Chinna inaugurates KCVAS Veterinary Museum

 

AMRITSAR, FEB 12

With a view to provide information relating animal health care and diseases, a `Veterinary Museum’, was today inaugurated at Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (KCVAS), here. The Museum depicts salient activities of College’s departments, apart from pictorial presentations, handouts, charts, layout models for pet, domestic and other animals, models, bio-modules and instruments.

 Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) honourary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina who declared Museum opened, said that apart from providing necessary information regarding the animal health and disease to students, the facility will benefit general public, especially farmers. ``Animal health and diseases is emerging as a major concern for all and especially farmers. The Museum would provide them all kinds of information’’, said Chhina.

 The Museum portrays the sequential presentation of various department activities, health care of the animals and diagnostic procedures, public awareness charts, livestock products and their management and preservation techniques. ``The livestock advisory services and transfer of technological practices at farmer’s door step’’, said Principal of the College, Dr.SK Jand. He said students who would be future veterinary doctors, would take keen interest in the information stock available here.

 Chhina and Dr.Jand also released a book titled, `A Glimpse of Veterinary Education in India’, written by Professor JS Bhatia, an Academic Coordinator at KCVAS, who has put in 50 years of service in the field of Veterinary education. The book, he said, covers the history of veterinary education in Indian sub-continent, resources, strategies, reforms, and overall growth of the sector. Chhina earlier elaborated that public-private partnership was must for the success of veterinary education in the country.

 Others present during the functions included Dr.SS Sidhu, Dr.SK Nagpal, Dr.KC Chaudhary, Dr.Jaspal Singh, Dr.OP Kalia, Dr.ML Mehra, dr.SK Minhas and Dr.JS Punia.