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Annual Report 2014-15 GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, LUDHIANA – 141 004 (PUNJAB) INDIA CONTENTS Topic Page No. Executive Summary 1-17 About the University 18-20 Administration 21-22 Faculty Profile 23-24 Student Profile 25-26 Financial Report 27-29 Academic Units 30-39 Teaching 40-54 Research 55-110 Extension 111-122 Library and Networking 123 Sports and Co-curricular Activites 124 Estate Organization 125 Conferences and Trainings Organized 126-127 Awards and Honours 128-130 Participation of Faculty in Conferences/Symposia/ Workshop/ 131-133 Trainings Visitors to the University 134-135 National and International Linkages 135 List of Research Schemes Operational during 2013-14 136-139 Research Publications 140-149 _____________________________________________________Annual Report 2014-15 ________________________________ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) started functioning at Ludhiana from 21st April, 2006 with one college i.e. College of Veterinary Science with the motto to act as a centre of excellance for teaching. Research, extension and learning in animal health and production. To produce highly efficient and skilled human resource for giving boost to activities of livestock and fishery sectors in Punjab, the GADVASU has created College of Fisheries, College of Dairy Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Zoonosis, School of Animal Biotechnology and Veterinary Polytechnic. One private veterinary college, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Amritsar (Punjab) has been affliated with the university. Three Regional Livestock Research and Training centres at Kaljharani (Bathinda),Talwara (Hoshiarpur) and Booh (Taran Taran) have been established for catering to the specific needs of the area. Three Krishi Vigyan Kendras have been established each at Taran Taran, Barnala and Mohali districts of Punjab for technology assessment, refinement and demonstration. The University got recognition from the University Grants Commission (UGC) in order to receive central assistance under section 12 (B) of UGC Act, 1956. GADVASU got accreditation from UGC and ICAR and has been admitted as a regular member of Association of Indian Universities (AOIU). Financial Report Total budget allocation for the year 2014-15 was 8378.74 lacs under various schemes/projects which included 6981.79 lacs from State Agencies, 907.34 lacs from ICAR and 489.61 lacs from other agencies. A sum of 635.34 lacs were generated under various Non-Plan schemes. The total budet available for the year 2014-15 was 9014.08 lacs. The total expenditure for the year 2014-15 was 8743.37 lacs which included 6296.27 lacs for State NPV Schemes, 22.29 lacs for State Plan Schemes, 911.25 lacs for ICAR Schemes/Projects and 1513.55 lacs for other schemes. Faculty profile Total present faculty strength in the constituent colleges of the university is 195, out of which 51 are professors or equivalent, 31 associate professors or equivalent and 112 assistant professors or equivalent. About 112 faculty members are in the teaching schemes, 55 in the 1 _____________________________________________________Annual Report 2014-15 ________________________________ research schemes and 27 in the extension schemes. On university basis, 20% of the faculty are female, 87% faculty holds doctoral degree, 25% faculty are trained in foreign institutes and 34% faculty are from outside Punjab. Student profile The present strength of student in various programs of the constituent colleges is 1055, out of which 56% are in undergraduate courses, 20% are in postgraduate courses, 11% are in doctoral program and 13% are in diploma course. The percentage of male and female students in the university is 70% and 30%, respectively. Teaching Admission in various undergraduate programs and diploma course was strictly on the basis of entrance examination conducted by Controller of Examination. The total number of students admitted for the session 2014-15 was 362 which included 83 in B.V.Sc. & A.H., 15 in B.F.Sc., 29 in B. Tech. (Dairy Technology), 104 in M.V.Sc./M. Sc., 8 in M.F.Sc., 6 in M.Tech/M.Sc. (Dairy Engeneering), 32 in Ph.D program, 5 in PG Diploma in Fisheries and 80 in Diploma in Veterinary Science. A total of 185 students successfully completed their degrees/diploma in different disciplines (58 - B.V.Sc. & A.H., 12 B.F.Sc., 24 B.Tech, 77 - M.V.Sc./M.Sc., 3 - M.F.Sc. and 11 – Ph.D.). All India Study Tour of 13 days for final year B.V.Sc. and A.H. students was organized during Jan. 2015. Students of 2010 batch visited various veterinary colleges, national institutes, laboratories and wild life sanctuaries at Mumbai, Goa, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. All India Compulsory Educational Tour of 15 days was conducted for 14 B.F.Sc. final year and five PGDIF students from Jan 8-22, 2015 Three cadets of the unit participated in various equestrian activities during Republic Day Camp and Prime Minister Rally 2015. The cadets won two Gold Medals in the Republic day camp. The Cadets of GADVASU participated in various activities during 2014-15 like Combined Annual Training Camp at NCC Academy, Malout, Army Attachment Camp at Ferozepur Cantt., painting competition, declamation, awareness rallies against social evils and run for fun and good health during NCC week and appeared in Certificate ‘B’ and ‘C’ examinations. 