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Ph.: 0141-2681211
Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (PGIVER) (A Centre of Excellence for Higher Veterinary Education)
(Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner) NH-11, Agra Road, Jamdoli, Jaipur – 302031
Prof. (Dr). Vishnu Sharma Mob.: 9460387949
D E A N [email protected]
Head, Animal Nutrition Department [email protected]
No.: F. ( )/PGIVER/News Letter/2016/ Date: 18.06.2016
To,
The Public Relation Cell,
RAJUVAS, Bikaner
Sub.: News Report of PGIVER, Jaipur for RAJUVAS NEWS LETTER (Jan - Mar 2016).
With reference to subject cited above, please find herewith enclosed the News Report
of PGIVER, Jaipur for RAJUVAS NEWS LETTER (Jan - Mar 2016).
ACTIVITIES
Training for Para-Veterinary staffs of SSB at PGIVER, Jaipur
A three day Training Camp for 40 Para-Veterinary staffs of Sashastra Seema Bal was
organized from 11th
to 13th
January, 2016 at PGIVER, Jaipur. They were given training on
various aspects of animal husbandry like restraining, vaccination, feeding, management, first
aid and bandaging techniques, examination of animals, breeding techniques etc. especially of
equines and canines through lectures and practical demonstrations. Dr. Y.P. Singh, Assistant
Professor & In-charge, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Dr. Jitendra
Bargujar, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. S.K. Rewani ,
Assistant Professor & In-charge, Department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension
Education and Dr. Vikas Sharma, Teaching Associate, Department of Animal Genetics &
Breeding contributed significantly in this training camp. Dr. S.K. Rewani coordinated the
training programme.
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Trainings at PGIVER, Jaipur
(A) Trainings were given to 27 farmers on 20.01.16 on latest animal feed technologies like
Urea Molasses Mineral Blocks, Complete feed block, pellets formation, urea treatment of
straw and silage making under the RKVY Project “Capacity Building for Animal Feed
Technology, Quality & Productivity Enhancement”. Prof. (Dr.) Vishnu Sharma, Dean &
Head, Deptt. of Animal Nutrition and PI of the project coordinated the training programme.
Under this project, trainings were given to 35 farmers on 04.02.16, 45 farmers on
16.03.16 and 31 LSA on 18.03.16.
(B) Under the RKVY project “Increased production of green fodder through Hydroponic
Technology” trainings to 36 farmers were given on 25.02.16 and 64 Farmers on 22.03.16 .
Field Day
RKVY Project “Area Specific Mineral Mixture Supplementation for Enhancing the
Production, Reproduction and Health Status of Cattle and Buffalo of the Semi - Arid
Eastern Plain of Rajasthan” is under progress in two tehsils of Tonk districts i.e. Deoli and
Malpura. P.I. Prof. (Dr.) Sheela Choudhary organized “ Field Day” at two villages viz.
Devdavas and Hanumanpura of Deoli tehsil on Feb. 23-24, 2016 ,Chandsen and Kantoli of
Malpura tehsil of Tonk district on 1-2 March 2016 to create awareness among farmers about
the role of mineral mixture supplementation for enhancing production, reproduction and
health status of cattle and buffalo and 250 livestock farmers were benefited.
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Treatment Camps by PGIVER, Jaipur
(A) Department of Veterinary Medicine, PGIVER, Jaipur organized a two day free treatment
camp for injured birds on 13th & 14th January, 2016 in its Mansarovar Campus. Camp was
inaugurated by Prof. (Dr.) Col. A.K. Gahlot, Hon‟ble Vice Chancellor, RAJUVAS, Bikaner
on 13.01.2016. Prof. (Dr.) Vishnu Sharma, Dean, PGIVER, Jaipur, Dr. Umesh Agarwal,
OSD to VC, Jaipur Campus, faculty members and students were present on this occasion. Dr.
D.S. Meena, Associate Professor & Head, Deptt. of Vety. Medicine coordinated this camp.
(B) A Free Treatment Camp was organized by PGIVER, Jaipur in its adopted village
„Kanarwas‟ on 04.01.2016. Total 57 animals were treated for various diseases. Medicines
and mineral mixtures were also distributed to the farmers free of cost. A gosthi was also
organized on this occasion in which experts resolved their problems and acquainted them
with advanced and scientific animal husbandry practices. Dr. D.S. Meena, Dr. Y.P. Singh,
Dr. M.M. Mali, Dr. Vikas Galav, Dr. S.K. Rewani and Dr. J. Bargujar of PGIVER, Jaipur and
Dr. Vikas Sharma of Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Rajasthan contributed their
services in this camp. The camp was organized under the supervision of Dr. D. S. Meena,
Associate Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine.
