1.  

Name of the ATIC centre

Agricultural Technology Information Centre, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANVASU)

  1.  

Location and complete address

 

Website address

Kattupakkam, Kattangolathur Post, Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu, Pin - 603 203

 

  1.  

Year of Establishment

1.12.1999

  1.  

Designation of the Head

Director of Extension Education

  1.  

Communication facilities

Telegram

 

  1.  

Telephone

 

04114 - 51261

  1.  

Telex

 

  1.  

FAX

 

  1.  

E-mail

atictanuvas@yahoo.co.in

  1.  

Major functions of the Centre

  • Providing information, services and products developed from this university to the needy persons under single window system
  • Facilitating easy access to the farmers ot the institutional resources available in terms of technology, products like different strains of livestock, poultry, fodder seeds,  planting materials, animal clinic and other diagnostic services.
  • Providing mechanism of feedback for the technologies disseminated and to serve as a link between the research institute and the end users.
  1.  

Major products / services and allied enterprises

Products

Livestock :

Piglets, Rams, Bucks, Rabbit, Broiler chicks, Turkey poults, Fancy birds & Cat fish

 

Feed :

Concentrate feeds like Broiler Starter, Broiler Finisher, Brooder Mash, Grower Mash, Japanese Quail Layer, Turkey Grower, Turkey Adult, Turkey Brooder, Calf feed, Milch Cattle feed, Swine feed, and Rabbit pellet

 

Seeds, Seedlings & Slips :

Fodder seeds like Subabul, Stylo haemata, Stylo scabra, Desmanthus, Lucerne, African tall maize and Agathi

 

Fodder saplings and seedlings of Subabul and Glyricidia

Fodder slips of  Co 1, Co 2, and Co 3

 

Value Added Livestock & Fishery products :

Flavoured milk, Butter milk, Ghee, Paneer, Yogurt, Whey drink, Khoa

Fish pickle, Prawn pickle, Masimeen

 

Glass aquarium tank and other aquarium accessories are also being sold at ATIC for the benefit of new ornamental fish farmers.

 

Services

Regular Advisory services in livestock and fisheries farming, agriculture and products preparation are being offered to the farmers visiting the ATIC

 

Diagnostic services

Animal clinic :

Various livestock diseases and disorders and parasitic problems are being treated and control measures are given to the farmers.

 

Plant clinic :

Suggestions are being given to cure various plant diseases

 

Vaccines and Diagnostic Kits :

Poultry and livestock vaccines and diagnostic kits developed by TANUVAS are being supplied to the veterinary practitioners and entrepreneurs.

 

  1.  

Information available on major topics

Literature

University publications, ICAR publications, Pamphlets & Journals (List enclosed in appendix below)

AV modules

Video lessons (List enclosed in appendix below)

  1.  

Lead function of the centre

Animal Husbandry and Fisheries

  1.  

Total research, training and extension staff (discipline-wise break up desirable)

Animal Husbandry staff - 2

Animal Husbandry Extension staff - 1

Agriculture staff - 1

Fisheries staff - 1

Horticulture staff - 1

Agricultural Engineering staff - 1

  1.  

Lodging facilities

No. of rooms (furnished / unfurnished)

Nil

  1.  

Double / single seated

-

  1.  

Boarding facilities

(available / not available)

Not Available

  1.  

Nearest town/city

Chennai

  1.  

Audio visual facility

Overhead Projector,  TV and VCP

 

Available

  1.  

Slide Projector

-

  1.  

Computer facility

Pentium II with Dotmatrix printer supplied by host institute on loan basis

  1.  

Transport facility

One Maruthi Gypsy provided by host institute on loan basis

The center is well connected by National High ways and Rail way

  1.  

Are the crops available round the year

Yes

  1.  

No. of villages nearby the centre where crops are grown round the year (indicate distance in Kms.)

Crops are grown round the year in the villages around the center coming under the Kancheepuram district.

  1.  

Are they connected by bus or any other conveyance

Villages are well connected by road and rail.

  1.  

What is the nearest FTC / Research Station / SAU

FTC - Kancheepuram, TANVASU

FTC- Kancheepuram , TNAU

Livestock Research station, Kattupakkam

Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University , Madhavaram,

Krishi Vigyan Kendra ( KVK), Kattupakkam

  1.  

Does the centre have a village adoption scheme

In case Yes, the No. of villages adopted and since when

 

No

  1.  

Is there any regular transfer of technology programme run by the centre

-

  1.  

Nearest Railway Station / Bus stand

Chennai - Tambaram Railway station and Bus stand

  1.  

Indicate nearest Bank for official transaction

Indian Overseas Bank, Maraimalai Nagar branch, Maraimalai Nagar


 

Appendix

List of University Publications

S.No.

Books

Language

  1.  

Dairy farming

Tamil

  1.  

Goat farming

Tamil

  1.  

Sheep farming

Tamil

  1.  

Layer farming

Tamil

  1.  

Broiler farming

Tamil

  1.  

Integrated farming

Tamil

  1.  

Fish farming

Tamil

  1.  

Income generation through domesticated birds

Tamil

  1.  

Livestock feeding management

Tamil

  1.  

Summer management of livestock

Tamil

  1.  

Entrepreneurial Avenues in livestock rearing

Tamil

  1.  

Food from livestock for next millennium

Tamil

  1.  

Ornamental fish farming

Tamil

  1.  

Veterinary medicine and treatment

Tamil

  1.  

Fodder trees

Tamil

  1.  

Livestock production and management

Tamil

  1.  

Employment opportunities through livestock rearing

Tamil

  1.  

Milk and milk products

Tamil

  1.  

Milk and meat products

Tamil

  1.  

Meat and meat products

Tamil

  1.  

Kalaichoul Kalainchiam

Tamil

  1.  

Green fodders for livestock

Tamil

  1.  

Value added fishery products

Tamil

  1.  

Duck cum fish culture

Tamil

  1.  

Entrepreneurial Avenues for livestock products

Tamil

  1.  

Brochure on Admission procedure and career opportunities

English

  1.  

Development of Vaccines and diagnostics for certain poultry diseases

English

  1.  

Entrepreneurial Avenues for fisheries scientists

English

  1.  

Compendium on manipulation of rumen microbes

English

  1.  

Modern techniques in Animal Vaccinology

English

  1.  

Agro-forestry products in livestock and poultry feeds

English

  1.  

Meat and meat products

English

  1.  

Animal welfare

English

List of Video Lessons

S.No.

Title

Language

  1.  

Broiler farming

Tamil

  1.  

Dairy farming

Tamil

  1.  

Pig farming

Tamil

  1.  

Ornamental fish farming

Tamil

  1.  

Layer farming

Tamil

  1.  

Goat farming

Tamil

  1.  

Urea enrichment of paddy straw

Tamil

  1.  

Agro-forestry and livestock rearing

Tamil

  1.  

Silage preparation

Tamil