Eastern Regional Station, ICAR-IVRI, Kolkata, organised · Eastern Regional Station, Kolkata, on 15thSeptember, 2020. In view of the recent havoc played by Covid-19 pandemic, the

Eastern Regional Station, ICAR-IVRI, Kolkata, organised

“Industry-Academia Interface Meet”

using online digital platform on 15th September 2020

Academia and industry are two important pillars and a robust

collaboration is need of the hour that enables innovation in research thereby

producing an industry-ready workforce

in line with the requirements. By this,

not only the needs and expectations of

the industry is fulfilled but also the

aspirations of the academics are met

with as well. With this background and in order to strengthen the

relationship through building a constructive framework, an “Industry-

Academia Interface Meet” was organized under the CAAST-Advanced

Centre for Livestock Health (World Bank funded NAHEP) at ICAR-IVRI,

Eastern Regional Station, Kolkata, on

15thSeptember, 2020. In view of the

recent havoc played by Covid-19

pandemic, the entire programme was

conducted through virtual mode using

Zoom digital platform. The interface

meet was attended by 104 participants, including personnel from industries

dealing with veterinary biologicals, pharmaceuticals, feed processing

industry, entrepreneurs, faculty, students and research scholars of ICAR-

IVRI, Izatnagar and its regional stations.

In his opening remarks, Dr. B.P. Mishra, Hon’ble Director-cum-Vice

Chancellor, ICAR-IVRI, Indian

Veterinary Research Institute,

Izatnagar, presented an overview of

the glorious past and the present

scenario of ICAR-IVRI in terms of

scientific and research

achievements. During his deliberation, the Director emphasized the need to

bring the industry and academia closer to identify the research gaps and

formulate future strategies bringing user-friendly solutions to the livestock

sector.

In his address, Dr Triveni Dutt, Joint Director (Academic)-cum Dean & Nodal

Officer, Centre for Advanced Agricultural

Science & Technology (CAAST): Advanced

Centre for Livestock Health (ACLH), ICAR-IVRI,

Izatnagar,

outlined National Agricultural Higher

Education Project and deliberated the main

objectives of the interface meet. Dr. A.K.

Tiwari,

Head, Division of Biological Standardization &

PI, CAAST:ACLH gave a brief outline of the

CAAST:ACLH and its scope in collaboration with

industry in a public-private-partnership (PPP)

mode. Earlier, Dr P. S. Banerjee, Station In-

Charge of ICAR-IVRI, ERS, Kolkata, welcomed the participants to the Industry-

Academia interface meet and introduced distinguished personalities, industry

partners and entrepreneurs to the audience.

During the programme, presentations were made to keep the

participating industries and entrepreneurs abreast about the technologies of

ICAR-IVRI, and the profile of the students and their field of research. Dr

Gyanendra Singh, Principal Scientist &

Controller of Examination-cum-

Academic Coordinator, ICAR-IVRI

presented the “Profile of ICAR-IVRI

Deemed to be University” whereas Dr.

S.K. Singh, Principal Scientist and Officer In-Charge, IMTU, ICAR-IVRI,

Izatnagar highlighted the technologies commercialised through a presentation

“Livestock Health, Production, and Products Technologies of IVRI: Developed,

Patented and Commercialized”.

Thereafter, few representatives of industry and entrepreneurs from

animal health, production and allied sectors shared their experiences and

journey till date in their

respective fields. Notable among

them were Dr. Dibyendu Dey,

Senior Business Manager,

Optima Life Science Pvt. Ltd.,

Pune; Dr.Saibal Chatterjee,

Business Manager, M/s Globion

India Pvt. Ltd; Dr. Sambuddha Ghosh, Director,

ABEL Bio-Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Pune; M/s Optima Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.; Dr.

Debendar Hooda, Director (Sales & Technical), HuvePharma Sea Pvt. Ltd.,

Pune; Mr. Sushil Kumar Mondal of M/S NCM Farm House, West Bengal; Mr.

Bijay Garnaik of M/S Fabulous Agro, Odisha and Mr. Kalyan Koley, M/s Aegipan

Animal Biocare Pvt. Ltd., West Bengal.

With a purpose to generate need based researchable issues for future

research in the institute, an interactive session between the students and

faculty of the institute with industry representatives was organised.The

interaction of students with the industry representatives not only set a new

paradigm but also provided a platform enhancing their entrepreneurship &

employability.

The interface meet was compered by Dr P. Dandapat, Principal

Scientist, ERS, ICAR-IVRI, Kolkata, whereas Dr

Subhasish Bandyopadhyay, Principal Scientist,

ERS, ICAR-IVRI,

Kolkata co-ordinated

the digital platform.

At the end of the meeting, vote of thanks was

proposed by Dr U. K. Bandyopadhyay,Principal

Scientist and Training In-charge, ICAR-IVRI, ERS, Kolkata.

Screenshots of various presentations made by ICAR-IVRI, industry representatives and entrepreneurs