VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE
TIRUNELVELI
This centre was started on 13-11-1980.
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- A 3 years ICAR Adhoc Research scheme on “Study on economic traits of Kanni goats and establishing them as a breed” was completed on July, 2002 with a grant of Rs.27.38 lakhs with Dr.S.Balachandran, Professor and Head, VUTRC, Tirunelveli as its Principal Investigator.
- A 3 year research project of Tamil Nadu State Land Use Board, “Establishing model fodder farms through VUTRCs” is under progress. Co-Investigator: Dr.S.Balachandran, Professor and Head.
- One day off-campus training programmes on Milch animals management were imparted to IRDP beneficiaries belonging to 19 Panchayat Unions of Tirunelveli district during 1997-98 and 1998-99 in coordination with DRDA, Tirunelveli.
- Fourteen off-campus training programmes on milch animal management were conducted to SGSY beneficiaries of Tirunelveli district for the year 2000-01 in coordination DRDA, Tirunelveli and 983 beneficiaries got benefited.
- Eighteen off-campus training programmes on Milch animal management were conducted during 2001-02 and 2002-03 and 1584 beneficiaries were benefited.
- On-campus (one, two and three days) training programmes on Dairy farming, Fodder production, Milk and milk products, Poultry farming, Goat husbandry and Pig farm management are being conducted regularly to farmers, unemployed youth and women at Veterinary University Training and Research Centre Campus, Ramayanpatti, Tirunelveli. In all, 538 persons were imparted training during 2002-03 in 20 training programmes.
Dr. M.N.Sundararaman, Professor and Head
Dr. S.Vasantha Kumar, Assistant Professor
Dr. T.Ravimurugan, Assistant Professor
Dr. V.Thanaseelan, Associate Professor
Dr. R.Ramprabhu, Associate Professor