State Veterinary college in Jalukie

GOVT. SIGNS MOU WITH CAU; ENROLLMENT BY JULY
Nagaland Government and the Central Agriculture University (CAU), Imphal on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for establishment of the College of Veterinary Science (CoVS), Nagaland at Jalukie in Peren district.
The MoU was signed by chief secretary Pankaj Kumar on behalf of the state government while CAU registrar, Dr. P. Madhusoodanan Pillai signed on behalf of CAU at the chief secretary’s conference hall, Kohima.
The MoU would introduce various courses on Veterinary and other related disciplines in the country with the approval of the Board of Management, Central Agriculture University, Imphal.
State chief secretary, Pankaj Kumar said it was a milestone and an achievement for the state and hoped that the process of CAU Veterinary College at Jalukie would start soon with the signing of MoU.
While stating that agriculture was the lifeline for the people of North East, CAU Registrar hoped that through such small intervention by the CAU, the people would benefit in the field of Agriculture.
Though the College of Veterinary Science Nagaland was under CAU Imphal, Dr. Pillai said that the “bifurcation of university” was in the offing, for which proposal would be finalized within this year. He said that the CoVS “might come under” the University in Meghalaya. 
He also informed that CoVS would begin its academic session by enrolling around twenty students by July 2016.
However, Dr. Pillai said for Veterinary education, approval from the Veterinary Council of India was required and the functioning of the college “may be delayed” due to paper works and formalities.
He said that the plan was to have a “bifurcated structure” at Peren to start the programme by this year.  “If that is not possible, the second plan is to start the first batch at veterinary college Aizwal and shift to Nagaland on the second year”, he said.
Dr. Pillai said that the progress and ultimate result of the proposed plan would be seen “within two or three months”.
As a start, he said that faculty for the college could be taken from the existing CAU, while recruitment for faculty would also be advertised for indigenous habitants of the state. Commissioner and secretary, Veterinary & Animal Husbandry, M.K Mero informed that the CoVS would be the second Veterinary college in the North Eastern region with the first being in Mizoram.
He also informed that the department had acquired 1038 acres land out of which 266 acres was given on lease for the construction of the College at Jalukie.
Earlier, the lease deed was signed between DC Peren on behalf of the state government and CAU Registrar on behalf of the Vice Chancellor CAU, Imphal on January 21 at Peren.
Executive engineer CAU Imphal, Victor Kumrah also made a presentation and highlighted about the project taken up by NPCCL after an agreement signed on on September 1 2015.
Others present during the signing of the MoU includes officials from CAU Imphal, V&AH department, SASRD (NU) and National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCCL).