Gadvasu

Vice Chancellor

Dr. Inderjeet Singh

Address: Office of Vice-Chancellor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana

Email:   vcgadvasu@gmail.com

Call:   +91-161-2553320, 2553360

Fax:   +91-161-2553340

 

Brief Introduction

Dr Inderjeet Singh an astute scientist and a teacher par excellence have joined as the Vice-Chancellor of the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU). He is popularly known as the “Murrah Man”. Dr Inderjeet Singh has great acumenship in research which have popularised the breed and which have significantly helped to supplement the income of the farmers.

He holds a bachelors and Master’s degree in Veterinary sciences and Animal Husbandry from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCHAU), Hisar. He did his PhD in animal reproduction from the University of Liverpool, UK.

He worked in different capacities as an associate professor at CCS HAU, College of Veterinary Sciences in Haryana for over 16 years. He was appointed as principal scientist at ICAR’s Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB), Hisar (Haryana) in 2001 where he took over as Centre’s Director in 2013 and served as the director of CIRB for nearly five years from 2013 till November 2018 before he joined on deputation as Director, Animal Husbandry, Punjab.

He is a fellow of many scientific societies and has many a feather in his cap in form of scientific awards and recognitions which are as follows:

• Executive Officer, Asia, 2018 , International Buffalo Federation (IBF)
• Member, Standing Committee, 2018, International Buffalo Federation (IBF)
• Distinguished Scientist Award, 2018, Indian Society for Buffalo Development
• Fellow, 2016, National Academy of Dairy Sciences (India)
• Fellow, 2012, Indian Society for Study of Anim. Reproduction
• Fellow, 2002, National Academy of Veterinary Sciences
• Prof. CR Sane Oration Award, 2004, Indian Society for Study of Anim. Reproduction
• President, 2015-18, Asian Buffalo Association
• Vice-President, 2018, Asian Buffalo Association
• General Secretary, 2014-15, Asian Buffalo Association
• General Secretary, 2004-07, Indian Society for Study of Ani. Reproduction
• Commonwealth Acad. Staff Scholarship, 1991-94, Assoc. of Commonwealth Universities, UK
• ICAR Merit Certificate, 1978, Merit in BVSc & AH entrance at HAU, Hisar
• Univ. Merit Scholarship
  • MVSc degree course
  • BVSc & AH degree course

Dr. Singh was pro-actively involved in various Academic / Research / Policy / Important Committee assignments:

• College of Vety. Sci., Aizawl, Mizoram, Member VCI Inspection team for inspection of veterinary college, Aizawl, Mizoram

• BASU, Patna, Member, Research Advisory Committee
• CCS HAU, Hisar, Member, Academic Council
• NDRI, Karnal, Member,  Board of Management
• ICAR-CIRB
  • Member Secretary, QRT 2005-10
  • Chairman / Member, Institute Management Committee
  • Chairman, Manpower Need Assessment Committee
• ICAR-CIRC, Member, Institute Management Committee
• ICAR
  • Site Selection committee for KVK Abohar and Pathankot
  • Committee for relocation of CIRC
  • Maharashtra ASRB Assessment Committee for Assessment of Professor
  • Best Teacher award, CCS HAU - DDG (Edn) nominee
  • Member Committee for recommendations on ‘Doubling Farmers Income, Haryana’
• MP, AP, Rajasthan, Haryana - Livestock Development Boards / AH Depts. Member, Establishment of National Kamdhenu Breeding Centres at MP and AP, Implementation of National Livestock Mission in Rajasthan, Haryana; Special invitee Board meetings.
• Dept. of AH, Dairying & Fisheries, GoI
  • Expert Committee on Costing & Distribution of bulls produced under NDP-I
  • Project Technical and Implementation Committee for implementation of National Mission on Bovine Productivity
  • Project Technical and Implementation Committee (PTIC) for implementation of Rashtriya Gokul Mission
  • Establishment of National Bovine Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds
  • Project Monitoring Unit of National Mission on Bovine Productivity
  • Expert committee on Export / Import of Bovine Germplasm
  • Expert Committee on Revision of standards of lactation, Prize money incentive and targets of Central Herd Registration Scheme
  • Preparation of concept paper on establishment of IVF labs
  • Committee for developing MSP for embryo transfer laboratories
  • Expert Committee on ‘Use of rBST in Indian livestock’
• Punjab AH Department
  • State Nomination Committee for Kamdhenu and Gopal Ratna awards
  • Evaluation of Global Expression of Interest bids for Establishment of Semen Sorting facility
  • Preparation of Bovine Breeding Act
  • Preparation of Dairy Cattle Feed Act
  • Specifications for equipment in Rauni Centre of Excellence
• DAC&FW, GOI - Member of the Group (Dairy and Livestock) on DFI
• DBT, GoI
  • Chairman Expert group on Animal Reproduction - pregnancy diagnosis and esrtus detection
  • Expert to review projects for research funding
  • Expert member for Task force meetings
  • Member on Sub-Committee on safety aspects of ETT

National and International invitations as Expert

• To deliver lead papers / Expert / Speaker across India and abroad: Germany, Brazil, Bangladesh, Philippines, Nepal, Pakistan, Turkey, USA, China
• Overseas visits research / academic pursuits: France, Ireland, Holland, USA, UK

