College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry

The College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Mhow, located in the Malwa region, is a constituent college of Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur, an autonomous veterinary university in India. It is one of the oldest veterinary colleges in Madhya Pradesh, founded in 1955, with its foundation stone laid on 27 December 1954 by Shri V.V. Dravid, alongside founding Principal Dr. R.L. Kaushal. It was officially inaugurated on 12 July 1955 under the name 'College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry cum Livestock Research Institute,' and originally functioned as a satellite branch of Mathura Veterinary College under Agra University, awarding its first B.V.Sc. & A.H. degrees through Vikram University, Ujjain. In 1964, it joined Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur; in 2008 it became part of Rajmata Vijayaraje Sindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior; and in 2009 it was integrated into what became Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University in 2012. The campus, about 5 km from Mhow cantonment and 18 km from Indore railway station, includes academic and administrative blocks, a teaching veterinary complex, a dairy farm, and a poultry farm, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and diploma programs. It has hostels including Gandhi Hall, Tagore Hall, and a girls hostel, and hosts an annual cultural and sports week each January.