The Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology was established in the year 1948 as a constituent department of Assam Veterinary College headed by Dr. Purna Chandra Pathak. Several illustrious Veterinary surgeons of the country headed this department in its long journey out of which the names of Dr. Harendra Nath Sharma and Dr. Subhash Chandra Pathak are noteworthy. Dr. H. N. Sarma is the only person from the North East India who ever served the Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery as its President and was the main architect behind the construction of the present building housing the department. Dr. S. C. Pathak was known all over the country as a pioneer of wildlife anaesthesia and surgery and was responsible for cultivating an outstanding work culture in the department. Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma is heading the department from 2012 onwards, who brought glory not only to the department and the college but to the entire Assam Agricultural University by bagging the prestigious Padmashree award from Govt. of India in 2020. Dr. Sarma has been recognized internationally as the Elephant Man of Asia and is considered as an authority of wildlife healthcare in general and elephant healthcare, welfare and conservation in particular and contributed in this field for over three decades.
The department building has a sprawling 26,000 square feet plinth area with three small animal operation theatres, one large animal operation theatre, one large and one small animal OPD, sterilization room, one modern lecture hall (100 capacity) and one seminar hall (25 capacity), experimental animal housing facilities, one X-ray room constructed following AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board) specifications, one Ultrasound room, one Post Graduate laboratory, and six faculty sitting rooms, three rest rooms etc. The department has been involved in undergraduate, post graduate and Doctoral teaching and research. The department has the collaboration with Indian institute of Technology, Guwahati , North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) , Shillong, Meghalaya, Guwahati Medical College (GMC), Bhangagarh, Guwahati, Assam, Department of Forest and Wildlife, Govt. Of Assam, Megalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Department of Forest and Wildlife, Govt. Of Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science, Joyhing, etc. .
The department has one 500 mA ceiling mounted movable X-ray machine, one ultrasound machine, one operating microscope, two small animal anaesthesia machines, one dental surgery unit fitted with Radio-visiography (dental x-ray), Ultrasonic Dental Scaling machine, pulse oximeter, respirometer etc. The department serves as a referral center for Veterinary Clinical Complex of this college and for the entire northeastern region performing about 5000 surgical operations annually. At present we have 5 seats for MVSc and 3 for PhD in Surgery & Radiology.
| UG Courses | ||||
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus |
| 1 | VSR * | Veterinary Surgery and Radiology (MSVE-2016) | 3(2 + 1) | * courses are compulsory |
| Masters Courses | ||||
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus |
| 1 | VSR 501 * | Clinical Practice-I | 3(0 + 3) | |
| 2 | VSR-502 * | Clinical Practice-II | 3(0 + 3) | |
| 3 | VSR-503 * | Principles of Surgery | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 4 | VSR-504 * | Anaesthesia and Analgesia | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 5 | VSR-505 * | Diagnostic Imaging Techniques | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 6 | VSR-506 | Soft Tissue Surgery | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 7 | VSR-507 * | Orthopaedic Surgery | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 8 | VSR-508 | Anaesthesia of Zoo, Wild, Exotic and Laboratory Animals | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 9 | VSR-509 | Urogenital Surgery | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 10 | VSR-510 | Ophthalmology Surgery | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 11 | VSR-511 | Dentistry and Oral Surgery | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 12 | VSR-512 | Camel Surgery | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 13 | VSR-513 | Elephant Surgery | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 14 | VSR-587 | Clinical Case Conference | 1(0 + 1) | |
| 15 | VSR-588 | Special Problem in Radiology | 2(0 + 2) | |
| 16 | VSR-589 | Special Problem in Anaesthesia | 2(0 + 2) | |
| 17 | VSR-590 | Special Problem in Surgery | 2(0 + 2) | |
| 18 | VSR-591 | Masters Seminar | 1(1 + 0) | |
| 19 | VSR-599 | Masters Research | 5(0 + 5) | |
| 20 | VSR-601 * | Principles of Surgery | 2(2 + 0) | |
| 21 | VSR-602 * | Clinical Practice- I | 3(0 + 3) | |
| 22 | VSR-603 * | Clinical Practice- II | 3(0 + 3) | |
| 23 | VSR-604 * | Small Animal Anaesthesia | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 24 | VSR-605 * | Large Animal Anaesthesia | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 25 | VSR-606 * | Diagnosis Imaging Techniques | 4(2 + 2) | |
| 26 | VSR-607 * | Veterinary Opthalmology and Dentistry | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 27 | VSR-608 * | Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 28 | VSR-609 * | Large Animal Soft Tissue Surgery | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 29 | VSR-610 * | Orthopaedics and Limb Surgery | 3(2 + 1) | * courses are compulsory |
| PhD Courses | ||||
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus |
| 1 | VSR-701 * | Clinical Surgical Practice-I | 3(0 + 3) | |
| 2 | VSR-702 * | Clinical Practice-II | 3(0 + 3) | |
