Brief Profile & CV Personalia: Name: Dr. Riaz A. Shah Date of Birth: 03-04-1967 Address: 15, Lane # 4, Firdousabad, Batamaloo Srinagar Kashmir 190009 Contact Nos: Phone: +91-194-2262642 9797794864 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Present Assignment: Designation: Professor and Head, Division of Animal Biotechnology, FVSc., Shuhama Other Assignments Coordinator, HRD-MVSc. Program of DBT, MoST, GoI Convener, Board of Professional Examination, FVSc. & AH. Academic Profile : Degree Thesis title Grade Year Institute Ph.D. Establishment of Electrofusion 7.6 / 10.0 Aug. ABTC, National Dairy procedure and culture conditions 2008 Research Institute, India for the production of handmade (First rank in cloned embryos in buffalo Biotech.discipline) (Bubalus bubalis) Production and Characterization of 8.4/ 10.0 July 1996 Indian Vet. Res. MVSc Monoclonal Antibodies against (Second Rank) Institute, Izatnagar, UP Rinderpest Virus BVSc Veterinary Sciences 76 % April SKUAST, J&K & AH 1993 Awards, Grants & Foreign Assignments Event Awarding Agency Period Awarded at Cashmere World Conference 2012, held AFLP-Cashmere World, Sept. 2012 at Hongkong for outstanding work in Technology Hongkong. related to Pashmina Industry. University Council, May 2012 Professorship in Biotechnology for outstanding SKUAST-Kashmir research achievement in Cloning of “Noori” . ICAR sponsored Post-doctoral Training at ICAR-NAIP, New Delhi Oct-Dec., 2011 AgResearch Ltd., New Zealand in the advanced area of Small Ruminant Cloning & Transgenesis. Consultant for establishing Reproductive King Saud Univ., Riyadh Oct.,2011 Biotechnology Lab at the Department of Animal Productivity, King Saud University, KSA Best PhD Thesis award in Biotechnology for the year ICAR July 2009 2008. Competitive grant of Rs 10.8 crore awarded for ICAR under NAIP Feb. 2009 Cloning Research in Buffalo & Pashmina goats. Young Scientist Biotech Fellowship Award from S&T J&K State S&T Feb., 2004 Deptt. for six months research at IISc., Bangalore DBT Junior Research Fellowship award during DBT, GoI 1993-1995 MVSc degree program at IVRI. Membership of Professional Societies o Indian Society for Vety. Immunology and Biotechnology (ISVIB). o Indian Society for the study of Reproduction and Fertility (ISSRF) o Indian Society for Buffalo Development (ISBD) o Society for Animal Physiologists of India (SAPI) Projects Associated with Title of Project (duration) Budget Scheme Capacity allocation Generation and in vivo development of FGF5 gene 58.0 lac SERB-CRG PI disrupted embryos in Pashmina goats (2019-22) Generation of genetically stable vaccine against IBD virus 47.0 lac SERB- DST Co-PI through reverse genetics approach (2017-20) Proteome identification………..syntrophin protein….breast 48.5 lac SERB- DST Co-PI cancer (2016-19) Pashmina fiber development : an OMICS approach 226.0 lac NASF (ICAR) Co-PI (2015-2018) 50.0 lac DBT Co-PI Mammary gland specific transcriptional profiling of Kashmiri cattle…. (2015-18) HRD Program in Animal Biotechnology (2012-2017) 141.0 lac HRD, DBT Co-ordinator (since 2015) Bioprospecting of genes and allele mining for abiotic 61.0 lac NAIP, ICAR Co-PI stress tolerance in goat and camel in cold arid Ladakh region: (2009-14) Genotype-environment interaction of Boer goat 19.0 lac S&T, J&K Co-PI germplasm under temperate agro-climatic conditions of J & K : (2009-11) Value chain on zona free cloned embryos for quality 243.0 lac NAIP- ICAR PI animal production from Pashmina Goats. (2009-14) Publications Peer Reviewed Publications Cummulative Impact : TRIF ~ 58 NAAS ~ 270 RG Score : 24.47 Citations : 335 H / i-10 Index: 9 International Journals 33 National Journals 13 Popular Articles 05 Book Chapters 02 Invited/Lead lectures (Abroad) 05 (India) 11 Posters in Conferences 12 Expert Lectures in Trainings/Seminars 18 Work Experience Period Designation/Capacity Salient Contributions 1996 - 1998 Veterinary Officer, Animal Monitored Control program of Liverfluke and Rinderpest in Husbandry Deptt. Kashmir three districts Seromonitoring and serosurveillance of Rinderpest and PPR diseases in cattle and sheep 1998 – 2005 Asstt. Professor Reproductive and health management of cattle Cattle Research Station, Research studies on Colostral Immunity in new born SKUAST-K, Mansbal calves. Teaching of UG courses to students at FVSc. In the disciplines of Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 2005 – 2008 PhD Scholar (Inservice) Outstanding research study leading to birth of Samrupa & ABTC, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, Garima the “First Successful Animal Cloning in India” Thesis awarded with Jawaharlal Nehru Award for best thesis in the field of Biotechnology-2008 by ICAR. Successful in securing a competitive grant of INR 243 lacs for research project on Cloning from ICAR-NAIP. 2008 – 2012 Assoc. Professor, Established state of art centre for research in the area Centre of Animal Biotechnology of Animal Biotechnology in the university. FVSc., Shuhama Instituted a postgraduate degree program in Animal Biotechnology funded by DBT, GoI under HRD program SKUAST-K achieved international recognition for production of Cloned Pashmina goat, “Noori” by our Centre. Established linkages with Indian and foreign labs for sharing of ideas in different areas of research. Team of scientists at our centre received recognition and awards at national and international level. 