Evaluation of HRD Program in SKUAST-K by DBT
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The document provides details about the HRD program in Animal Biotechnology at SKUAST-Kashmir. It discusses the objectives, faculty, infrastructure including laboratories and animal facilities, collaborations, funded projects, trainings conducted, and weaknesses of the program. The program aims to address challenges in animal production and nutrition through biotechnology approaches. It has 10 seats and admits students with BVSc qualifications through entrance exams. The center has laboratories, farms, and collaborates nationally on projects in areas like genomics, embryology and stress tolerance.
Evaluation of HRD Program in SKUAST-K by DBT
- 1. Centre of Animal Biotechnology Faculty of Veterinary Sciences SKUAST-Kashmir Welcome EXPERT TEAM From Biotech Consortium India Ltd for Evaluation of HRD Program 14th May 2014
- 2. Progress Report Evaluation of HRD Program (MVSc Animal Biotechnology) 14 May 2014 Coordinator Dr Nazir A Ganai Division of Biotechnology SKUAST-Kashmir
- 3. CONTENTS Brief about the Centre of Animal Biotechnology Program Details Faculty available Infrastructure Laboratories Classrooms E-learning Bioinformatics lab Collaborations Extramural funding Trainings/ workshops Deficiencies
- 4. BRIEF HISTORY Centre of Animal Biotechnology - 2010 Division of Biotechnology - 2012 HRD Program with DBT support - 2012
- 5. Area of Jurisdiction Temperature +40O C to - 40OC Altitude 3000 ft to 24000 ft above MSL Rainfall 110 mm Ladakh to 600 mm
- 6. Vision “SKUAST-K as Centre of Excellence for building knowledge based bioeconomy in bio- resource rich Hill and Mountain state of J&K” Mission “Societal Biotechnology for securing livelihood, food security and clean environment through sustainable production of food, feed, fibre and energy in hill and mountain agro-eco system of J & K” VISION AND MISSION
- 7. To produce Next Generation Leaders To help the state to get ready for the technology driven Biorevolution or Gene Revolution To enable us to engineer the animals to grow and reproduce more efficiently, thus increasing productivity, To produce livestock having: resistance to disease; higher quality nutrients, ability to accommodate extreme environments to produce biomolecules of value in human and veterinary medicine. This is likely to provide solutions to many of the challenges we face now WHY HRD PROGRAM IN ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
- 8. OBJECTIVES OF THE HRD PROGRAM HRD in Animal Biotechnology to take up the challenges of the 21st Century for food and nutritional security through sustainable farm animal production vis-à-vis poverty alleviation in temperate and cold arid regions of the country Create state-of-art infrastructure for teaching and research activities in Animal Biotechnology Stimulate research activities in Animal Biotechnology and related areas to address the region specific problems vis-à-vis our rich animal biodiversity and climate change Strive for University-Industry Alliance as an opportunity for industry sponsorship of research in the long-run, and in return for technology development and transfer to the private sector Encourage entrepreneurship in biotechnology and related areas to benefit from one of the fastest growing industry (35% growth in the last few years) and to contribute to the socio-economic growth of the state.
- 9. Embryo biotechnology: Multiplication of elite livestock through reproductive technologies for augmenting livestock productivity Functional Genomics: Allele mining for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Milk Genomics: QTL mapping for yield and quality of milk Wool Biology: Map genes for pashmina yield & quality System biology approach to study: Growth , Yield (milk, wool, egg), and adaptability in our livestock species Characterization & Conservation of indigenous livestock biodiversity Diseases diagnosis: Development molecular diagnostic techniques Molecular epidemiology of micro-organisms involved in severe outbreaks of diseases in animals in the region Enzyme technology for improving feed efficiency of livestock and poultry Value-addition of animal origin foods using biotechnological approaches.
