opportunities for their graduates to work here and vice versa; as well as to assist in raising standards in animal health and welfare. Those that they met with included: TANUVAS (Chennai vet school) including the VC and all Heads of Department; President of (BSAVA equivalent) and SAPAC President in Tamil Nadu; DG ICAR and team the workshop that they had representatives from all of the – ‘hijacked’ veterinary colleges in attendance; JN University; British Council and High Commission; Secretary General of Commonwealth (3 months retired). During the visit, they saw how Indian veterinary education and profession worked, that there was interest in many areas including: obtaining help in an expanding small animal area sector; interest in working with VNs; as well as the RCVS activity in relation to evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM). Background: 90,000 vets on the Veterinary Council of India Register; 44 vet schools with a minimum of 80 graduates annually; the veterinary education course had recently been extended from 5 years to 5½ years; registration and regulation was at state level whereas education was at national level; the veterinary profession had a somewhat lower in India compared to the UK but was ‘status’ still a trusted profession; huge on agriculture but increasingly on companion animals; small animal technicians were keen to meet with them the 4 colleges in Chennai were – particularly keen to work with the RCVS; in turn the RCVS would be quite keen to have some kind of forum to find out what was their focus; there was no shortage of caseload and there were very good facilities; whilst encouraging, the College would need to find out more about the standards and facilities of all 44 veterinary schools; a trip at Chennai and then on to Delhi. ‘two-centre’ – Going forward there would be some challenges/matters for consideration: had been listed at 142nd in surveys assessing how easy it was to do business in countries around the world. Recently this had improved to 130th, so it was improving albeit slowly; multiple agencies were involved in decision making and the RCVS needed to understand where decisions were made; State based registration and professional conduct, nationally based education standards. Opportunities: India was rapidly changing with global impact; would provide a 1.3bn (people) global market for the RCVS brand;
opportunities for their graduates to work here and vice versa; as well as to assist in raising standards in animal health and welfare. Those that they met with included: TANUVAS (Chennai vet school) including the VC and all Heads of Department; President of (BSAVA equivalent) and SAPAC President in Tamil Nadu; DG ICAR and team – the workshop that they ‘hijacked’ had representatives from all of the veterinary colleges in attendance; JN University; British Council and High Commission; Secretary General of Commonwealth (3 months retired). During the visit, they saw how Indian veterinary education and profession worked, that there was interest in many areas including: obtaining help in an expanding small animal area sector; interest in working with VNs; as well as the RCVS activity in relation to evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM). Background: 90,000 vets on the Veterinary Council of India Register; 44 vet schools with a minimum of 80 graduates annually; the veterinary education course had recently been extended from 5 years to 5½ years; registration and regulation was at state level whereas education was at national level; the veterinary profession had a somewhat lower ‘status’ in India compared to the UK but was still a trusted profession; huge on agriculture but increasingly on companion animals; small animal technicians were keen to meet with them – the 4 colleges in Chennai were particularly keen to work with the RCVS; in turn the RCVS would be quite keen to have some kind of forum to find out what was their focus; there was no shortage of caseload and there were very good facilities; whilst encouraging, the College would need to find out more about the standards and facilities of all 44 veterinary schools; a ‘two-centre’ trip – at Chennai and then on to Delhi. Going forward there would be some challenges/matters for consideration: had been listed at 142nd in surveys assessing how easy it was to do business in countries around the world. Recently this had improved to 130th, so it was improving albeit slowly; multiple agencies were involved in decision making and the RCVS needed to understand where decisions were made; State based registration and professional conduct, nationally based education standards. Opportunities: India was rapidly changing with global impact; would provide a 1.3bn (people) global market for the RCVS brand;
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