Dr. (Major) R. S. Bansal born on 01st February 1950 at Ajmer (Rajasthan),
had schooling from Ajmer. He graduated from Veterinary College, Bikaner
(1974) and was awarded Gold Medal. He did post graduation from Punjab Agricultural
University in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the year 1976. He then joined
Indian Army, the corps of Remount and Veterinary Services in 1976 and served
there till 1987. In the Army, the duties of Veterinary Officer basically
dealing with the treatment of equines and that of administrative nature
were performed. Later he served Doaba Stud and Agricultural Farm as Chief
Veterinary Officer (1987-1989) and dealt with the breeding, management and
treatment of equines, including thoroughbred. After this, Dr. Bansal served
the Rajasthan State Government till 1997 as Manager, Sheep and Wool Federation
before he finally joined NRCE as the Farm Manager (Livestock).
Dr. Bansal is a qualified Panel Veterinarian by successfully
clearing the national level examination conducted by the Stud Book Authority
of India, Royal Western India Turf Club in collaboration with Ministry of
Agriculture, Government of India in the year 1989. He has also participated
in several national and state level horse shows and animal fares in the
capacity of Judge. At present, he is pursuing Ph.D. (Veterinary Obstetrics
and Gynaecology) from Veterinary College, Bikaner on 'Ultrasound scanning
and progesterone profile during various phases of reproduction in mares
and jennies'.
Involvement
in current research projects of NRCE
1. RFLP- Based genotyping of major
histocompatibility complex class II genes in Marwari horses
2. Superior mule production in the field through frozen semen of exotic
Jacks