- 10. BRIEF PROGRAM DETAILS Name of program MVSc ( Animal Biotechnology) Name of Coordinating Department Division of Biotechnology Names of the Collaborating Departments i. Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Immunology ii. Department of Veterinary Biochemistry Intake Strength of students 10 (Ten) Mode of selection of students 5 candidates through All India Combined Entrance Examination conducted by JNU, New Delhi 5 candidates through UET Eligibility for admission of students A candidate should posses B.V.Sc. & A.H. with minimum of 7.00 OGPA in 10.00 scale,
- 11. CREDIT REQUIREMENTS Category Credits Core Courses (Major) 28 Major supporting 5 Minor courses 6 Credit Seminar 1 Non-Credit Compulsory 5 Research 20
- 12. STUDENT DETAILS 2011-14 Year 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Total No. of seats 10 10 No of students admitted 4 6 Category Gen, SC, ST, OBC Gen – 3 OBC - 1 Gen-5 OBC-1 Sex : M/F M M No. of drop outs - - % Result 100% 100% Mode of admission UET UET Mode of exam Annual/ semester Semister Semister Fee charged per semester Rs 9000 Rs 9000
- 13. STUDENT ADMISSIONS Batch No of Students Names of students Dissertation Title 2012-14 4 Shakil A Bhat Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) polymorphism in dairy cattle and its association with fat % and milk yield Mir Mehraj Cloning and Expression of NARMP gene in E.Coli Shafqut Majeed In-vitro development of cloned sheep embryos using SCNT technology Muzamil A Teli Expression of GDF9 gene at different stages of in-vitro embryo development in sheep 2013- 2015 6 Rashid Ahmed •The students are in second semester •The advisers allotted on choice basis •Synopsis to be prepared Rumase A Bhat A Ahad Wani Sajad A Beigh Towseef A Bhat A Qayoom Teli
- 14. Position Sanctioned strength Filled Vacant Professor 1 1+1 (one position under CAS) - Assoc. Professor 1 - 1 Asstt. Professor 2 1 1 DST-INSPIRE Faculty 1 TEACHING FACULTY CORE DEPARTMENT A. Core Department B. Collaborating Deptts C. Visiting Faculty
- 15. TEACHING FACULTY CORE DEPARTMENT S.N o Name of Faculty member Desig. Qualification Specialization (No. of Peer reviewed publications: Intl./ National) 1 Dr. Nazir A Ganai Professor. Ph.D.; Post-doc’s (WUR,Netherland s, Roslin, Scotland) Animal Genomics 2. Dr. Riaz A Shah Professor Ph.D. Embryo Biotechnology 4 Dr. Mudassir Asstt. Prof Ph.D. Post Doc USA Mol. Biology 5. Dr. Hina Bhat DST Inspire Faculty Ph.D Cell biology, Molecular Medicine
- 16. Name of Deptt Name of Faculty member Designatio n Qualification Specializatio n Vety. Biochemistry Dr Manzur R. Mir Professor PhD (Germany) Biochemistry Dr Ishraq Hussain Asstt. Prof. PhD Post Doc France -do- Dr Sheikh Bilal Asstt. Prof. Ph D Biochemistry Microbiology & Immunology Dr Shakil A Wani Professor PhD; PDF (USA) Microbiology FACULTY COLLABORATING DEPARTMENTS
- 17. VISITING FACULTY Name of Visiting Faculty Designation Qualificati on Specialization Dr Ashok Kumar Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur Professor PhD Biomaterials, tissue engineering Dr Girdhar Pandey Deptt of Plant Mol Biology Delhi University Associate Prof. PhD Post Doc USA Stress Biology Dr Muzamil Ahmed IIIM, Srinagar Principle Scientist Ph D , USA Cell Biology, Toxicology
