1 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF VETERINARY SCIENCES (INDIA) (Registered with the Registrar of Societies vide Regn. certificate No.S-2/4471 of 1993 dated 7th July 1993) NEW DELHI NAVS NEWSLETTER APRIL, 2017 The NAVS Newsletter is an Open Access Non-Commercial e-publication for private circulation to all those who are associated with the Academy, as well as to related Veterinary and allied institutions and organizations, and other interested professionals. It permits non-commercial reproduction of its contents to publications of similar readership in any medium, provided NAVS Newsletter is properly cited. CONTENTS 1. NAVS General Information and News ......................................................................3-6 2. Editor’s Note: .............................................................................................................7 3. Letters to the Editor …………….……………………………………………………10 4. From the President’s Desk: .........................................................................................13 5. Vet Track: ....................................................................................................................14. 5-A: Obituary -Dr. Daya Singh Balain; Dr. I.S. Chandna ...........................................14 5-B: Appointments, Transfers, Promotions and Felicitations.......................................15 6. View Point: .................................................................................................................. 21 ID Tags for Animals: by Dr. Rama Kumar V........................................................21 First Veterinary Education: by Dr. Rama Kumar V..............................................23 Zoonosis Update by Dr. M.P. Yadav.....................................................................23 7. National & International Veterinary News …………………………………………..25 8. Science, Health & Society………...…………………………………………………….33. 9: Forthcoming Events (Calendar of Conferences, Conventions and Symposia in India and abroad) …………….49 Cover design assistance: Mr. Narendra Pandey OUR MISSION “To consolidate and promote the views of scientific community on all policy matters related to Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in the welfare of India; to encourage better training and utilization of veterinary talent and enterprise in the country; to strive for advancement of livestock sector in the national economy; to promote animal welfare; to protect environment; and to safeguard the interests of the profession and to gain greater recognition and acclaim for it”. All correspondence regarding the Newsletter may kindly be addressed to the Editor. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF VETERINARY SCIENCES (INDIA) Office: G-4, A Block, NASC, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi-110 012 www.navsindia.org 2 Ch. 1: NAVS INFORMATION & News 1.1: THE NEW GOVERNING COUNCIL 2017-19 Office Bearers President: Maj. Gen. Shri Kant Sharma; [email protected] Vice-President: Dr. DVR Prakash Rao, Chennai Secretary General: Dr. S.K. Gupta, [email protected] Treasurer: Dr. Nem Singh Members ELECTED Col. Dr. R. P. Garg, Noida, U.P. Dr. Mandeep Sharma, Palampur Dr. S.S. Randhawa, Ludhiana Dr. Minaxi Prasad, Hisar Dr. S. K. Tiwari, Durg Dr. B.N. Tripathi, Hisar Dr. V.D.P. Rao, Vijaywada Dr. Ravindra Sharma, Hisar Dr. S.K. Srivastava, Izatnagar Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Izatnagar Dr. A.B. Mandal, Izatnagar Dr. S.N. Singh, Banalore Dr. P. N. Khanna: [email protected] Dr. S.K. Saha, Izatnagar Maj. Gen. Dr. M. L. Sharma: [email protected] EX-OFFICIO DG RVS: Lt Gen Jagvinder Singh: [email protected] DDG (A.S.), ICAR: Dr. Habibar Rahman: [email protected] AHC (M.o.A, GOI): Dr. Suresh S Honnappagol; [email protected] President VCI: Dr. Umesh Chandra Sharma; <[email protected]> 3 1.2: THE PAST NAVS GOVERNING COUNCIL 2014 - 2016 Office Bearers President: Dr. K.M.L. Pathak; [email protected] Vice-President: Maj. Gen. Shri Kant Sharma; [email protected] Secretary General: Dr. Rishendra Verma; [email protected] Treasurer: Dr. Lal Krishna; [email protected] Editor: Dr. R.N. Kohli; [email protected] Members ELECTED Dr. Y. Hari Babu: [email protected] Dr. J. S. Bhatia: [email protected] Col. Dr. R. P. Garg: (email ID not available) Dr. D. N. Garg: [email protected] Dr. S. K. Gupta: [email protected] Dr. P. N. Khanna: [email protected] Dr. Praveen Malik: [email protected] Dr. Asim K. Pal: [email protected] Col. Dr. Tej Ram: [email protected] Dr. S. Ramanathan: [email protected] Dr. T.S. Chandrasekhara Rao: [email protected] Dr. S. S. Rathore: [email protected] Dr. S. K. Saha: [email protected] Maj. Gen. Dr. M. L. Sharma: [email protected] Dr. J. L. Vegad: [email protected] EX-OFFICIO DG RVS: Lt Gen Jagvinder Singh: [email protected] DDG (A.S.), ICAR: Dr. Habibar Rahman: [email protected] AHC (M.o.A, GOI): Dr. Suresh