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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF VETERINARY SCIENCES (INDIA) (Registered with the Registrar of Societies vide Regn. certificate No.S-2/4471 of 1993 dated 7th July 1993)
NEW DELHI NAVS NEWSLETTER APRIL, 2017
The NAVS Newsletter is an Open Access Non-Commercial e-publication for private circulation to all those who are associated with the Academy, as well as to related Veterinary and allied
institutions and organizations, and other interested professionals. It permits non-commercial reproduction of its contents to publications of similar readership in any medium, provided NAVS
Newsletter is properly cited.
CONTENTS
1. NAVS General Information and News ......................................................................3-6 2. Editor’s Note: .............................................................................................................7 3. Letters to the Editor …………….……………………………………………………10 4. From the President’s Desk: .........................................................................................13 5. Vet Track: ....................................................................................................................14. 5-A: Obituary -Dr. Daya Singh Balain; Dr. I.S. Chandna ...........................................14 5-B: Appointments, Transfers, Promotions and Felicitations.......................................15 6. View Point: .................................................................................................................. 21 ID Tags for Animals: by Dr. Rama Kumar V........................................................21 First Veterinary Education: by Dr. Rama Kumar V..............................................23 Zoonosis Update by Dr. M.P. Yadav.....................................................................23 7. National & International Veterinary News …………………………………………..25 8. Science, Health & Society………...…………………………………………………….33. 9: Forthcoming Events (Calendar of Conferences, Conventions and Symposia in India and abroad) …………….49
Cover design assistance: Mr. Narendra Pandey
OUR MISSION “To consolidate and promote the views of scientific community on all policy matters related to Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in the welfare of India; to encourage better training and utilization of veterinary talent and enterprise in the country; to strive for advancement of livestock sector in the national economy; to promote animal welfare; to protect environment; and to safeguard the interests of the profession and to gain greater recognition and acclaim for it”.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF VETERINARY SCIENCES (INDIA) Office: G-4, A Block, NASC, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi-110 012 www.navsindia.org
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Ch. 1: NAVS INFORMATION & News
1.1: THE NEW GOVERNING COUNCIL 2017-19
Office Bearers President: Maj. Gen. Shri Kant Sharma; [email protected]
Vice-President: Dr. DVR Prakash Rao, Chennai
Secretary General: Dr. S.K. Gupta, [email protected]
Treasurer: Dr. Nem Singh
Members ELECTED
Col. Dr. R. P. Garg, Noida, U.P.
Dr. Mandeep Sharma, Palampur
Dr. S.S. Randhawa, Ludhiana
Dr. Minaxi Prasad, Hisar
Dr. S. K. Tiwari, Durg
Dr. B.N. Tripathi, Hisar
Dr. V.D.P. Rao, Vijaywada
Dr. Ravindra Sharma, Hisar
Dr. S.K. Srivastava, Izatnagar
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Izatnagar
Dr. A.B. Mandal, Izatnagar
Dr. S.N. Singh, Banalore
Dr. P. N. Khanna: [email protected]
Dr. S.K. Saha, Izatnagar
Maj. Gen. Dr. M. L. Sharma: [email protected]
EX-OFFICIO
DG RVS: Lt Gen Jagvinder Singh: [email protected]
DDG (A.S.), ICAR: Dr. Habibar Rahman: [email protected]
AHC (M.o.A, GOI): Dr. Suresh S Honnappagol; [email protected]
President VCI: Dr. Umesh Chandra Sharma; <[email protected]>
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1.2: THE PAST NAVS GOVERNING COUNCIL 2014 - 2016 Office Bearers
President: Dr. K.M.L. Pathak; [email protected] Vice-President: Maj. Gen. Shri Kant Sharma; [email protected] Secretary General: Dr. Rishendra Verma; [email protected]
Treasurer: Dr. Lal Krishna; [email protected] Editor: Dr. R.N. Kohli; [email protected]
Members ELECTED
Dr. Y. Hari Babu: [email protected]
Dr. J. S. Bhatia: [email protected]
Col. Dr. R. P. Garg: (email ID not available)
Dr. D. N. Garg: [email protected]
Dr. S. K. Gupta: [email protected]
Dr. P. N. Khanna: [email protected]
Dr. Praveen Malik: [email protected]
Dr. Asim K. Pal: [email protected]
Col. Dr. Tej Ram: [email protected]
Dr. S. Ramanathan: [email protected]
Dr. T.S. Chandrasekhara Rao: [email protected]
Dr. S. S. Rathore: [email protected]
Dr. S. K. Saha: [email protected]
Maj. Gen. Dr. M. L. Sharma: [email protected]
Dr. J. L. Vegad: [email protected]
EX-OFFICIO
DG RVS: Lt Gen Jagvinder Singh: [email protected]
DDG (A.S.), ICAR: Dr. Habibar Rahman: [email protected]
AHC (M.o.A, GOI): Dr. Suresh S Honnappagol; [email protected]
President VCI: Dr. Umesh Chandra Sharma; <[email protected]>;
www.vci.nic.in
Editor NAVS: Dr. R.N. Kohli; [email protected]
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1.3: PATRONS, HONORARY FELLOWS
PATRON Dr. R.P.S. Tyagi (2004)
HONORARY FELLOWS
Shri. Sirajudin Qureshi (2006); *Dr. N.R. Bhasin (2011); *Dr. J.P. Kukreti (2012); Shri Sushil Kumar Agrawal (2012); Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (2014)
------------------- *Since deceased
1.4: INSTITUTIONAL/CORPORATE LIFE MEMBERS
INSTITUTIONAL LIFE MEMBERS
LUVAS (Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences), Hisar,
Haryana. CKVU (Chattisgarh Kamdhenu Veterinary University), Raipur / Durg,
Chattisgarh. MAFSU (Maharastra Animal & Fisheries Sciences University), Nagpur,
Maharastra RAJUVAS (Rajasthan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences), Bikaner,
Rajasthan DUVASU (Deen Dayal Upadhadhaya Veterinary and Animal Scieces University,
Mathura, U.P. KCVAS (Khalsa College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences), Amritsar, Punjab
CORPORATE LIFE MEMBER
M/S Indian Herbs, Saharanpur
INSTITUTIONAL ANNUAL MEMBER for the YEAR 2016-17 KUVAS (Kerala University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences), Kerala
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1.5: CHRONOLGY OF NAVS CONVOCATIONS-CUM-CONVENTIONS
1. First NAVS Convocation: 18th December 1996 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
2. Second NAVS Convocation: 30th January 2000 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
3. Third NAVS Convocation: 16th April 2002 at IVRI, Izatnagar, U.P.
4. Fourth NAVS Convocation: 7th May 2005 at GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand
5. Fifth NAVS Convocation: 5th May 2006 at JNKVV, Jabalpur, M.P.
6. Sixth NAVS Convocation: 28th June 2007 at KVAFSU, Bangalore, Karnataka
7. Seventh NAVS Convocation: 16 May 2008 at SKUAST, Jammu, J & K
8. Eighth NAVS Convocation: 23rd January 2009 at SVVU, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
9. Ninth NAVS Convocation: 30th October 2010 at NDRI, Karnal, Haryana.
10. Tenth NAVS Convocation: 12th November 2011 at RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
11. Eleventh NAVS Convocation: 2nd November 2012 at DUVASU, Mathura, U.P.
12. Twelfth NAVS Convocation: 28th January 2014 at LUVAS, Hisar, Haryana
13. Thirteenth NAVS Convocation: 28th February 2015 at CGKV, Durg, Chhatisgarh
14. Fourteenth NAVS Convocation: 4th November, 2015 at IVRI, Izatnagar, U.P.
15. Fifteenth NAVS Convocation held on 22 October, 2016 at KCVAS, Amritsar, Punjab
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2. EDITOR’S NOTE 2.1: Editor’s Report on NAVS Elections: Since the term of NAVS Governing Council (2014-16), was to expire on 31st December 2016, the governing council at its meeting held in 2015 decided to appoint Dr. V.P. Singh, Director, National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Hathaikheda Dam Road, Anand Nagar, Bhopal- 462022 (M.P.) Phone: 0755-2759204; Email: [email protected], as the Returning Officer to get the elections conducted. By a letter dated Dec. 1, 2016, the retuning officer sought nominations for various positions from the Fellows of the Academy by 16th January 2017. The scrutiny committee constituted NAVS President scrutinized the nominations and listed the valid nominations. Since no one withdrew from the race, Ballot Papers were sent to the Fellows of the Academy for casting their votes up to 25th March 2017 and counting of votes was done on 29th March 2017. A list of names of the contestants declared elected for various positions was sent by the Returning Officer to the NAVS President but the detailed report of the Returning Officer giving total number of ballot papers sent (postal and email) to Fellows, total number of ballot papers (postal and email) received back from the Fellows (Votes), number of invalid and valid votes (postal and email), numbers votes (postal and email) secured by each candidate for each electable position for which votes were sought and other information that Returning Officer wishes to share with the General Body of NAVS has not yet been received from him despite his promise on April 6, 2017 that he will send it ‘very soon’. Under the circumstances, I requested Dr. Pathak to officially invite the Retuning Officer to attend the aforesaid GC meeting so as to provide the R.O. an opportunity to personally present his report to the Governing Council for necessary action and provide the G.C. an opportunity to thank him personally for his service to the Academy. However, Dr. Pathak has not responded to my request so far. As such, we have decided to stop waiting any more for the Returning Officer’s Report and release the April 2017 issue of the NAVS Newsletter, as waiting further may prove to be in vain. I am sorry for the delay in releasing this issue and offer my apologies to the readers. As far I can recollect this is the first instance of about 3-week delay in the release of this publication.
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2.2: Editor’s Term Expires As you are aware, the term of the NAVS Editor, (along with that of the rest of the Governing Council) expired on 31st December 2016. However, rule No. 11.2 states: “The Council Members as constituted in accordance with these rules shall continue in office until their successors have been elected”. The new Governing Council (2017-2019) has since been elected and it is time for me to say Good Bye to the readers. Having served the Academy as its founding editor for eight consecutive years has been a very satisfying experience. During this long period we tried our best to come up to expectations of the Academy. We are grateful to all the follows/ members of the Academy for co-operating with us in all possible ways. Without their wholehearted support it would not have been possible for us to achieve what we did. During my tenure as NAVS Editor from July 2009 to April 2017, the following publications personally compiled and edited by me were released:
• NAVS Directory of Fellows and Members (first alphabetical directory) 2010 (127 Pages)
• NAVS Prospectus (Rules & Regulations)-cum-Information Bulletin 2010, (32 Pages)
• NAVS Information Bulletin: Two issues with 18 pages were published in 2010; in addition to one issue conjoined with the 2010 Prospectus.
