College of Veterinary Science, Rampura Phul
Know About the College
The foundation stone of the College was laid on 30th October, 2014 by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Punjab. The college became functional from the academic session 2019-20 with the admission of first batch of undergraduate students, B.V.Sc & A.H programme. The college campus is spread over an area of 67 acres comprising of College Buildings, hospital, animal farms, and fodder production area. There is hostel facility for the boys and girls students. There is a well-equipped Teaching Veterinary Hospital to cater the needs of large and small animal health care. The latest diagnostic equipments including X-ray machines, ultrasound etc are available. The college has a well-established diagnostic laboratory for the examination of blood, urine, faeces and tissues etc.
Mandate
- To provide opportunities for enduring education for budding professionals in Veterinary Science.
- To run “Referral” hospital for specialized treatment and provide clinical training to students.
- To provide consultancy and specialist services to livestock owners, government, semi-government and allied agencies.
- To encourage faculty development by providing opportunities to participate in appropriate training programmes, conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia etc.
- To encourage teamwork and collaboration with other departments, colleges, universities and industries, both nationwide and globally
Goals
- To train veterinary professionals including Master’s and Doctorate level specialists competent of handling livestock vigor and production aspects according to the needs of State Government and allied agencies.
- To coordinate research in all sectors of veterinary and animal sciences with emphasis on animal health, production and processing technologies with multidisciplinary approach.
- To develop collaborative research linkages with other international and national research institutes and universities.
- To guide and assist the university scientists in acquiring funding for new research projects from national/international funding agencies.
Future Strategies:
- To define future thrust areas and execute short term/long term research strategies.
- To organize research activities designed to improve health and production of animals in state.
- Developing low cost, cutting-edge technologies that are proficiently transferable to state farmers, entrepreneurs and other stake holders.
- To orient the research mandates for economic upliftment of the state livestock farmers
Dean, College of Veterinary Science, Rampura Phul
Dr. Digvijay Singh
Address: Dean, College of Veterinary Science, Rampura Phul, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
Email: deancovsrampura@gadvasu.in
Call: +91-1651-222644
Brief Introduction
Dr. Digvijay Singh former Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, GADVASU, Ludhiana has joined as Dean, College of Veterinary Science, GADVASU, Rampura Phul on 31.10.2024. Earlier, he has led the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, GADVASU, Ludhiana twice as Professor & Head from 2011 to 2015 and 2020 to 2024. Apart from being the Professor and Head, he has also worked as the University Librarian, GADVASU, Ludhiana from 01.04.2021 to 30.05.2022. Besides being involved in academics, he has published a total of 64 publications (23 as the first author), 12 in International journals, 40 in Indian journals and 01 review article in International Journal. Apart from this, he has 11 Invited papers in different CAFT and other training. He has presented 06 Research papers in international conferences besides presenting 27 Research papers in National Conferences along with 21 Abstracts published in the National and 15 Abstracts published in International conferences. He successfully completed the first private-sector research project undertaken by GADVASU entitled “Effect of Herbal formulation on digestibility and nutrient utilization of wheat straw in buffalo calves” sponsored by AYURVET, BADDI, guided 6 M.V. Sc. Students and compiled 3 manuals. The research carried under this project has been highly appreciated by the sponsors. Through this project, He had tried to establish industry-institution linkage. He was Co-PI in the project Clinical application of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells from buffalo for allogenic and xenogenic cutaneous regeneration of chronic wounds with PI- Dr (Mrs.) Manjinder Sharma 1.07.2015 to 31.03.2017. UGC (MRP) Further to facilitate the research work in the college, He developed the small animal colony as its in-charge.
Besides being a referee to a number of journals, he has 3 best research paper presentation awards, D. N. Mullick memorial award presented at XXII annual conference of SAPI held at DUVASU, Mathura from Nov. 19-21, 2013 and ‘BHARAT JYOTI AWARD’ from India International Friendship Society, New Delhi for meritorious services, outstanding performance and remarkable role in his field. Dr. Singh is a life member of a number of scientific societies besides being an executive member of the Society of Animal Physiologists of India (SAPI) from 2007 to 2011. Presently he is general secretary (North India) of the Society of Animal Physiologists of India (SAPI). He has attended a number of national conferences where he has presented his research and co-chaired sessions.
Former Dean
| Sr. No. | Name | Duration on the post | Date of Retirement | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dr. Gurcharan Singh Dhaliwal | 31.10.2019-26.05.2020 | 31.05.2020 |  |
| 2. | Dr. Vinod Kumar Gandotra | 27.05.2020-31.07.2020 | 31.08.2020 |  |
| 3. | Dr. Harmanjit Singh Banga | 01.08.2020-13.09.2020 | -- |  |
| 4. | Dr. Manish Kumar Chatli | 14.09.2020-15.11.2022 | -- |  |
| 5. | Dr. Baljinder Kumar Bansal | 15.11.2022- 29.10.2024 | 31.10.2024 |  |
- Main Veterinary College Building Complex
- Small and Large animal Hospital/Clinic (TVCC)
- Clinical diagnostic laboratory
- Lecture Halls with audio visual teaching aids
- UG/PG Laboratories
- Examination Hall
- Student’s Library
- Computer Centre
- Post Mortem Hall
- Livestock Farm
- Poultry Farm
- Hostels for boys and girls
- Guest House
- Farmer Information Centre
Faculty Detail
Dr Chetna Mahajan
Designation : Assistant Professor
Contact Address : Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Rampura Phul Bathinda, Punjab – 151103.
