Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sudhakar G. Bhandare

ASSOC. PROF. DR. SUDHAKAR G. BHANDARE Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa, Kota Bharu – 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia Email: [email protected] Tel: Office: +609-7717325; Fax: +609-7717132; Cell: +601121354372

Educational Qualification

2015 PhD (Food Microbiology and Public Health), University of Nottingham, UK.

2006 MSc (Meat Science & Technology), University of Bristol, UK, First class.

2001 MVSc (Food Hygiene & Veterinary Public Health), Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai, India, First class.

1999 BVSc&AH (Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry), Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri, India, First class.

Additional courses

2013 ‘Bioinformatics: Genome Annotation with Artemis’, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK on 25th April, 2013.

2013 ‘1st International Hands-on Phage Biotechnology Course’, Bacteriophage Biotechnology Group, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal from 1-4th July, 2013.

2012 UK Home Office Animal Personal Licensee Training Course, Biomedical Sciences Unit (BMSU), University of Nottingham, UK from 16-18th and 23rd April, 2012. Received Animal Personal licence (PIL No. 40/10875).

2012 Practical Techniques in Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK, one week training in June 2012.

2012 Introduction to Bioinformatics, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK on 13th June, 2012.

2011/13 Various Central Short Courses of the University of Nottingham, UK as below: i) Endnote training for reference management (11th Nov, 2011) ii) Creating a Poster in PowerPoint (5th Dec, 2011) iii) Producing charts in Word, Excel and PowerPoint (31st Jan, 2012) iv) SciQuest Training (24th April, 2012) v) Microsoft PowerPoint: Advanced (23rd Jan 2013) vi) Creating and Managing long documents in Microsoft Word (26th Feb, 2013)

2007 IELTS (International English Language Testing Service) certificate, with 7.0 band score 1

2005 AWO (Animal Welfare Officer) and PWO (Poultry Welfare Officer) intensive courses completed during MSc (Meat Science and Technology)

2002 MOBC (Medical Officers’ Basic Course), Border Security Force Academy, Gwalior, India, A grade (stood second in merit)

2002 DBM (Diploma in Business Management), Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai, India, B+ grade

Awards

• Massey University Doctoral Research Scholarship-2007, New Zealand (not taken up). • Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Award – 2005 at University of Bristol, UK for M.Sc in Meat Science and Technology. • University silver medal at the Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri, India for being second in merit for BVSc&AH in the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and eighth in merit in the Indian province of Maharashtra. . • Winner of cash prize of Rs. 101/- for being first in merit in the subject of Veterinary Microbiology during BVSc&AH curriculum in the year 1996 • "Best Poster Presentation Award" 1st prize in ‘Food Safety’ area at 38th Indian Dairy Industry Conference held during 17-19 February, 2010 at Bangalore, India. • International PhD student exchange award under Global Food Security Initiative, University of Nottingham, UK at China Agricultural University, Beijing for two months from September to October, 2013.

Career path

1. Associate Professor (Veterinary Public Health) [Current] University Malaysia Kelanatan, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.

• Undergraduate teaching in Veterinary Public Health (DVT4403), research and extension. • Course coordinator for Final Year Research Projects (DVT5436). • Member of syllabus drafting committees for Master’s degree programmes, One Health and Applied Genomics. • Collaborator on the ongoing UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) project at the University of Nottingham, UK. • The International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) approved food safety auditor. • Invited Technical Expert (Food safety) for the Department of Standards Malaysia, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia.

2. Assistant Professor (Veterinary Public Health) [July 2009 till September, 2011] Bombay Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sc. University, Nagpur, India

• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in food microbiology, zoonoses, environmental hygiene, meat hygiene, food safety management, meat science, research and extension. 2

• Principal Investigator (August, 2010 to September, 2011), ‘Outreach Programme on Zoonotic Diseases (OPZD)’. OPZD is an Indian national network project sanctioned during the XI five year plan of Indian Council for Agricultural Research. Project deals with ‘Prevalence, molecular characterization and economic impact of major zoonotic parasitic diseases viz. hydatidosis, cysticercosis and trichinellosis’. • Member of admissions committee for BVSc&AH admissions. • Taught and supervised following students at master’s level. a) H.B.Chethan Kumar (2011) Project: Studies on incidence and molecular characterization of Trichinella spps in pigs slaughtered at Deonar abattoir, Mumbai, India. b) Viraj V. Bhadrige (2010) Project: Studies on prevalence, antigenic characterization of cysticercosis and its economic impact on cattle, buffalo and pig meat production. c) Santosh Sajjan (2010) Project: Studies on prevalence, antigenic characterization of hydatid cysts and its economic impact on pig meat production.

