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. Abhijeet Fernandes
Designation : Assistant Professor
Contact Address : Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Rampura Phul 151103.
Telephone :
Mobile : 7205198506
Email : abhijeet.2593@gmail.com
Academic Credentials
- B.V.Sc. & A.H. (OUAT)
- M.V.Sc. (Veterinary Gynaecology & Obstetrics, ICAR-NDRI)
- Ph.D. (Veterinary Gynaecology & Obstetrics, ICAR-NDRI) (Ongoing)
Teaching appointments
- Teaching Veterinary Gynaecology & obstetrics courses to under graduate students, imparting training to paravets
Area of research
- Phytotherapeutics for treatment of female and male infertility
- biomarker based estrus identification in buffaloes
Research honours awards
- Won National Veterinary Physiology Quiz at Eastern & National level in the year 2015 & 2016 respectively
- Received University gold medal for securing the first position in first class in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest aggregate marks in animal husbandry courses of B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest aggregate marks in Pathology, Bacteriology & parasitology and first class in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest aggregate marks in Animal Breeding & Genetics and Animal production and first class in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest marks in Animal Nutrition in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest marks in Veterinary Medicine in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest marks in Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest marks in subjects concerning to avians in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest marks in Veterinary Biochemistry in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest marks in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for securing highest marks in Veterinary pathology in B.V.Sc. & A.H.; gold medal for being the best student securing highest marks in core courses of animal nutrition in B.V.Sc. & A.H for the year 2018.
- Received silver medal and merit certificate for academic excellence for Master’s degree from 2018-20
- Received DST INSPIRE Fellowship for PhD program (2022)
- Received 1st prize for the hindi article titled “Artificial Insemination in Goats” in Dugdha Ganga, 2019-20, ICAR-NDRI
No of publications
| Research: 11 | Extension: 03 | Books/Books Chapter: 02 | Manuals: 02 |
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Publication
- Fernandes A., Pruthi C., Pandey M., Baithalu R.K., Pannu S.P., Mohanty T.K., Onteru S.K. and Kumar S. Curcuma caesia rhizome extraxt as a potential phytotherapeutic for modulation of granulosa cell function under heat stress condition using 3-D buffalo granulosa cell culture model. In ISSAR National symposium on “Optimising animal reproduction through recent techniques of biotechnology, nutraceuticals and alternative medicine”, November 16-18, 2022
- Singh, K. P., Pandey, M., Baithalu, R. K., Fernandes, A., Pannu, S., Bhatia, n., Mohanty, T. K., Kumaresan, A., Datta, T. K. and Mohanty, A. Comparative proteome profiling of saliva between estrus and non-estrous stages by employing label free (LFQ) and Tanden Mass Tag (TMT)- LC-MS/MS analysis: An approach for estrus biomarker identification in Bubalus bubalis. Front. Genet.-RNA, 2022.
- Singha, S., Baithalu, R. K., Pandey, M., Jaiswal, L., Fernandes, A., Mohanty, T. K., Kumaresan, A., maharana, B. R. and Sarath, T. Salivary cell-free HSD17B1 and HSPA1A transcripts as potential biomarkers for estrus identification in buffaloes. Animal Biotechnology, 2022
- Baithalu R, Fernandes A, Neeraj, Bhakat M, Singh S K and Mohanty T K. Recent advances in ultrasonography for reproduction management of farm animals. In International conference on Advances in Agricultural, Veterinary and Allied sciences for improving livelihood and environmental security” (AAAVASILES-2022).
- Tiwari, S., Srivastava, R., Kulkarni, A, N., Raval, K., Fernandes, A., Bhakat, M. and Mohanty, T. K. Filtration techniques are advantageous over colloidal centrifugation in improving freezability of low quality buffalo bull (Bubalus bubalis) ejaculates. Animal Biotechnology, 2022Baithalu R.K, Pandey M., Neeraj, Singh K.L., Singha S, Dash S, Pannu S, Fernandes A, Mohanty T.K., Kumar S and Mohanty A.K. Identificatio of estrus candidate proteins in buffalo saliva and development of epitope based peptide directed antibodies that recognize the VMO1 protein for accurate identification of estrus in buffaloes. On 19th SOCDAB NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on Contemporary Technology for Animal Genetic Resource (AnGR) Management (2022).
- S. Praveen, Ramesh Chandra, Nishant Kumar, Abhijeet Fernandes and C. Dhaarani. Improvement in reproductive performance of boron supplemented karan fries cows during hot & humid season. Journal of Animal Research, V-12, 87-91 (2022)
- Fernandes, A., Kumar, N., Kasimanickam, R. K., Tiwari, S., Ragulraj, S., Baithalu, R. K. and Mohanty, T. K. Effect of exogenous kisspeptin on follicular, endocrine profile and transcriptional abundance of Kiss1 and Kiss1r in postpartum anestrus buffaloes. In ISSAR internationalsymposium on “Novel knowledge, innovative practices and Research in Theriogenology”, December 27-29, 2021
- Fernandes A, Tiwari S, Kumar A, Kulkarni N, Patidar P. Current scenario and Future perspective of semen sexing in Indian livestock sector. Indian Dairyman, 72(8), 2021
- S. Praveen, R. Chandra, Nishant Kumar, Ashutosh, P. Naveen, S. Jamwal and A. Fernandes. Assessment of milk yield & milk quality on boron supplemented groups in crossbred karanfries cows during hot & humid season. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 38 (4), 383-391 (2021)
- Pandey, H., Kumar, N., Fernandes, A., Kumar, A. and Lathwal, S. S. In 2nd Annual Meeting of Animal Physiologists Association (APA) and National Conference on “Issues and Strategies for Physiological Capacity Building in Animals”. 2019