2012 – 2015 Professor, Instituted PhD program in Animal Biotechnology in the Division of Biotechnology (Plant Division. and Animal Biotech. Centres) Animal Biotech. Centre awarded B++ ranking by the SKUAST-K accreditation team BCIL of DBT. Trained the human resource in the Division for placements in reputed research laboratories in India and abroad. 2015 – 2017 Professor & Head Instituted PhD program in Plant Biotechnology in the Division of Biotechnology (Plant Division. and Animal Biotech. Centres) State of art facility for Plant Biotechnology established SKUAST-K and inaugurated by His Excellency Governor of J&K at Shalimar campus. 2017... Professor & Head Division attracted External funding to the tune of 3.8 continuing Division of Animal crores for research in the high end areas of Animal Biotechnology FVSc., Shuhama Sciences under my supervision. Collaborations with International laboratories developed for partnering in research activities. Commercialization of technologies, developed in the Division, initiated with industry. Division attracted able researchers under DST Inspire Faculty program and National Post Doc Fellows for undergoing research in the emerging areas of Biotechnology (Riaz A Shah) VISION AND MISSION Vision: To establish the Division of Animal Biotechnology, SKUAST-K as a centre of excellence for building knowledge based bio-economy in bio-resource rich hill and mountain state of J&K. Mission: Focus on innovative technologies and societal biotechnology for securing livelihood, food security and clean environment through sustainable production of food, feed, fiber and energy in hill and mountain agro-ecosystem of J&K. EDUCATION 2005-2008: NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KARNAL, INDIA: PhD in Dairy Science (Specialization in Animal Biotechnology) Worked during this period on the research project on in-vitro production of cloned embryos in Buffaloes and produced live cloned buffalo calves for the first time in the world using simplified cloning procedure. Published the research data in Peer-reviewed International journals having impact factor more than ‘2.0’. Awarded with the National level Award for BEST PhD RESEARCH AND THESIS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY for the year 2008 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India. Secured Highest Grade Point in the year 2005 in Animal Biotechnology Course Study (comprising of courses in Animal Reproduction and Physiology). Practical Skills gained during the PhD Research Program: o Somatic cell culture, establishment of Primary cell cultures and maintenance of cell lines. o In vitro embryo production in buffaloes and goats, Micromanipulation and SCNT of embryos. o Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos. o Stem cell isolation and culture. o Embryo transfer in buffaloes and goats. o Molecular characterization of embryo development. o Statistical Analysis of research data and effective writing and publication of findings in journals of repute. 1993-1996: INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IZATNAGAR, UP, INDIA: Master of Veterinary Science in Biotechnology (Specialization in molecular viral Immunology) During Masters degree I was a recipient of Junior Research Fellowship from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India for which selection was made through competitive examination. Apart from completing the course requirements, I conducted a research study on Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies against N-protein of Rinderpest Virus. Published the research findings in journal of International repute in Animal Health. Practical Skills gained during the MVSc. Research Program: o Had a good experience with the conduct of independent research study. o Learnt Cell culture techniques, Cell fusion and clonal selection of antibody secreting hybrid cells. o Exposure to ELISA, IFAT, Immuno-peroxidase and Radio- immunoprecipitation Assay techniques. o In addition I was involved with breeding and maintenance of Experimental BALB/c mice in Laboratory. 1987-1993: Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, S. K. Agricultural University, Srinagar, J&K, India: Bachelor in Vet. Sci. and Animal Husbandry (BVSc&AH). Nine