State Act

The Assam Veterinary and Fishery University Act, 2024

37. (1) The Vice-Chancellor shall, in consultation with the appropriate officers of the University, be responsible for taking such steps as may be necessary for proper co-ordination of teaching, research and extension education activities of the University. This co-ordination shall be routed through the Deans of the respective faculties, as well as by the direct involvement of the Vice-Chancellor. (2) The Vice-Chancellor shall be responsible, working through the appropriate officers and staff of the University, for ensuring that such conditions are created whereby there is maximum feasible progress in the development of new information and up gradation of technology in the industrial, physical and social sciences related to the veterinary, animal, dairy and fishery sciences and their transfer to the educational programmes. (3) The Vice-Chancellor shall be responsible, working through the appropriate officers and staff of the University, to ensure that there is an appropriate inter-relationship among the different curricula so as to provide the students with the best courses within the University’s resources and talents. (4) The University shall develop its programme of research and extension education keeping in view the need of the state in general and provide appropriate technical support and consultative advice to the State Government departments engaged in animal husbandry, dairying and fishery development work, in particular. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, having regard to the interest of the state as a whole the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, entrust any specialized research and training programmes to the University for such period and subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified in such notification.