A comprehensive review of life at Faculty of Veterinary science, RS Pura, SKUAST-Jammu

I choose Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology because drugs and medications fascinates me. The curriculum is well structured preparing the scholars for real world challenges. Scholars can get jobs in various pharmaceutical companies as well as drug regulating government bodies. This curriculum is a bit difficult in comparison with other fields because of vast information and syllabus related to drug mechanisms and Toxicology.

College provides Internship for veterinary graduates and also for final year students in undergraduate programmes for various courses related to surgery, Pharmacology, data science, wildlife, genetics and biostatistics.

Course fee per semester is rupees 14125 only. For the first time during admission the fee is rupees 28800 including rupees 3700 as caution money and rupees 10000 as registration fee. Hostel fee is rupees 11815 per semester while for the first time rupees 5000 as security money need to be given in extra which are refundable. The fee is similar for every student regardless of any category or reservation. Students gets NTS Scholarship worth rupees 5000 per month for 24 months duration of the course. While college students also given rupees 5000 per month Scholarship under HADP project on the basis of merit.

Vet fest is organised every year in month of march for a week involving cultural and sports activities. Agriculture fair is organised every year by the university showcasing the developments made by university in Agriculture and allied sectors and sets a stage to aware farmers about the new technologies and advancements. University has a central library with online and offline stock. Veterinary campus also have a big library containing nearly all the books related to the field with cERA (consortium for e-resources in agriculture) enabled facilities. Classrooms are hitech with smart projectors and air conditioners. College have a nice playground for outdoor and also a hall for indoor sports. Students also run music club and literature club in the college.

Hostels are good and well equipped with all basic amenities. Mess food is decent Registration for hostel takes place after getting admission to the college on the basis of availability of rooms. There are single seater, double seater and NRI quota rooms available in the hostel. The price is affordable for hostel. I live in college hostel situated in the campus itself.

I applied for different universities during ICAR couseling but I got a seat in this particular college. I choose this college for the Pharmacology and Toxicology department due to the facilities and area of research available here. Admission procedure is through ICAR AIEEA PG exam held every year and also by state level SKUAST CET exam organised by the university. Overall Admission procedure is simple and hassle free

Faculties are well experienced in their respective fields with many of them having international training experiences as well. Students are taken good care of while maintaining healthy atmosphere for study and research. I personally likes faculties of my own department which is division of veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology where both the professors are well trained and helps students with dull dedication during their research work. There is no such faculty which is bad here. Every department has experienced and good professors and the choice is on students whom to take as guide. The exams are semester wise in Post graduation with 1 internal exam during the semester and a final semester exam. Nearly everyone clears the exam during post graduation and the level of exams is normal.

Hostel contains Gym facilities and college library is one of the best attractions of the campus. A cafetaria is also present near dean office. Campus timings are from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. While hostel timings are 7 pm for girls and 9 pm for boys hostel considering the matter of safety. Jammu is only 20 kms from the college campus where one can visit a large no of temples and monuments. The locality is safe to roam around at night only upto 11pm because of the distance from international border is only 10 kms.