Gadvasu

Faculty Detail

Dr Sreekala S. Mohandas

Designation: Assistant professor
Contact Address:Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Rampura Phul Bathinda, Punjab – 151103.
Telephone : 9478021427
Mobile: 9478021427
Email:[email protected]

Academic Credentials

• B.V.Sc & A.H.
• M.V.Sc.
• Ph.D
  

Teaching and Other Appointments

• Teaching Veterinary Microbiology courses to undergraduates and postgraduate students. Specialization in Veterinary Virology and also working on bacteriology, mycology, immunology and microbial biotechnology

Other Appointments

• Member of the Board of studies, COVS, RampuraPhul
• Member of the College Academic Affairs Committee, COVS, Rampura Phul
• Member of the college research committee, COVS, RampuraPhul
• Member of the College Disciplinary committee, COVS, RampuraPhul
• Life Member-Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology (ISVIB)
• Life Member-Indian Virological Society (IVS)
• Member-Punjab State Veterinary Council (PSVC)

Area of Research Interests

• The research interest is mainly in epidemiological studies on pathogenic viruses and microbes of livestock, poultry and microbes of zoonotic important and the development of diagnostic and prophylactic measures for them.

Research Honour’s /Awards

• GADVASU Women Scientist Award: Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology
• Women Scientist-A (WOS-A) fellowship with a research project (2017-2020) of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
• Consolation prize in quiz competition (PG)- World Immunology Day (2017) at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
• Institutional Merit Fellowship for Ph.D. (2015-16), GADVASU, Ludhiana
• ICAR-NET
• Third prize in National Technical Writing Contest LYKASUMMIT-2012 by Lyka Exports Limited (Animal Healthcare Division)
• Institutional Fellowship (ICAR) for M.V.Sc (2011-13) at Indian Veterinary Research Institute

No. of Publications

Publications

• Sreekala SM, Kaur G, Dwivedi PN 2023. Subclinical circulation of Chicken infectious anaemia virus-A Sero-molecular study. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 29: pp 1-8  
• V Bassessar, S. M. Sreekala, R Ravindran and N.S. Sharma 2023. Current Prospectives on the histopathological and microbiological aspect of Pyometra: A Review. International Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry. 8(4) 238-243.
• Sreekala S. M. and Kaswan, S. Strengthening of Ethno-Medicine Use in the Veterinary Sector: Need of the Hour Ayurveda Physician 05(09) 42-45 2023
• Sreekala S M, Gurpreet Kaur and Dwivedi P N (2022). Complete genome sequence analysis of MDCC MSB1 cell adapted Chicken infectious anaemia virus In. Virtual Conference of VIBCON on “Transforming Livestock Economy through Innovations in Immunology and Biotechnology” during February 4-5, 2022, organized by College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, Punjab
• Sreekala, S. M., Gurpreet, K., & Dwivedi, P. N 2020. Detection and molecular characterization of chicken infectious anaemia virus in young chicks in Punjab region of north-western India. Brazilian journal of microbiology 51(2) 805– 813
• Gurpreet Kaur, Mudit Chandra, Sreekala S Mohandas and PN Dwivedi 2020. Applications of Virus-like Particles in Veterinary. Journal of Microbiology 7 15-19
• Sreekala S. M., Monika T. and Rakhi G. 2018. A Mini-Review on Immunosuppressive Viral Diseases and their Containment Methods at Commercial Poultry Farms. Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology 1(2): 31-36
• Dandotiya Ajay, Kaur Gurpreet, Sreekala S. Mohandas and Dwivedi P. N. 2017. Detection of avian infectious bronchitis virus by RT-PCR and RT-LAMP International Journal of Agriculture Sciences 9 (39) 4594 – 4597
• Sreekala, S. M., Muthuchelvan, D., Pandey A. B., Biswass, S., Negi, K.C., Venkatesan, G., Choudhary, D., Ramakrishnana, M. A. and Mondal, B. 2015. Development of reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of bluetongue viruses. Journal of Virological Methods 222 103– 105
• Sreekala, S.M., Kaswan, S., Nehra, K. and Kumar, A. 2012. Global issue of antimicrobial resistance: A Review. Agricultural Reviews 33 (4): 301-306