Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAGACOVAS) is a veterinary college in Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry). Founded in 1994 in accordance to the newly stipulated, minimal standards of Veterinary Education in India, by the Veterinary Council of India, this college is affiliated to the Pondicherry University. The college serves as an educational institute for imparting undergraduate and masters specializations in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, as well as having a veterinary hospital/clinic providing quality veterinary health care in the region. The college was inaugurated on the auspicious day of Vijayadasami that fell on 14 October, 1994 at a rented building at Ponlait, Kurumbapet, Pondicherry and christened as the Pondicherry Veterinary College. The college had a first batch of 30 students. The campus was spread out at two locations initially with classrooms at the Ponlait campus and laboratory facilities at the Krishi Vignan Kendra campus. Pondicherry Veterinary College was rechirstened as the Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in a state function presided over by Ms. Sonia Gandhi.