The Andhra Veterinary College was begun on fifteenth July 1955 at Bapatla. Therefore, the College was moved to Tirupati during 1957 heavily influenced by Sri Venkateswara University. Subsequent to the arrangement of A.P. Rural University (by and by named as Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University), this school came into its crease from July 10, 1964. 

The College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati praised its Golden Jubilee year during July 2004-2005. The then Hon'ble Chief Minister, while introducing the Golden Jubilee Celebration on 30th September 2004 declared the development of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University at Tirupati by bifurcating ANGRAU. This was finished keeping taking into account the improvement of domesticated animals and aquaculture cultivating for the general advancement of the economy of the helpless cultivating network of the State. Appropriately the Andhra Pradesh State Government established Act.No.18 of 2005 which came into power on June 21, 2005. 

The second Veterinary College in the state viz. NTR College of Veterinary Science was begun at Gannavaram in Krishna District during the Academic Year 2000-2001 and the third Veterinary College was set up at Proddatur in Kadapa District during the scholarly year 2008-09. The fourth Veterinary Colleges is built up at Garividi, Vizianagaram District as of late. 

The Dairy Technology program began in the year 1983 and was raised as College of Dairy Technology, Tirupati during 2009. The Mandate of the University is to fortify instructing, rancher situated exploration and expansion activities in Veterinary and unified fields. The college grants guidance prompting Ph.D degree course in Faculty of Veterinary Sciences in 16 (sixteen) disciplines. 

The University will work for 

• Improving the quality upgrade of instruction in Veterinary, Dairy, and Fishery parts so as to create capable alumni and postgraduates to build domesticated animals riches and to profit animal ranchers, fish ranchers, and handling enterprises. 
• Upgrading the efficiency and benefit of domesticated animals and fisheries under various cultivating frameworks of the State with an accentuation on characteristic asset arranging and ecologically economical administration rehearses. 
• Increasing fundamental and applied research in the regions of the creature and fish creation, wellbeing, and the board to handle the current and rising circumstances. 
• Creating suitable systems to handle the future catastrophes influencing animals' government assistance by gauging dependent on logical information. 
• Recommending opportune domesticated animals improvement strategy activities for the province of Andhra Pradesh. 
• Accomplishing mastery and proficiency in the use of Biotechnology and other bleeding-edge advancements for improving domesticated animals' profitability. 
• Post-gather dealing with and esteem expansion to animals, dairy, and fishery items. 
• Creating financially savvy domesticated animals ranch hardware, gear, sustainable power sources, and so forth. 
• Create suitable HR to fulfill the future needs at the National and International level.

Contact Details

Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University

Administrative Office

Dr.Y.S.R. Bhavan

TIRUPATI-517 502

svvu.edu.in

Applications are invited by Venkateswara Veterinary University for admission into Ph.D. program for session 2020-21. 85% seats are for students belonging to Andhra Pradesh and 15% of seats are open for candidates of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Candidates are exempted from appearing entrance examinations who have qualified ICAR SRF (PG).

Registration Fee: Rs.1200/-, (Rs.600/- in case of SC/ST/PH candidates)

Fee can be paid online.

• Andhra Bank
• Thummalagunta branch, Tirupati
• Account No: 209810100016530,
• IFSC Code: ANDB0002098

having UTR No./Transaction ID

Number of seats

• The details of seats available for fresh candidates for admission into Ph.D course in various major fields of study are as shown in APPENDIX]

Qualifications

• Candidate should have Master of Science or an equivalent examination in Veterinary Science with at least 70% marks in the aggregate from SVVU/ANGRAU or from an institution accredited by ICAR. 60% marks in the aggregate will be eligible in the case of SC, ST and PH candidates. The Basic Degree i.e. B.V.Sc & A.H. is essential.

Age: The upper age limit is 50 years.

Reservations of Seats

• Scheduled Castes: 15%
• Scheduled Tribes: 6%
• Backward Classes: 29%
• Physically challenged: 3%
• For Women: 1/3rd (It will be filled up by men if no lady candidate is available)
• for EWS: 10%

Criteria for Selection

The Weightage of marks will be as follows:

• Entrance Test: 50
• M.V.Sc level: 20
• B.V.Sc level: 10
• Interview performance: 20
• Total of 100

The qualifying marks in the entrance test shall be 50%.

