KVASU opens vistas of MS, Diploma courses

Students aspiring to pursue veterinary courses had never it so good. The Kerala Veterinary And Animal Sciences University is calling them to pursue a variety of courses at its three campuses, one at Pookod in Wayanad and two at Mannuthy in Thrissur.

Now is the time to apply for these job-oriented courses and the Vice-Chancellor of the university Dr B Ashok IAS called a press meet in Kochi today to reach out to the student community through the media so that interested students are benefited.

The new Masters courses being launched from 2011-12 are Master of Science in Biostatistics, Master of Science in Quality Systems in Dairy Processing and Master of Science in Wildlife Studies.

The new Diploma courses are Diploma in Poultry Production, Diploma in Laboratory Techniques and Diploma in Dairy Science.

The Certificate courses are Certificate in Capacity Building for Livestock Technology Enterprise and Certificate Course in Wildlife Management.

These courses are apart from the existing BVSc and AH course and BTech (Dairy Science and Technology) courses being offered by the varsity. The university also runs Master of Veterinary Science course (MVSc) and PhD in various disciplines.

A fixed number of candidates admitted for Master's and PhD degree programmes are eligible for assistanship, said the Vice-Chancellor. The Assistanceship for Master's programme is at the rate of Rs 10,000/- per month and PhD at the rate of Rs 20,000/- per month. The eligibility for assistanceship shall be decided based on the marklist prepared for admission.

All the students admitted to Master's and PhD programmes are eligible to get a scholarship amount of Rs 4,000/- and Rs 5000/- per month respectively.

The details regarding the courses are available at the website www.kvasu.ac.in The application for each course should be submitted after downloading the application forms from the above said website, along with the required fee.

The last date to apply for MS programmes is August 10. The last date for other courses is July 25.

Course co-ordinators can be contacted at the following numbers for details: Wildlife Science: 9946734408; Dairy Science: 9447128813; Biostatistics: 9846261694; Poultry Production: 9447918364



Keywords: veterinary courses,The Kerala Veterinary , Animal Sciences University,job-oriented courses,Masters courses,Master of Science in Biostatistics, Master of Science in Quality Systems in Dairy Processing ,Master of Science in Wildlife Studies,Diploma in Poultry Production, Diploma in Laboratory Techniques ,Diploma in Dairy Science,Livestock Technology Enterprise ,Certificate Course in Wildlife Management,BVSc ,AH course ,BTech,Master of Veterinary Science course, (MVSc) , PhD ,various disciplines