College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur

The College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur, Andhra Pradesh was established in the year 2008 – is self-financing constituent college to impart Veterinary Education in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. This institution is set in Gopavaram Village, Dr. YSR Kadapa District, occupies a vast area of 83. 42 acres of land.

The college provides all types of veterinary education, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level in order to accommodate 352 students with a faculty of 63. It is a co –educational institution where the institution opens doors of opportunities for both the male and female students. The college offers various state-of-the-art amenities intended to complement learning and the welfare of the learners.

The well equipped library makes up that efficiency of study material and acts as a knowledge centre for the students. Modern facilities of laboratories give practical learning in different specialties of veterinary science for preparing the students for further professional practice. The same resides hostels for the students separately for both male and female students with facilities of quality living.

Those interested in having a feel of fitness will be able to make use of a modern gym facility. In attendance to student needs is the health centre, where first aid services are offered to the students by the college. And, also having facilities such as cafeteria, sport’s complex and spacious car park area adds on to the campus cricket.

Veterinary college Proddatur has three unique programmes passed for different category of veterinary education. They are; Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (B. V. Sc & AH), Master of Veterinary Science (M. VSc), as well as Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Veterinary Science. All programmes are on full time basis, the B. V. Sc & AH is a 6- year programme, while the M. V. Sc and Ph.

D are programmes are 2year programmes. Automatic admissions in the College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur, an affiliated college of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University , are based on programme and quota offered and may slightly differ from the other admission procedures. 85 % of the state quota of seats in the B. V.

Sc & AH programme are filled by the students through combined counselling conducted by ANGRAU on the basis of merit rank obtained in AP EAMCET. Special emphasis has been put on farmer’s quota issue where qualifying candidates with linkage to farming must secure at least 25% of total possible area wise seats.

The other 15% comes under the all-India quota which is being conducted by the ‘‘Veterinary Council of India New Delhi’. For M. V. Sc and Ph. D programmes, the admissions are also only open for students from Andhra Pradesh, and the university fills the seats through an entrance test and interview held by SVVU. Also, 30 percentage of the total seats in M. V. Sc are under the ICAR quota.