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Joint Director with the section attached

Duties and Responsibilities

1.

Joint Director (Animal Husbandry)

1. Function as Head of Office and assist the Director in the discharge of his duties.

2. He  is  the  overall  incharge  of  the  Establishment  and Account  section of  the department. 

3. He shall be the “Public Information Officer” and Public Relations Officer of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Welfare, Puducherry.

4. He shall be in charge of all vehicles in the Department. He shall allocate the vehicles to the programming officers and arrange the duty chart for the Drivers.

5. He shall submit reports for condemnation of vehicles to Government. He is also in charge of all Buildings in the Department of Animal Husbandry and shall arrange for its periodical maintenance.

6. He shall so countersign the contingent bills, Rent bills, Telephone bills as head  of  office.

7. He  shall  assign  works  to  the  ministerial  staff or  the  smooth functioning of the department.

8. Maintenance of all service books of the subordinate staffs.

9. Overall Supervisor for various schemes implemented by the department.

10. Inter – Department Coordination.

11. All Court Matters of the Department

12. Estate Officer.

2.

Joint Director (Livestock Health)

1. He shall be the overall in-charge of all the 9 Veterinary Dispensaries and 2 mobile units in the Union Territory of Pondicherry.

2. The Central Veterinary Medical Store (CVMS) is also functioning under his control. He shall arrange for the purchase and storage of medicines/ vaccines / equipment, essential for the functioning of all the 17 Veterinary Dispensaries & 65 KVCs by following the purchase procedure as per the purchase policy.

3. He shall distribute vaccines and medicines to all Veterinary Dispensaries and Key Village Centres, as per their requirement and Vaccines before the onset of disease outbreak.

4. He will regularly monitor the activities and gives suitable instructions to the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons of Veterinary Dispensaries and Key Village Units for the treatment and vaccination to animals.

5. He plan and executive the conduction of the annual Health Camps, Deworming Camps and Vaccination Camps throughout the Puducherry region for the welfare the livestocks.

6. He will avail Grant – in Aid to the Local Administration Department for stray dog menace and anti rabies vaccination, under Rabies Control Program.

7. Formation & Monitoring of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (S.P.C.A), as per the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.

8. Organizing & Monitoring of State Animal welfare Board (SAWB), as per the Hon’ble Supreme court of India.

9. Monitoring & Execution of Bio- Medical waste disposal as per the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.

10. He is the Nodal Officer for the “One Health” program.

3.

Joint Director (Livestock Production)

1. He shall be responsible for the cross breeding programme and for the supply of all inputs under the programme.

2. He  shall  be  responsible  for  the  conduct  of  calf  rallies  under  the  key  village scheme.

3. He  shall  be  responsible  for  the  indenting  and supply  of  all  medicines,  frozen semen straws and other stock to the key village blocks and key village units.

4. He shall be the overall incharge of 32 Key Village Units in Pondicherry. He shall so be in charge of Frozen semen  bank. 3 VAS under Key Village Centres.

5. He  shall  inspect  and  supervise  work  of  his  subordinate  staff  and  give necessary instructions to them for timely  implementation of the schemes.

6. He  shall so  prepare  material  for  the  schemes  implemented    by  him  for preparation of  Annual Action plan.

7. He is the Nodal Officer for the implement of Rashtriya Gokul Mission Scheme which is Central Sector Scheme involving livestock production, Sex tested semen technology and IVF technology.

4.

Joint Director (Animal Disease Surveillance)

1. He  shall  be  responsible  for  surveillance activities of  communicable  diseases  and for active  follow  up  of  the  specific  infections.  Whenever an epidemic occur, he shall make a detailed examination of the epidemiological characteristics of the disease or arrange to make such a study and record every details.

2. He  shall take  appropriate  action  to notify  the  diseases  in  case  of  any epidemic  and coordinate  with  the  investigative  machinery  to arrive  at  a  correct diagnosis.

3. He shall  be responsible for sending  the animal diseases  surveillance  reports in time to the Department  of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

4. He  shall  be  responsible  for  the  implementation  of  the  centrally  sponsored programmes in this Union Territory.

5. He  shall  submit  materials  for  preparing  Annual  Action Plan to the  Director  in respect of the schemes implemented by him.

6. He  shall  supervise  the  works  of  his  subordinates    then  and there  and give suitable instructions  to the staff for the proper implementation  of the scheme.

7. He/She shall be the Nodal Officer for the implement various components under CSS Scheme of National Livestock Health and Disease control like National Animal Disease Control Program (NADCP) for vaccination against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis in cattle, CSF in pigs, PPR in sheep and goat.

8. He/She shall be the Nodal Officer for the implement, Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD) for carrying out vaccination in diseases not covered under NADCP, strengthening of Diagnostic Laboratory, Extension activities. Establishment and Strengthening of Veterinary Hospitals/ Dispensaries for operation of Mobile Veterinary Units.

5.

Joint Director (Cattle Development)

1. He shall be responsible  for  the  implementation  of  Cattle Development Programme. He  shall  be  the  Controlling  Officer  in respect  of  the  V.A.S and staff  deputed for the implementation of the schemes.

2. He  shall collect application  forms  from  the  farmers  and  select them  for distribution of Cattle/Goats and farm equipments as per the scheme guidelines and also implementation of further welfare schemes pertaining to cattle development.

3. He shall collect and consolidate the application under the scheme and verify with reference to the norms fixed  and submit to the Director for approval.

