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ਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ ਦੇਵ ਵੈਟਨਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਐਨੀਮਲ ਸਾਇੰਸਜ਼ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary And Animal Sciences University

ADMISSION 2019-20
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Dr. Manu M

Designation: Assistant Professor
Contact Address:Department of Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology, College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004
Telephone :
Mobile: 91-8650921975
Email:[email protected]

Academic Credentials

  • BVSc & AH, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, 2013
  • MVSc (Veterinary Virology), ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute Uttar Pradesh, 2015
  • PhD (Veterinary Virology), ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute Uttar Pradesh, 2018

Teaching and Other Appointments

  • Research: Deputy Manager, Quality Control (Animal Health), Indian Immunological Limited, Hyderabad: October 2018-October 2019
  • Teaching: Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi: October 2019 - November 2022

Other Appointments

  • Teaching: Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, 
  • Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, 
  • Varanasi October 2019 - November 2022
  • Research: Deputy Manager, Quality Control (Animal Health), Indian Immunological Limited, Hyderabad: October 2018-October 2019

Area of Research Interests

  • Virology, Vaccine development, Diagnostics, Testing and regulation of veterinary vaccines, Sero-diagnostics, Animal experimentation and downstream processing, Emerging viral infections


Ongoing Projects

Sr. No.

PI/Co-PI

Title of Project

Funding Agency

Period

1


ANRF-2: Consortium of

technologies for Sustainable

agriculture, Health Energy and

Environment Project III(H3B)

Anusandhan

National Research

Foundation (ANRF)

2025  -2030


Research Honour’s /Awards

    Technologies developed
    1. Live attenuated indigenous Classical Swine Fever cell culture vaccine, 2020
    2. Competitive ELISA for the detection of antibodies against Classical Swine Fever Virus, 2020

     Patents
    1. Live attenuated classical swine fever cell culture vaccine from an Indian virulent CSF virus. Indian Patent Application no. 201911046164(Filed) 

     Awards
    1. Best Poster presentation Award, VIBCON-2025
    2. Best Oral paper award, 13 th Kerala Veterinary Science Congress, 2021
    3. Best Poster presentation Award, VIROCON 2017
    4. ICAR-Senior Research Fellowship, 2015
    5. Young Scientist Award VIBCON-2025 (as Co-author)
    6. Best Oral presentation Award, VIBCON-2025(as Co-author)

    No. of Publications

    Research: 21
    		Extension: Nil
    		         Books/Chapters: 01         
    		Manuals: Nil

