Born on September 06, 1969 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh,
he completed his schooling and college education in Kohima, Nagaland, before
joining the College of Veterinary Science, Khanapara, Guwahati under Assam
Agricultural University in 1986, and completed B.V.Sc. & A.H. in 1991.
He was the recipient of University Merit scholarship during graduation.
Having received the Junior Research Fellowship of I.V.R.I., Izatnagar in
1992, he completed his M.V.Sc. in Veterinary Virology discipline in 1994
under the guidance of Dr K.D. Pandey, Principal Scientist in Biological
Products Division, I.V.R.I., Izatnagar, U.P., while working on Seroprevalence
of Rinderpest and Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis in cattle of Kumaon.
In 1995, he was associated with Defence Research and Development Establishment,
at Gwalior as a Research scholar in the Virology department, wherein he
worked on Adaptation and characterization of Human Rota Virus. He joined
the Agricultural Research Services of Indian Council of Agricultural Research
as Scientist (Veterinary Microbiology) at Central Institute for Research
on Goats, Makhdoom, Mathura on 27 March, 1997 and subsequently at National
Centre for Veterinary Type Cultures facility at NRCE, Hisar on dated 01.06.2006.
He is presently working as Scientist (Senior Scale) (Veterinary Microbiology)
towards the establishment of National Center of Veterinary Type Culture
at National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar (Haryana).
He pursued Doctoral Programme on study leave and was awarded
Ph.D. Degree in 2002 by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar,
U.P., working under the supervision of Dr Anant Rai, Principal Scientist
and Incharge, Division of Veterinary Biotechnology on the Molecular Cloning
and Characterization of Fowl Adenovirus serotype 4. During the course of
this study he has developed a PCR based diagnostic test for specific detection
of Fowl adenovirus serotype 4 besides conducting cloning and sequencing
of the complete Hexon gene of an Indian isolate for the first time. The
complete hexon gene sequence has been submitted to the GenBank bearing Accession
number AJ 459805 and AJ 554049. The FAV4 DNA vaccine so developed has been
tested and found to provide excellent protection in chicks.
The Scientist has been involved in the following research
projects as PI and co-investigator including one externally funded project,
during the period.
1. Institute Project No. GH-15.07. “Identification of important viral
agents associated with caprine diarrhea” (As PI)
2. Institute Project No. GH-15.22 “Studies on the assessment of protective
status of antibodies against PPR in small ruminants” (As PI)
3. Institute Project No. GH-15.23 “Detection, isolation
and characterization of Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) of goat
origin”. (As Co- PI)
4. DST Funded Project. “Development of a novel ectoparasiticidal drug
“(As Co- PI)
5. Institute Project : GH 15.24 “ Evaluation of Medicinal plants for
the control of Neonatal Diarrhea in goats” (As Co- PI)
6. Institute Project No. GH 15.25 “Development of molecular diagnostics
for the control of Mycoplasmal mastitis/ agalactia in goats” (As Co-
PI)
7. Institute Project No. GH-15.01 Monitoring and Surveillance of important
infectious diseases of Livestock and Poultry on seasonal basis. (As Co- PI)
As the Incharge of Virology and Public Health Laboratory
at CIRG Makhdoom, the scientist was actively engaged in the establishment
of a Virological diagnostic setup and has more than 25 research publications
to his credit, besides having guided one M.Sc. (Biotechnology) student also.
He had been a special invitee at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations
of National Academy of Sciences at Allahabad in 2005 on account of publication
of his review “Pox in Sheep and Goats: Pock marks in small ruminant
health” in a special commemorative volume “Infectious diseases
of domestic animals and Zoonoses in India”. Ed. V. Tandon and B N Dhawan.
Proc. Nat. Sci. India. 75(B). Special Issue 2005.
Scientist has keen interest in Molecular and Diagnostic Virology,
Tissue culture and Molecular Epidemiology of pathogenic microbes. He has experience
of handling tissue culture and working on prevalence and characterization
of viruses such as Morbilliviruses (Rinderpest, Peste des petits ruminants
virus, PPR), Herpesvirus (IBR), Adenovirus (FAV), Reoviridae (BTV) etc have
been some of his research priorities.
He is a Life Member of the following scientific societies
and associations:
1. Indian Virological Society, Hisar, Haryana.
2. Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists
in Infectious Diseases, Izatnagar, Bareilly, U.P.
3. Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research, Bareilly,
U.P.
4. Society for Immunology and Immunopathology, Bareilly, U.P.
5. Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization (ISSGPU),CSWRI,
Avikanagar, Rajasthan
Currently, the scientist is engaged in the development of
Veterinary Type Culture Collection at National Centre for Veterinary Type
Cultures at Hisar.
