Veterinary College and Research Institute, Udumalpet

Veterinary College and Research Institute, Udumalpet was announced as the seventh constituent college of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University videGO. (MS) No.96 dated 18.08.2020 for the establishment of VCRI, Udumalpet. The foundation stone was laid on 07.11.2020.

The Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of the Veterinary College and Research Institute, Udumalpetby video conferencing mode on March 9, 2023.The total area of the college is 44.89 acres. The main campus is located at Pannaikinaru village, Udumalpet located approximately at a distance of 18 Km from the Udumalpet town and Veterinary Clinical Complex is located at Pethapampatti village located 15 kms from Udumalpet.

The college started functioning from 16.12.2020 at the temporary campus of RKR Higher Secondary School, Udumalpet with seven departments namely Veterinary Anatomy, Veterinary Physiology and Bio-Chemistry, Livestock Production Management, Animal Genetics and Breeding, Animal Nutrition, Veterinary Pathology and Veterinary Microbiology essential for the first two years of undergraduate course and Veterinary Clinical Complex started functioning from 16.12.2020 at Pethapampatti village.

The Veterinary College and Research Institute, Udumalpet, started functioning with seventeen departmentsfrom 09.03.2023 onwards in the newly constructed buildings at pannaikinar. The permanent campus houses administrative building, eight academic blocks, Livestock Products Technology block, Postmortem block, Livestock Farm Complex, boys hostel, girls hostel, Dean’s quarters, two Warden quarters, and Canteen facilities.

The institute started functioning with the admission capacity of 40 students per year from the academic year 2020-2021 onwards. The B.V.Sc. & A.H. course is being offered to the students as per the Minimum Standards of Veterinary Education (MSVE-2016).From the academic year 2023-24, the number of students admission has been increased to 80 per year.

Our aim is to be a pioneering institution incorporating best practices in providing quality education, pursuing field-oriented research and dissemination of latest technologies to the farmers for enhanced productivity.

To impart quality education through tech-based instruction to the students, performing field oriented and advanced research in the field of Veterinary and animal sciences and to transfer the innovative technologies to the rural farmers based on the perceived needs in association with line departments and other partnering organisations.

Faculty members are in place for all four-year departments including Veterinary Clinical Complex and Livestock Farm Complex. The institute has a well-qualified and dedicated teaching faculty and most of them are PhDs. Many faculty members have acquired their higher education degrees at national and international level.