West Bengal Veterinary Council

Council Activities

1) Mandatory Activities
• Regulate veterinary practice.
• Registration of Veterinary Practitioners and issues the certificate of registration as per provision of section 24 of the I.V.C. Act, 1984 along with replica card/identity card.
• Prepare State Veterinary Register as per the provisions of section 44(2) of Indian Veterinary Council Act,1984.
• Furnish copies of the State Veterinary Register to Veterinary Council of India as per provisions of section 23(4) of the Act.
• Renewal of registration (as per provisions of Sec.52 of the Act.)
• Removal of name from the Register (as per provision of section 52 & 49(1) of the Act.)
• Transfer of Registration to other State Veterinary Council (as per provision of section 52 of the Act.)
• Conduct Council election for formation of Council Board.
• Issuing of Provisional registration of internees after successful completion of B.V.Sc. & A.H.
• Council implement the standard professional conduct, Etiquette and code of Ethics for Veterinary Practitioners under provision of Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984.

2) Other Activities

Besides mandatory responsibilities Council has discharges the following other activities:

• Organize workshops, Seminars and other technical programmes for updating the knowledge of field veterinarians as a part of continuing Veterinary Education Programme.
• Provide its infrastructures like auditorium, conference hall and guest house to the Deptt. of A.R.D. and other organizations to perform their different technical as well as official programmes.
• Council has maintained a good library with recent edition of Standard Volumes of books on clinical and non-clinical subjects.
• Council has its own website www.wbvc.in in which records of registration, renewal, address change, qualification and other related matter are regularly update for providing necessary information to the veterinarians.