Biotechnological Interventions Augmenting Livestock Health and Production

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Dr CS Mukhopadhyay: is working as Senior Scientist in the Department of Bioinformatics College of Animal Biotechnology Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Ludhiana India. He has been engaged in research works involving animal genomics and transcriptomics directed towards disease resistance of cattle buffalo and chicken. He is a life member of scientific societies like ADNAT Indian Science Congress Indian Assoc. Medical Informatics etc and reviewer of journals like BMC Genomics Plos One Molecular Biology Reports etc. He has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Academic for Professional Excellence an international educational exchange award sponsored by the USA government to research for 9 months (in 2016-17) at the Department of Animal Science Iowa State University USA. He has authored 10 book chapters and has also authored a book. Dr. Ratan K. Choudhary is an Assistant Professor at the College of Animal Biotechnology Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Punjab. Dr. Choudhary held bachelors and Masters degrees in veterinary sciences and earned his doctoral degree in Animal Science from The University of Maryland College Park USA. His research interest is focused on the development of stem cell therapy for the dry period and mastitis in dairy animals. He had worked at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) facility for six years (2007-2012). He has two post-doctoral research experiences viz. University of Kentucky (2012-2013) and University of Vermont (2018-2020) USA. He was awarded many prizes including Deans Fellowship R. F. Davis Scholarship and Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award (all three from the University of Maryland) Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre USDA poster awards (in a row for three years) First Prize Winner of National Milk Producers Federation Graduate Student Paper Presentation Award in Dairy Production and Novus International Inc. Travel Award (both from the American Dairy Science Association USA) International Travel Scheme (ITS) Scholarship 2015 (DBT India). He is serving as a reviewer in many international journals and proposals including the USDA-Israel BARD grant proposal French Animal National Research Proposal Book Proposals Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia Scientific Reports World Journal Stem Cells Journal of Dairy Research PlosOne and Stem Cells Reviews and Report.  Dr. Harsh Panwar is currently serving as Assistant Professor (Dairy Microbiology) at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Ludhiana Punjab. He has obtained his Masters degree in Microbiology from Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra Haryana in 2007 with University Gold Medal and Ph.D. in Dairy Microbiology in the year 2013 from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute Karnal and Queens University Belfast UK through prestigious Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship program. Dr. Panwar has been working in the area of probiotics and their role in management of metabolic disorders and mitigation of antimicrobial resistance in milk chain. Dr. Panwar has published over 50 research papers reviews and book chapters in journals of national and international repute. He has also edited 2 books.  He is recipient of several awards including Associate-Fellowship National Academy of Dairy Sciences (India); Commonwealth Scholarship by Commonwealth Scholarship Commission UK; DST-INSPIRE Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology Government of India; Best Researcher Award 2017-18 and Best Teacher Award 2018-19 by Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University; Most Promising Young Dairy Microbiologist 2017 by Vets Club Ludhiana; Young Scientist Award 2020 by Association of Microbiologists of India; RS RANA Memorial Award 2020 by Association of Microbiologists of India; Indo-Australian Career Boosting GOLD Fellowship 2020 and severalbest paper and poster awards. Prof. Yashpal Singh Malik is currently the Dean of the College of Animal Biotechnology Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Ludhiana India. He is a recipient of the prestigious ICAR National Fellow at the ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute. His areas of expertise are rotaviral diseases viral disease epidemiology microbial biodiversity host-virus interactions and pathogen-diagnostics. He has pursued advanced studies in molecular virology at the University of Minnesota USA; University of Ottawa Ontario Canada; and Wuhan Institute of Virology Wuhan China. He is the recipient of several prestigious national state and academy awards and honors including the ICAR-Jawaharlal Nehru Award. He has authored 7 books 45 book chapters and over 200 research and review articles. Dr Malik has been associated with societies of international repute like the Managing Committee Member of the World Society for Virology (USA). He has been serving as Secretary General of Indian Virological Society. Being a member in One Health group in Federation of Asian Veterinary Association (FAVA) for 2021-2025 he is the Indian flag bearer on the international forum. Dr. Malik is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Immunology Immunopathology and has also edited special issues of the Springer journal Virus Disease Benthams The Open Virology Journal and the Journal of Current Drug Metabolism. He has been awarded a prestigious Fellowship by the Academy of Microbiological Sciences (AMSc).