The duration of the Entrance Test will be one hour.

100 multiple choice questions each of one mark weightage.

Certificates/ Documents and Other Enclosures Needed

• Memoranda of marks at B.V.Sc and M.V.Sc level 
• Provisional/degree certificates
• Date of Birth Certificate (SSC Certificate)
• Physical disability certificate 
• Caste Certificate

How to apply

The applications shall be downloaded from the university website, www.svvu.edu.in.

After download candidate has to fill the application and attach attested copies of required certificates and copy of the counterfoil of Registration Fee.

Applications should reach the 

• Registrar
• SVVU
• Administrative Office
• Dr.Y.S.R. Bhavan
• Tirupati – 517 502

General Instructions 

• All admissions will be regarded as temporary and subject to facilitate Research. They will be obligated for wiping out at any phase during the investigation of the understudies in the event that it is discovered that confirmation is in at any rate in opposition to the standards or invalid by reason of mistaken or bogus data outfitted by candidates or their folks/watchmen at the hour of admission. 
• Any retraction of admission will not avoid corrective activity under the pertinent criminal law. 
• The Ph.D. understudies ought not to be on the dynamic moves of work of Government or University or some other association private or open – during the time of satisfying the base private necessities for the course. 
• The competitors ought not to enroll for some other degree/certificate program and proceed with the Research simultaneously on customary or low maintenance premises either in this University or in some other University/Educational Institution. 
• The individuals who were pulled back from Ph.D. courses in SVVU for not keeping up least OGPA and again applying during resulting years, ought to show up for the passageway test and look for admission once more. 
• The individuals who joined Ph.D. courses in SVVU yet couldn't finish the prerequisite and applying again will show up for the entrance tests. Nonetheless, payment if any covered before will be recouped. 
• The individuals who finished the Ph.D. course in one control and applying for induction into an alternate order will not be considered for confirmation. 
• At the point when a similar course is offered at more than one grounds, the University maintains whatever authority is needed to designate an understudy to any of the grounds regardless of the district to which he/she has a place. 
• The University claims to itself the authority to drop or change any of these guidelines without earlier notification. 
• If seats saved for ST are not topped off they will be available to SCs and the other way around. In the case of up-and-comers from SC and ST are not accessible these seats will be assigned to the applicants under open rivalry. Whenever qualified up-and-comers having a place with BC of the specific gathering are not accessible the leftover seats will be balanced for the up-and-comers of the next gathering. Whenever qualified competitors having a place with BC are not accessible to top off the seats saved for them, the leftover seats will be treated as an open rivalry. 
• If genuinely tested classification applicants are not accessible those seats will be dispatched according to Government request. 
• The ICAR situate if stay empty will not be filled by University with up-and-comers having a place into AP. 

Research activities 

• Research activities are embraced at Livestock and Fisheries Research stations and State Level Diagnostic Laboratory according to their endorsed specialized program. Furthermore, Research is likewise directed by the understudies as a piece of their Post Graduate and Doctoral certificate program. In showing divisions and in the exploration stations with explicit command and destinations for giving circumstance explicit answer for issues influencing domesticated animal creation in the State. The Faculty individuals will embrace research movement through the outside subsidized undertakings. Research supported by ICAR, DBT, DST, RKVY ect., 
• The State Level Technical Program (SLTP) meeting will be held each year so as to survey the execution of the specialized program of exploration stations and to settle the specialized program for the ensuing year. The Principal Investigators of all remotely supported Research undertakings will introduce the advancement of work done at their individual foundations. 
• The Research and Extension Advisory Council (REAC) is a legal body of the University to recognize researchable issues and issues looked by the ranchers and domesticated animals proprietors in the state for prioritization of exploration work. Dynamic ranchers and authorities from line offices are individuals from the REAC who recommend contributions for planning research projects of the University.