    Publications

    • Gautam, H., Kumar, B. S., Singh, S., & Manu, M. (2026). Evaluation of a recombinant Loa22-gold nanoparticle based lateral flow assay for the serodiagnosis of leptospirosis in canine and bovine. Archives of Microbiology, 208(2), 117.
    • Solanki, S., Manu, M., Mishra, A., Bora, M., Mahajan, V., & Gupta, K. (2025). Development of a TaqMan based real-time PCR assay for the detection of bovine ephemeral fever virus. Molecular Biology Reports, 52(1), 1-11.
    • Dhiman, N. K., Manu, M., Joshi, V. G., & Malik, Y. S. (2025). Synthetic p72 peptide- based indirect-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of African swine fever virus infection. Indian Journal of Microbiology, 65(4), 1865-1876.
    • Malik, Y. S., Pathania, A., De, U. K., Manu, M., Panwar, H., Kaur, J., ... & Sakshi.(2025). Exploring the Therapeutic Landscape of Probiotics in Enteric and Respiratory Viral Infections. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 17(5), 2856-2877.
    • Bhadok, M., Mishra, A., Manu, M., Mukhopadhyay, C. S., Kaur, G., & Malik, Y. S. (2025). Specific glycoprotein E (gE) gene based nested polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Marek’s disease virus in chickens. Agricultural Research, 14(3), 539-546.
    • Kaur, J., M, Manu., Singh, B., Sethi, R. S., Narang, D., Kaur, S., & Mukhopadhyay, C.S. (2025). In-vitro transcriptomic profiling of indigenous Gaddi vis-à-vis exotic Labrador dogs: insights from systems biology. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, 1489905.
    • Bora, M., Manu, M., & Karki, M. (2025). Exploring the mechanisms of interference, persistence and antiviral potential of defective interfering particles. Discover Viruses, 2(1), 1.
    • Karki, M., Bora, M., Manu, M., & Kumar, A. (2025). An updated review on chicken infectious anaemia. Worlds Poultry Science Journal, 81(1), 117-134.
    • Mishra, A., Kaur, I., Sharma, A., Manu, M., De, U. K., Kumar, N., & Malik, Y. S. (2024). Antivirals: Approaches and the Way Forward. In Advances in Antiviral Research (pp. 1-40). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
    • Manu, M., Mahapatra, C. S., Pachauri, R., Ompreethi, B., & Dhar, P. (2023). Evaluation of an alternative method for determination of Protective Dose50 of Classical swine fever vaccines. Virology, 581, 139-144.
    • Pronab Dhar, Subash Chandra Das, Manu M, Chayna Singha Mahapatra and Shyma K. Latheef. (2022). Development and validation of an in vitro titrimetric method for determination of classical swine fever viruses in PK-15 cells. Journal of Immunological Methods 508: 113321.
    • Mousumi Bora, Manu M, Dayamon D Mathew, Himasri Das, Durlav Prasad Bora and Nagendra Nath Barman (2022). Point of care diagnostics and non-invasive sampling strategy: a review on major advances in veterinary diagnostics. Acta Veterinaria Brno. 91: 017–034
    • Mousumi Bora, Manu M and Dayamon D Mathew (2021). Emerging viral diseases in livestock-wildlife interfaces: insights and current update. Indian Journal of Comparative Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases. 42 (2): 99-114
    • Mousumi Bora, Durlav Prasad Bora, Manu M, Nagendra Nath Barman, Lakshya Jyoti Dutta, Pesingi Pavan Kumar, Suvaneeth Poovathikkal, Kuralayanapalya Puttahonnappa Suresh and Ramadevi Nimmanapalli (2020). Assessment of Risk Factors of African Swine Fever in India: Perspectives on Future Outbreaks and Control Strategies. Pathogens. 9, 1044
    • Pachauri R, Manu M, Vishnoi P, Preethi BO, Tiwari AK, Dhar P. (2020). Stability of live attenuated classical swine fever cell culture vaccine virus in liquid form for developing an oral vaccine. Biologicals. 68:108-111.
    • Ompreethi B, Manu M, Pachauri R, Upamanyu V, Tiwari AK, Dhar P (2020). Sequencing of E rns Gene of a Live Attenuated Classical Swine Fever Cell Culture Vaccine Virus and its Comparison with Back Passages and Other CSFV Strains. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 9(8):960-968.
    • Mousumi Bora, Raja Wasim Yousuf, Pronab Dhar, Manu M, Insha Zafir, Bina Mishra, Kaushal Kishor Rajak and Rabindra Prasad Singh (2019). Characterization of defective interfering (DI) particles of Peste-des petits-ruminants vaccine virus Sungri/96 strain-implications in vaccine upscaling. Biologicals. 62:57-64
    • Manu M, Unnikrishnan and Mousumi Bora (2019). Efficacy of combination of orally administered ivermectin (Neomac) and topically applied amitraz (RIDD solution) against generalized demodicosis in dog. The Pharma Innovation Journal. 8 (7): 38-41
    • Mousumi Bora, Manu M, Mageswary R and Durlav Prasad Bora (2018). Emerging and Re-emerging Viral Zoonoses: A threat to Mankind and vice-versa. The Blue Cross Book. Vol 37: 11-1
    • Badasara SK, Manu M, Sah V, Kumari P, Upmanyu V, Dhar P, Tiwari AK, Chander V. and Gupta, VK (2017). Replacement of Animal Model for Propagation of Classical Swine Fever Challenge Virus by Adaption in the PK-15 Cell Line. Journal of Animal Research: 7 (3): 581-586.
    • Raut SD, Rajak KK, Kumar R, Gurav AM, Manu M, Dhanesh VV, Muthuchelvan D, Dhar P. and Pandey AB (2015). Detection of Classical Swine Fever Virus Antigen and Nucleic Acid on Blood of Experimentally Infected Piglets. Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences: 3 (5): 1-6