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The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will soon initiate the courses on development of animal welfare sciences at the Ballabhgarh campus of the National Institute of Animal Welfare (NIAW) in Haryana. Idea behind conducting the new diploma and certificate courses by the prestigious university is to prepare skilled manpower for taking up specialised jobs in various zoos, municipalities, slaughter houses and veterinary hospitals across the country.

The JNU, which on Wednesday signed an agreement for this purpose with the NIAW in the presence of human resource development (HRD) minister Smriti Zubin Irani and environment minister Prakash Javadekar, will soon announce the details of the courses."The total cost of the project for the first year is Rs. 88 lakh. More than 200 students are expected to be enrolled for diploma and certificate courses in the first year. These courses are aimed at providing a direction to the youth for employment in the sector", said a statement of the environment ministry.

Speaking on the occasion, Javadekar said such courses were being conducted in countries like Australia and New Zealand and now will be conducted by JNU in the NIAW campus. His ministry had sought JNU as an academic partner to help the Institute in developing academic programmes according to national needs and global standards in the field of animal welfare, he added.

The NIAW was set up to meet the education and training needs of the animal welfare sector across the country. The Institute had launched short term courses in 2005, which has so far trained more than 1000 personnel, already engaged in animal welfare and those handling animals in the formal and non-formal sector.