College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandr

The College of Veterinary sciences & Animal Husbandry, one of the constituent colleges of the CAU was established through the promulgation of an ordinance (No. M-2 of 1995;dated 20th February 1995) and became functional with the admission of first batch of students to B.V.Sc. & A.H. degree course in the year 1997.The College is located at Selesih, North Aizawl that is about 12 km away from Aizawl, the capital city of MIZORAM, on the Aizawl-Sihphir-Silchar sub-highway. The Campus of the College is spread over 168.61 acres of land, mostly of hilly terrain at an altitude of 965 meters the sea level. The Climate of Aizawl is very pleasant, generally cool in summer and not very cold in winter. The minimum and maximum temperature ranges from 7o-8oc to 30o-32oc . It rains heavily from May to September and the average annual rainfall is about 2500 mm.The jurisdiction of the College extends to different North Eastern Hill Sates that includes the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Sikkim. The College has 17(Seventeen) Teaching Departments and a Clinical Veterinary Teaching Complex as per the Minimum Standard For Veterinary Education Regulation-1993 prescribed by the Veterinary Council of India.

Computer Lab: The College is connected to the Internet through V-SAT. Twenty computers are available in the Computer Laboratory attached to the Department of Animal Genetics & Breeding. The Computer Laboratory is provided with a 10 KVA online UPS for 24 hours power back-up.During the year 2007-08, the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, New Delhi has sanctioned a Project for the establishment a Bioinformatics Centre with a financial grant of Rs. 20.00 (Rupees Twenty Lakh) only. The Centre will be located in the newly constructed Library.
Library: The College has a good collection reading materials in the form of books, journals, bulletins etc. It subscribes 32 National Journals and 14 International Journals. Library procures the latest edition of books/publications from different sources. It also provides Reference Retrieval System/Facility through CD-ROM and print-outs. A reprography facility is also available in the Library to cater the photocopying needs of the students and staff.The College has a new Library building having all the sections.