"Every journey begins with a single step; celebrate the milestones along the way"
Our College, established in the year 2019, as the fifth Veterinary College and Research Institute under the aegis of the prestigious Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University started its missionary journey with a vision to bring out quality Veterinary graduates by providing holistic education, to undertake cutting edge research and to render excellent veterinary clinical service that enhances the quality of life of the farmer and gives a new momentum to the livestock and poultry sectors.
| Announcement of establishment of VCRI, Salem | 13.02.2019 | The then Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu announced of establishment the Veterinary College and Research Institute at Thalaivasal Koot Road in Salem district |  |
| Bhoomi Puja and laying of the foundation Stone | 09.02.2020 |  |
Bhoomi Puja and Foundation stone was laid for the establishment of the VCRI, Salem |
| Inauguration of VCRI, Salem | 22.02.2021 | The new buildings of VCRI, Salem were inaugurated by the then Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nad |  |
| 1st Veterinary Council of India Team Visit | 10.02.2021 to 11.02.2021 |  |
Designated team of Veterinary Council of India, New Delhi visited the College for the very first time and inspected all the established infrastructural and academic facilities |
| Registration of 1st batch UG | 29.03.2021 | The admission of the UG first batch was initiated during the year 2021 with a total strength of 40 students and classes were initiated |  |
| 1st Externally funded Research Project obtained | 29.12.2021 |  |
First research project of VCRI, Salem was bagged with a budget outlay of Rs. 27.78 lakhs from DST-SERB, New Delhi |
| Village Adoption Programme | 15.02.2022 | Under the Village Adoption Programme, a nearby village Sarvoy was adopted by the college. |  |
| 2nd Veterinary Council of India Team Visit | 11.04.2022 to 13.04.2022 |  |
Nominated team from Veterinary Council of India, New Delhi visited the College for the second time and inspected the facilities |
| Establishment of Ambulatory unit | 16.05.2022 | Ambulatory unit of Veterinary Clinical Complex initiated it`s functioning in the Sarvoy village |  |
| Inauguration of the commencement of clinical activities in Veterinary Clinical Complex, VCRI, Salem | 03.06.2022 |  |
The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of our University Dr.K.N.Selvakumar inaugurated the commencement of clinical activities of VCC at VCRI, Salem on June 3rd, 2022 |
| 1st College Day, Hostel Day & Sports day | 11.08.2022 to 12.08.2022 | 1st College Day, Hostel Day & Sports day of VCRI, Salem were celebrated |  |
| 1st National Workshop | 30.09.2022 |  |
1st National Workshop on “Advanced Experimentation Techniques in Cardiovascular Physiology” was organised by the Dept. of VPB, VCRI, Salem |
| 1st International Training | 27.12.2022 | 1st International Training on “An insight into the recent advances in climate change associated livestock production and mitigation” was organised at VCRI, Salem by the Dept. of VPB |  |
| 1st Farmers’ Training | 28.12.2022 to 30.12.2022 |  |
1st Farmers’ Training at VCRI, Salem was organised by LFC |
| 3rd Veterinary Council of India Team Visit | 10.03.2023 to 11.03.2023 | Expert team from Veterinary Council of India, New Delhi visited the College and inspected the infrastructural facilities and manpower. |  |
| 1st Training for Veterinary Assistant Surgeons | 23.08.2023 |  |
1st Training programme on “Reproductive Ultrasonography in farm animal practice,” for VAS at VCRI, Salem was organised by the Dept. of VGO |
| Training on Reproductive Ultrasonography in pet animals | 21.09.2023 | Veterinary Clinical Complex, VCRI, Salem, organized a one-day hands-on training on “Reproductive Ultrasonography in Pet Animal Practice” |  |
| Training on Abdominal diagnostic ultrasonography | 26.10.2023 |  |
One day hands on training programme on abdominal diagnostic ultrasonography in farm animal practice has been conducted at VCRI, Salem by Dept. of VMD |
| National Workshop on Climate change | 21.11.2023 | A one day National workshop on “Mitigating Climate change impact on Livestock production through strategic transformative approaches” for the research scholars of veterinary and biological sciences was organised by the Dept. of VPB |  |
| Training Programme on “Animal Sterilization Procedures” | 28.11.2023 |  |
One Day Hands on Training Programme on “Animal Sterilization Procedures” was conducted at VCRI, Salem by Dept. of VSR |
| 1st Three days National Workshop | 31.01.2024 to 02.02.2024 | A Three days National Workshop on “Optimizing Veterinary Anaesthesia: Elevating Excellence in the Indian Context” was conducted at VCRI, Salem by Dept. of VSR |  |
| Two Days National Workshop | 14.02.2024 to 15.02.2024 |  |
Two days national workshop on “Reproductive ultrasonography and infertility investigation in pet animal practice” was conducted at VCRI, Salem by Dept. of VGO |
| 1st Capacity Building of Women Self - help groups | 14.02.2024 to 02.03.2024 | A Five days training programme on NCW-GOI Capacity Building of Women Self - help groups for sustainable in Diary and Rural Animal Health Care and First Aid in the post COVID Scenario (in Three Phaeses) was conducted at VCRI, Salem |  |
| Farmers Training Programme | 26.02.2024 to 01.03.2024 |  |
The Department of Animal Nutrition organized a Farmers training programme on “Preparation of Least cost concentrate feed for livestock & feed milling operations” under Valthukaatuvum project, Salem |
| Two days National Workshop on Reproductive surgeries | 14.03.2024 to 15.03.2024 | A two days national workshop on “Reproductive surgeries in pet animal practice” was conducted at Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Salem |  |
| 1st Farm Radio School Programme | 21.05.2024 |  |
The Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education organized a Farm Radio School programme on “Summer Management in Livestock Farming” in collaboration with All India Radio, Dharmapuri |
| 1st Refresher Training Programme for Veterinarians | 11.06.2024 to 25.06.2024 | A Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk producers federation Ltd., sponsored Refresher Training programme on “Bovine breeding” to 50 field Veterinarians was conducted at VCRI, Salem by Dept. of VGO |  |
| 1st Refresher Training Programme for Village level workers | 27.06.2024 to 28.06.2024 |  |
Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk producers federation Ltd., sponsored Refresher Training programme on “Artificial insemination and first aid” to 1000 Village level workers was conducted at VCRI, Salem by the Dept. of VGO |
| 1st Training programme for DCS Staff of AAVIN | 14.03.2025 to 29.03.2025 | Dept. of LPT, organized training programme on “Operations and Quality Management of Bulk Milk Cooler and Automatic Milk Collection Unit” for 350 Nos. of DCS Staff of AAVIN, Kallakurichi District |  |
| 4th Veterinary Council of India Team Visit | 02.04.2025 to 04.04.2025 |  |
Expert team from Veterinary Council of India, New Delhi visited the College and inspected the infrastructural facilities and manpower. |
| 1st Pharmaceutical Meet | 12.06.2025 | A one-day Pharmaceutical Meet was conducted for the final year B.V.Sc. & A.H. students of the 2020–2021 batch by the Dept. of VPT |  |
| Recognition by Veterinary Council of India, New Delhi | 12.11.2025 | VCRI, Salem got the recognition for the B.V.Sc. & A.H. course and has been listed in the first schedule of Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984 |
