Students Welfare & Facilities available at IVRI Deemed University
Sports and Recreation
The institute encourages extra-curricular activities outside the classroom
that enrich cultural, physical and social life of students. Spacious play
grounds are provided in the students' hostels and necessary facilities exist
for outdoor games like cricket, hockey, volley ball, badminton and various
other athletic events. There are facilities also for indoor games in each hostel.
There is a Student Sports Fund to which every student subscribes a sum of
Rs. 100/- at the beginning of each academic year. The amount so collected is
used in improving the sports facilities for the students and promoting literary
activities among them.
Medical Facilities
Qualified medical officers look after the health of the students. The
Institute dispensary is located within the campus. The medical officers reside
at the Institute campus and are available round the clock. Free medical services
are provided to students at the Institute's dispensary.
Medical Insurance Scheme
Besides the above, Mediclaim Insurance facility is available to postgraduate
students of this Institute on optional basis. The policy under this scheme covers reimbursement of hospitalization expenses only for illness/
diseases contracted or injury sustained by the insured person. This scheme
is not applicable for in-service students.
Students Welfare Fund
With a view to render financial aid to students in distress and to support
any other student's activities a Student Welfare Fund has been instituted.
All students are required to contribute Rs. 100/- for the Fund at the beginning
of each academic year.
Students' Council
All students admitted to this Institute will automatically become members
of IVRI Students' Council and are entitled to participate in the Council Election.
However, in the case of students sponsored by various organisations, the
sponsoring organisations should indicate in the application form itself whether
they would have/would not have any objection to their nominees holding an
office in the IVRI Students' Council.
Student Hostel Mess
Every hosteller will have to take meals in the hostel on payment of
usual charges as fixed by the Competent Authority.
Computer Centre
The Institute has a well developed Computer Centre with adequate
facilities for students for statistical analysis of data, etc. generated out of thesis
research work. A Course on Data Processing and Computer Application is
offered to the P.G. students by the Centre. Internet, intranet and e-mail facilities
are also available.
Library Facilities
The National Library of Veterinary Sciences at IVRI has a collection of
more than 2,50,000 highly specialized reading material in the form of books,
journals, monographs, theses, reference works published data, bulletins,
reviews, advances, reports, reprints, micro-documents etc. The library is
subscribing about 125 foreign journals and about 103 Indian journals each
year. Facilities for information, access and retrieval from CD-ROM databases
in the multi-user environment is provided using CD-Mirror Hybrid Server on
nominal charges. Library has been using Libsys 4.0 software for automation
of library activities. All the Ph.D. Theses available in the library have been
digitized in PDF form and are available for use in library premises. Library
provides E-mail & Internet facilities to its users at 24 terminals during all working
hours and days. Three reading sections of the library are air-conditioned.
Digital Video Recording based Close Circuit TV system with 22 cameras is
being used in the various sections of the library for electronic surveillance.
Photocopy facility is also made available in the library at nominal charges.
Rules for Library Facilities for PG students:
- Five books are issued for 30 days and one journal for overnight to each
student. If the issued publications are not returned within prescribed period
a fine charged as per existing library rules.
- One soft copy (CD) of the books, if available, is issued to the student for
overnight.
- If the books is torn out and misused while in custody of student/user, he/
she shall be required to the penalty as decided by the competent authority.
- If one volume of multi-volume set is damaged or lost while in the custody of
the borrower, he/she will be liable to replace whole volume or pay the cost
of whole volume alongwith a penalty as may be imposed by competent
authority.
- In case of loss of book, the borrower will be required either to replace the
book with the latest available edition or pay the cost of book alongwith a
penalty equal to the cost of book.
- Library provides the reference research facility through CD-RoM in
computers and the printouts on the payment basis @ Re.1.00 per page.
Photocopy facility is provided on nominal payment @ Re.050 per exposure.
These rates are subject to change from time to time.
Communication Centre
The Communication Centre provides the necessary support to the
scientific community of this Institute as a central facility for photography, art,
reprography, printing, publication, information and media coverage.
Placement Cell
The Institute is annually producing, on an average, more than 100
well-trained competitive professionals with attractive employment opportunities
in various sectors such as State and Central Govt., NGOS, Armed Services,
Agricultural/Veterinary Universities, R&D jobs in Industry and Central Institutes,
including Business and Media Management. The Placement Cell encourage
linkages between leading organizations of livestock sector, other prospective
employers and out going post-graduate students to provide assistance in
placement of this highly trained human resource.