• NAVS Newsletter (electronic): NAVS Newsletter: A total of 24 issues (914 Pages) were published between May 2011 and April 2017 as detailed below: Two issues in 2011 (34 pages); Four issues in 2012 (140 Pages); Four issues in 2013 (186 Pages); Four issues in 2014 (165 Pages); Four issues in 2015 (160 Pages); Four issues in 2016 (145 Pages); and Two issue in 2017 (up to April) (84 Pages).
• NAVS Policy Paper No. 2: Human Resource Needs in Veterinary and Animal Sciences, August, 2015.
• NAVS Policy Paper No. 3: Ethno-veterinary Medicine: A Concept for Sustainable Livestock Production, October 2015.
• NAVS Rules and Regulations (as amended up to Nov. 2015) (30 Pages), April 2016
• NAVS Handbook - 2016 (226 Pages) December 2016 (See covers below)
Prof. R.N. Kohli ([email protected])
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COVERS of the Latest Release: NAVS HANDBOOK - 2016
(For details please refer to the Editorial in the January 2017 issue)
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3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Dr Kohli: Wish you and the NAVS Family a very happy and prosperous New Year. I was very pleased to the posse of latest information that you have so successfully collected, compiled and circulated through the January 2017 issue of the NAVS Newsletter. Congratulations. Also Congratulations to Dr Patnaik, IVRI, for having received Fulbright Nehru Fellowship. Good Achievement. I am particularly excited that the NDDB has been able to develop a vaccine against tapeworms in pigs. Well Done! Thanks and kind regards Dr. R.S. Khanna <[email protected]> Dear Dr Kohli: I wish you a very happy new year 2017. I am reading the latest issue of NAVS Newsletter, which I received from you today. It is always so regular and educative. As with every issue, this time too you have done a great job. Thank you for this, Dr. Kohli. The photos of Amritsar are interesting and it is great to see many old colleagues. Thank you. My best wishes to you for your good health in the New Year. Prof D.P. Monga, Coordinator PhD. Program, Department Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, School of Medicine, Room # 63, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA; Mobile no. +251 912627103; email: <[email protected]> Respected Dr Kohli: I think you are the only member of NAVS doing excellent job for Veterinary Profession. You keep us fresh in latest news and other activities of profession. At present I am in UK In the morning as soon as I opened my mail, I read the latest issue of NAVS news letter. I got my self refreshed by reading the news. I wish you should continue to be the Chief Editor in future also. We wish you a very Happy New Year 2017. With regards Dr. Nazir A. Sudhan, KCVAS Amritsar; <[email protected]> Respected Dr Kohli: Thanks for sending me the Jan 2017 issue of Newsletter of the Academy. It is an excellent Newsletter, which is full of material of professional interest. I always save the Newsletters of Academy but somehow 2016 July issue is missing from my computer. If possible, please send it again to me for my personal records. I congratulate you for bringing out newsletters of the NAVS so punctually with immense knowledge. With my personal regards: Dr. D.N. Garg, <[email protected]> It is a very well compiled newsletter. I find it quite informative about the activities taking up in the field of Veterinary Sciences. Congratulations and warm regards for doing the Great Job. Dr. Baldev Gulati, <[email protected]> Dear Professor Kohli: Thanks for another valuable Newsletter. Wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year. In the last newsletter you spoke of your age
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which is just a number but does not tell about your spirit, enthusiasm and dedication to a professional cause. I am senior to you by four years and take the liberty of wishing you many more productive years along with good health. Since the election of office bearers is in the offing, I wish you will be voted to a life time Editorship. I had suggested it in one of my earlier letters too Dr. B.S. Keshava Murthy Heartiest congratulations for publishing very informative newsletter. However, I have an observation: Carton placed below section 6B seems to be at an inappropriate place. Excuse me for this comment. With kind regards, Prof (Dr) B K Beniwal, Residence Address: 33, Gandhi Nagar (West), Near Lalgarh Palace, Bikaner 334001 (Raj); Email: <[email protected]> Hon’ble Prof. Kohli: Your contribution to NAVS is extraordinary. I personally feel for Vice President you are most suitable candidate. With kind regards Dr. B. N. Singh, Registrar, RKDF University; Email: <[email protected]> Dear Dr. Kohli, It will be nice that persons like you wish to be included in NAVS administration though you are doing a yeoman service as editor of the newsletter. There is a lot to be done to NAVS if we wish to compete with other Indian scientific academies. Certainly my vote is for you for the post of Vice President- Instead I will be glad to convince my other colleagues for the vote. (March 26: What’s the result? I trust you are our new vice-president; March 30: I was shocked to hear the result. Still I will request you to continue as Editor. Dr. Mahesh Chandra Agrawal, Former: Emeritus Scientist, ICAR and Dean Veterinary College, Jabalpur; Email: <[email protected]> Excellent presentation and its contents are very much informative, congratulation Sir. Dr S.P Gautam; <[email protected]>. Dear Dr. Kohli: Wish you and your family a very happy new year full of achievement, good health, prosperity and peace! It was only yesterday that I thought about this Newsletter. I was wondering why I haven't seen it recently. Congratulations for yet another edition which shows depth of your involvement, commitment and competence in bringing out such a meaningful and useful publication for the scientific community of your discipline. Understand that your present term has ended. Wish that you continue to play this role for the good of all your colleagues. Dr. Sartaj S. Mathur, 844, Sector-A, Pocket-B&C, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070, India. Email: "Sartaj S. Mathur" <[email protected]> Respected Prof. Dr. Kohli: January 2017 issue of NAVS Newsletter contained a plethora of information. I wish that you continue as Chief Editor of the Academy. With kind regards:
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Dr. Mahendra Pal, Addis Ababa University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Public Health, P.O.Box: 34, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia; Email <[email protected]>
Prosperous 2017 and beyond Dr Kohli: Each issue of the Newsletter is better than the previous one. So, soon this Newsletter will be a top source of information. Prof. Dr. Amreek Singh, 39, Westwood Crescent, Charlottetown PE CIA 8X4, Canada; Telephone Residence: +011-902-892-0048; Email ID: [email protected] Apropos ‘Veterinary Education and Practices in India ...’ (View Point, NAVS Newsletter, January 2017), we, the animal lovers, are fortunate that we have such an eminent person as Maneka Gandhi who (beyond the call of her duty as minister of C&W Welfare) is so much concerned about animal welfare. However, she seems to have been wrongly briefed regarding the practice of animal castration. I being an old timer (1955 graduate in Vet. Science) was coached on the use of Burdizo Castrator which is an integral part of all Veterinary Hospitals. Now after more than 60 years, I am sure further knowledge must have been added in the under-graduate course. We in Army (where mass castration of colts is done), individually give oral sedative to each colt. There is a definite requirement of improving the knowledge of veterinary doctors who are posted in far flung areas. With this in mind Late Dr C M Singh who was the President of both Veterinary Council of India and National Academy of Veterinary Sciences had convened a Board of Officers under my Chairmanship to liaise with J N U to formulate a postal (Correspondence) course (internet was not that widespread). We jointly approved the course syllabus. Unfortunately Dr C M Singh died and no one took further interest in the project. Brig. (retired) Dr. V.P. Manchanda, M.V.Sc., PhD, PGDBM EC 209, Maya Enclave, Mayapuri, New Delhi, 110064, India; Tel +91-11-25494669; Email: [email protected]
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4: FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK
1. I avail this opportunity to thank all my fellow colleagues for having elected me as the President of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (India) for the term 2017- 2019. Indeed, it is a matter of immense pride, privilege and honour for me to head this august Academy. It shall be my earnest endeavour to reinvigorate the Academy and infuse it with an infectious energy that is tempered with synergy and make it a vibrant edifice of excellence, probity, transparency and accountability.
2. I am aware that the path ahead is indeed fraught with many challenges but then I am equally sanguine that these challenges provide us with
opportunities to excel and scale newer heights of glory. I feel strengthened to know that we have countless professional luminaries amongst us as our esteemed members and fellows whose brilliance and experience remain nonpareil.
3. I beseech the whole hearted involvement of all the distinguished members and fellows of the Academy to join hands and work together in a concerted manner so that we can do justice to the hallowed aims, objectives and the mission that we have identified for our Academy and thus contribute towards nation building. I am confident that by tapping into our innate strengths and with perseverance and dedication, the Academy will grow in stature and find its rightful place amongst the comity of professional bodies in the country. Jai Hind! Maj. Gen. Dr. Shri Kant Sharma
CONTACT US PRESIDENT: Maj. Gen. Shri Kant Sharma, Ex-Vice-Chancellor, LUVAS, Hisar (Haryana). Ph. 9416314967; Email: [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT: Dr. D.V.R. Prakash Rao, Chennai. Ph. 9940099000 Email: [email protected]; Ph. 9940099000 SECRETARY GENERAL Dr. S.K. Gupta, LUVAS, Hisar (Haryana). Contact#: +9896068399(M), Email: [email protected] TREASURER: Dr. Nem Singh, Ghaziabad, U. P. Ph. 9818244710, 9711760402 Email: [email protected] EDITOR: (To be elected/nominated by the Governing Council)
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5: VET TRACKS 5-A: Obituary 5-A.1: Dr. Daya Singh Balain is No More We are sorry to inform our readers about the sad demise of Dr. Daya Singh Balain, an eminent founder Fellow of NAVS (India), on 29th January 2017. We learnt this from a post on social media (Face Book) inserted by ICAR-NBAGR, Karnal, where Dr. Daya Singh Balain was a
former Director (from19.11.86 to 14.05.92). Dr. Daya Singh Balain had also served as Deputy Director General (Animal Sciences), ICAR, apart from other important positions in the profession. The Kirya Ceremony of Late Dr. Balain was performed on 3rd February 2017 at his residence (50, Nayay Puri) in
Karnal, Haryana. We extend condolences to the bereaved family and pray to God to grant peace to the departed soul. 5-A.2: Dr. I.S. Chandna is no more A well known veterinary surgeon and a popular sociable gem of a person of HAU/LUVAS, Hisar, Dr I.S. Chandna, passed away recently, thereby plunging the veterinary fraternity of the region into grief. He retired as Professor & Head, Veterinary Surgery, HAU, Hisar, in 1990 after serving earlier as Head of the Division of
Veterinary Clinics, Associate/Assistant Professor at Hisar Veterinary College, from 1967 onwards. He served the A.H. Department after graduating in 1958 up to 1967. He got his M.V.Sc. (1967) and Ph.D. (1976) degrees also from Hisar (PAU/HAU) and was elected Fellow on NAVS in 2000-01. Dr I.S. Chandna, was born in Kundanpur, district Multan (now in Pakistan) on July 15, 1934.During his professional career he won several Awards and Honours, including ICAR Team research Award 1985-86; ISVS award (1986 & 2001); HAU award at silver jubilee year, Livestock Advisor/ consultant: TAHL (Israel) & World Bank Project M.P. (2000). He published 175 research & clinical articles and was author/co-author 6 books, apart from being adviser of 11 postgraduate students for M.V.Sc/ PhD. degrees. Dr. Chandna was an affectionate humble person and a lovable and reliable friend. His demise is a great loss to his numerous professional colleagues including the NAVS editor. We extend heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and pray to God to grant peace to the departed soul.
