All India Institute of Veterinary Sciences (AIIVS)
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Overview
- News in Brief
- About All India Institute of Veterinary Sciences (AIIVS)
Why in News?
Major development, the Centre, for the first time, has initiated a draft proposal for setting up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Aiims)-like institute of national importance for animal health, education and research in Delhi to be called the All India Institute of Veterinary Sciences (AIIVS).
News in Brief
- If approved, sources said the hospital may start functioning in the next three-four years, though in phases.
- Once the AIIVS starts functioning, the concept could be expanded to other parts of the country, similar to AIIMS.
- The conceptof AIIVS came into the picture when after several attempts, veterinary science and education couldn’t be separated from agriculture research despite the creation of a separate ministry of animal husbandry and dairying.
About All India Institute of Veterinary Sciences (AIIVS)
The proposed constitution
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- VCI is a statutory body established under the Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984.
- It functions under the supervision of the ministry of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries.
- Union minister for animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries will be the ex-officio president of the governing board of AIIVS,
- The secretary in the ministry will be the secretary of the board.
- Union health minister is ex-officio head of the governing board.
- Governing board will comprise the Union Animal Husbandry commissioner, president of the VCI and five vice-chairmen of veterinary
universities and director of the national institutes. - Governing board will comprise Union animal husbandry commissioner, president of the VCI and five vice-chairmen of veterinary universities and director of the national institutes.
About the proposal All India Institute of Veterinary Sciences (AIIVS)
- The institute will also have a 200-500 seater ultra-modern super specialty hospital.
- Also providing outpatient and in-patient medical facilities to animals.
- Institute would also be equipped with advanced diagnostic and teaching facilities for under-graduate veterinarians.
- It would have innovation and research facilities for post-graduate and Phd scholars under one single roof.
- Land for the institute is being searched for around the National Capital Region (NCR).
- Like Aiims, AIIVS would also be an apex veterinary referral hospital in India.
- The hospital will have departments for the treatment of companion animals, farm animals, equines, wildlife and exotic pets.
- The hospital will have hi-tech departments in surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, anesthesia, soft-tissue culture, neuter-surgery, oncology and cardiology, among others.
- AIIVS will also act as a think-tank for policy research and advocacy.
- It would be a centre of excellence for animal pandemic preparedness with the ‘One Health Approach’ of the World Health Organization (WHO).
- Proposal for the AIIVS has been mooted by the Veterinary Council of India (VCI).
- In the first phase, around 200 students will be admitted to the premier institute on the basis of NEET and NTA merit.
- Status
- It would now be placed for formal approval before the Union Cabinet.
- Its total cost, funding and other requirements would be formalized.
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