4. He  shall  make  arrangement  for  insuring  the  animals  selected  under  the scheme.

5. He  shall  communicate  the    approved   list  of  beneficiaries    to the  V.A.S and monitor  the execution of documents and other formalities as per guidelines.

6. He is the Nodal Officer for Fodder Development Scheme.

7. He is the Nodal Officer for Rashtriya Gokul Mission-ABIP-IVF program.

8. He shall be the controlling officer to the VAS and other subordinate staff involved in the scheme implemented by him.

6.

Joint Director ( Poultry)

1. He shall be responsible for implementation of State schemes pertaining to intensive poultry development for augmentation of egg and meat production.

2. He shall also be in charge for overall supervision of the Livestock & Poultry Research & Extension centre (LPREC) Kariamanickam.

3. He will supervise charge of Intensive Poultry Development Programme (IPDP) section which inspect the poultry farms and carryout Poultry vaccinations at farmers door step.

4. He shall also be responsible for distribution of various Broiler & Layer Indigenous and cross breed chicks to the farmers to increase Egg & Meat production (eg.  Giriraja, Girirani, White Leghorn Poults and Turkey poults).

7.

Joint Director (Rinderpest Eradication Scheme )

1. He  shall  be  responsible  for  the  implementation  of  the  centrally  sponsored scheme under National Project on Rinderpest Eradication, New Delhi.

2. He shall be responsible for the proper working of the Rinderpest check posts and vaccination of the animals moving through the border region.

3. He  shall  be  responsible  for  the  creation of  the  immune  held all  along  the border  regions  of  the  territory  and  shall take  appropriate  action  to intimate  the authority of the neighboring states in case of any outbreak of disease.

4. He  shall  be  responsible  for  budgeting  and booking  of  expenditure  under  the scheme including the achievements of the target fixed. He shall form the High Power Committee constituted by the Department for the  purpose  about  the  emergency  situation in case  of  re-emergence  of  Rinderpest disease in  the  Union  Territory  of  Pondicherry.

5. He  shall  also  issue  necessary instructions  to the  Veterinary  Assistant  Surgeon working  under  him  to report  the matter immediately.

6. He shall collect  information  from  the  Border  States about  any  Rinderpest disease and make suitable action for the prevention of such disease.

8.

Joint Director (Calf Rearing)

1. In-charge of the Calf   rearing schemes (Special live stock Breading Programmes) and Distribution of Cattle feed and calf feed.

2. He shall collect and consolidate the application under the scheme and verify with reference to the norms fixed and submit to the Director for approval.

3. He  shall  supply  all the  inputs  to the  farmers  at  timely  interval  as  per  the scheme.

4. He  shall conduct  periodical  inspection to his  subordinate  officers  and submit report to the Director.

5. He shall guide the field staff under him for the proper implementation of the scheme.

6. He  shall  make  arrangement  for  insuring  the  animals  selected  under  the scheme.

7. He  shall  communicate  the    approved   list  of  beneficiaries to the  V.A.S and monitor the execution of documents and other formalities as per guidelines.

8. He is the Nodal Officer to prepare the annual action plan including physical and financial targets of the Centrally sponsored scheme National Livestock Mission, concerning his discipline.

9. He shall be  the  controlling  Officer to the  V.A.S and other subordinate staff involved in the scheme implemented by him.

10. He shall be the Nodal Officer for monitoring Disaster Management Activities in case of any eventuality like floods and mortality of livestock.

9.

Deputy Registrar (RIVER)

1. In charge of Academics of Rajiv Gandhi Veterinary Education Research Centre, Puducherry.

2. The Deputy Registrar (Academics) functions as the officer in charge of academic administration and coordination relating to:

1. Admissions

2. Academic records

3. Curriculum implementation

4. Student registration

5. Examination coordination

6. Academic council matters

7. Affiliation / regulatory compliance

8. Scholarships and student services

9. University correspondence on academic matters

10. Students welfare/Office Supervision/ University liaison /graduation and convocation

11. He / She works under the administrative control of the Dean.

10.

Joint Director (Karaikal)

1. In charge of Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Welfare, Karaikal.

2. He is responsible for the implementation of all State schemes pertaining to DAH&AW in respect of Karaikal Region, like PIO of Karaikal region, overall in charge of all Veterinary Dispensaries and Mobile Veterinary Units in Karaikal region.

11.

Dairy Development Officer,

Co-Operative Department, Puducherry.

1. He is responsible for conducting elections and supervising the two milk unions

1. Pondicherry Milk Producers Union (Ponlait)

2. Karaikal Milk Producers Union (Colait)

2. Primary Co-Operative Milk Societies.

1. Puducherry - 102

2. Karaikal - 17

3. Yanam – 1

4. Mahe - 1

2. He is responsible for Daily Development activities of Puducherry (UT) under Cooperation Department.

3. Nodal Officer for the implementation of National Program for Dairy Development (NPDD).

4. He is responsible for Infrastructure developments in Milk producer Union & Primary Cooperative Societies.

5. Monitoring of Milk standards in the UT of Puducherry.

12.

Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (VAS) in charge of Veterinary Dispensary Mahe /Yanam

1. Apart from regular routine works in the Veterinary Dispensary, the VAS will act as Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the offices of the AH&AWD at their region.
2. Head of office for group ‘C’ and ‘D’ staff.
3. Incharge of all plan schemes in their respective region.

13.

Deputy Director (Statistics)

1. In charge of animal husbandry statistics.

2. Conduct of Livestock census and Integrated Sample Survey for estimation of Major Livestock products of Milk, egg and meat