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Welcome to MAFSU
Our mission is to ensure enlightenment and empowerment
of students by imparting advanced knowledge in the fields of animal, dairy and fishery
sciences by adopting innovative, efficient and effective strategies. We will strive
for creating rural employment, economic prosperity and well-being of the resource-poor
farming community in the state through viable and vibrant research and impact making
extension education services and growth oriented and faculty - friendly practices.
We will contribute to public health research and practices with an ultimate aim
to enrich human nutrition and welfare.
By using the latest technologies, we will make education meaningful,
relevant, universally accessible, intellectually stimulating and professionally
challenging. We will create environment for conducting need based high-quality research,
applying the best outreaching strategies and practices, leveraging the strength
of our network of constituent colleges and affiliated institutes. We shall produce
and offer well trained highly competent manpower and hi-tech newer technologies
for enhancing productivity, augmenting production quality and safety of the livestock
products, without compromising animal welfare. This will be done through a wide
range of capacity development programmes for field workers, livestock holders, dairymen
and fishermen for bringing about the total metamorphosis of livestock, Dairy and
Fishery sectors in the state of Maharashtra.
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Hon'ble Vice Chancellor
Dr. C.S. PRASAD, (Vice Chancellor)
Dr C S Prasad, had his early education in Bangalore and after an Honours
degree he did his M.Sc.(Dairying, Animal Nutrition) and Ph.D (Animal Nutrition)
from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal. He started his research career in
early 1978 as Scientist S-I at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar and
subsequently at Bangalore campus as Senior Scientist. He then joined the Southern
Regional Station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore.
Brief History
The Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU) was formally
notified on November 17th, 2000 and was established under the State Act No. 1998
(MAH.XVII of 1998) on December 03rd, 2000 with its headquarter at Nagpur.
The University has been carved out of the four Agriculture Universities in the state
by transferring five Veterinary Colleges, one Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary
& Animal Sciences and one Dairy Technology College.
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