3. Assistant Professor (Veterinary Public Health) [April 2008 to July 2009] Mathura Veterinary College, Uttar Pradesh Veterinary & Animal Sc. University, Mathura, India

• UG and PG teaching in food microbiology, veterinary public health, food safety management, meat Science, research and extension. • A practical learning project for hands on training in meat production and processing. • Drafted syllabus for Indira Gandhi National Open University for their PG Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management (PGDFSQM). • Member of the ‘Application Scrutiny Committee’ for faculty recruitment and the interview panel member of Veterinary Public Health and Livestock Products Technology positions.

4. Livestock Development Officer [November 2007 to March 2008] Govt. of Maharashtra, India

• Various administrative responsibilities at block level for veterinary services. • Extension activities for educating masses for animal diseases and their control. • Organisation of animal health camps and to bring awareness amongst livestock farmers regarding zoonotic diseases.

5. Asst. Manager (Production) [May 2007 to November 2007] Godrej Realgood Chicken processing plant, Bangalore

• Headed the Production as well as Quality Assurance (QA) department. Production responsibilities were forecasting, planning, executing and meeting production targets. QA responsibilities were implementation and maintenance of quality systems and compliance to regulatory requirements. • Managed and led the production team of ten people as well as contract labour. • Actively involved in implementation of ISO 22000 - 2005. Organization has achieved ISO 22000 – 2005 certificate with my inputs as a FSMS team member.

6. Guest Lecturer (Veterinary Public Health) [September 2006 to April 2007] Bombay Veterinary College, Parel, Mumbai

• Taught Zoonoses & Human Health and Environmental Hygiene courses to BVSc students.

7. Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (Assistant Commandant/Captain) [July 2001 to Sept 2005] Border Security Force, Govt. of India

• Was associated with procurement and inspection of meat supplied to the troops as well as veterinary care and management of animals viz. camels and horses used for transportation of troops and their ration. • Was in charge of the Military Veterinary Hospital and thus have an ample experience in record keeping, budgeting and office as well as manpower management.

Additional achievements

A) ‘Secretary’, The Board of Faculty of Veterinary Science (2008) Uttar Pradesh Veterinary & Animal Sc. University, Mathura, India • Unanimously elected as the youngest Secretary of the Board of Veterinary Faculty. • Responsible for conducting the Faculty Board meetings on regular intervals to discuss the agenda points pertaining to the problems of the students and the faculty.

B) ‘Chairman’ of students’ council (1998) K.N.P College Veterinary Science, Shirval (Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University) • Chaired the students’ council. • Shouldered a responsibility of conducting annual social gathering, student finances, represented at University meetings, acted as a link between students and academic staff.

Research activity

A) UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) (June 2014 - June 2016):

Co-researcher on the ongoing international project ‘Development of a bacteriophage-based biocontrol technology for the treatment of Cholera’, a project between the University of Nottingham, UK & National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, India, a WHO Collaborating Centre for diarrheal diseases research & training. This project is worth £40000/- and in order to put this project together I had to extensively liaise with the institutes and authorities in India.

B) PhD Research project (2011 to mid-2015) University of Nottingham, UK Title: Bio control of Vibrio cholerae using bacteriophages.

This project is aimed at assessing the potential of bacteriophage for treating Vibrio cholerae infection. The project involved isolation and characterisation of phages. Phages were obtained from 4

Public Health England (PHE), London and Felix d’Herelle Reference Centre for Bacterial Viruses, Canada. In addition, seven phages were isolated in China during a PhD student exchange at China Agricultural University (CAU), Beijing. All phages were characterised in vitro for host range profile, electron microscopy, restriction analysis, one step growth curve and replication dynamics. The phage genomes were sequenced and annotated. A candidate phage was selected for in vivo therapeutic trials using the infant rabbit model. The therapeutic trials were carried out at the University of Surrey in collaboration with Dr. Jenny Ritchie. In these, the candidate phage successfully reduced bacterial numbers significantly with complete elimination of clinical signs of disease.

In addition, during the course of the PhD project I initiated and contributed to a proposal for the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) entitled ‘Development of a bacteriophage- based biocontrol technology for the treatment of Cholera’ on which I am one of the Indian collaborators. The main Indian partner is the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, India. This application was successful and the collaborative project is now under way.