S Honnappagol; [email protected] President VCI: Dr. Umesh Chandra Sharma; <[email protected]>; www.vci.nic.in Editor NAVS: Dr. R.N. Kohli; [email protected] 4 1.3: PATRONS, HONORARY FELLOWS PATRON Dr. R.P.S. Tyagi (2004) HONORARY FELLOWS * Shri. Sirajudin Qureshi (2006); *Dr. N.R. Bhasin (2011); Dr. J.P. Kukreti (2012); Shri Sushil Kumar Agrawal (2012); Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (2014) ------------------- *Since deceased 1.4: INSTITUTIONAL/CORPORATE LIFE MEMBERS INSTITUTIONAL LIFE MEMBERS LUVAS (Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences), Hisar, Haryana. CKVU (Chattisgarh Kamdhenu Veterinary University), Raipur / Durg, Chattisgarh. MAFSU (Maharastra Animal & Fisheries Sciences University), Nagpur, Maharastra RAJUVAS (Rajasthan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences), Bikaner, Rajasthan DUVASU (Deen Dayal Upadhadhaya Veterinary and Animal Scieces University, Mathura, U.P. KCVAS (Khalsa College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences), Amritsar, Punjab CORPORATE LIFE MEMBER M/S Indian Herbs, Saharanpur INSTITUTIONAL ANNUAL MEMBER for the YEAR 2016-17 KUVAS (Kerala University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences), Kerala 5 1.5: CHRONOLGY OF NAVS CONVOCATIONS-CUM-CONVENTIONS 1. First NAVS Convocation: 18th December 1996 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi 2. Second NAVS Convocation: 30th January 2000 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 3. Third NAVS Convocation: 16th April 2002 at IVRI, Izatnagar, U.P. 4. Fourth NAVS Convocation: 7th May 2005 at GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand 5. Fifth NAVS Convocation: 5th May 2006 at JNKVV, Jabalpur, M.P. 6. Sixth NAVS Convocation: 28th June 2007 at KVAFSU, Bangalore, Karnataka 7. Seventh NAVS Convocation: 16 May 2008 at SKUAST, Jammu, J & K 8. Eighth NAVS Convocation: 23rd January 2009 at SVVU, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 9. Ninth NAVS Convocation: 30th October 2010 at NDRI, Karnal, Haryana. 10. Tenth NAVS Convocation: 12th November 2011 at RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan. 11. Eleventh NAVS Convocation: 2nd November 2012 at DUVASU, Mathura, U.P. 12. Twelfth NAVS Convocation: 28th January 2014 at LUVAS, Hisar, Haryana 13. Thirteenth NAVS Convocation: 28th February 2015 at CGKV, Durg, Chhatisgarh 14. Fourteenth NAVS Convocation: 4th November, 2015 at IVRI, Izatnagar, U.P. 15. Fifteenth NAVS Convocation held on 22 October, 2016 at KCVAS, Amritsar, Punjab 6 2. EDITOR’S NOTE 2.1: Editor’s Report on NAVS Elections: Since the term of NAVS Governing Council (2014-16), was to expire on 31st December 2016, the governing council at its meeting held in 2015 decided to appoint Dr. V.P. Singh, Director, National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Hathaikheda Dam Road, Anand Nagar, Bhopal- 462022 (M.P.) Phone: 0755-2759204; Email: [email protected], as the Returning Officer to get the elections conducted. By a letter dated Dec. 1, 2016, the retuning officer sought nominations for various positions from the Fellows of the Academy by 16th January 2017. The scrutiny committee constituted NAVS President scrutinized the nominations and listed the valid nominations. Since no one withdrew from the race, Ballot Papers were sent to the Fellows of the Academy for casting their votes up to 25th March 2017 and counting of votes was done on 29th March 2017. A list of names of the contestants declared elected for various positions was sent by the Returning Officer to the NAVS President but the detailed report of the Returning Officer giving total number of ballot papers sent (postal and email) to Fellows, total number of ballot papers (postal and email) received back from the Fellows (Votes), number of invalid and valid votes (postal and email), numbers votes (postal and email) secured by each candidate for each electable position for which votes were sought and other information that Returning Officer wishes to share with the General Body of NAVS has not yet been received from him despite his promise on April 6, 2017 that he will send it ‘very soon’. Under the circumstances, I requested Dr. Pathak to officially invite the Retuning Officer to attend the aforesaid GC meeting so as to provide the R.O. an opportunity to personally present his report to the Governing Council for necessary action and provide the G.C. an opportunity to thank him personally for his service to the Academy. However, Dr. Pathak has not responded to my request so far. As such, we have decided to stop waiting any more for the Returning Officer’s Report and release the April 2017 issue of the NAVS Newsletter, as waiting further may prove to be in vain. I am sorry for the delay in releasing this issue and offer my apologies to the readers. As far I can recollect this is the first instance of about 3-week delay in the