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5-B: Appointments, transfers, promotions, awards, honors and felicitations
5-B.1: Birth Centenary Celebrations of Dr. V. Panduranga Rao Readers of this publication would remember, Prof. Dr. J.P. Kukreti, a centenarian veterinarian of Indian origin from USA who was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of NAVS in 2012 when he crossed 100 years of his life that year. He passed away recently at the age of 104. We are elated to learn about another Indian Veterinary Centenarian in Tirupati. We are grateful to Dr. T. S. Chandrasekhar Rao, Dean of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, for sending us this piece on Dr. V. Panduranga Rao, and consider it our privilege to heartily congratulate Dr. Rao and to include this information in this publication.
Dr. V. Panduranga Rao, was the founder Head of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati, from 15-7-1955 till his retirement in September, 1976. He completed 100 years and entered into 101th year on 19-9-2016. On the eve of his 101th birthday, Teacher’s Association, Alumni Association and Retired Teachers of College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati celebrated the event at the College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati, where Dr. V.Panduranga Rao was the chief guest. Dr Manmohan Singh, IAS, Vice-chancellor of SVVU and Special Chief Secretary to A.H & DDF department, Government of A.P, Dr D. Sambasiva Rao, IAS, Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and Dr Kantha Rao, IPS, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, were the special Invitees. Dr. T.S. Chandrasekhara Rao, was the guest of honour. Dr. P. Eswara Prasad, Associate Dean, College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati presided over the function. About 150 retired teachers and old students of Dr. V.Panduranga Rao attended the function. All his students recalled their memories about his teaching, punctuality, sincerity and discipline of Dr. V.Panduranga Rao.
On this occasion Hon’ble Vice Chancellor announced that the New Boys Hostel will be named after Dr V. Panduranga Rao and a life time achievement award will be conferred upon Dr V.Panduranga Rao. Dr. M.Parthasarathy, former Professor and Head, Department of Animal Nutrition, College of
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Veterinary Science, Tirupati and former student of Dr. V. Panduranga Rao Instituted a gold medal in the name of Dr. V. Panduranga Rao to B.V.Sc. & AH students of the College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati who have secured highest GPA in the Anatomy Courses and the first award will be awarded in the annual convocation of SVVU, scheduled to be held in March 2017.
Dr. Velisetti Panduranga Rao was born on 19th September, 1916 in Madras, completed his primary schooling and intermediate course in Madras. He also did his GMVC Diploma and BVSc degree course from Madras Veterinary College and was selected under USAID programme to complete his MS postgraduate degree in Anatomy form Kansas State University, USA. Dr. Rao started his career as a Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in 29-10-1942 in the composite State of Madras. After working for four years he was transferred to Madras Veterinary College as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Veterinary Anatomy. In 1953 the division of composite Madras state took place and a new state of Andhra Pradesh was formed. Dr. V.Panduranga Rao was posted as Head of the Department and Gazetted Lecturer of Anatomy and Histology. Dr.V. Panduranga Rao played a vital role in establishing the laboratories and department museum. He prepared skeletal structures of all animals and humans and prepared many histology slides. The staff of different Veterinary Colleges visited this museum on the recommendations of ICAR.
Teaching is his passion. His lectures were thorough, well explained with diagrams and well understood by the students. He was so punctual that the students and staff used to correct the time in their wrist watches. Students were taught discipline, dress code, time sense and punctuality, regularity in studying and prompt submission of practical records. He insisted his students to follow and obey the rules whether it is in the college or hostel or playground. He was scrupulous in following rules and regulations. As he always practiced what he preached, students had a lot of fear and respect for this noble teacher. The principles, discipline, punctuality, sincerity and dedication in his duties have made him a living legend in Veterinary Profession.
5-B.2: Dr. R. S. Khanna is in the Standards Review Groups of FSSAI Dr. R. S. Khanna, Chairman, Kwality Limited, has been appointed by the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India, New Delhi on the Standards Review Group II – Milk and Milk Products and Standards Review Group VII – Beverages including Alcoholic Beverages. In another development the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi, has also nominated him to its 2017 Management Committee, as well as the Co-Chairman of the Agri. Business and Food Processing Committee. We heartily congratulate Dr. R.S. Khanna at his well deserved achievements.
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5-B.3: RJUVAS V. C. Prof. Gehlot, is in VCI expert committee on Rules The Central Government has nominated Prof. (Col.) A.K. Gehlot, Vice-Chancellor, RJUVAS, Bikaner, for inclusion in the Veterinary Council of India’s (VCI) Expert Committee for drafting Rules of the Council. This committee of experts will present its recommendation on the rules regarding approval of veterinary qualifications in the VCI’s Rules of 1984.
5-B.4: Dr. Lal Chand Ranga joins as Director, Central Sheep Breeding Farm, Hisar
According to his post on social media (FB), Dr. Lal Chand Ranga joined as Director, Central Sheep Breeding Farm, Hisar on 1/2/2017 on deputation for 5 years. The Central Sheep Breeding Farm, Hisar, is the sole premier Institute of Govt. of India. Dr. Ranga’s recruitment was through UPSC.
5-B.5: Fellowship of IAAVP awarded to Dr. Lachhman Das Singla
Dr. Lachhman Das Singla, a Fellow of NAVS (India), was admitted as a Fellow of the Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology on 15th February, 2017 during the inaugural session of 26th National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology and International Symposium on “Current concepts in diagnosis and control of parasitic diseases to combat climate change” from 15th to 17th February, 2017 at Veterinary College, Shimoga. We congratulate Dr. Singla at his achievement.
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5-B.6: Prof. Major R.S. Bansal, a Teaching Faculty at Haramaya University awarded by the Honorable President of Ethiopia On 15th Jan, 2017, during the valedictory function held at Haramaya University, Ethiopia, Professor (Major) R S Bansal, in recognition of his valuable role in initiating and facilitating the artificial Legs fitment for 730 physically disabled (amputees) citizens of Ethiopia, has been awarded, by His Excellency, Dr Mulatu Tashome, Honorable President of Ethiopia. The ceremony was attended by honorable Mrs President, His Excellency Anurag Shrivastava, Honorable Ambassador of India in Ethiopia, Chief Ministers of Oromiya and Harare region (States), Education Minister of Ethiopia and several dignitaries from Ethiopia inclusive of Member of Parliaments, Haramaya University Vice Chancellor, Four Pro Vice Chancellors, Dean and Directors of all the colleges and various other institutes of the University. Honorable President in his speech appreciated the work done by Professor (Major) R S Bansal. The function was telecasted by various T V channels in Ethiopia for 2-3 days. As per the statement of Prof Nigussie Diseccha, Pro.Vice Chancellor Academic affairs of the Haramaya University, “this is the first time that a teaching faculty from India getting award from the Honorable President of the Country”. Professor (Major) R S Bansal, graduated from Bikaner Veterinary College (1974, Gold Medalist), had his post-Graduation from PAU, Ludhiana (HOD being Prof R N Kohli, (1976) and PhD in Obstetrics and Gynecology from RAU, Bikaner. Professor (Major) R S Bansal has the privilege of serving the prestigious Corps of Remount and Veterinary Services, (Indian Army) for a period of 10 years wef 22nd Nov 1976 to 4th Feb 1987. He had served the Rajasthan Government for 10 years. There after he has a stint of about 15 years in ICAR, serving at National Research Centre on Equines for 12 years with Prof M P Yadav and Dr S K Dwivedi being the Director of the NRCE and Project Directorate on Cattle, Meerut Cantt, for around 3 years as the Senior Scientist,(Director being Prof A K Mishra). Prof. (Dr) Major Bansal is an Equine Practioner and the Panel Vet of the Stud Book Authority of India (SBAI). He is currently serving as the Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Haramaya University wef Oct 2014. (One of the 3 top Government Universities of Ethiopia, University started in the year 1954). 5-B.7: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Shri Kant Sharma Retires as V.C. LUVAS Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Shri Kant Sharma has informed us that he will be superannuating as the first regular Vice-Chancellor of Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS), Hisar, on 27 March 2017(AN). In a note, filled with nostalgia, he has recounted his 40 years of illustrious and enriching career, which includes that in defense services, and has expressed his full satisfaction for having contributed in various capacities as a teacher, researcher, and an administrator. He was enrolled as a BVSc & AH student in the College of
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Veterinary Sciences, HAU, Hisar during July 1970. (Incidentally, the current NAVS editor, Dr. R.N. Kohli, then Associate Professor of Surgery at the same University, was about to move to PAU, Ludhiana, to become the Founder Professor of Surgery there in 1971). Maj. Gen. Shri Kant subsequently also did his M.V.Sc from HAU, Hisar in the Department of Veterinary Bacteriology & Hygiene, considers himself fortunate and privileged to had the opportunity of successfully serving as Vice-Chancellor of the same university (now christened as Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, (LUVAS). In the intervening period, he was commissioned in the Indian Army (on 22 November 1976) and had the privilege of commanding Central Military Veterinary Lab at Meerut, Equine Breeding Stud, at Hisar, 54 Advance Field Veterinary Hospital at Srinagar. He was also fortunate to have served in Military Secretary Branch, Army HQ and having commanded RVC Centre & College at Meerut. For his distinguished services, he was awarded the coveted Sena Medal (SM) and Vishist Seva Medal (VSM) by the President of India. Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Shri Kant Sharma’s tenure as the first regular Vice-Chancellor of LUVAS was a witness to the gradual progression of the University in Veterinary & Animal Sciences and allied domain. With the cooperation of his committed team of scientists and the Director of Research he revisited and re-oriented research agenda to address the emerging challenges of the Animal Husbandry Sector. The constant rise in the academic standards and up gradation of teaching resources and educational technology during my tenure led the university to attain During his tenure, the University became a centre of excellence for teaching and research and was given Accreditation by Indian Council of Agricultural Research. A new College of Dairy Sciences & Technology and an Institute of Para Vets were also established. His special efforts led to an increase in the University budget from 5306.75 lakh (2012-13) to Rs. 11728 lakh (2017-2018) so that teaching, research and extension activities got strengthened. His priority was to build and strengthen the skilled, qualified and efficient human resource to impart quality education.
Within hours of his superannuation Maj Gen (Dr) Shri Kant Sharma was declared elected as the President of NAVS (India). Here he would get a chance to fulfill his post- superannuation desire to “associate himself in furthering the cause of academics, research, skill development and dissemination of technologies related to Animal Husbandry Sector and allied fields”. The Academy welcomes him and wishes him the best in his new position in NAVS. He will be settling at 967, Sector-14, Hisar. Email ID: [email protected]. His personal Cell: 9416314967.
