Kamdhenu University

Kamdhenu University is a state university located at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It was established in 2009 by the Kamdhenu University Act, 2009 of the Government of Gujarat and focuses on Veterinary and Animal sciences.

This article is about a university in Gujarat. For the university in Chhattisgarh, see Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya.

Kamdhenu University
TypePublic
Established2009
Location
Gandhinagar
,
Gujarat
,
India
AffiliationsUGC
Websiteku-guj.org

History

The first proposal for a veterinary university in Gujarat, with focus on dairy production, was made by Verghese Kurien in 1984 while he served as the Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat Agricultural University, but the proposal was ignored when he resigned from that position. A second offer was promulgated by the Government of Gujarat in 1996–97, but no action was taken. The university was finally established by the Kamdhenu University Act, 2009, with the support of Narendra Modi, then the Chief Minister of Gujarat.[1]

References
  1. "About Kamdhenu University". Kamdhenu University. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

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