Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) was established at Ludhiana by an act of the Punjab Legislature No. 16 of 2005 notified in the Punjab Government Gazette on August 9, 2005 and it started functioning w.e.f. April 21, 2006 for promoting livestock production, health and prevention of the disease(s) through integrated teaching, research and extension programme(s). The University was established with the following goals and objectives:

• To provide adequate supply of trained veterinary professionals including Master’s and Doctorate level specialists capable of handling livestock health and production aspects according to the needs of the State Government and allied agencies.
• To undertake research work in selected areas and wherever applicable following multidisciplinary approach.
• To provide opportunities for continuing education for professionals in Veterinary Science.
• To provide consultancy and specialist services to livestock owners, government, semi-government and allied agencies.
• To run “Referral” hospitals for specialized treatment and also to provide clinical training to the students.
• To provide technical expert advise to different government and other agencies whenever called upon.
• To foster faculty development by providing opportunities to participate in appropriate training programmes, conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia etc. and avail other opportunities in exchange programmes.
• To encourage cooperation and collaboration with other departments, colleges, universities and industries, both nationally and internationally.

The University library has modern facility to collect, evaluate and organize information resources that adequately support the curricula of the colleges, the research programmes and the general informational needs of the university. The library is computerised and automated of its operations. The library allows open access to its collection and provides services to its users. The Campus Wide Local Area Network has been developed and a lease line of 100 Mbps with 24 hours connectivity provided under NKN Project. The State of art IT services have been used/utilised to provide a single point online access to various digital resources and other library services to its users. The library provides access to about 3400 journals in the broad spectrum of Agricultural Sciences including Veterinary Sciences, Animal Husbandry, Livestock Management & Poultry Sciences, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Dairy Technology, Biotechnology, Animal Nutrition and allied subjects through the Consortium for electronic Resources in Agriculture (CeRA). Access has been provided to KrishiPrabha, a database of doctoral dissertations and theses submitted to Agricultural Universities in India. In addition links have been given to various open access electronic information resources. The Library provides the facility of Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) not only inside the library but throughout the campus vide intranet. Library has procured 20 e-books for the academic community of GADVASU. The university library has also subscribed to 11 foreign journals, 7 Indian journals and two databases (Veterinary Science Database and Indiastat.com) during the year 2013-14.