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 Varun Bassesar
Designation : Assistant Professor
Contact Address : Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Rampura Phul Bathinda, Punjab – 151103.
Telephone :
Mobile : 7006367693
Email : varun.vets@gmail.com
Academic Credentials
- B.V.Sc.& A.H.
- M.V.Sc. in Veterinary Pathology
- Ph.D. in Veterinary Pathology
Teaching appointments
- Teaching all courses of B.V.Sc including General, Systemic, Avian, Oncology, Clinical pathology, Necropsy, Pathology of Infectious and Non Infectious diseases, Pathology of diseases of laboratory and wild animals.
Other appointments
- Registered with State Veterinary Council (J&K)
- Life Membership for Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists.
- Life Membership for Khalsa Veterinary College Alumni
- Life Member of Indian Society for Advancement of Canine Practice
Area of research
- Small ruminant pathology, Poultry Pathology, Diagnosis of different diseases through histopathology, immunohistochemistry and molecular techniques.
No of publications
| Research: 12 | Extension: 02 | Books: Nil | Manuals: 06 |
|---|
Publication
- Bassessar, Varun, Yamini Verma, and Madhu Swamy. "Antibiogram of bacterial species isolated from canine pyometra." Veterinary World 6, no. 8 (2013): 546.
- Bassessar, Varun, A. B. Shrivastav, Madhu Swamy, Kajal Jadhav, and Nidhi Rajput. "Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis IS6110 in cattle faeces." Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology (2014): 10-13.
- Bassessar, Varun, A. B. Shrivastav, Madhu Swamy, and Amol Rokde. "Comparison between intradermal tuberculin skin testing and interferon gamma ELISA for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in Jabalpur region." Indian J. Anim. Sci 84, no. 2 (2014): 115-119.
- Bassessar, Varun, A. B. Shrivastava, and Madhu Swamy. "Histopathological and Molecular Investigation of Natural Cases of Bovine Tuberculosis Infection in Cattle." Journal of Animal Research 9, no. 6 (2019): 919-925.
- Varun Bassessar, Yamini Verma, and Madhu Swamy. "Histopathological and microbiological study of canine pyometra." Veterinary Practitioner Vol. 15 No. 2December 2014.
- Varun Bassessar, Yamini Verma and Madhu Swamy. Pathogenecity trail of E.coli from pyometric female dogs. Journal of Canine Development & Research.
- Varun Bassessar, Yamini Verma and Madhu Swamy. Hemato-biochemical alterations in canine pyometra. Journal of Canine Development & Research.
- Sambyal, N., Bassessar, V., Singh, R., Rufai, N., & Mengi, B. (2020). Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii and its Nitric Oxide Expression Level in Serum, Brain and Reproductive Organs of Sheep. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 9(8): 223-230.
- Singh, Rahul, Varun Bassessar, Priynka Rani, M. L. Mehra, and Shagufta Azmi. "Pathomorphological diagnosis of Hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome in poultry: A case report." Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 7 (2019): 621-623.
- V Bassessar, Dr. Sreekala S Mohandas, R Ravindran and NS Sharma. Current Prospectives on histopathological and microbiological aspect of Pyometra: A Review. International Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry 2023; 8(4): 238-243.