5-B.8: Dr. Gurdial Singh joins as new Vice-Chancellor of LUVAS Dr. Gurdial Singh a renowned veterinary anatomist took over as new
Vice Chancellor of LUVAS on March 27, 2017. The decision to appoint him as Vice Chancellor was taken in a meeting of Board of Management of university held on 22nd March in Chandigarh. Dr. Gurdial Singh was working as Dean,
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College of Veterinary Sciences at LUVAS since 2013. He has been associated with College of Veterinary Sciences, Hisar LUVAS for the last 35 years. He completed his graduation and post-graduation in the field of Veterinary Sciences from LUVAS and started his career as Assistant Professor in the year 1983. Later on he held the posts of Head of the Veterinary anatomy department, Associate Dean and Dean of
the College of Veterinary Sciences at LUVAS. During his illustrious career as teacher he visited several countries and guided several postgraduate students. He has been members of many national and international academic bodies and is also the Vice-President of Veterinary Council of India. Dr. Gurdial Singh is an able administrator and has been engaged into core administration of University. Under his dynamic leadership as Dean, several measures have been taken to improve the standard of education and welfare of the students. He has taken keen interest in digitalization of teaching and administrative activities of LUVAS through development of modern university website and implementation of elaborate E-governance system. 5-B.9: Dr. S.K. Gupta and Dr. P.K. Kapoor take new positions Consequent upon the appointment of Dr. Gurdial Singh as Vice-Chancellor of LUVAS, Dr. S.K. Gupta has joined as Dean, Veterinary College, LUVAS. This position was previously held by Dr. Gurdial Singh. The readers would have also noted that Dr. S.K. Gupta has also been elected as Secretary General of NAVS for 2017-19. Later, on April 1, 2017, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Kapoor took over as Comptroller of LUVAS as per his post on Social Media. We send our heartiest congratulations to both of them on their new appointments. 5-B.10: Dr. H. Rahman Relinquishes DDG (A.S) ICAR According to an email dated 19th April 2017 from Dr. H. Rahman addressed to the NAVS Editor (and others), he has relinquished the position of the Deputy Director General (Animal Sciences) from ICAR on 31 March, 2017 and has joined as the Regional Representative of International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), South Asia Office located in New Delhi. He has expressed his gratitude to the ICAR for giving him the opportunity to serve in the esteemed Council and hopes that he would continue to get support in his present assignment as well for the overall cause of the farmers, farming and farm sector. We express our best wishes to Dr. Rahman for a grand success in his new assignment. His contact: Regional Representative for South Asia International Livestock Research Institute, Block-C, First Floor, NASC Complex, CG Centre, DPS Marg, PUSA, New Delhi -110 012; Mobile: +91 9483527849 | Tel: +91 11 2584 7885; Email: [email protected]
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6. VIEW POINT 6.1: IDENTITY TAGS FOR ANIMALS
Rama Kumar V Govt. of India’s plan to provide tag numbers to identify Cattle, is a positive step to strengthen development in the Animal husbandry (AH) sector which, so far, has been one of the most neglected sectors. The reason possibly is that AH in India is essentially a vocation of millions of small holders who raise animals on crop residues (CR) and common property resources (CPR). Involved are the poorest of the poor who do not have a voice or representation in public life. The system is unique in that it is not a grain based, but has made India the largest producer of milk in the world. It is sustainable and its input use and cost of production is unimaginably low. Animals have become an important cultural element, essential in maintaining the traditional life style, useful recycling of crop waste. Sheep, Yak and camel have made it possible for humans to live in harsh areas where cropping is virtually impossible. To test the sustainability and risk involved in this system we must create new paradigms for funding and regulations for a wider DDCHD ecology research (i.e. ecology of disease/ deficiency/ crisis/ hazard/ disaster). The parliamentary committee on agriculture for the past two decades had repeatedly been recommending the establishment of a separate R&D unit for the sector i.e. Indian Council of Veterinary Research (ICVR). An identity TAG is useful for transparent assessment and evaluation of research, development and service involving animals. Transparency and scientific audit in insurance, disaster management, rural development, conservation of bio-diversity (breeding policy) etc., by blocking vested interests from individual profit out of public funds and throw the blame on the veterinary profession. Counting and identifying animals can provide observable and measurable data to assess and evaluate development. For example, during disaster central government can do a “Rapid risk assessment” [RRA] to estimate the support needed. State government or the local authority can use the same data and organize the “search and rescue” [S&R], sheltering, relief and rehabilitation of victims. Reportable and retrievable data on the animals of a region or locality provides vital information for action for (macro) epidemiology and preventive medicine. The process of tagging the large population of animals may appear colossal as there are approx. 1000 million (M) animals (800 M domestic wild, 200M feral and laboratory animals). The draft regulation of veterinary practice prepared by Veterinary Council of India (VCI) in 2001 and submitted to GOI had laid a simple method to achieve this. Identification of animals if made a part of veterinary service, a National Production and Health Information System (NAPHIS) can be generated. The norm in the proposed regulation was as follows: India has an average of one para-veterinary person per every 2000 cattle heads (ranging between1000 - 5000) and one Registered Veterinary Practioner (RVP) per 12,000 cattle heads (between 5000-15,000). To be holistic, US provides for 8 admissions to veterinary schools per million population (India does not have
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even 0.2 per Million) As per a draft regulation of Veterinary practice each RVP is expected to collect from the para-staff working in his command area, details of the domestic animals in their territory (sub-unit). In the first instance para-personnel should be given 3-6 months’ time to collect and record the primary data of each and every household. In Animal Husbandry Kerala lead the way in creating an excellent data base. It identified that out of 72 lakh families in the state, 8 lakhs keep cows, another 8 lakhs keep goats and 16 lakhs have poultry units in their backyard. But today Animal sector of Tamil Nadu has taken over the lead. Data completed this way can be updated by including the profile of individual the animals and stored as soft copy. As per regulation of veterinary practice proposed by VCI, a veterinary surgeon is expected to visit the para- veterinary centers by turn once a week or fortnight (depending on the distance and terrain), on a pre-announced time and date. A board would be displayed in public view in front of each para-veterinary center (para VC) announcing that "THE REGISTERED VETIRINARY DOCTOR WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THIS CENTER ON EVERY "...." from … to … "(time). Public can use this opportunity to consult her/him on professional matters like disease, deficiency, crisis or hazard or disaster during this time and can give their suggestions on any service or development matter in the sector. Once the preliminary data is complied, (i.e. after the base data is prepared on the number of animals) the para- veterinary staff shall give any additional information (or change) on animals i.e. any new animal bought or born, animals sold, exchanged, died or any problem (DDCHD) in animal sector. The regulation prescribed this as part of supervision and direction prescribed in clause (b) of section 20 of IVC Act 1984. Every professional and para- veterinary staff is expected to ‘write what he does and do what he writes” on a daily basis. This process can be linked with the project on tagging. On the periodic visit of the veterinary doctor (RVP), the para-staff of the sub-unit is expected to submit a report of the locality to him/ her. This would enable the animal sector to: 1) supervise, direct and appreciate the work and work load of the para-staff, inseminator, compounder or stock assistant 2) Without appointing staff for periodic census one take stock of the local situation/ problems and estimate the public funds needed 3) any crisis, disease or deficiency or disaster (DDCHD) like flood, disease, poisoning or drought can be brought on record in time and act without ambiguity or delay. 4) NSSO (National Sample Survey Organization) can use this retrievable data instead of random survey method, currently used. 5) true epidemiological data of each sub-unit can be prepared by veterinary surgeon and presented to district officer (DHO) during the monthly meeting. The director AH and the addl. director planning can prepare plans for organizing stock-pile, method of service delivery and do impact assessment of the sector without large funds. (Dr. Rama Kumar V. is the former Secretary, Veterinary Council of India, besides being a prolific professional thinker and writer of repute)
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6.2: Objectives of First Veterinary Education Rama Kumar V
The Veterinarians' responsibility at grass root level is multifarious; (s)he is required to perform primary Veterinary service delivery and/ or get minor Veterinary practice delivered under her/ his supervision and guidance. Primary Veterinary service includes animal health care, clinical veterinary service, advice on the management of production animals, animal based technology & community development. Supporting animal experimentation, Veterinary public health, Animal welfare and conservation and development of animal resource are implied responsibilities of the profession (as per the veterinarians' oath). Veterinarians are expected to handle the care and well being of all animals including domestic, semi-domestic, laboratory, feral, zoo and wild animals. The Broad/ Institutional Objective of first Veterinary education, degree course of India i.e. BVSc & AH, is to train persons to: 1. Work as a leading partner of a team engaged in service to animal husbandry, animal Health care, veterinary clinical service and matters ancillary thereof and related thereto. 2. Educate, advise and motivate animal owners to adopt improved/ optimal animal management techniques including housing, feeding, breeding, health promotion, disease control and hygiene. 3. Organise efficient animal production, product handling and inspect animal products to ward off public health hazards, through them. 4. Maintain and develop personnel character and attitude required for professional life, such as integrity, sense of responsibility, dependability and ability to relate to, communicate with and show concern and respect for patients, clients and colleagues. The Veterinary education at primary level is meant to train professional for general veterinary service covering all aspects of health, production, clinical service, technology, veterinary public health and community development. With the developments in Veterinary science, increasing role of animals in the economy, growing awareness on environment, intensive animal rearing practices, growing protein need etc. there is greater animal man proximity, interaction and interdependence. As science advances and demands on profession increase further, It is no more possible for Veterinary professional to handle service with equal efficiency as expected by the community from the profession, unless specialist (cadre) veterinarians support and compliment the service of the generalists. (Dr. Rama Kumar V. is the former Secretary, Veterinary Council of India, besides being a prolific professional thinker and writer of repute)
6.3: Zoonotic Diseases - An Update on control Prof M. P. Yadav
During recent decades, zoonotic diseases are on the increase. Of the 1400 plus infectious diseases of man, about 62% are zoonotic (transmissible from animals to man) or reverse zoonosis (transmitted from man to animals). Out of the 11 major pandemics since the 1980s, 8of these involved domestic
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animal hosts. All animals including mammals, birds, fishes, poikilotherms, wild and captive animals can spread zoonotic diseases. Increasing human and animal populations, more intimate contact between humans and animals (both livestock and wild animals); changing ecosystems and deforestation, exposing the pathogens from their niche areas to susceptible populations, such as Kayasnur Forest Disease (KFD) in Karnataka, rabies in the foothills of Himalayas; genetic similarity between human and other mammals facilitating transmission of the pathogen(s); species jumping as happened in Scrapie and mad cow disease (prion diseases) and highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1; high density mixed populations of susceptible species like pig and poultry, providing ideal situation for evolving new pathogenic influenza viruses of poultry, man and other mammals; frequent and fast travel to other countries and continents as well as transport of animals and animal products, are some of the reasons responsible for enhanced frequency of the occurrence of a new or existing zoonotic diseases in recent decades. The control and management measures, such as capacity building in HRD, diagnostics, vaccines, bio-safety, bio-security and strengthening of quarantine measures at local, regional, national and global levels; rapid response mechanism to tackle fast spreading viral diseases and trans-boundary animal diseases(TADs) and handling of the diagnostic materials of unknown / new diseases under BSL4 or BSL3 facilities, also play a role. Whereas important viral and bacterial zoonotic diseases include Ebola, Zika virus, CCHF, Nipahvirus, Hanta virus, KFD, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and Marburg disease, there is historical evidence of rabies and tuberculosis being the two dreaded ancient zoonotic diseases. Prof Schwabe, a leading authority on veterinary public health (VPH), coined the concept of ‘One Medicine’ which has now grown to ‘One World One Health’. He also emphasized the need for using specific pathogen free (SPF) animals and chicken embryos for research, vaccine production and other biological materials for human and animal use. Prof Yadav further advocated that we should take advantage of the bio-epidemiological knowledge and pathogenesis of the disease agent, and adopting simple measures in our daily life, so as to prevent the contact with the pathogen by human and/or animal hosts. For example, frequent washing of hands before and after meals and in between with soap/detergent will decontaminate viral and bacterial contamination on hands; adopting Indian traditional ways of greeting with folded hands rather than shaking hands; using hanky while sneezing or speaking, frequently washing eyes with cold water to avoid contracting viral eye flu. Similarly, efforts should be made to avoid close contact (direct or indirect) with bats (insectivorus, frugivorus) lizards, frogs, toads, cockroaches, rodents, which are known to be potent carriers of the causal agents of many diseases. Thorough washing of drinking water and cold drink bottles, before opening of their lids, will avoid pathogen contaminants, such as Leptospira, from their surface. (Dr Yadav is the Secretary, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and former President, NAVS India)
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7. NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY NEWS 7.1: Can a dairy farm of cows be profitable? Dr. R. Unni Krishnan, a Veterinary Consultant from Kerala has answered in 2016 that Dairy farms can be and are profitable, provided one follows these: Never compromise on the basics, such as quality of cows, feeding, milk marketing, optimum labor utilization and bare minimum mechanization. Size of he farm vis a vis land holding, growing of green fodder and most importantly there should be a mix of products as sale commodities originating from the farm. Above all be passionate and keep in mind the genuine needs of the animals rather than leaving everything to mechanical gadgets. Hope this helps.