Telephone :
Mobile : 7340019480
Email : dr.chetnamahajan@gmail.com
Academic Credentials
- B.V.Sc. & A.H.
- M.V.Sc.
- Ph.D.
- ICAR NET
Teaching appointments
- Teaching interests: General Veterinary Biochemistry, Intermediary Metabolism and Analytical biochemistry and Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics
Other appointments
- Member of Punjab State Veterinary Council
- Life Member of Association of Animal Scientists
- Life Member of JVC Alumni association, Jabalpur
- Life Member of Society of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Sciences
- Life Member of Indian Society of Agriculture Science & Technology Research, Noida.
Area of research
- Rumen microbiology, In Vivo and In vitro Methane Mitigation Strategies with specialization in Gas Liquid Chromatography (GLC) in ruminants, designing of dietary supplements for studies of hypocholestremic effect in poultry, Biochemical and biotechnological approaches for diagnosis and control of parasitic infections in animals.
Ongoing projects
Research honours awards
- Excellence in Teaching award in the year 2017 from International Society For Bio-Informatics And Biological Sciences.
- Golden Achievers Award-2022 in the field of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Council for Academic and Performance Appraisal, (CAPA) New Delhi.
- Emerging Scientist Award in the year 2024 from Indian Society of Agriculture Science & Technology Research, Noida.
No of publications
| Research: 13 | Extension/Review: 6/2 | Books/Book Chapter: 1/7 | Manuals: 09 |
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Publication
- Gupta, K. K., Kaur, J., Singh, G., & Mahajan,C. (2024). Clinico-Therapeutic Study of Pyodemodicosis with Underlying Ulcerative Keratitis in a Pug: A Case Report. Ind J Vet Sci and Biotech. 20(2), 1-4.
- Chetna Mahajan, K. Mangal and M. Wadhwa. Effect of Addition of Vegetable Oils on Rumen Fermentation and Methanogenesis under In vitro Conditions. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, (2016), 33 (3): 296-300
- Chetna Mahajan, K. Mangal and M. Wadhwa. Effect of vegetable seed oils on methane emission and fermentation of feed in vitro. Indian Journal of Animal Science, 2016, 86 (7)
- Chetna Mahajan, B.S. Gehlaut, M.A. Quadri, Abhishek Gupta and Roshni Tiwari. Effect of polyherbal preparation on the lipid profile of egg yolk in various genotypes of poultry. Livestock Research on Rural Development (2010) 22 (9)
- Chetna Mahajan and B.S. Gehlaut. Lipoprotein composition of serum in various genotypes of poultry fed with polyherbal preparation Veterinary Practitioner 2015, 15 (1): 120-122
- Abhishek Gupta, A.K. Dixit, Pooja Dixit and Chetna Mahajan. Performance characteristics of Fasciola gigantica cathepsin L Cysteine proteinase (FgCL3) based dipstick ELISA Buffalo Bulletin (2015), 34 (3): 1-5
- Abhishek Gupta, A.K. Dixit, Pooja Dixit, Chetna Mahajan and M.A.Quadri Serum Biochemical Alterations in naturally acquired bubalian tropical Fasciolosis Buffalo Bulletin (2012), 31(2):84-87
- Abhishek Gupta, A.K. Dixit, Pooja Dixit, Chetna Mahajan and R.L. Sharma. Evaluation of dipstick- ELISA using 28 kDa Fasciola gigantica cathepsin L Cysteine proteinase (FgCL3) for the serodiagnosis of Fasciolosis in naturally infected goats Veterinary Parasitology (Elsevier) 2011, 176( 2-3): 165-169
- Gupta, A., A. K. Dixit, Pooja Dixit and Chetna Mahajan. Application of Monoclonal Antibodies in Veterinary Parasitology Veterinary World (2011) 4(4):183-188
- Abhishek Gupta, A.K. Dixit, Pooja Dixit and Chetna Mahajan. Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in small ruminants in and around Jabalpur, India Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, (2013), 27 (1):59-60
- Abhishek Gupta, Chetna Mahajan, Maneesh Sharma, Shireen Tiwari, Umar Majeed and Devi Singh Rajput. Studies on Incidence And Transmission Of Amphistomiasis In Domestic And Wild Ruminants Of Udaipur Region. Veterinary Practitioner, 2010, 12(1):88-89