2 _____________________________________________________Annual Report 2014-15 ________________________________ Two training course were conducted for the scientists by the Centers of Advanced Studies, on “Current trends in Veterinary Surgery and Imaging Techniques” by Department of veterinary Surgery and Radiology and “Adoption of newer reproductive techniques in education, diagnostics and research” by Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics in collaboration with Centre of Advanced Faculty Training, ICAR, New Delhi. A training course on ‘Management of Gynaecological Complications in Large Animals’ for the Veterinary Officers of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan was also conducted by the Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics in collaboration with Indian Immunologicals Limited. Department of Veterinary Medicine organized four training programmes on “Canine Diseases: diagnosis, prevention and treatment”, “Diagnosis of Animal Diseases”, “Canine Diseases: diagnosis, prevention and treatment” and “Equine Diseases: diagnosis, prevention and treatment” in collaboration with Department of Animal Husbandry, Chandigarh, Punjab. Department of Livestock Production Technology organized an Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) on “Hygienic processing and Value Addition of Meat and Meat products for Employment Generation and Women Empowerment” sponsored by Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India and a hands-on-training on “Value Added Pork Products”. Department of Veterinary Microbiology organized one month practical training course in ‘Techniques in Veterinary Microbiology and Molecular Biology’ for B.Sc./B.Tech. and M.Sc. Biotechnology/ Microbiology students. International Symposium on “One Health: An Integrated View on Infectious Diseases, Food Safety and Zoonoses” and International Workshop on “Dynamic Modeling in Support of Infectious Disease Issues” were conducted by School of. Public Health in collaboration with University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Department of Veterinary Pathology and Department of Animal Husbandry, Punjab jointly organized a training for field Veterinary Officers on “Pathology and Pathological techniques for diagnosis”. World Vet Day function and Oath taking ceremony of Veterinary interns were organized by the Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex with the involvement of Pharmaceutical companies. Five training courses were conducted by Veterinary Polytechnique College, Kaljharani on Goat Farming and Dairy Farming. College of Fisheries organized three training programmes on “Ornamental Fish Culture”, “Carp Fish Farming” and “Value Addition of Fish and Shellfish”. 3 _____________________________________________________Annual Report 2014-15 ________________________________ Faculty participated in international and national conferences, symposia and workshops and presented research papers. The faculty has won several awards and honours and published 188 research papers, 28 books/compendium/ proceedings/training manuals/bulletins/practical manuals and contributed chapters in 21 books. Teaching and diagnostic laboratories in various departments of constitute colleges have been strengthened and made fully operational. New Molecular lab in Department of Veterinary Medicine, Meat proteomics and biotechnology lab in Department of Livestock Products Technology and Bioinformatics Lab in School of Animal Biotechnology have been established. Several new facilities like Veterinary Video Endoscope, Plus maze with video-trecking software, ChemiDoc XRS+ELISA Reader, Colour Doppler ultrasound system (Z 5 vet Mindray), Gene Pulser, Class2 B2 Biosafety Cabinet, Computer assisted semen analyzer, Ultra sound Probe holder with aspiration assembly, Semi dry western Blotter, Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis, Real Time PCR, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer and Honey bee extractor have been created in various laboratories of the University. Feed Mill for making pellet fish feed has been procured in College of Fisheries. Two new modern dairy sheds of capacity to accommodate 300 animals are nearing completion at GADVASU Dairy Farm.