7.2: ‘Animal husbandry a must to improve farmers’ situation’ (News Report, Times of India, February 11, 2017) Setting Ahmednagar as a benchmark for Yavatmal, CD Mayee, former chairman of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) on Friday said that the farmer suicide scenario in Yavatmal cannot improve without making animal farming a secondary source of income. Mayee was speaking at a national symposium on 'Challenges in animal health for higher productivity and income to farmers', organized by the department of veterinary microbiology, Nagpur Veterinary College(NVC) and Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University’s (MAFSU) Vice-Chancellor, A.K. Mishra, Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists in Infectious Diseases (IAVM); President Dr MP Yadav, IAVMI patron PK Uppal, NVC dean Dr NP Dakshinkar and organizing secretary Dr VC Ingle were present. Mayee, who has an agricultural background, said for improving their income, farmers cannot be solely dependent on crop cultivation. By doing a classic comparison between Ahmednagar and Yavatmal which is considered as the suicide capital, he said, "Both the places have climatic similarity. Like Yavatmal, more than 50% of Ahmednagar get low rainfall. Despite that, total income of farmers in Ahmednagar is much bigger than Yavatmal." He said, "Yavatmal farmers' dependency on cotton and soyabean is 89%. Hence, when the crop fails, farmers develop suicidal tendency. On the other hand, Ahmednagar has a larger dependency on animal husbandry and even though a lot of them might not have the land to generate fodder, they will somehow manage it." Dr Yadav pointed out lack of support by the state government in funding Foot and Mouth Disease Control Program (FMD-CP). He said, "Earlier, the Central government had been providing 100% funds to the programme. But since the change in policy last year, the state is to contribute 40% of funds while the rest will be from the Central government." He said, "In the past also, there was a time the state had to contribute 40%, but due to their inefficiency in providing timely funds, 60% funds given by the Centre could not be touched which used to create hurdle for the programme. Hence, there was a change in policy after which the Centre started giving 100%
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funds to continue vaccination programme since it was a successful. Now, with another change in policy, we will again have to be dependent on the state for 40%. Now there a big question on how the programme will run." He also pointed out lack of veterinary doctors in India by putting up statistics. There is only one veterinary doctor for 13,000 animals. As per norms, there should be one doctor for 5,000 animals. Ideally, one vet is required for 3,000 animals, he said. (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/animal-husbandry-a-must-to-improve-farmers-situation/articleshow/57086443.cms) (Item forwarded by Mr. Sharad Gupta, Editor & Publisher, Dairy India Yearbook, Publishers of Dairy India (Edition Seven) (Just Released), A-25, Priyadarshini Vihar, New Delhi - 110092. Email: [email protected], Website: www.DairyIndia.in) 7.3: Prof. M.P. Yadav Inaugurates Wild Life Congress While speaking as Chief Guest on 6 January, 2017 during the “National Congress on Wildlife Health” and Annual Convention of the Association of Indian Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians (AIZWV) organized at IVRI, Izatnagar (6-7 January, 2017). Prof. (Dr.) M.P. Yadav, Former President, NAVS acknowledged the contributions made by IVRI in the area of Wild life health and conservation, forensic medicine and related areas. Considering the importance of wild life, its conservation to preserve the biodiversity on this planet for posterity, particularly in the climate change induced threats, he advocated to foster wild life health management in a broader perspective, inclusive of wild life nutrition, scientific breeding; disease diagnosis, control and prevention; health protection and promotion. Prof. Yadav mentioned that the credit goes to Dr. P.N. Bhat, Former Director, IVRI for establishing the Wild Life Centre at IVRI. Dr. B.M. Arora, Founder President of AIZWV, who headed this Centre with dedication and devotion has made significant contributions in putting the programme on sound footings. The wild life, both captive and free living, is known to suffer from killer diseases of viral, bacterial and fungal origin. It also plays important role in the spread of zoonotic disease like, HPAI (H5N1), Kyasnur forest disease (KFD), NIPAH Virus, Zika Virus, Marburg Virus and many more. Wild life species also act as reservoir or carrier of pathogens, namely rabies virus, Avian influenza viruses, NIPAH Virus, Hendra Virus, thereby underlining the important role of wild life (mammals, avian, rodents, poikilotherms (snakes, frogs, toads,etc in “One Health”. Prof. Yadav mentioned that if we follow holistic wild life health management, even inbreeding, resulting in disease susceptibility or reproductive failure need to be addressed. Prof. Yadav also advocated the need for applying latest technology (biotechnology, nano-technology, gene editing, cloning, IVF, MOET etc to address multi dimensional problem being encountered in wild life conservation and breeding. He strongly felt the need for establishment of a fully fledged National Referral Centre on Wild Life Health Management at the IVRI.
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7.4: National Seminar on Small Ruminant Production -cum- Annual Conference of Indian Sheep and Goat Society held
Prof M.L. Madan has forwarded to us a report received from CSWRI on the Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization -cum- National Seminar on “Improvement of Small Ruminant Production System for Livelihood Security” that was held at ICAR-CSWRI, Avikanagar on March 9-10, 2017. A total of nearly 350 participants attended the seminar and took part in presentation, deliberation and discussion.
The inaugural session of the event was honored by Dr M.L. Madan, Former VC, DUVASU, Mathura (UP) (who also presented the Inaugural Key note address), and Dr PDKV Akola (MH) and Former DDG (ICAR), New Delhi,. The occasion was also graced by the Patron of the Society Dr R.M. Acharya, Former DDG (ICAR) and Dr S.M.K. Naqvi, President, ISSGPU and Director, ICAR-CSWRI.
In his Inaugural Key Note Address, Dr Madan brought out the role of small ruminants in the new development model for the resource poor livestock holders. While identifying the challenges, he brought out the areas of research and development which need to be addressed urgently. Dr Madan stressed upon the thought of Hon’ble Prime Minister doubling the income of farmers by 2022 through adoption of newer breeding and reproductive technologies and harvesting higher finishing weight, “More sheep per sheep” with better efficiency. He also emphasized that among sheep and goat neonates (first 15 days) feeding and health control are critical for growth and slaughter weight and listed the innovate techniques and technologies which need urgent delivery to animal keepers to augment their productive incomes, especially in securing livelihood of small and marginal sheep and goat holders..
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7.5: RECENT LUVAS NEWS (Note: Please also see Chapter 5-B “Vet Tracks” for more LUVAS items) (a) Induction Training Programme at LUVAS
A one-month induction training programme for newly recruited scientists at LUVAS was inaugurated by Dr. K.P. Singh Vice-Chancellor CCSHAU Hisar on January 3, 2017. Speaking on this occasion Dr. K.P. Singh Vice-Chancellor CCSHAU said that hard work always pays off in the career and good quality research work is essential to have recognition at national and international level. He gave them points of advice to be followed to become a good scientist in the field of research. He said to become good teacher one should develop certain innovative skills, so that students and society are benefited. Further he said that teaching in a noble profession on which future of society and country lies.
Addressing the newly recruited scientists Maj Gen (Dr) Shri Kant VC, LUVAS expressed to raise the level of education for which continuous learning is required. He said that learning is a continuous process and one should imbibe the qualities of honesty, loyalty and discipline in life.
(b) LUVAS Celebrates Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS), Hisar organized a marathon on the ocassion of birth annversary of the great freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai on January 28, 2017. The inauguration of the race was done by Maj Gen (Dr.) Shri Kant VC, LUVAS. The race started from the office of Vice-Chancellor in which a large number of officers, teachers, employees and students of LUVAS participated. On this ocassion, Dr. Kamal Gupta, Chief Guest of the function; appreciated LUVAS for organizing such an event to remember the sacrifices of the great freedom fighter.
On the occasion of birth anniversary clinical camps at nearby vill. Shahpur, Hindwan and Rawalwas were organized to treat the animals. Farmers were made aware about important diseases in animals. Large numbers of animals were treated for different diseases in these clinical camps. Another activity on this occasion included the inauguration of next generation sequencing (NGS) facility which has been established at approx. cost of 70 Lakhs in the Dept. of Animal Biotechnology.
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(c) Posts Sanctioned for Regional Centres of LUVAS Govt. of Haryana recently sanctioned a total of 43 posts of specialists and other office staff for two regional centres of LUVAS to be established at Karnal and Mahendergarh. The sanctioned posts include a post of regional director, six posts of experts in the field of Vety. Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology, Animal Production, Disease investigation, Extension services. In addition to posts of specialists other posts of office staff including clerk, VLDA, driver and radiographer etc. have also been sanctioned. Foundation stone of Regional Referral Veterinary Diagnostic and Extension Centre (RVDEC) of LUVAS at Riwasa, Mahendragarh was laid on April 09, 2016 by Honorable Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal.