Work shop at PGIVER, Jaipur
A one day workshop on “Prevention & Rehabilitation of Injured Birds” was organized by
PGIVER, Jaipur in collaboration with two NGOs, Environment and Wildlife Care Society
(EWCS) and Hope & Beyond on 12.01.2016. Mr. Joy Gardner of Hope & Beyond gave a
detailed presentation on catching and handling of injured birds, carrying them to rescue
centre etc. and Dr. Y.P. Singh, Assistant Professor & In-charge, Department of Veterinary
Surgery and Radiology detailed about first aid of injured birds. All teaching and non-teaching
staffs along with students participated in this workshop. Dr. Y.P. Singh was the Nodal Officer
of this workshop.
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Orientation Programme of students at PGIVER, Jaipur
Orientation Programme of newly admitted Ph. D. and M.V.Sc. students of the session 2015-
16 was organized on 23rd February, 2016. In the beginning of the programme, Dr. D.S.
Meena, ADSW and Coordinator of the
programme welcomed the students and
briefed them about the institute. Then
students presented their introduction and
get acquainted with the teaching faculty.
Dr. Vishnu Sharma, Dean, PGIVER
briefed them about the infrastructural and
functional activities of the institute. Dr.
Monika Karnani, Academic Coordinator
informed them about the course
curriculum, attendance, time table etc. Other senior faculty members also addressed the
students on this occasion.
Visit of PGIVER, Jaipur by Hon’ble Secretary, Animal Husbandry,
Gopalan and Fishery, Government of Rajasthan
Shri Kunji Lal Meena, Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Gopalan and Fishery, Government of
Rajasthan visited PGIVER, Jaipur on 06.02.2016. He was accompanied by Prof. (Dr.) Col.
A.K. Gahlot, Hon‟ble Vice-Chancellor, RAJUVAS and Dr. Umesh Agarwal, OSD to VC,
Jaipur Campus. Shri Meena Visited different units of the institute and get acquainted with the
available facilities. He also visited the Main Building of the institute which is under
construction. At the start of the programme, Hon‟ble Vice-Chancellor briefed him about the
different activities of the university. Shri Meena also praised the work of the university and
suggested to use video conferencing for linking different units of the university, exchanging
faculty and students with different institutes of the country and abroad, starting help line
services to provide emergency services to the farmers and establishing animal husbandry skill
development centres for rural youths. Dr. Vikas Galav coordinated this programme.
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Visit of PGIVER, Jaipur by IEAC, RAJUVAS
A three member team of IEAC, RAJUVAS consisting of Dr. A.P. Vyas, Dr. J.S. Bhatia and
Dr. Umesh Agarwal visited PGIVER, Jaipur from 1-2 February, 2016. The team visited
different units of the institute and assessed various facilities available with them. They also
interacted with the teaching and non-teaching faculty, P.I. of different projects and students
separately to discuss various issues.
CELEBRATIONS
“REPUBLIC DAY” Celebration at PGIVER, Jaipur
On 26th January 2016, Institute celebrated 67th Republic Day in which Prof. (Dr.) Sanjita
Sharma hoisted the National flag and addressed the faculty members, staff and students. Prof.
(Dr.) Sanjita Sharma briefed about achievements of PGIVER in a short time. Different
cultural programmes like patriotic songs, poetry etc. were presented by the students on this
occassion.
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“Vasant Panchami” Celebration at PGIVER, Jaipur
On 12th February, 2016, institute celebrated “Vasant Panchami” which started with the
lightening of lamp by Dr. Vishnu Sharma, Dean, PGIVER. Saraswati Vandana & Devotional
songs were presented by the students. All teaching and non-teaching staffs and students were
present on this occasion.
STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Prof. (Dr.) Sanjita Sharma, Head, Department of LPM, PGIVER, Jaipur was awarded
“National Fellow of Animal Production Management” by Indian Society of Animal
Production and Management during “International Livestock Conference, Expo and 23rd
Annual Convention of ISAPM” held at Hyderabad from 28-31 January, 2016.
