Professional Activities

Details of Other Relevant Training/Experience:

• Attended ‘First Workshop’ on Medical Mycology at National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi, India   from 01.11.1978 to 21.11.1978.
• Participated in the ‘Summer Institute’ in Instrumentation and Analytical Techniques in Veterinary Clinical Biochemistry at College of Veterinary Sciences, Mathura (U.P.), India from 08.06.1983 to 30.06.1983.
• Worked as a Commonwealth Visiting Scientist in New Zealand on ‘Environmental Prevalence of Cryptococcus neoformans in New Zealand’ from 07.09.1984 to 19.10.1984.

Employment Record:

Designation/ Position	Institute/ Organization	Period
		From	To
Professor	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia	22.01.2008	To date
Professor and Head	Veterinary College, Anand, India	27.07.1998	30.04.2006*
Associate Professor & Head	Veterinary College, Anand, India	23.11.1984	26.07.1998
Lecturer	V.P. Chest Institute, Delhi University, India	17.05.1982	22.11.1984
Mycologist	National Dairy Development Board, Anand, Gujarat, India	25.08.1980	14.05.1982
Disease Control Officer	Animal Husbandry Department, Delhi, India	04.03.1978	23.08.1980
Asst. Research Officer	Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi, India	24.03.1977	03.03.1978
Vet. Asst. Surgeon	Animal Husbandry Dept., Delhi, India	25.03.1970	23.03.1977

*Retired

Honours and Awards:

• Fellow of Korean Society of Veterinary Clinical Medicine (FKSVCM), Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (FNAVS), New Delhi, India.
• Jawaharlal Nehru Award - 1982
• Distinguished Teacher Award – 2002
• Best Paper Presentation Award – 2003
• Rashtriya Gaurav Award – 2005
• Chikitsak Ratan Award – 2006
• Best Paper Publication Award  - 2007
• Best Paper Presentation Award – 2008
• Awarded Certificate of Appreciation for improving the quality of International Journal of Livestock Research -2013
• Life Achievement Award-2014

Foreign Assignments :

• Worked as “Commonwealth Visiting Scientist” at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand from 7.9.1984 to 19.10.1984
• Worked as Post-Doctorate Fellow at Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium from 1985 to 1986.
• Worked as J.S.P.S. Visiting Scientist at School of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University, Tokyo,Japan from 1989 to 1990.
• Working as Professor of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia since 22nd January, 2008.

Honorary Positions Held:

• Deputy Editor of “Mycoses”, an International Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology, Published from Germany
• Member, Editorial Board of “Poultry Planner”
• Member, Editorial Board of “Dairy Planner”
• Member, Editorial Welfare Board of India, Ministry of Environment, Government of India.
• Founder President of Indian Society of Cryptococcosis.
• Member of Task Force Committee of Leptospirosis
• Member of Infectious Diseases Working Group of European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians, Switzerland
• Founder Editor of “Delhi Veterinary Journal”
• Member, Editorial Board of “Veterinary World”
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia, published from Spain
• Associate Editor, Review of Agro Animal Sciences and Health
• Associate Editor of “International Journal of Livestock Research”, an online Journal
• Member of Editorial Board of “International Journal of Medicine and Medical Science Research”, an online Journal
• Member of Editorial Board of  “ African Journal of Microbiology Research” an online Journal
• Member of Editorial Board of “Journal of Animal Health and Veterinary Medicine”, an online Journal
• Member of Editorial Board of “Austin Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry” an online Journal
• Member of Editorial Board of “Journal Dynamics”, an online journal
• Associate Editor of “Ethiopian International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research”, an online Journal
• Editor of “Microbes and Health”, an online Journal