These centres will have facilities for X-rays, Ultrasonography, operations, clinical diagnosis, artificial insemination, investigation of diseases, analysis of feed/ feed ingredients.Sero-surveillance of the important diseases and compiling of epidemiological data will be a continuous process to create strong data base for disease forecasting and control strategies. In addition, these centres will also give the services like mobile diagnostic laboratory- cum-hospital (on wheels) at farmer’s doorstep and will be connected via internet with the headquarters and other referral centres of excellence. At these centres regular trainings will be conducted to educate the rural women and enhancing their knowledge with respect to health and management of livestock animals. (d) Clinical Camps Directorate of Extension Education, LUVAS organised clinical camps in seven villages, Nonand (Rohtak), Sidhrawali (Gurugram), Badhana (Jind), Gailpur (Palwal), Dhanana (Bhiwani), Goghripur (Karnal) and Farwain Kalan (Sirsa) during Jan-March 2017.
More than 800 animals were given treatment in these camps. Free
medicines and mineral mixture were made available to the farmers under the
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RKVY project. Besides providing doorstep treatment facility, these camps also helped in creating awareness among farmers about the importance of balanced feeding in infertility management in dairy animals.
(e) 2nd Agri. Leadership Summit 2017 at Suraj Kund, Faridabad LUVAS put up a massive display of its accomplishments and activities for the farmers in the 2nd Agri Leadership Summit – 2017 at Suraj Kund, Faridabad from 18- 20 March, 2017. Large number of farmers visited LUVAS stall and interacted with scientists. The scientists solved the problems faced by the farmers in their animal husbandry practices. The scientists of LUVAS motivated the farmers, particularly women to attend the summit. A technical seminar session was also conducted by LUVAS for the benefit of farmers. LUVAS stall was appreciated by the organizers. Sh. Om Parkash Dhankar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Sh. Ram Bilas Sharma Hon’ble Minister of Education, Govt. of Haryana presented a memento to LUVAS as a token of appreciation for the exhibition in the Agri Expo.
7.6: 45th Dairy Industry Conference held in Mumbai The 45th Dairy Industry Conference (DIC) on “Climate Change and Dairying” - Industry's Mega Event of the year - was held from 16th to 18th February 2017 at Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (East), Mumbai. Simultaneously, an Exhibition of milk processing equipment & services (IIDE 2017) was also held at the same venue. The event evinced a lot of interest not just amongst dairy specialists but also in milk producers gathered in large numbers from across the country. The conference was attended by over 1350 delegates from India and abroad. The participants belonged to different streams of dairying, agriculture, food processing and allied industries. IIDE 2017, organized by Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt. Ltd. and IDA (WZ) had 200 exhibitors from 15 nations. The exhibition drew a record number of business visitors seeking technological solutions for their processing needs and challenges. The Conference organized by the West Zone of the Indian Dairy Association (IDA), was the first after the sad demise of IDA President Dr. N.R. Bhasin, in December 2016. Shri Arun Patil, Chairman of West Zone of IDA welcomed the
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participants and other guests of the Conference which was inaugurated by Shri Dilip Rath, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Shri Arun Narke, the current President of IDA, delivered the Presidential address. Shri Subhash Chandra Mandge, Chairman, NCDFI, Shri Sarangdhar Nirmal, Chairman and Managing Director, Prabhat Dairy Ltd. and Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Former Director & Vice Chancellor, NDRI also addressed the participants. Vote of thanks was given by Shri Rajesh Lele, Secretary General. The Chief Guest Shri Dilip Rath released the Souvenir and conferred the Patronship and Fellowship of IDA on the recipients who had made yeoman service to Indian Dairy Industry. Shri Animesh Banerjee, former President, IDA; Shri R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF; and Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Former Director & Vice Chancellor, NDRI and Member, Agriculture Scientist Recruitment Board, New Delhi were awarded IDA Patronships, while the IDA Fellowships were conferred on 11 eminent dairymen in recognition of their outstanding contributions to Indian dairying and IDA.
The Dairy Woman of the Year Awards in recognition of the contribution of
rural women milk producers engaged in rearing animals were awarded to the Women milk producers who through their exemplary efforts and innovative practices in dairying have brought about a turn-around in their societies. The recipients were Smt. Ramilaben Govindbhai Patel, West Zone; Smt. Suman Kumari, East Zone; Smt. Mamta Choudhary, North Zone; and Smt. Veda Seetaram Hegde, South Zone.
In true IDA tradition, the conference had two Farmers’ sessions where simultaneous Interpretation System (SIS) was installed for the convenience of rural milk producer participants. The deliberations in English were translated
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in Hindi, simultaneously, and the delegates could hear it through headsets. An evening full of fun and laughter — The Hasya Kavi Sammelan – marked the culmination of Day 1 of the Conference.
There were 13 Technical Sessions on Day 2 and Day 3 of the conference. Parallel Industrial presentations were also held on both days. The most thought provoking lecture on “Demonetization and its Impact”, by Shri Anil Bokil, Founder, Arthakranti Pratishthan was delivered under Dr. Kurien Oration Lecture.
Dr. G.S. Rajorhia, Vice President, IDA in his vote of thanks highlighted the team work of the organizers, IDA (WZ), in successfully organizing a Conference of this magnitude. He also thanked the supporters, exhibitors, delegates, students and others for their enthusiastic participation in the 45th DIC.
7.7: BOOK RELEASE
A new book in 'Pet Bird Diseases and Care' written by Dr. Indranil Samanta and Dr. Samiran Bandyopadhyay has been published recently by: Springer. (http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811036736).
Authors’ Contact: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, 37, K.B. Sarani, Kolkata- 700037, West Bengal, India; Cell: +91-9062918679/ 9433540298; Email: <[email protected]>
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8. SCIENCE, HEALTH & Society 8.1: A great advance for the Medical Profession: Doctors Perform First Brain Transplant in History The Netherland-based doctors have performed the first-ever brain implant on a 58 year old woman paralyzed by Lou Gehrig’s Disease, enabling her to communicate day-t-day life via speech computer. The disease-caused nerve degeneration had left her with control only her eyes. The implant enabled her to control the computer using brain signals, spelling out messages at two letters per minute. 8.2: First Female to Suffer from ‘Tree-Man Syndrome’ Admitted to Bangladesh Hospital A young Bangladeshi girl with bark-like warts growing on her face could be the first female ever afflicted by so-called "tree man syndrome", doctors studying the rare condition said Tuesday. Ten-year-old Sahana Khatun has the tell-tale gnarled growths sprouting from her chin, ear and nose, but doctors at Dhaka's Medical College Hospital are still conducting tests to establish if she has the unusual skin disorder. Less than half a dozen people worldwide have epidermodysplasia
verruciformis but none so far have been women, said Samanta Lal Sen, the head of the hospital's burn and plastic surgery unit. "We believe she is the first woman," Sen told AFP. Her father, a poor labourer from Bangladesh's rural north, said he didn't worry too much when the first warts appeared on his daughter's face about four months ago.
But as the growths spread rapidly he grew concerned and brought Khatun from their village to the capital Dhaka for treatment. "We are very poor. My daughter lost her mother when she was only six. I really hope that the doctors will
remove the barks from my beautiful daughter's face," her father Mohammad Shahjahan told AFP.
Another of Khatun's doctors said the young patient was displaying a milder form of the disease, and it was hoped she would make a quicker recovery than those in the more advanced stages. The hospital has been treating one man with a serious case of the disease for the better part of a year, conducting 16 surgical procedures to remove giant warts from his hands and legs. Huge growths weighing five kilogrammes (11 pounds) each had consumed the hands of 27-year-old Abul Bajandar, the first recorded Bangladeshi to be suffering from the disease. His plight has captured national attention and the interest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who promised the patient would receive treatment free of charge. Doctors told AFP last month that for the first time in a decade, Bajandar had been able to touch his wife and daughter, and was almost ready to leave the ward. (AFP, February 01, 2017; Image courtesy Telegraph Dhaka)
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8.3: First India-Made Dissolvable Stent Gets Ministry Nod A health ministry subject expert committee (SEC) approved Gujarat-based Meril Life Science's bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) at a meeting. The health ministry has approved the country's first locally made bioresorbable cardiac scaffold, or naturally dissolving stent for clearing blockages in arteries that carry blood to the heart. A health ministry subject expert committee (SEC) approved Gujarat-based Meril Life Science's bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) at a meeting, a senior government official told ET on condition of anonymity. The official government approval to market the stent is expected within a few weeks, the official said. Sanjeev Bhatt, vice president (corporate strategy) at Meril Life Sciences, in an email response to ET said, "We have presented our case to the Subject Expert Committee and are awaiting feedback." Unlike drug-eluting stents that are made of metal and stay in the arteries forever, Meril's 100 micron-thick BVS 'MeRes100' is made of material that degrades and is absorbed by the body over three years. Meril would be the second company with a BVS in the country after Abbott India, which had introduced its brand 'Absorb' in the market in 2012. Out of more than five lakh coronary stents used in the country in 2016, only around 8,000 were BVS, mainly because of its high prices, analysts said. Before it came under price control earlier this month, BVS was often more expensive than metallic drug eluting stents and few patients would be able to afford it. Absorb, which had a monopoly in this category of stents, had maximum retail price (MRP) of Rs 1.80 lakh at hospitals before coming under price control, industry executives and distributors told ET. Most drug eluting stents in the market had MRPs ranging between Rs 22,500 to Rs 1.65 lakh, before National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) capped their prices at Rs 29,600. Meril had first applied for approval for MeRes100 in India in 2013, Bhatt said. The company conducted studies in 108 patients in India and 40 patients in Brazil, European countries and South East Asian countries, he said. It has already received approvals to market the product in Columbia, Ecuador, Indonesia and the Philippines over the last month and is currently awaiting regulatory approvals from the European Union, he said. Some doctors find BVS a good choice for young patients between 25-45 years because it dissolves and could give them a relatively better quality of life than metallic drug eluting stents. "If you believe in the science, a scaffold that dissolves would reduce the need for patients to be on several medications for a long time," Columbia Asia senior consultant Sanjat Chiwane told ET. "It would be an ideal therapy for anybody because you don't have a device inside your body forever." At the same time, he said no single study has proven BVS are more efficient than drug eluting stents. "They're not superior to second or third generation stents, but they're not inferior either," Chiwane said. India's cardiac stent market is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14% and cross $1.8 billion in revenues by 2026, according to a recent report by Future Market Insights. The size of this market was estimated at $531 million (roughly Rs 3,619 crore) in 2016 end. Yet, so far, BVS have contributed to a small portion of these
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revenues, said an analyst on condition of anonymity. BVS also has its own limitations from a procedure perspective. For instance, existing BVS are twice as thick as a metallic drug eluting stents and don't have as many size options, Chiwane said. (http://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/medical-devices/first-india-made-dissolvable-stent-gets-ministry-nod/57303801) 8.4: Government Takes another Step to Replace MCI with New Medical Commission
Moving ahead with its plans to overhaul the regulation of medical education in India, the health ministry has circulated a Cabinet note on the draft National Medical Commission Bill-2016, proposing to revamp the Medical Council of India (MCI). The draft bill, based on recommendations from the Niti Aayog expert committee appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, proposes to establish the commission in place of MCI. It aims to reform the medical education sector which has been under scrutiny for corruption and unethical practices. "We are awaiting comments from various ministries. There is in-principal approval on the draft. We hope to soon take it to the Cabinet for approval," a senior official said. The government has already introduced the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental admissions. Once the draft bill is approved by the Cabinet and passed as a law by Parliament, it will replace the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and create the commission as the main regulatory body for medical education. Under the proposed bill, the commission will be a body comprising a chairperson, nine ex-officio members and 10 part-time members who will be selected rather than elected. At present, members of MCI are elected members. The draft bill also proposes to have separate boards for regulating under graduate courses, post graduate, accreditation and assessment board and a board for registration of medical colleges as well as monitoring of ethics in the profession. Besides, it also proposes a Medical Advisory Council (MAC), with members from states who can be eminent professionals such as a professors from a medical colleges and the like. There will be two members from Union Territories. NMC members will also be its members and its role will be advisory. Last year, a high-level committee headed by Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya had examined the issue of poor regulation of medical education by MCI and proposed replacing MCI with NMC. Besides Panagariya, the panel included Prime Minister's additional principal secretary P K Mishra, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and the Union health secretary. The committee was formed to suggest reforms in the IMC Act, 1956. The 92nd parliamentary committee on health had also raised concerns about the functioning of the MCI and called for reform of the medical education sector.
