amongst the first five position holder in the overall merit list for selection
in SSB board of Remount Veterinary Corps The selected incumbents have joined
RVC training centre and college- Meerut cantt. on 31sy May 2009. They have been commissioned as
Captain in Indian Army on 31 May, 2009 They will be sent to post commissioned
young officers course at RVC training centre and college Meerut cantt
for a period of 17 weeks. This time a total of 10 vets were selected out of
which 3 namely (Dr. Vikas Sharma, Dr. Mayur Varshney and Dr. Inderjeet Singh) include Palampur vets.
CAP congratulates all of them and wish a succesful
career in Indian Army.
Condolence: Prof. B.Parsad,
Former Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine, COVAS palampur and currently working as Professor at Central University
(North East) passed away on 26 June 2009 at Palampur. Prof. Parsad
was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in March, 2009. CAP joins all students and
faculty members of COVAS in offering condolences to the bereaved family
members.
College Update:13 March, 2009:
Palampur. Team led by Dr. Rajesh Chahota (Batch-IV)
of four veterinary scientists of Dr.G.C.Negi College
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (COVAS) have brought laurels to CSK Himachal
Pradesh Agricultural University.
Recognizing the excellent team work in the fields of Veterinary Immunology and
Biotechnology, the Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology
(ISVIB) has presented Sir F. M. Burnett Memorial Team Award- 2008 to Drs.
Rajesh Chahota, Mandeep Sharma, S. Mittra and S. D. Thakur. The team has been awarded for
their work on Molecular epidemiological investigation of a flea-borne Rickettsial outbreak in the Deol village of Baijnath in
Himachal Pradesh, which infected about 300 people of the village. The team
leader Dr. Rajesh Chahota, who identified the Rickettsial strain involved in that outbreak and presented
the research work in the ISVIB national symposium and conference held w.e.f.
Feb. 26- 28, 2009 in CCS HAU, Hisar (Haryana) was honored with the gold medal
and citation. The conference was attended by more than 100 eminent scientists
from different institutes of the country. Dr.Tej
Partap, Vice-Chancellor, has commended the work of
scientists and expressed the hope that other scientists will also emulate this
team to serve the farming community of the State.
Palampur: New Faculty members: All the newly recruited faculty members
in the College of veterinary & Animal Sciences, Palampur have joined their
place of posting in their respective departments. Most of them had already
joined where as the remaining incumbents selected to
the post of Assistant Professor in the disciplines of Veterinary Pathology and
Veterinary Biochemistry have also joined.
Palampur: Trainings: 2 batches of Field veterinarians attended the 4 day Training program entitled Post mortem examination and veterolegal cases from 24 Feb to 27 Feb, with 20 Vets and
then from 3 March to 6 March with 15 Vets attending the program. The training
program was sponsored by Veterinary Council of India under Continuing
veterinary education program . The participating Vets
felt satisfied and were all appreciative of the training module and the way it
was conducted. The program co-ordinator Dr. V.K.Gupta, Head, veterinary
Pathology felt that all vets shopuld get exposure to
such training modules which will increase the professional efficiency. The
training module focussed on how to read a lesion,
write about it and how to conclude it. A brain storming session for Vetero legal cases practice was held during the training which
was helpful in resolving many vetero legal issues comong across practising vets
from time to time.
2 May, 2009: Friendly match between Faculty and Students of COVAS: A friendly
cricket match was played between the students and faculty members of the college
of veterinary & Animal sciences Palampur on 1 May, 2009.The Student team
won the match by 5 wickets and 7 overs to bowl. The Faculty
team led by Dr. Madhumeet Singh won the toss and
elected to bat first and made 104 runs in 20 overs with 1 wicket to spare.
Scoring was done by Dr. MM Singh with 22, followed by Dr. Shivani Katoch-21 and
Dr. Surinder Chauhan remained unbeaten at 14 runs. Altogather,
the faculty team put up good resistance and were able to put up a fighting
total. The students team had a slow start loosing 3 wickets in quick succesion
but later on Arvind Bharti, final year student, hammered the faculty bowlers
quickly scoring 105 runs in 13 Overs leading the students team to a comfortable
victory.
College Update: 2 February 2009.
1. A four day training under continuing veterinary education programme sponsored by Veterinary Council of India was
organized by the Department of Animal reproduction, gynecology and obstetrics
w.e.f 3 to 6 Febraury. Veterinarians working with the state department
of animal husbandry
participated from all over the state. The training programme
focussed on Reproductive
health management and the training methodology included lectures as well as
demonstration on the practical handling of animals for reproductive disorders.
Notably among those participated included Dr. Bhag chand chauhan, Dr. Rajiv Walia,
Dr. Neeraj Kumar, Dr. Mansi Sharma, Dr. Yudhvir Rana,
Dr. Sanjev Chauhan, Dr. Ramesh Kumar.