| 3 | VSR-703 * | Clinical Practice-III | 3(0 + 3) | |
| 4 | VSR-704 * | Anaesthesia of Wild and Laboratory Animals | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 5 | VSR-705 * | Advances in Anaesthesiology | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 6 | VSR-706 * | Advances in Diagnostic Imaging Techniques | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 7 | VSR-707 | Neurosurgery | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 8 | VSR-708 * | Experimental Surgical Techniques in Animals | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 9 | VSR-789 * | Special Problems in Anaesthesia | 2(0 + 2) | * courses are compulsory |
The department is producing world class
veterinary surgeons and there has been great demand for admission into post
graduate courses in this department. One out of five seats for master’s degree
in this department is always booked for ICAR nominee for last several years and
we are receiving students from different states of India. Our students are
getting good placements in both government and private sectors. Dr. Sajesh
Thomas, a post graduate from this department has a private clinic (Caring
Hands) in Philadelphia which has been recognized as the fourth best pet clinic
in the entire US. Our products are occupying top positions as veterinary
surgeons in several cities in India, including New Delhi (Dr. Sanjib Kakati),
Dr. Bapot Chandrasekhar in Thane, Mumbai, Dr. Tridip Kakoti, Shilong and Dr. Gail Barros
in Goa ). Many of our post graduates are working in high positions in wildlife
sector in India and abroad (Dr. Anjan Talukdar, Dubai Zoo, Dr. Suraj Kumar R. in Qatar Falcon breeding center, Dr. Abhijit
Bhowal in National Zoological Garden in Delhi etc.). Many of our students have
occupied teaching positions in our own department, Central Agricultural
University (Selesih), GADVASU, Ludhiana, Tripura Vet college, LCVSc etc.
Placement of
post-graduate & Ph D students from the Department.
State Agricultural University/ State Veterinary University/ Central Agricultural | Krishi Vigyan Kendra , ICAR | State Veterinary Officer in different states of India | Milk Cooperative society as Veterinary Officer | Practicing Veterinarian Abroad | Practicing Veterinarian India | Shastra Sima Bal | Border Security Force |
19 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
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Designed
low cost medication shoe for prevention of solar ulcer and for foot care in
Asian Elephant.
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Silk based scaffold for neural tissue
engineering in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.
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Silk protein derived artificial nerve growth
conduits for neural tissue engineering in collaboration with Indian Institute
of Technology, Guwahati.
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Standardized dose of medetomidine in Asian
Elephant.
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Translocation of Rhinoceros to reintroduce
the species in Manas National Park, Assam.
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Translocation of Rhinoceros in Dudhwa Tiger
Reserve, Uttar Pradesh.
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Translocation of Swamp deer from Kaziranga National
Park to Manas National Park, Assam.
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Translocation of Rhinoceros in Valmiki Tiger
Reserve in Bihar.
1. Conduced National Seminar of Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery (ISVS) in 1987
2. 1st Refreshers course on “Health care and management of Asian elephants”, sponsored by the Project Elephant Directorate, MOEF, New Delhi. 2002
3. 2nd Refreshers course on “ Health care and management of Asian elephants”, sponsored by the Project Elephant Directorate, MOEF, New Delhi. 18-23 Feb, 2003
4. 3rd Refreshers course on “ Health care and management of Asian elephants”, sponsored by the Project Elephant Directorate, MOEF, New Delhi
5. 4th Refreshers course on “ Health care and management of Asian elephants”, sponsored by the Project Elephant Directorate, MOEF, New Delhi. 20-26th April, 2005
6. 5th Refreshers course on “ Health care and management of Asian elephants”, sponsored by the Project Elephant Directorate, MOEF, New Delhi. 11-17 Dec., 2007
7. National symposium on Elephant Healthcare and Managerial Practices, 19-21th January, 2009
8. Training of Trainers (TOT) on the Advancement of Elephant Healthcare and managerial Practices. 1-11th December, 2009
9. Training of Trainers (TOT) on the Advancement of Elephant Healthcare and managerial Practices. 1-11th April, 2011
10. SAARC workshop for zoo Veterinarians on restraint of zoo animals and their transport (International), 23-27 Sept., 2012
11. International symposium on Ecology and Health Management of Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus), 19-20th Nov., 2015, NAAS Complex, New Delhi
12. Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum-2016, Special session on captive elephants, 8th Nov., 2016 (Inernational)
13. BIOCONVERSE, Silver Jubilee Convention, International symposium on Biodiversity & Biobanking, Organized in Manas National Park, (with IIT, Guwahati) 3oth January-1st Feb, 2018 (International)
14. International Seminar on Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus (EEHV) and 4th Asia Working Group Meeting, 27-30th Nov., 2019
PADMASHREE Award: Bagged by
Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma, Professor & Head of the Department in 2020.
Noteworthy that Dr Sarma is the only Veterinarian in the entire country to have been awarded with a
Padma award, the fourth highest civilian award given by Government of India