(http://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/govt-takes-another-step-to-replace-mci-with-new-medical-commission/57293880)
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8.5: Homoeopathy for Organic Farming, Cattle Health
The Prince of Wales has revealed he uses homeopathic treatments for animals on his organic farm at High grove to help reduce reliance on antibiotics. Prince Charles said his methods of farming tried wherever possible to ‘‘go with the grain of nature’’ to avoid dependency on antibiotics, pesticides and other forms of chemical intervention. The prince made the comments to animal and human health experts at a summit in London as part of a global battle against the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. Addressing the delegates, he said the change to homeopathy was a reason for converting his farming practice more than 30 years ago. “In fact, it was one of the reasons I converted my farming operation to an organic, or agro-ecological, system over 30 years ago, and why incidentally we have been successfully using homeopathic —yes, homeopathic — treatments for my cattle and sheep as part of a program to reduce the use of antibiotics,” Prince Charles said. Calling for “urgent and coherent” global action, he said antibiotics were
being overused. ‘It must be incredibly frustrating to witness the fact that, as has been pointed out by many authorities, antibiotics have too often simply acted as a substitute for basic hygiene, or as it would seem, as a way of placating a patient who has a viral infection or who actually needs little more than patience to allow a minor bacterial infection to resolve itself.” Turning to farming, the prince said he couldn’t
comprehend why antibiotics were being given to healthy animals. ‘‘I find it difficult to understand how we can continue to allow most of the antibiotics in farming, many of which are also used in human medicine, to be administered to healthy animals. “Could we not devise more effective systems where we reserve antibiotics for treating animals where the use is fully justified by the seriousness of the illness?” The conference, held at the Royal Society, involved ministers and health experts discussing antimicrobial resistance (AML) in the context of a ‘one health’ approach, which recognises that human health is connected to that of animals and the environment. The meeting was one of a series of events leading up to the UN General Assembly in New York in September, where health experts will call for global action to tackle AML. (Source: http://www.riverineherald.com.au/rural/2017/03/03/76940/prince-goes-with-nature)
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8.6: The 16 Rules of Modern Etiquette Courtesy isn’t hard to display — it amounts to respect for both yourself and others. But there are several nuances which only a small number of people seem to know. Bright Side collected a few rules which can make your life (and that of other’s) more pleasant.
1. Never come to visit without a call. If you’ve ever gotten a surprise visit, you might have been caught off-guard wearing a robe and slippers. One British lady liked to say that when she saw an unexpected guest, she would put shoes on, take a hat, and grab an umbrella. If the person was pleasant, she exclaimed: "Ah well, I just came!". If not, she said: ’Ah, what a pity I should go!’ 2. Never dry an umbrella opened — neither in the office nor at someone else’s place. You should fold it up and either put it on an umbrella stand or hook. 3. Never put a handbag on your lap or your chair. A small and elegant clutch can be placed on a table. A handbag can be hung on a chair back or put on the floor if there isn’t one (these are offered in some restaurants). A briefcase should be put on the floor. 4. Plastic bags should only be used for going to and from the supermarket, as well as brand bags from boutiques. Using them as handbags is a bit tacky. 5. Home clothes are pants and a sweater. Comfortable, but tidy. A robe and sleepwear are meant to get to the bathroom in the morning and from the bathroom to the bedroom in the evening. 6. When a child moves to his/her own room, make it a routine to knock before entering. Then your child will do the same when entering your bedroom. 7. A woman can wear a hat and gloves indoors. But not a cap and mittens. 8. The total number of accessories you wear shouldn’t exceed 13, including fashion buttons. A bracelet is permitted to wear over gloves, but not a ring. The closer to the evening, the more expensive jewellary you should wear. Back in the old day, diamonds were considered an evening adornment for married women only, but nowadays it’s possible to wear them during the day.
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9. In terms of ordering in a restaurant, saying ’’I invite you’’ means you pay. If a woman invites a business partner in a restaurant, she pays. If someone says ’Let’s go to a restaurant,’ that means everyone pays for himself/herself; if a man offers to pay for a woman, she can agree. 10. The person who exits an elevator is the one who is closest to the door. 11. The most prestigious seat in a car is behind a driver. And it’s for a woman. A man sits next to her, and when he gets out of the car, he holds the door and holds out a hand to the woman. If a man drives, it’s desirable for a woman to take the seat behind. However, wherever a woman sits, a man should open a door for her and help her to get out of a car. In business etiquette, men increasingly break this rule hiding behind the slogan: ’There are no women or men in business.’ 12. In the cinema, theatre, or concert hall, you should go to your seat facing those sitting. 13. Taboos for small talk: politics, religion, health, money. Inappropriate question: ’What a dress! How much did it cost?’ How to respond? Smile and say: ’It’s a gift!’ Change the topic of conversation. If the person insists, say gently: ’I wouldn’t like to talk about it.’ 14. Familiarity between people who hardly know each other is forbidden. Treat the others the way you want them to treat you. Even if you know a person well, in the office you should act as if you were strangers. Yes, the same with your family members. Respect others. 15. Discussing those who are absent, when it is simply gossip, is unacceptable. You shouldn’t run down your relatives, especially your spouse. If your spouse is so bad, why not to get divorced? It’s also forbidden to express contempt for your native country. ’This country is filled with misers...’ - well then, you’re one of them. 16. It’s better to make a secret of nine things: Age, wealth, family quarrels, religion, your medical problems, love affairs, gifts, honor and disgrace. And for the finale, Jack Nicholson about common decency: ’I think much of decency. How to pass a plate? Not to shout from one room to another. Not to break a closed door open without knocking. Let a lady
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pass. The aim of these endless simple rules is to make a life better. We cannot lead a permanent war with parents — it’s dull. I pay close attention to my manners. It’s not an abstraction, it’s a simple and comprehensible language of mutual respect.’ 8.7: Our Pakistan policy should be playing on front foot like Sehwag: Major Gaurav Arya From: Gen NS Malik Dear Friends. This is an interview of Major Gaurav Arya, a proud veteran of the Indian Army who does not mince his words. The interviewer (seems a lady) has rightly given it not only a catchy headline but an appropriate one Take the opposition (Pak, China, and all separatists) on front foot and shred them. Remember if you are ready for war or at lower level to deal with all the 1000, or millions of cuts, enemy will have to think twice, because your readiness means retaliation in one form or the other and appropriate answer to his foolishness. A very well thought out views of an army man who is prepared to do the needed actions and not only talk and do aman ki asha, hoping for some miracle. Has looked at every angle and puts the complete scenario in its correct perspective. MUST READ. Jai Hind. Niranjan Malik AN INTERVIEW WITH MAJOR GAURAV ARYA Byunsubtledesi Since decades, our soil has been moistened by the blood of our soldiers. A terror state unleashes its wrath time and again and vows to bleed us with a thousand cuts. Thousand cuts, which have now run into millions. Countless soldiers lost, mothers left childless, wives left alone, and children who have had to grow up never knowing why their father was taken so early. Here’s an interview with a soldier who shed his blood so we can sleep safe. A soldier who tells us what it might take to tame the beast. I spoke to Major Gaurav Arya, who served with 17 Kumaon Regiment from 1994 to 1999. He was posted in Rajasthan, Punjab, Tibet border, and Jammu & Kashmir. In J&K he operated along the Line of Control and was also involved in anti-terror operations. My questions are in bold, though it’s the answers that are actually bold: It is said that every government comes to power thinking that they can solve the Kashmir issue and the Pakistan conundrum. And somehow, every government fails. Why do you think that is? See, there are certain facts about Kashmir which people in the opposition don’t know about. And when they come to power and are properly briefed by the intel agencies, then they realise it is not so simple. Solving Kashmir requires using immense political capital in the country, and anybody who wants to solve the
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Kashmir problem will have to withstand a lot of international pressure and will have to project India as a strong power. I was recently in Kashmir and almost for a week. I was in Srinagar and I spoke to people on the road. All of them, irrespective of whether they are happy with India or not, said they were not happy with the state of affairs. But the problem is that for a small problem like the roads in Srinagar, which is very much a state subject, people blame the central government because for everything they have been taught to blame the central government. “har cheez dilli ki saazish hai“. Now coming back to your question, there should be an intent to take hard decisions. For example, the central government has to bypass the Hurriyat. Hurriyat is an umbrella body which was created under Pakistani guidance to unite the separatists. They have not been elected by anybody. The government also has to take hard action against stone-peltors. You must have seen videos of our jawans being beaten. I spoke to CRPF and it is very disheartening why this happens with the CRPF and not the Indian Army. They tried stone pelting with the Indian Army in two operations. In one, Major Dahiya was martyred. They tried again. And the third time, the Indian Army shot three “protestors”. Now the Indian Army does its operations and nobody comes in between. Now as callous as it may sound, the problem is that the Kashmir problem and this stone pelting has been highly intellectualised by the left-leaning liberals. They peddle this entire narrative of victimhood which is imaginary. You ask a man in Kashmir, “azadi milegi to kya karoge” (what after aazaadi?), he doesnt know. It is just something which is now too big to be questioned and that is mainly because the successive governments in 30-40 years have not had a concrete policy. Do you endorse the use of force then? See, when you establish the writ of the state, you have to use force. All the 5 permanent members of the UNSC are not members who are known for their perfect human rights record. We might think human rights makes the world go round, but they don’t. What makes it go round is economy and military might. We can’t take of one Kulbhushan Yadav, we can’t declare Pakistan a terror state or take hard decisions in Kashmir and we want to be the 6th member of UNSC! Who will take you seriously? It takes iron in the soul. You brought out a great disparity in the functioning of the CRPF and the Army. You mentioned how they pelt stones at the CRPF but the Army did what it had to do and now they conduct their operations without hindrance. Why do you think the CRPF is not given the same latitude as the Army considering the anti insurgency operations are the same? Well, when the Army functions, it functions under AFSPA. Army has certain constitutional protections which the CRPF doesn’t. The CRPF functions with the state police. For example, if there is a problem in Kashmir and the Army is called, they are not answerable to the Chief Minister or any politician. It assesses the situation and takes necessary action.
