Gadvasu

Faculty Detail

Academic Credentials

Teaching and Other Appointments

• Teaching: Bioinformatics, Animal Genomics, Genetics
  Training: Periodically organize online and offline trainings on Bioinformatics
  

Other Appointments

• In charge, Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (COVID19 Diagnostics Lab, GADVASU, Ludhiana) (21st October 2020 till date)
• Program Officer of National Service Scheme (NSS) wing of the B. Tech. (Biotechnology) students of the College of Animal Biotechnology, GADVASU, Ludhiana (2017 onward).
• Member, RRC and PME Cell, College of Animal Biotechnology
• Member, Disciplinary Committee of the College of Animal Biotechnology, GADVASU, Ludhiana
• Nominee, Director of Research for Purchase
• Nominee, Dean PGS  for verification of Program of Work of PG Students.
• Member, Anti Ragging Committee
• Member, Research Review Committee
• Program Officer of National Service Scheme (NSS) of the College (2017 – till date)

Area of Research Interests

• Bioinformatics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Genomics and Transcriptomics

Ongoing Projects

SN	Name/ No of Project/ Scheme	Funding agency	Period From To	Scientists involved   (PI/ Co-PI)	Total Funding
1.	Parentage determination vis-à-vis breed identification of indigenous canine through scanning the molecular signature panels	DBT	2022-25	PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay   Co-PI: Dr. Neeraj Kashyap Dr. Shashikant Mahajan Dr. Asmita Narang	89 Lakh
2.	Institutional Development Plan for Improved Learning Outcome, Skill and Entrepreneurship at GADVASU	ICAR, Govt. of India	2018-23	PI: Dr. P. S. Brar, Later Dr. SPS Ghuman   Member: Dr. C.S. Mukhopadhyay	30 Crore
3.	Identification of Species-specific markers for parentage determination in livestock	RKVY	2021-23	PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay Co-PI: Dr. JS Arora Dr. S Kaur	15 Lakh

Completed Projects

SN	Name/ No of Project/ Scheme	Funding Agency	Period From   To	Total Funding	Scientist involved (PI/ Co-PI)
1.	Parentage determination and cytogenetic profiling in dogs. “DBT-GADVASU Canine Research Centre and Network.”	DBT, New Delhi	2019-2021	Rs 39.7 lacs	PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay Co-PI:  Dr. JS Arora, Dr. RK Choudhary (Later Dr. RS Sethi), Dr. S Mahajan, Dr. CS Randhawa, Dr. S Kota (TRPBV, Chennai )
2.	TLR-Ligands: To Design Novel Vaccines Adjuvants Against New Castle Disease in Indigenous Chicken	DBT, New Delhi	2014-2018	26 Lacs	CC-PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay PI: Dr. TC Tolenkhomba (CAU, Imphal) CC-Co-PI: Dr. JS Arora Dr. N. Singh
3.	Construction of miRNA library associated with Disease Resistance in Buffalo	SERB-DST	2012-2015	20.77 Lacs	PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay
4.	Characterization of Fecundity Gene in Assam Hill Goat	DBT, Govt. Of India	2017-2020	26.79 Lacs	PI: Dr. JS Arora Co-PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay
5.	Molecular characterization of canine distemper virus field isolates for selection of suitable vaccine candidate(s)	DBT, Govt. Of India	2018-2021	30 Lacs	PI: Dr. D Deka Co-PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay

Research Honour’s /Awards

• Appreciation award: by GADVASU for contributions towards establishment of COVID testing facility at GADVASU, Ludhiana; January 26, 2022.   (Date of Award: January 26, 2022)
• “Best poster award” Award: Jaswinder Kaur, Kanwaljit Rana and C.S Mukhopadhyay* on the topic of “BOON OF COW CURD CONSUMPTION” in National webinar on CowPathy and animal health
• on 16 December 2021
• Best Researcher Award (for the College of Animal Biotechnology) of the Year 2018-19 given away by Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University on 29th may 2019
• “Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowships” (FNAPE: Research-2016-17), an international educational exchange program sponsored by the USA Government, for conducting research at Iowa State University, USA, for 9 months (August 2016 to May 2017)
• Punjab Farmers Commission funded Advanced Foreign Training on “Marker Assisted Selection and Functional Genomics” for 6 months (2011 to 2012) ate Iowa State University, USA.

No. of Publications

Research: 60	Extension: 07	Books: 05	Manuals: 05

Publications

• Sandhu Y, Mahajan S, Sethi RS, Arora, JS and Mukhopadhyay, CS*. 2021. Differential karyotype profiling of three popular breeds of dogs in India. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; 90(11): 0367-8318. http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/111496 (IF: 0.33)
• Mukhopadhyay CS*, Singh KP, Kashyap N, Sandhu Y, Singh S. 2020.SWOT analysis to identify important factors influencing dairy farming practices in Punjab. Agricultural Research Journal. 57(5):769-778. DOI : 10.5958/2395-146X.2020.00112.X (IF: UC)
• Kaur B., Kaur J., Kashyap N., Arora J.S., and Mukhopadhyay C.S.* 2023. A comprehensive review of genomic perspectives of canine diseases as a model to study human disorders. The Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research. 87(1):3-8 (IF 0.45)
• Malik, Y. S., Mukhopadhyay, C. S., Choudhary, R. K., Kashyap, N., and Sunil Kumar B.V. 2022. Short Course on Bioinformatics. Pp 108. (Editor).
• Kalambhe, D., Bhanot, R., Malik, H., Mukhopadhyay, C.S. and Gill, J. P. S. 2022. The Indigenous Dogs of India: The Forgotten Treasure. Published by Project Monitoring Unit- DBT-GADVASU-CRC, Directorate of Research, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana (Editor)
• Electronic Compendium Editing: e-Compendium of the online “Training on artificial intelligence for students”, organized during January to March 2022. Eds. D Kalambhe, H Panwar, SK Dash , A Sharma and C S Mukhopadhyay. Published under Institutional Development Plan (IDP), Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab. Edition: I. ISBN: 978-93-5636-707-4  (Editor).
• Mukhopadhyay CS and Kaur B. 2022. Applications of Tag-SNPs in Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Identification. In Genomic, Proteomics, and Biotechnology. Eds. RC Sobti, M Mukesh, A Sobti. Chapter 6. 1st Edition. CRC Press- Taylor and Francis Group. Boca Raton. eBook ISBN 9781003220831

Invited Lectures:

• More than 40 invited talks /hands on training in various Institutions in India.