I also initiated the collaboration with the University of Nairobi, Kenya for joint research on Vibrio cholerae phages. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between the University of Nottingham and the Kenyan counterpart for a three month visiting international fellowship to facilitate the collaboration.

C) ‘Outreach Programme on Zoonotic Diseases (OPZD)’ (August, 2010 to September, 2011)

Principal Investigator (PI) on ‘Outreach Programme on Zoonotic Diseases (OPZD)’. OPZD was an Indian national network project sanctioned during the XI five year plan of Indian Council for Agricultural Research. Project dealt with ‘Prevalence, molecular characterization and economic impact of major meat borne zoonotic parasitic diseases viz. Hydatidosis, Cysticercosis and Trichinellosis’. I have managed the funding resource worth £75000/- for this project and have got an appreciation from the Govt. of India for the work carried during my PI ship.

D) MSc (Meat Science & Technology) Research project (2006) University of Bristol, UK Title: Characterization of Salmonella bacteriophages ΦT10 and ΦE151.

As a part of the European Union project called 'SUPASALVAC' on biological control of Salmonella using bacteriophages, my research project within the taught MSc was aimed at characterisation of the isolated phages of Salmonella Typhimurium strain 4/74 and S. Enteritidis strain P125109. For characterisation, the one step growth curve, in vitro replication dynamics, host range profile and genome size with PFGE were done.

E) MVSc (Food Hygiene & Veterinary Public Health) Research project (2001) Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, India Title: Studies on levels of contamination in organised and unorganised sheep/goat slaughterhouses.

This project was aimed at comparing the microbial load on sheep/goat carcasses in a modern Indian abattoir and traditional meat shops in Mumbai city. Swab samples were collected from abattoirs 5 and retail meat shops during different stages of meat production and processed for total viable counts and differential counts. Study revealed that level of contamination in the traditional meat shops was significantly higher compared to the abattoir.

International and national conferences attended

A. Invited speaker:

1. ‘National Seminar on Zoonotic Tuberculosis’ on 1st and 2nd September, 2010 at Gandhinagar, Gujrat organized by the Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Gujrat, India. Delivered a talk on zoonotic tuberculosis. 2. 3rd Regional Conference on Biosensor, Biodiagnostics, Biochips and Biotechnology 2016 (3rdRC4Bs-2016) held at Asian Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (AIMST) University, Malaysia between 20th to 22nd April, 2016. Talk delivered was on “Isolation, characterization and potential application of bacteriophages for phage therapy”.

B. International conferences:

1. Viruses of microbes: Structure and function, from molecules to communities, 14 - 18 July 2014, Zurich, Switzerland (Presented poster). 2. Northern Ireland Poultry Conference, Belfast, UK in September 2006. 3. Ninth Annual Langford International Food Industry Conference, University of Bristol, UK in May 2006. 4. Indo-Italian Workshop on ‘Animal Commodities: Meat and milk processing’ at Mumbai, India in March 2000. 5. Second Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference, Bangalore, India in February 1998. 6. International Conference on Ethno-Veterinary Medicine, Pune, India in November 1997.

C. National conferences:

1. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India in January 2011 (member of Organising team). 2. 38th Indian Dairy Industry Conference on Indian Dairying-Productivity and Food Safety, Bangalore, India in February, 2010 (Presented an award winning poster). 3. National Symposium on 'Safe meat for good health and environment' & 3rd Convention of Indian Meat Science Association, Bangalore, India in July 2008 (Presented poster). 4. National seminar on 'Food safety and quality management systems from farm to fork', organised by Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Quality Council of India, New Delhi in June 2008. 5. All India annual conference of the ‘Association of Public Health Veterinarians’, Calcutta, India in October 2000 (Presented orally). 6. National conference of ‘Association of Food Scientists and Technologists’ at Thrissur, Kerala, India in March 2000.

D. Memberships of professional societies

1. Member of the Southeast Asia Association for Food Protection, Singapore. 2. Member of 'The Society of Food Hygiene and Technology', Middleton, UK. 3. Member of Asian Food Regulation Information Service, Thailand. 4. Life member of 'International Society for Viruses of Microbes' (www.isvm.org). 5. Life member of 'Indian Meat Science Association', Pondicherry, India. 6. Life member of ‘Association of Public Health Veterinarians’, Calcutta, India. 7. Life member of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’, Bareilly, India.

