Established 1989 Website www.tanuvas.ac.in | Vice-Chancellor Dr. S. Thilagar Founded 20 September 1989 | |
Location Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Address Madhavaram Milk Colony Road, Madhavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Similar Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu Open University, Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedka, Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical | ||
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) is a veterinary university founded in 1989 in Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai, India. It is composed of the Madras Veterinary College, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu and the Institute of Food and Dairy Technology, Koduvalli, Chennai-52. Research farms are for leprosy bacteria, for prawn and edible fish culture, and for animal feed safety.
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History
The Government of Tamil Nadu established the university on 20 September 1989 through the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Act, 1989 (Tamil Nadu Act 42 of 1989). Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (i.e., Madras Veterinary College, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal and Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi) formed the nucleus of university and the institutes became constituent colleges of the newly formed university.
Constituent colleges
The university has the following constituent colleges.