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Prof. (Dr.) Vishnu Sharma, Dean & Head, Department of Animal Nutrition was
invited and acted as Co-chair person during the session. He presented a lead paper in
“International Livestock Conference, Expo and 23rd
Annual Convention of
ISAPM” held at Hyderabad from 28-31 January, 2016.
Prof. (Dr.) Vishnu Sharma, Dean & Head of Department of Animal Nutrition was
invited and acted as Chair person during the session. He presented a lead paper in
XVI Biennial Animal Nutrition Conference on “Innovative Approaches for Animal
Feeding and Nutritional Research” at NDRI, Karnal from 6-8 February, 2016.
Prof. (Dr.) Sanjita Sharma, Head, Department of LPM attended and acted as Co-chair
person during the session. She presented paper in “International Livestock
Conference, Expo and 23rd
Annual Convention of ISAPM” held at Hyderabad
from 28-31 January, 2016.
Prof. (Dr.) Sanjita Sharma, Head, Department of Livestock Production Management
attended and presented one lead paper in the “National conference on New Horizons
of Veterinary and Medical Forensic Medicine”, organized by Department of
Veterinary Medicine, CVAS, Bikaner from 5-6 March, 2016.
Prof. (Dr.) Sheela Choudhary, Department of Animal Nutrition acted as Co-chair
person during two sessions and presented paper entitled “Supplementation of area
specific mineral mixture improves the reproductive performance in cattle and
buffalo of Jaipur district of Rajasthan ” in “XVI Biennial Animal Nutrition
Conference on Innovative Approaches for Animal feeding & Nutritional research”
on February 6-8, 2016 of ICAR- NDRI, Karnal.
Prof. (Dr.) Sheela Choudhary, Department of Animal Nutrition presented paper and
achieved third position for poster presentation entitled “ Heavy metal toxicity in
animals” in the “National conference on New Horizons of Veterinary and Medical
Forensic Medicine”, organized by Department of Veterinary Medicine, CVAS,
Bikaner from 5-6 March, 2016 .
Prof. (Dr.) Sheela Choudhary, Department of Animal Nutrition formulated and
developed mineral mixture for cattle and buffalo by the name “ RAJUVAS
MINSUP” (Animal feed supplement) RKVY research product was released in
“Krishi and Pashu Vigyan Mela” of RAJUVAS, Bikaner on Feb. 27, 2016.
On same occasion a leaflet in Hindi namely “Pashu ke badhwar, prajnan avum
utpadan me RAJUVAS MINSUP ka mahtva ”was also released.
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Dr. D.S. Meena , Associate Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine
and Dr. M.M. Mali, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine attended
and presented papers in the “National conference on New Horizons of Veterinary
and Medical Forensic Medicine”, organized by Department of Veterinary Medicine,
CVAS, Bikaner from 5-6 March, 2016.
Dr. Y.P. Singh, Assistant Professor & In-charge, Department of Veterinary Surgery
and Radiology participated in State Level Workshop on “Street Dogs Population
Management” organized by „AWBI‟ under Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change, Government of India on 11th
February, 2016.
Dr. Navav Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of LPM attended and presented
two posters in “44th
Dairy Industry Conference, make in India: Dairying 2030”
organized by Indian Dairy Association at NDRI, Karnal from 18-20 February, 2016.
Dr. Navav Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of LPM attended “National Sheep
and Farmer‟s fair” with P.G. students at CSWRI, Avikanagar, Tonk on 28 March
2016.
Dr. Navav Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of LPM attended Meeting on
“Development of State level poultry production” at Directorate, Animal husbandry
Rajasthan at Jaipur on 21 Mar.2016.
PUBLICATIONS
M Aslam, S Aggarwal, KK Sharma, Vikas Galav, SV Madhu (2016). Postprandial
Hypertriglyceridemia Predicts Development of Insulin Resistance Glucose
Intolerance and Type 2 Diabetes. PLoS ONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0145730
Sharma, Vishnu and Sharma, Sanjita (2016). Feed Quality, Processing and Safety
measures. In compendium of XVI Biennial Animal Nutrition Conference on
“Innovative Approaches for Animal Feeding and Nutritional Research” at NDRI,
Karnal from 6-8 February, 2016.
One research paper of Prof. (Dr.) Sanjita Sharma titled “Organochlorine,
organophosphate, synthetic pyrethroids assessment in bovine milk and water samples
of Jaipur, Rajasthan” published in Indian Journal of Animal Science.
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