- 18. LABORATORY FACILITY S.No Name of the lab. / Section Facilities/ Equipment 1 Functional Genomics lab Gradient Thermal Cycler, Real-time PCR etc 2 rDNA Biotechnology lab Electroporator, Thermal cycler, Sequencing apparatus 3 Embryo Biotech. Lab Electrofusion machine, Programmable Embryo freezer, Laparoscopy equipment, Cryocans and LN2 facility for cryopreservation 3 Cell culture Three gas incubators, Fluorescent/Phase contrast microscopes etc 4 Bioinformatics Lab. Internet connectivity (BB), Bipoinformatic tools: Genious Pro, Mutation Surveyor, Exom- Ed, 5 Animal Houses Sheep (Merino, Southdown, Polled dorset), Goat (Pashmina, Boer, Bakerwal), Cattle (Jersey, Crossbred), Rabbit (Newzealand white), Poultry (Vanraja) 6 Microbial Culture facility Division of Microbilogy 7 Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Div of Biochemistry
- 19. TRAININGS/ WORKSHOPS / MEETINGS ORGANIZED Title Duration Date • Course Coordinators Meeting of DBT 2 days 8-9 Oct 2012 • Advanced training course on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology for PG Scholars 1 week 25 – 31 March, 2013 • Hands on Training on Reproductive Technologies in Sheep and Goat 10 days March 12-21, 2012 • Recombinant DNA technologies 10 days Oct 1-10, 2013
- 22. Lectures by Guest Faculty. Topic Speaker Date Transgenic animals: Challenges and prospectus Dr Subeer Majumdar NII, Delhi 5-10-2013 Proteomics: Tools and applications Dr M Irfan Qureshi, JMI N Delhi March 2013 Genetic engineering of E coli mer operon Sustaining Ecosystem Resources Prof Arif Ali Head Deptt of Biosciences Jamia Millia, N Delhi Role of genetic engineering in Drug discovery Dr Javid Ah Dar PhD, PDF (USA) Types and applications of PCR Dr Salim Javed Assoc. Prof., Deptt. Of Biochemistry, Jamia Hamdard, N Delhi Basics and applications of Bio informatics tools Dr Firdous A Malik Res. Associate, Div. of Biotech., SKUAST-K Methods of transfer of Cloned DNA in Plants Prof M Z Abdin Dean, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard, N Delhi Recombinant animal Vaccine development Dr Nadeem Shabir University of Korea 15-8-2013 Protein structure function: monitored by integrated biochemical and biophysical approachs. Dr J A Bhat Max Plank Institute, Germany 27-9-2013
- 23. EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS Project Funding agency Budget (Rs lac) Period Bioprospecting of genes and allele mining for cold stress tolerance in animals ICAR 70.0 2010-14 Somatic Cell Cloning ICAR 120.0 2009-14 Bioinformatics Infrastructural facility DBT 60.0 2012-2017 Star College Scheme DBT 80.0 2012-16 Boer Goat project JKCST 20.0 2011-2013 OMICS of Pashmina Fibre ICAR Approved concept note under National Fund
- 24. COLLABORATIONS National Institutes NDRI, Karnal Proteomic analysis of pashmina fibre Animal Cell cloning NBAGR Stress biology IASRI NGS analysis IIM Srinagar Analytical analysis International Colorado State University Pashmina goat development King Saud University Animal cloning
- 25. Genomics lab Laproscopy Lab for ETT
- 27. ANIMAL FACILITY Boer Goats Pashmina Goats Poultry Rabbitry
- 31. TRAININGS TO THE STUDENTS
- 32. Awards & Achievements PI of the Project receiving cerificate of appreciation from DG, ICAR and Minister for Agriculture, J&K J&K Tableau on Republic Day 2013 depicting Centre of Biotechnology, SKUAST Kashmir and its research achievements PI being awarded by the Chief Minister Omer Abdullah
- 33. OUR WEAKNESSES Lack of Manpower in Computational and Systems Biology Enzyme / fermentation technology Nutritional Biotechnology Nano-biotechnology Lack of industry exposure Lack of Assured Power supply Lack of SMART Classroom, with facilities for conducting webinars Limited access to reputed science journals Non-receipts of grants in time