Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Sciences University

About Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Sciences University

Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU) is a State Agricultural University with specialization in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry. The university is one of the pioneer institutes related to Veterinary Research and Extension in Central India. It has been established to enlighten and empower students by imparting advanced knowledge in the fields of animal and fishery sciences through innovative ways, very efficiently and effectively. MAFSU was formally notified on November 17th, 2000 and was established under the State Act No. 1998 (MAH.XVII of 1998) on December 3^rd, 2000 with its headquarter at Nagpur. The University has been carved out of the four Agriculture Universities in the state by transferring five Veterinary Colleges, one Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary & Animal Sciences and one Dairy Technology College. Each college has some highly specialized and well developed departments which include India’s first Veterinary Nuclear Medicine Centre (VNMC) at Mumbai, Embryo Transfer Technology Laboratory and Mineral & Hormonal Assay Laboratory at Akola, Swine Fever Surveillance Centre at Nagpur etc. Besides ten colleges in three faculties, Director of Instructions, Director of Research and Director of Extension and Training, the University has a well developed Students Welfare Section, University Library, Bio-informatics Centre and training and placement centres. With the new concepts of research and extension responsibility, the University plans to initiate and coordinate research projects with the other universities, institutions of ICAR. The University draws its major financial support from the State Government’s Annual Grants for meeting its expenses on salaries and recurring and non-recurring expenses relating to the plan and non-plan subjects. In addition, University also receives a major financial support from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research as development grants being a State Agriculture University (SAU). The research projects are supported by DBT, DSIR, MoFPI, DST, NABARD, Pharmaceuticals companies.

Constituent Colleges of Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University

1.  Veterinary Colleges

• BVC - Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai
• NVC - Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur
• COVAS Parbhani - College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Parbhani
• COVAS Udgir - College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Udgir
• KNPCVS - Krantisinh Nana Patil College of Veterinary Science, Shirwal, Satara
• PGIVAS - Post Graduate Institute Of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Akola

2.  Fishery Sciences Colleges

• CFS Nagpur - College of Fishery Science, Telangkhedi, Nagpur
• CFS Udgir - College of Fishery Science, Udgir

3.  Dairy Technology Colleges

• CDT Pusad - College of Dairy Technology, Warud, Pusad
• CDT Latur - College of Dairy Technology, Udgir, Latur

Faculties and Departments at MAFSU

Facilities at MAFSU

Hostels - Hostel accommodation is available for a limited number of students the colleges of the University.

Library - It has a total collection of 33,707 books including 26,432 books, 5,125 back Volume and 2,150 Thesis. It also has abstracting service through off line Data bases (VET, BEAST, FIST). It also facilitates internet facility with access of ICAR Consortium. The demand of journals are met through Consortium for e-resources in Agriculture developed by ICAR under NAIP (http://cera.jccc.in)