Editorial work

Editor (Since 2009) International Journal of Livestock Production • Member of the Editorial board for the aforesaid online open access journal published by Academic Journals publishers.

Reviewer (Since 2007) Peer Reviewer Journal of Food Quality, Blackwell Publishers, USA; BMC Public Health, UK and African Journal of Microbiology Research, Academic Journals. • Regular peer review of research articles for the above journals.

Publications

Peer reviewed papers:

Bhandare, S.G., Warry, A., Emes, R., Ritchie, J., Atterbury, R.J. and Barrow, P.A. (2016). Bacteriophage therapy of Vibrio cholerae using infant rabbit cholera model. [Manuscript under preparation].

Bhandare, S.G., Warry, A., Emes, R., Su, Jingliang, Atterbury, R.J. and Barrow, P.A. (2016). Complete genome sequences of seven Vibrio cholerae phages isolated in China. Genome Announcements (ASM journal) [Manuscript ready for submission].

Bhandare, S.G., Warry, A., Emes, R., Hooton, S., Atterbury, R.J. and Barrow, P.A. (2016) Complete genome sequences of Vibrio cholerae bacteriophages 24 and X29. Genome Announcements (ASM journal) [Manuscript under revision after initial peer review].

Chetan Kumar, H.B., Zende, R.J., Karabasanavar, N.S., Vaidya, V.M., Bhandare, S.G., Shilpa, V.T. and Paturkar, A.M. (2016). Studies on Prevalence of Trichinellosis in Pigs and Wild Animals. Journal of Veterinary Public Health, 13 (1), 15-18.

Chetan Kumar, H.B., Karabasanavar, N.S., Bhandare, S.G., Zende, R.J. and Paturkar, A.M. (2012). Contamination of community soil with ova of Toxocara species in Mumbai city. Journal of Veterinary Public Health, 10 (1), 57-58.

Sajjan, S.A., Paturkar, A.M., Gatne, M.L., Zende, R.J. and Bhandare, S.G. (2012). Characterization of porcine Hydatid fluid proteins by SDS-PAGE. Frontier Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 1 (1), 22-24.

Bhandare, S.G., Paturkar, A.M. Waskar, V.S. and Zende, R.J. (2010). ‘Prevalence of Food borne pathogens in an organised abattoir in Mumbai, India’. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 4 (7): 454-458.

Bhandare, S.G., Paturkar, A.M. Waskar, V.S. and Zende, R.J. (2009). ‘Bacteriological screening of environmental sources of contamination in an abattoir and the meat shops in Mumbai, India’. Asian Journal of Food and Agro-Industry, 02 (03), 277-287.

Bhandare, S.G., Sherikar, A.T., Paturkar, A.M., Waskar, V.S. and Zende, R.J. (2007). A comparison of microbial contamination on sheep/goat carcasses in a modern Indian abattoir and traditional meat shops. Food Control, 18 (7), 854-858.

Reviews:

Chetan Kumar, H.B, Nagappa, S.K, Bhandare, S.G., Zende R.J. and Paturkar A.M. (2011). ‘Physical hazards in meat: An overview’. Processed Food Industry, May, 28-32.

Nagappa S. K, Bhandare S. G., R.J. Zende and Paturkar A.M. (2011). Molecular detection and differentiation of Salmonellae: A review. Food Safety Magazine: eDigest, April 2011.

Book chapters:

Bhandare S.G. (2014) Ethnic Meat Products: India and Pakistan. In: Carrick Devine & Michael Dikeman, editors-in-chief. Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences 2e, Vol. 1, Oxford: Elsevier; pp. 538- 542.

Bhandare, S.G., Waskar, V.S. and Nagappa, S.K. (2013). HACCP for Clean Meat Production. In ‘Animal Products Technology’, edited by Mandal, P.K. and Biswas, A.K., Studium Press (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 174-184.

Popular/trade articles:

Bhandare, S.G. (2010). ‘Food borne diseases and food safety management: an Indian perspective’. Asian Meat: Processing and Marketing, March/April 2010, 28-29.

Bhandare, S.G. and Sheard, P. (2010). ‘Handle birds with care up to shackle’. World Poultry, 26 (2), 56-57.

Bhandare, S.G., Sheard, P., Waskar, V.S. and Gosavi, P.P. (2010). ‘Effect of pale, soft, exudative (PSE) and dark, firm, dry (DFD) meat on processing of meat’. Processed Food Industry, 13 (8), 26-28.