Overseas professional recognition / assignments / achievements

• International Executive - Course ‘Leaders in Development’ Course at  Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Boston, USA; June 2014
• Invited lead speaker - ‘Recent breakthrough in modern buffalo production systems in India’ in World Buffalo Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 18-20, 2019
• PhD scholar - Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship for PhD studies at Univ. of Liverpool, UK, 1991-94
• Invited Expert - ‘International Buffalo Symposium 2017’, Chitwan, Nepal, November 15-18, 2017
• Invited Lead paper - ‘India’s rich and diverse buffalo germplasm for global buffalo development’ in VIII Asian Buffalo Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2015
• Lead Paper - Asian Buffalo Congress, Istabnul, Turkey, April 2015
• Lead Speaker - Country Report - International Workshop on ‘Buffalo Data Recording’, UVAS, Lahore, Pakistan. 21-23 April, 2014
• Country representative - International Consultation and Workshop for Dairy Buffaloes Genetic Improvement, Manila, Philippines. November 27-29, 2013
• Country representative - Expert Consultation Meeting on ‘High Yielding Dairy Buffalo Breed Development in SAARC Countries’, SAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 16-17 November, 2013
• Country representative - Affiliate Societies Meeting of ‘International Embryo Transfer Society’, Hannover, Germany, 19-22 Jan., 2013. Phoenix USA (2012).
• Invited Lead Paper - Annual Meeting, Brazilian Buffalo Breeders Association, Santarem, Para State, Brazil. 2011
• Lead Paper -International Buffalo Conference, New Delhi, India, Feb. 1-4, 2010.
• Invited Lead Speaker -XVIII Brazilian Conference on Animal Reproduction, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 3-5, 2009

Major Research Project / Grants attracted/ implemented

• Network Project on Buffalo Improvement (with 18 centers across India addressing 7 buffalo breeds) Project Coordinator, ICAR
• International Collaboration: ‘Genomic techniques to profile and improve productivity and resilience in buffalo’ (2016-2018). ICAR-CIRB, Hisar. ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya. As Project Leader ICAR+ILRI
• Confirmation of lactation performance and animal safety of dairy animals of the Bubalus sp. treated with recombinant bovine somatotropin as a Principal Investigator (PI), M/s ELANCO Animal Health, USA
• Elucidating physiological & genomic regulation process of follicular development, oocyte maturation and embryogenesis in buffalo as CC-PI , NAIP
• Genomic techniques to profile and improve productivity and resilience in buffalo and dairy cattle as a Coordinator, ICAR-ILRI
• Early Detection of Pregnancy in Cow & Buffalo by Pregnancy Associated Proteins (PAPs) as a Co-PI, NFBSFARA
• Isolation, culture and characterization of adult stem cells in buffaloes as a Co-PI, DBT
• An open label study to assess the efficacy of Spectramast in the therapy and control of clinical and subaclinical mastitis in buffaloes as a Co-PI, M/S Zoetis India Ltd.
• Embryo Transfer Technology and Bioengineering in Livestock Species and Its Pathobiological Implications as a Associate, Indo-USAID
• Incidence and Field Management of Infertility in Cattle and Buffaloes in Rural Haryana with Fort Valley State College, Georgia as a Associate, USAID

Organizing Secretary/ Convener of conferences/ workshops/ symposium

• Chairman, Brainstorming Workshop on Foot and Mouth Disease, Sept 14-15, 2018 CIRB Hisar
• Convenor, National Brainstorming workshop on 'Role of Buffalo in Indian Economy' , July 20, 2018, CIRB Hisar
• Organizing Secretary, IX Asian Buffalo Congress, 1-4 Feb., 2018, Hisar, India
• Co-Organizing Secretary, International Buffalo Conference, Feb. 1-4, 2010, New Delhi, India
• Editor, IV Asian Buffalo Congress, New Delhi, Feb 25-28, 2003
• Organizing Secretary, ICAR-NAVS Expert Consultation On ‘Strategies For Breeding Buffaloes Round The Year’, New Delhi, 04/07/2014
• Organizing Secretary, ‘Interactive Meet on Buffalo Reproduction’, CIRB Hisar, June 27, 2009
• Organizing Secretary, National Seminar on ‘Diversity of Buffalo Germplasm in India’, CIRB Hisar, 2011
• Chairman, Workshop on 'Redefining the Phenotypic Characters of Nili-Ravi Buffalo’, CIRB Nabha, Oct 8, 2016
• Chairman, Organizing Committee, National Conference, Society for Animal Physiologists of India, CIRB Hisar, 2014
• Convenor, “Kaise badhe kisan ki aaye, pragatishil kisano ki rai” – Scientists, Line Dept., Univ., Kisan Ayog and progressive farmers’ meet, CIRB, Hisar, 20 June, 2017
• Course Director, ICAR-ILRI Training workshop on “Animal breeding data analysis and genomic predictions” ,CIRB, Hisar, 20-24 Nov, 2016
• Course Director, 'Herd Health Management of Dairy Buffaloes' for SAARC nationals from five countries, 17 delegates from 5 SAARC countries, CIRB, Hisar , 22-27 Aug 2016
• Course Director, ASEAN nationals’ training on 'Buffalo production using reproductive biotechnology'. 16 delegates from eight ASEAN countries, CIRB Hisar, Jan. 31-Feb. 9, 2017
• Jt. Organizing Secretary, ‘National Seminar on Veterinary Education and All India Symposium on Research & Development in Management of Surgical & Reproductive Disorders in Veterinary  Practice’, HAU, Hisar, October 19-21, 1995

Membership of Professional Societies

• Indian Society for Study of Animal Reproduction - life member
• Indian Society for Study of Reproduction and Fertility – Life Member
• Indian Society for Buffalo Development – Life Member
• Society of Animal Physiologists of India – Life Member
• Society for the Study of Fertility, U.K., 1991-2002
• Society for the Study of Animal Breeding, U.K. 1991-1994