Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (IAAVP) is a non government, literary scientific organization of India established in 1986 for the promotion of the science of Veterinary Parasitology through exchange of research knowledge for providing better animal health coverage in order to increase the production of livestock produce for speedy economic upliftment of the farmers and registered under Section 21 of the Societies Registration Act 21 of 1860.
IAAVP was established by renowned Veterinary Parasitologists of India and has 823 active life members from India and other countries. The organization is actively involved in motivating the members for innovative research in the field of Veterinary Parasitology, upgrading, updating the knowledge about the identification of parasites, diagnosis, planning the strategies for their control and its dissemination to the end users for the benefit of society particularly animal owners, farmers with aim to doubling the income of farmers since last 25 years.
History of establishment : A meeting of the scientists interested in the advancement of Veterinary Parasitology was held at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow on 15.2.1986 at 11.30 A.M. to discuss the establishment of “Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology”. The meeting was chaired by Dr. P. Rai, Professor & Head Department of Veterinary Medicine, U.P. College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, the then C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Mathura, and attended by 35 senior Parasitologists from different parts of the country. It was decided that a separate Association be started for the speedy and focused development of Veterinary Parasitology so that the problems of specialized teaching, research and extension in the discipline gets proper representation at national and international levels. The name of the Association suggested by Dr. P.S. Srivastava, i.e., “Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology” was adopted unanimously. It was also decided that all those scientists who are working in the field of animal Parasitology and related disciplines will be accepted as members.
An ad-hoc committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. B.N. Sahai, Dean, Post-Graduate Studies-cum-Director, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Dr. P.S. Srivastava, Professor & Head, Department of Parasitology, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, as Organizing Secretary along with fifteen senior Parasitologists representing different regions of the country. They were entrusted with the job of preparing draft Acts, Rules and Regulations of the newly formed Association (IAAVP). It was also decided that the First Inaugural Symposium of IAAVP should be organized under the leadership of Prof.(Late) N.N. Sharma, Head, Division of Parasitology at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. The association was thereafter registered in 1986 at Patna.
The society has successfully organized 28 national and 1 Asian congress of Veterinary Parasitology till 2018. The society also has instituted various awards to motivate the young parasitologists such as Dr. J.P. DUBEY YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD (Ph.D) AND IAAVP YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD (M.V.Sc)
The other awards of the IAAVP are as follows
- Fellow of IAAVP
- Shri S.M. Ismail oration award
- Nishamani Parija oration award
- D.P. Banerjee memorial oration award
- Kalyanasundaram memorial award
- N.S. Ruprah memorial award
- 25th NCVP – MVC Mid- career excellence award
- Best M.V.Sc., thesis award
- Best Ph.D., thesis award