2. College literary club: Verve: Web site of VERVE was launched on 6 February
in a function organized by the Club. SWO of the university was the chief guest
on the occasion. Activities included holding of a Quiz Competition, Arm
wrestling and painting competition. The prizes were distributed on the
occasion.
3. Faculty club hosted a tea party on the occasion of retirement of Dr. J.R.Dhanze from
CSKHPKV and welcoming the newly joined faculty members. A momento
on the occasion was given
to Dr. Dhanze who shared his pleasent
experiences with the faculty members.
Aqua Feed Seminar: 22-10-2008. A one day Aqua
Feed Seminar was organized by Department of Fisheries at Veterinary College
Palampur on 21 October, 2008. It was Organized jointly by American Soyabean
Association and Department of Fisheries, COVAS, CSKHPKV Palampur and included
technical session and interaction between scientists and farmers. The Chief
Guest of the show, Dr. P.K.Sharma
Dean, PG Studies,while Speaking on the occasion,highlighted the increasing importance of
Aquaculture in providing livelihood to a large number of farmers in our country
and said that after Green and white revolution, the country is heading for a
Blue revolution. A presentation on Culture and feeding of carps was given by
Dr. G.Ramesh (Technical
Manager, ASA-IM) & Dr. J.R.Dhanze, Dean, College
of Fisheries, NE Central University, Agaratala
(Tripura). A similar, one day seminar will also be organized jointly at Kullu on 23 October, 2008.
College update:06 August 2008.
1. The interviews for selection to the various posts advertised for appointment
to the posts of Assistant Professor & Associate Professor were held on 1
& 2 August, 2008 respectively in the University campus. The disciplines in
which the interviews were held included Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary & AH
Extension, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Veterinary Public Health, Veterinary
Anatomy, Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary Biochemistry & Livestock Product
Technology. The dates for the interviews for the remaining posts in the
disciplines including Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary Pharmacology,
Veterinary Physiology, Animal Breeding, Veterinary Epidemiology Preventive Medicine,& Veterinary Clinical Medicine have not been
intimated yet by the university administration.
2. Seats increased: In a major decision, the university administration has
allowed 5 more seats to be filled in the B.V.Sc & AH program under self
finance category from this academic session. Currently, only 5 number
seats are filled on Self finance basis but with the increase in 5 more seats
the total has increased to 10 number. it is pertinent to mention here that
during 1999, the Self finance category included 10 seats but were later on
reduced to 5. Self finance seats is a major source of
revenue generation for University and B.V.Sc
& AH program attracts lot of takers under this category.
3. Training at Kansas State University (USA). Dr. Arun Sharma (Batch-VII)
currently working as Assistant Professor, in the Department of Animal
Nutrition, COVAS Palampur, will be flying to USA in Kansas State to attend
training program on Feed Extrusion at Kansas (USA) organized by Kansas State
University & ASOCHAM w.e.f 11 to 15, August,
2008. There after, he will be attending a lab work
program in Kansas State university in Deptt of Grain
Science till 30 August 2008. During the visit to USA
he will also be delivering a lecture on Feed Processing & Formulation at
Las Vegas (USA). His visit has been partly funded by American Soybean
Association.
College update: Promotions: 7 April, 2008. College update: Orders for promotion to higher Posts under career
Advancement Scheme were issued in the first week of April. Dr. Adarsh Kumar,
Dr. Sanjay Khurana, Dr. Rajesh Rajput, Dr. S.P.Tyagi were promoted to the post of Associate
professor where as Dr. Alok Sharma, Dr. Ravinder Kumar, Dr. O.P.Kaila,
Dr. V.K.Sharma, Dr. P.K.Dogra,
Dr. Des Raj, Dr. S.Mitra were all promoted as
Professors in their respective disciplines. The Alumni congratulates them all
and wishes all the best in their career.
2. The work for construction of Feed Production Unit is in full swing and is
likely to be completed with in a short period of
time. According to Dr. Arun Sharma Incharge Metabolic
Stall, Department of Animal Nutrition, the total estimate for the project is
envisaged to Rs. 29 lac and state of the art Cattle and Poultry feed
manufacturing unit will be installed. Currently, all the Cattle and poultry
feed requirement of HP State Animal Husbandry department is being met through
Department of Animal Nutrition.
3. The new block of the Post graduate hostel near the Monal
Hostel is nearing completion. The New block has facilities with individual
cubicles for the research scholars.
College Update: Furnishing of the newly constructed Seminar Hall of the college is in
progress. Liberal grant was sanctioned by the Vice Chancellor for furnishing
the seminar hall with the capacity of seating 200 delegates which is fully
conditioned. The seminar hall was a long term pending
need for the college and will serve to organise
college level functions for which earlier the university auditorium was used.
The preparations for conducting the Entrance test
scheduled on 22 June, 2008 at various centres in HP
are in full swing. More then 2000 applications have
been recieved out of which 30 seats will be filled up
and the remaining 5 will be filled through VCI.
