Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology (SGIDT), Patna was established on 14th December 1980 under Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa (Samistipur), Bihar. Academic activities started since 1982 in Rajendra Agricultural Unversity, Pusa campus and subsequently shifted to ARI, campus, Patna since 1986. Later on, the college was shifted in its own premises on 16th May 1999, at Jagdeopath, Patna and presently it is working in the Faculty of Dairy Technology under the auspices of Bihar Agricultural Unversity,  Sabour, Bhagalpur.

The Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU) was formally notified on November 17th, 2000 and was established under the State Act No. 1998 (MAH.XVII of 1998) on December 03rd, 2000 with its headquarter at Nagpur. The University has been carved out of the four Agriculture Universities in the state by transferring five Veterinary Colleges, one Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary & Animal Sciences and one Dairy Technology College. Although the University is in its infancy, the constituent colleges were quite old.

Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) established in December 2010 as a full-fledged University, offers education, research and extension services in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Located in Pookot, Wayanad, in the State of Kerala, South India, KVASU comprises two Veterinary Colleges – College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, at Mannuthy and Pookode respectively; one College of Dairy Science and Technology at Mannuthy; and Research Stations, Veterinary Hospitals and Farms in different parts of Kerala.

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) was established at Ludhiana by an act of the Punjab Legislature No. 16 of 2005 notified in the Punjab Government Gazette on August 9, 2005 and it started functioning w.e.f. April 21, 2006 for promoting livestock production, health and prevention of the disease(s) through integrated teaching, research and extension programme(s).

Established in 1889, the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) is one of the premier research institutions dedicated to livestock research and development of the region. The institute with faculty strength of more than 275 has a major mandate of research, teaching, consultancy and technology transfer activities. The institute with its long scientific heritage has always enjoyed a certain prestige, a tradition all of its own. The institute imparts quality post-graduate education to students not only from various parts of the country, but also from overseas.