College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Selesih
The College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, one of the constituent colleges of the Central Agricultural University, was established through the promulgation of an ordinance (No. M-2 of 1995, dated 20 February) and became functional with the admission of first batch of students to BVSc & AH degree course in the 1997. It is near Aizawl in the state of Mizoram.
Lalnuntluangi Hmar is in-charge dean of the faculty.
The college took part in a CAU-organised North-East Agri Fair 2007–2008, and in a national seminar on "Integrated Farming System relevant to North-East region" in February 2008. The Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology & Obstetrics of the College organised XXVII Annual Conference of ISSAR from 27 September 2011.
The college is in Selesih, North Aizawl, about 12 km from Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram, on the Aizawl-Sihphir-Silchar sub-highway. The campus is spread over 168.61 acres (0.6823 km2) of land, mostly of hilly terrain at 965 meters the sea level. It has students from the North Eastern Hill States including Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur.
As per the Veterinary Council of India’s Minimum Standards for Veterinary Education (five-year BVSc & AH degree course) Regulations 2008 (implemented from the academic session 2009–10), the college has the following 17 teaching departments:
The Biochemistry Unit teaches and conducts research in comparative basic biochemistry (biochemical basis of the functions of cells, organs and tissues), cell biology, molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics and biotechnology and clinical biochemistry (application of biochemistry in clinical disease diagnosis) of animals and birds.
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