ICAR JRF: Sonia Pathania and Anil Patial
(Batch-XVIII) secured 21 and 23 rank respectively in veterinary Sciences JRF organised by ICAR. Apart from them, 2 more students have
secured JRF in Animal Science group.
College Update: March, 27, 2008. Second batch of the field veterinarians
under went 3 days training on Brucellosis which was organised by the Department of Veterinary Microbiology. The
3 day program was organised w.e.f 24 to 26 March, 2007 and was funded by Veterinary Council
of India under the head, Continuing veterinary Education. More such trainings
are proposed in the next financial year. Participants included Dr. Anish Kumar,
Dr. Sanjeev katoch, Dr. Dinesh parmar,
Dr. Neeraj Mohan, Dr. Vikram Vashisht, Dr. Hitender Grahake, Dr. Joginder verma, Dr. Sujay Sharma, Dr. Sanjay thakur, Dr. Anshul Raj,
Dr. varun Sankhyan, Dr.
Seema Sharma.
Teaching posts to be filled up : 4 March, 2008.
The posts of Assistant Professors lying vacant in Veterinary College Palampur
were again readvertised . According to the
notification issued the last date for submission of application form has been
fixed on 15 March, 2008. All those candidates who had earlier applied need not
to apply again but will have to submit a written request.TThe condition of NET will be applicable as
"all those likely to qualify NET will be considered" For details log
on to www.hillagric.ernet.in
Palampur Vets fly to Dubai: 4 March, 2008. Consequent to the role played
by the Alumni, 2 passed out graduates of the college namely Dr. Dushyant Sharma
and Dr. Amit Dogra flew to Dubai to join the front level marketing team team led by Dr. Vikram Sharma in the field of veterinary Products.Before flying to Dubai they were interviewed at
Delhi and were selected. The Alumni wishes them all the best in their career.
Interview for the post of Dean, COVAS Palampur held:4 March
, 2008. The interviews for the post of Dean, College of Veterinary
& Animal Sciences, Palampur was held on 15 Febraury,
2008. The post of Dean, fell vacant after the retirement of Prof. R.C.Katoch, on 31 May, 2007 and
Dr. A.C.Varshney had been
holding the acting charge of the post of Dean The candidates namely Dr,. Sanjeet Katoch, Dr. A.C.varshney
and Dr. C.Varshney appeared in the interview. The
final selection order will be issued after the meeting of the university BOM
likely to be held in the month of March, 2008.
Training on Brucellosis to field Veterinarians : 4 March, 2008 : A 5 day training
programme for the field veterinarians of HP state
animal husbandry department will be organised by the
Department of Veterinary Microbiology w.e.f 12 to 16
March, 2008.. According to Dr. Chahota the 5 day
module will be focussing mainly on the prevalent
Zoonotic disease.The funding
has been provided by the veterinary Council of India
Recruitments: After getting interviewed at Delhi, 2 Alumnus of the
College namely Dr. Amit Sharma and Dr. Dushyant Gupta have been selected to
join marketing Sale position in Dubai. Currently under going
important formalities are expected to fly on to their new destination. Alumni
wishes them all the best in their career.
News Item :
The Eighteenth Batch of the college joined the Internship programme
on 22 January 2008. This time a total of 36 Internees including 6 girls and 30
boys will be under going compulsory internship
training for a total duration of 6 months. This time their has been a major change in the Internship
schedule with the Internees spending a major chunk of time on the college
campus and will be working at Veterinary Institution Shimla for 7 days and at
Sheep breeding farm Tal for 7 days. The Details of the Eighteenth Batch are
being uploaded on the Web site.
4 Febraury, 2008: Dr. Adarsh Kuamr Honored in the 33rd annual function of the Himotkarsh, Sahitaya, Sanskriti Avam Jan Kalyan
Parishad Governor V.S. Kokje has underlined
the role of social organisations in reconstruction of
the society.Presiding over the 33rd annual function
of the Himotkarsh, Sahitaya,
Sanskriti Avam Jan Kalyan
Parishad at Una today he honoured toppers of various
exams including Dr. Adarsh Kumar (Batch-II for topping the Ph.D
examinations of the University.
College boys qualify Army tests: Three passed out Alumnus of the College namely Dr. Vikas Sharma
(Batch-XVI) Dr. Vikas Saklani (Batch-XVI) and Dr. Avaninder Sharma (Batch-XVI) underwent final medical
fitness test at Bhopal after coming out with flying colours
in the SSB at Bhopal to Join Remount Veterinary Corps, though Dr. Vikas Sharma
has been asked to again appear for Medical tests in
front of the board. As per the informed sources, a total of 8 eight candidate
will be selected and final merit list will be prepared shortly. Hopefully, al;l the boys from the college
will make it to RVC. Once selected, all of them will be commisioned
to RVC and will have to under go Six
month training programme at RVC centre & College Meerut cantt.
Alumni wishes them all the the best in their career.