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It has been decided by V.C.I. to start implementing the following knowledge / skill based programems from the current year 2009-10:-

1. Role of Veterinarians in Society.
2. Companion Animal Practice.
3. Disaster Management
4. Information Technology for Veterinarians.
5. Disease Surveillance and Monitoring.

The Council's functions under Section 75 of the Veterinarians Act are: 
 

1. to advise and make recommendations to the Minister on any matter relating to veterinarians and the practice of veterinarian science
2. advise the governing body of any Orissa Veterinari any matter relating to the education of veterinarians
3. to promote and encourage high standards of professional education and professional conduct among veterinarians
4. to consider reciprocal arrangements with registration bodies in other countries
5. to register persons, issue practising certificates, assess whether persons meet the rquirement for continued registration or eligibility for a practising certificate, and peform the other functions relating to registration and practising requirements in accordance with Part 2, including -
   1. to determine the institutions and the degrees and diplomas offered by those institutions that are recognised for the purposes of section 6(1)(a) and
   2. to approve assessment programmes, post-graduate study, and post-graduate training for the purposes of section 6(1)(b)(ii) and (iii)
6. to keep and maintain the register and carry out the other functions relating to the register in accordance with Part 2
7. to receive, investigate, and hear complaints about, inquire into the conduct of, make assessments of, and discipline specified persons under Part 3
8. to investigate offences and bring prosecutions under the Act
9. to prescribe minimum standards for practising as a veterinarian, including