Bhandare, S.G. and Waskar, V.S. (2010). ‘Food Safety Management for Indian Dairy Industry’. Indian Dairyman, Vol. 62, No. 6, pages 42-46.

Conference proceedings:

Bhandare S.G., Emes, R. D., Hooton, S.P.T., Barrow, P.A. and Atterbury, R.J. (2014). Sequencing and genome annotation of two Vibrio cholerae bacteriophages 24 and X29. Viruses of microbes: Structure and function, from molecules to communities, Zurich, Switzerland, page no. 119-120.

Bhandare, S.G. (2012). Phage: A good virus versus bad bacteria for food safety. Journal of Food Process Technology, 3 (10), 53.

Paturkar A.M., Zende R.J., Bhandare S.G., Mulani J.B., Jogdand N.K., H.B. Chethan Kumar and Deshmuh A.V.(2011) Microbiological analysis of buffalo meat and its public health significance. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 56.

Bhadrige V.V., Zende R.J., Paturkar A.M., Bhandare S.G., Gatne M.L., Sajjan S.A. and Chethan Kumar H.B. (2011) Prevalence and economic impact of cysticercosis in cattle, buffaloes and pig meat production at Deonar abattoir, Mumbai. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 99.

Sajjan S.A., Paturkar A.M., Gatne M.L., Zende R.J., Bhandare S.G. and Katkar S.M. (2011) Prevalence, fertility rate and protein content of Hydatid cysts in pigs slaughtered at Deonar abattoir, Mumbai. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 100.

Bhadrige V.V., Zende R.J., Paturkar A.M., Bhandare S.G., Sajjan S.A. and Katkar S.M. (2011) Characterization of whole cyst, scolex and host antigens of cysticercus cellulosae by sodium dodecyl sulphate – poly acrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 103.

Nandavadekar A.V., Paturkar A.M., Zende R.J., Bhandare S.G. and Gatne M.L. (2011) Prevalence and economic impact of Hydatidosis in sheep and goat meat production. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 116.

Devashri Joshi, Sudhakar Bhandare, Nagappa S.K, Paturkar A.M. and Zende R.J. (2011) Prevalence of Echinoccocosis in sheep slaughtered at Deonar abattoir, Mumbai. 9th Annual 9

Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 117.

Deshmukh A.V., Paturkar A.M., Zende R.J., Nagappa S. Karabasanavar, Bhandare S.G., Katkar S.M., Jogdand N.K., Mulani J.B. and Chethan Kumar H.B. (2011) Prevalence of bacteria of public health importance associated with abortions in sheep and goats. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 118.

Deshmukh A.V., Katkar S.M., Paturkar A.M., Nagappa S. K., Zende R.J., Bhandare S.G. and Chethan Kumar H.B. (2011) Seroprevalence of Brucellosis in aborted goats. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 121.

Deshmukh A.V., Paturkar A.M., Zende R.J., Nagappa S. Karabasanavar, Bhandare S.G., Katkar S.M., Jogdand N.K., Mulani J.B., Chethan Kumar H.B. and P. Pantawane (2011) Prevalence and antibiogram of E.coli in vaginal swabs obtained from aborted Goats. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 122.

Chethan Kumar H.B., Zende R.J., Paturkar A.M., Nagappa S Karabasanavar, Bhandare S.G., Kadam. A.B., Deshmukh A.V., Mulani J.B. and Jogdand N.K. (2011) Comparison of rapid coliform test with conventional MPN technique for assessing coliform counts of market milk. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 201.

Mulani J.B., Chethan Kumar H.B., Paturkar A.M., Zende R.J., Nagappa S. K., Bhandare S.G., Jogdand N.K, Deshmukh A.V. and Deori P. (2011) Evaluation of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of food grade polyxemethylene guanidine sanitizer. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 223.

Jogdand N.K, Zende R.J., Paturkar A.M., Bhandare S.G., Mulani J.B., Chethan Kumar H.B. and Deshmukh A.V. (2011) Assessment of drinking water for few vital chemical parameters. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 224.

Mulani J.B., Paturkar A.M., Nagappa S. K., Zende R.J., Bhandare S.G., Chethan Kumar H.B., Jogdand N.K and Deshmukh A.V. (2011) Enteric parasitiasis in synanthropic pigeons at Mumbai. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health

Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 226.

