Gadvasu

Faculty Detail

Academic Credentials

Teaching and Other Appointments

• Presently engaged in under graduate and post graduate teaching in College of Animal Biotechnology. 

Other Appointments

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

Area of Research Interests

• Airway hyper-responsiveness, inflammation and immune modulations  following exposure to environmental pollutants/pesticides in a mouse model.
  
• Characterization of single cell transcriptome(s) and proteomes of immune cells during host pathogen interplay.

Ongoing Projects

SN	Name/ No of Project/ Scheme	Funding Agency	Period From   To	Total Funding	Scientists involved (PI/ Co-PI)
1.	Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) on Genome editing for food security and environment sustainability (GEFSES) in collaboration with University of McGill Canada and University of Calgary Canada	Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada	2019-2024	$ 16,50,000	Program Coordinator
2.	Twin the Veterinary Programs at GADVASU and University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: Forging competency-based curriculum for better veterinary services in India	The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Paris	2020-2023	EUR 75960	Co-PI
3.	Characterization and ultra-structural details of endotoxin induced laminitis in buffalo calf model	UGC, New Delhi	July 2011 to March 2015	Rs 10.41 lacs	PI
4.	Effect of Single and Multiple Exposures to Poultry Farm Air on Pulmonary Defense of poultry workers-A Murine Model	ICMR, New Delhi	Nov 2012 to Oct 2015	Rs 18.16 lac	PI
5.	Parentage determination and cytogenetic profiling in dogs. “DBT-GADVASU Canine Research Centre and Network.” DBT-19	DBT, New Delhi	2019-2021	Rs 39.7 lacs	Co-PI
6.	Identification of tag-SNPs associated with New Castle disease susceptibility/ resistance in commercial broiler vis-à-vis Aseel Chicken of Punjab	2017-2020	RKVY, Govt of India		Co-PI
7.	Environmental pollutant and zoonotic pathogens in Punjab and their impact on animal and human health	International partnership fund programme; GADVASU and Univ of Saskatchewan, Canada	April, 2010 to March 2013	$ 1,50,000	Co-PI
8.	Xanthosine treatment: A novel strategy to increase milk production & mammary stem cells	DBT, New Delhi	2014-18	Rs 59 lacs	Co-PI
9.	Studies on production disorders vis a vis neutrophil dynamics in buffalo	RKVY, Govt of India	2014-16	Rs 20 lacs	PI
10.	Genetic profiling of Sahiwal and Holstein Friesian crossbred cattle for genes impacting stress tolerance and climate change	RKVY, Govt of India	2013-16		Co-PI
11.	Therapeutic application of adult mesenchymal stem cells for bone and tissue regeneration in farm and companion animals	RKVY, Govt of India	2013-15		Co-PI

Research Honour’s /Awards

• Appreciation award for establishment of Covid Testing Lab at GADVASU-2022
• Best Teacher Award, GADVASU- 2018-19  
• Visiting Scientist in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada; May-June 2010, Aug-Sept 2014
• Short Term Visiting Fellowship, American Association of Anatomists, USA, 2014.
• Fellow of Indian Association of Veterinary Anatomists, 2011.
• Best Poster/Oral Awards: 26.
• International Travel support fund from Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, 2013, 2018.
• K L Suri Award and Gold medal, 2011.
• Dr K S Roy Award and Medal, 2009, 2010 
• Dr C Vijayragavan Memorial Silver Jubilee Medal for Avian Anatomy, 2008.
  
• Dr G Rajeshwar Rao Memorial Award and Gold Medal for Applied Anatomy, 2006.

No. of Publications

Research: 117	Extension: 13	Books/Compendium: 04	Manuals: 10

Publications

• Pandher U, Kirychuk S, Schneberger D, Thompson B, Aulakh G, Sethi RS, Singh B. 2022. Lung inflammation from repeated exposure to LPS and Glyphosate. Cell and Tissue Research 386: 637–648  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-021-03531-7 (IF 5.249)
  
• Holeyappa SA, Kaur A, Bansal N, Ansal MD, Patil JG, Thammegowda NB, Kaur V, Sethi RS. 2022. Biomarker assisted assessment of aquatic health using the cosmopolitan common carp, Cyprinus carpio (L): A case study of Bisphenol-A exposures. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29, 14206-16 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16778-y (IF 4.223)
  
• Bal SS, Leishangthem GD, Sethi RS and Singh A. 2022. P-coumaric acid ameliorates fipronil induced liver injury in mice through attenuation of structural changes, oxidative stress and inflammation. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 180: 104997 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2021.104997 (IF 3.96)
  
• Pandher U, Kirychuk S, Schneberger D, Thompson B, Aulakh G, Sethi RS, Singh B. 2021. Pulmonary Inflammatory Response from co-exposure to LPS and Glyphosate. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 86:doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2021.103651 (IF 4.86)
  
• Singh S, Hundal JS, Patra A, Sethi RS and Sharma A. 2021. A composite polyphenol-rich extract improved growth performance, ruminal fermentation, and immunity, while decreasing methanogenesis and excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus in growing buffaloes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17674-1. (IF 4.223)
  
• Kaur G, Ramneek, Mukhopadhyay CS and Sethi RS. 2021. Elevated pulmonary levels of Axin2 in mice exposed to herbicide 2,4-D and endotoxin. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology doi.org/10.1002/jbt.22912 (IF 3.642)
  
• Pandit AA, Gandham RK, Mukhopadhyay CS, Verma R and Sethi RS. 2019. Transcriptome analysis reveals the role of the PCP pathway in fipronil and endotoxin-induced lung damage. Respiratory Research 20:24 doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-0986-1. (IF 5.63)
  
• Verma G, Mukhopadhyay CS, Verma R, Singh B and Sethi RS. 2019. Long-term exposures to ethion and endotoxin cause lung inflammation and induce genotoxicity in mice. Cell and Tissue Research  375 (2): 493-505 doi: 10.1007/s00441-018-2912-0 (IF 5.249)
  
• Sethi RS, Schneberger D, Charavarymath C and Singh B. 2017. Pulmonary innate inflammatory responses to occupational contaminants of farming. Cell and Tissue Research 367 (3): 627-42 doi:10.1007/s00441-017-2573-4 (IF 5.249) 
  

Book/Compendium:

• Sethi R S. 2019. Figure contributions to the Avian Anatomy chapter. In Dyce, Sack and Wensings Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy, 5th edition; Editor Baljit Singh.  ISBN: 9780323442596
  
• Sethi RS, Panwar H, Chandra M, Dubey PP, Mukhopadhyay CS, and Malik YS (Eds). 2021. Emerging focus on immunology in augmenting animal & human health. International e-Symposium, PP. 60
  
• Ramneek, Sethi RS, Chaudhary RK, Mukhopadhyay CS (Eds). 2017. Recent approaches in Animal Disease diagnostics and Vaccinology. ICAR sponsored winter school, Ludhiana; ISBN: 978-81- 933-81038.
  
• Sethi RS, Kaur G, Malik YS and Chauhan RS 2021 (Eds). Cowpathy and Human Health. National Webinar of Society for Immunology and Immunopathology, Pantnagar. pp. 54.