Mulani J.B., Paturkar A.M., Zende R.J., Nagappa S. K., Bhandare S.G., Jogdand N.K, Chethan Kumar H.B. and Deshmukh A.V. (2011) Evaluation of fumigation efficiency for microbial decontamination of air. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 226.

Chethan Kumar H.B., Zende R.J., Nagappa S. K., Paturkar A.M., Bhandare S.G., Mulani J.B., Jogdand N.K, and Deshmukh A.V. (2011) Contamination of community soil with ova of Toxocara spp in Mumbai city. 9th Annual Conference and National Symposium of 'Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists’ on “Veterinary Public Health: New Horizon for Integrating the Animal Production, Food Safety and Human Health”, Mumbai, India, page no. 227.

Daga S.S., Waskar V.S., Gosavi P.P., Bhandare S.G. and Kokane S.S. (2010) Effect of coagulation temperature and milk fat percentage on sensory quality of chhana. 38th Indian Dairy Industry Conference on Indian Dairying-Productivity and Food Safety, Bangalore, India, Abst. No. DP-10, page no. 15.

Daga S.S., Waskar V.S., Gosavi P.P., Bhandare S.G. and Devangare A.A. (2010) Process Standardization of Chhana podo from Cow Milk. 38th Indian Dairy Industry Conference on Indian Dairying-Productivity and Food Safety, Bangalore, India, Abst. No. DP-40, page no. 29.

Bhandare S.G., Waskar V.S., Devangare A.A., Gosavi P.P., Verma A.K., Banerjee R. and Daga S.S. (2010) Food safety management for Indian Milk industry. 38th Indian Dairy Industry Conference on Indian Dairying-Productivity and Food Safety, Bangalore, India, Abst. No. FS-09, page no. 55. (Awarded as best poster, 1st prize)

Gosavi P.P., Sherikar, A.T., Waskar, V.S., Paturkar, A.M., Zende, R.J. and Bhandare S.G. (2009) Estimation of microbial quality and shelf life of mutton by using picric acid turbidity test(PAT). National symposium on Trans-boundary Zoonotic Diseases: Challenges and Strategies and VIII Conference of Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists, Gangtok (Sikkim), India, Abst. No. FH: 41, page no. 63.

Gosavi P.P., Sherikar, A.T., Waskar, V.S., Paturkar, A.M., Zende, R.J. and Bhandare S.G. (2009) Application of Methylene blue dye reduction test for estimation of mutton quality. National symposium on Trans-boundary Zoonotic Diseases: Challenges and Strategies and VIII Conference of Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists, Gangtok (Sikkim), India, Abst. No. FH: 41, page no. 63.

Bhandare, S.G., Sherikar, A.T., Paturkar, A.M. and Waskar, V.S. (2008) Microbial analysis of environmental sources of contamination in a modern Indian abattoir and traditional meat shops. Third convention of Indian meat science association and National symposium, Bangalore, India, Abst. No. WMP-16, page no. 146.

Bhandare, S.G., Paturkar, A.M., Sherikar, A.T., Waskar, V.S. and Zende, R.J. (2002). Microbial assessment of sources of contamination in goat slaughterhouse points in unorganized sector. 1st 11

Annual Conference of Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists (IAVPHS) and National Symposium, Pantnagar, India, Abst. No. 3, Page No.68.

Bhandare, S.G., Paturkar, A.M., Sherikar, A.T., Waskar, V.S., Zende, R.J. and Nanaware, S.R. (2002). Microbial assessment of carcass sites in sheep/ goat slaughterline in unorganised sector. Vth Annual conference of Association of Public Health Veterinarians (APHV) and National Symposium, Tirupati, India, Abst. No. 13, page no.226.

Bhandare, S.G., Sherikar, A.T., Paturkar, A.M., Waskar, V.S. and Zende, R.J. (2001). Evaluation of level of contamination of carcass sites in sheep/goat slaughter line at Deonar abattoir. Proceedings of ‘IX Annual Conference of Indian Association of Advancement in Veterinary Research (IAAVR)’, Nagpur, India.

Janjirkar, S.R., Paturkar, A.M., Sherikar, A.T., Waskar, V.S., Bhide, M.R. and Bhandare, S.G. (2000). Antibacterial effects of food grade sanitizers on Yersinia Enterocolitica. Proceedings of ‘Third All India Conference of Association of Public Health Veterinarians (APHV)’, Calcutta, India.