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Today you see videos of a soldier armed with an AK47 being slapped by a Kashmiri youth. That itself tells you that they are under immense pressure not to react. I spoke to a young Kashmiri in Srinagar and asked him “patthar kyu phenkte ho? Darr nahi lagta?” (Why do you pelt stones? Aren’t you afraid of the consequences?) He said “kya baat kar rahe hai sahab, CRPF ki himmat thodi hai kuch karne ki, hum to unke muh pe thuk ke chale jaate hai” (What are you saying!? CRPF doesn’t have the courage to do anything, we even spit at their face and come back). And this fellow will never try this with an Indian Army soldier. The problem is with the leadership. The Indian Army is led by General Rawat. 30 years back, he was a second lieutenant in the Gorkha Rifles. He has seen the ground reality. He owes loyalty to that institution. The problem with CRPF is that most of their top management is imported. These are IPS officers. If you are senior enough, you can become DG of CRPF. They might not have seen one day of Kashmir or any sort of counter insurgency operations. And they lead a force that is heavily involved in counter insurgency and internal security operations. So basically, CRPF is being used as fodder by our political dispensation? No. They’re being used as a punching bag to absorb Kashmiri anger. On 5th of April, a CRPF column was moving and they were given a school to stay in without any facilities. That’s typically how CRPF is sent in any place. There is one assistant sub inspector (ASI) who was about to retire. This ASI, because of the lack of light and stair railings, he fell down and he died. Nobody knows about it. We know 8 stone pelters were killed. How many CRPF men were killed? Now I’ll tell you something and I insist you include this in the interview: Today CRPF and JK police cannot be treated at civil hospitals in Srinagar because as patients they are assaulted in OPDs and ICUs. Put this down and say Major Gaurav Arya said it. I will stand by it. So they come to an Indian Army run hospital. I’ve met them. I’ve spoken to them. Doctors refuse to treat them in Srinagar because they get threatened. This is happening and CRPF is taking all this. My only fear is someday a CRPF soldier will snap because how much humiliation can a soldier take? I’m so shocked by what you have told me, I have almost forgotten my other questions. Because none of this ever comes up in research. None of this is ever spoken about by the Media. Media doesn’t talk about this because they want a (sound)bite from SA Geelani. They practice Dal Lake journalism. They’ll go to Dal Lake, sit on a shikara exchange sher-o-shayari and talk about Human Rights. I’m not saying there should be no Human rights. Any soldiers who crosses the line should be put in jail. But at the same time, soldiers have human rights too. Over 3500 soldiers (estimation) were in the hospital after Burhan Wani. But the media won’t talk about them. These people are expendable. There was a Pakistan Senate Committee report which was basically a doctrine of alternate warfare. It went to the extent of shifting the blame of radicalisation in Kashmir to anything other than Pakistan. We see that
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in India too. From beef to Yogi Adityanath are blamed for it. How does the state deal with such 5th column information warfare? The problem is people in India who end up forwarding this narrative view Kashmir from the eyes of Karan Johar. This radicalisation in Kashmir started in 1989-1990 with a terrorist group called JKLF. Then there were other groups, LeT, JeM, Hizbul Mujahideen, etc. All these names are Arabic. There isn’t one group with a Kashmiri name. The identity of the Kashmir “struggle” is now not Kashmiri but Islamic. They will never raise the Kashmir flag. They’ll use either the Pakistan flag or ISIS flag. Pakistan wants to twist India’s neck. So what can India do to combat the information warfare? When the PM raised Balochistan from the ramparts of Red Fort, we had an entire section say “Balochistan is not our business. Let’s focus on Kashmir” without realising how important Balochistan is for India. We need to have a narrative which is missing right now. We keep saying “Kashmir is an integral part of India”. Stop saying it. Of course it is. So is PoK. But what is the narrative? You see some Kashmiri websites that spread poison. And The Hindu, TOI, etc, some of their Srinagar correspondents write neutral pieces in their newspaper with a tilt towards separatists but in their own Facebook pages, what they write is absolute treason. They take an image of a child killed in Syria and present it as a child killed in Kashmir. The Pakistan supporters need to realise. We use platoon level weapons. Pakistan uses F16 fighter jets on its own people in Waziristan. Kashmir banega Pakistan? Ye saare bill main ghus jayenge. Captain Tushar Mahajan was martyred because he wanted to save hostages from terrorists. He went inside and got killed. If it was the American Army, they would have blown up the building. We lost Tushar. We lost Captain Pawan Kumar. They were kids. They don’t realise the lengths the Indian Army goes to in order to avoid collateral damage. We care because Kashmir is ours. Its people are ours. When narrative building is so important, why is our army so opaque when it comes to interacting with civilians. I have tried to find books etc to educate myself, but could hardly find any. Why is there this disconnect? Why aren’t civilians communicated with about the ethics and operations of the Armed Forces like may be the USA? Nehru and his cabinet, except for Vallabhai Patel, was of the opinion that we don’t need the armed forces after Independence. What we need is a police force. So, the budget was cut to a point where we suffered a debacle against China in 1962. So these people have continuously devalued and humiliated the army, which is why the Army is a very shy institution. Army psychology is ‘do your job and shut up’. The army is under the civilian dispensation. But serving officers can’t be shown on camera. So it’s people like me, Gen. Bakshi etc. who try our best to educate civilians. You are right. There is very little literature available about the Army. And it needs to change.
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Ok. So coming back to Kashmir, you also said we have to by-pass the Hurriyat. But successive governments have given them special privileges. Apparently, in 2013, Asiya Andrabi was flown to Delhi in a special flight to speak to Sartaz Aziz. Regardless of the ways in which the current dispensation is trying to bypass them, somehow, even this government hasn’t revoked their state privileges. Why do you think that is? Nupur, the problem is these are imaginary fears in our mind. Because the Hurriyat since decades has been projecting itself as the true representative of the Kashmiris. So, it’s always a notion that we can’t offend the Hurriyat warna azaadi ke naare aur bhuland ho jayenge (if we offend Hurriyat, separatist demands will become stronger), which is not true. I don’t know what these think tanks are advising the government! You have repeatedly said that the political class needs to give the Army 3 days with respect to Kashmir and Pakistan and the issue will be solved. But there is a section of people who think that any sort of military retaliation in heavy measure will lead to unprecedented escalation that in turn might result in a Nuclear winter because we are dealing with rogue state, Pakistan. How do you think we should deal with the escalation that might happen if Army is given a free hand? Have you seen Sholay? Yes There is a character called Veeru who gets drunk on goes on the water tank saying “basanti se shaadi karwao warna main mar jaunga“. The Veeru effect is Pakistan’s schizophrenia. We are also a nuclear power. They attacked us in Kargil. What happened? Nothing. They fund Kashmir unrest. What happened? Nothing. Because they know India won’t retaliate. Similarly, we also know Pakistan wont retaliate. These are imaginary fears in our mind and Pakistan wants you to believe that there will be a Nuclear winter if India retaliates. These are called psychological ops. They want us to believe that they will strike even if we look at them. We did a surgical strike. What happened? The best Pakistan could do was say “janaab ye hua hi nahi“. There are so many ways to militarily teach Pakistan a lesson. There was an article in New York post on 31st March that spoke about how India may be rethinking its no-first-strike Nuclear policy. Is that true? And do you think that’s desirable? See, when we say we have a no-first-use policy, it’s because we are looking at Nuclear weapons through the prism of Pakistan. This entire no-first-strike policy defies logic. Why should we tie our hands? Nobody will use Nuclear weapons but we must at least have an option on the table. Okay. So how does the Cold Start Doctrine fit in if we throw the no-first-use Nuclear policy out of the window? After the Surgical strike, there were many reports in the Pakistani media of them hyperventilating about how India might be gearing up to put Cold Start Doctrine in motion. There
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were counterparts even in India spoke about it. Can you tell us what it’s about? When the Indian Parliament was attacked, 9 of our bravehearts were martyred and we took exception to the fact that the fountain of our democracy was attacked. So India launched Operation Parakram. Almost 1 million armed personnel were mobilised to the border. Earlier the Army used to follow the Sundarjee doctrine. The holding and strike cores are based in 3 different locations. The cores are huge. When the time came for mobilisation to the border, these cores took more than 20 days to reach the border. By that time, Gen. Musharraf already went on television and regretted the attack. In war, you need to be quick. Indian Army delayed it and suddenly the justification for war was zero. The Indian Army then went and started the process of learning. They analysed old battles and they wanted to reduce the time from 21/22 days to 2 days. They studied everything from Hitler’s blitzkrieg and specially the Israeli-Arab war of 1965. Then they came up with the Cold Start Doctrine, which can slingshot Indian army into high intensity war at blinding speed. The basic idea of Cold Start was this : Pakistan has a nuclear threshold. A point after which they will deploy. Cold Start was designed in a way that before Pakistan thinks of deploying Nuclear weapons, the war will be over and we occupy 70-80 km of Pakistan territory. This hammer is with the government. It’s like the hammer of Thor. They have to understand when it should be deployed. There was this news of Pakistan planning to declare Gilgit – Baltistan as its 5th province. What steps should India take to counter if Pakistan goes ahead and does it? Gilgit-Baltistan is from where the CPEC (China–Pakistan Economic Corridor) enters Pakistan. China has apprehensions about investing in CPEC that starts from a place which is not even Pakistan’s. My view is, if Pakistan wants to declare Gilgit-Baltistan as its 5th province, they should go ahead. What India will do then is, abrogate article 370, get rid of the Kashmiri flag and we send the Indian Army to Srinagar. If they say Gilgit-Baltistan is a part of so called “Azaad Kashmir”, it has its own constitution and political establishment. So even the separatists in Srinagar should condemn this move. Now if they don’t do it, China, which can be compared to Shylock, will have a problem. It they do it, they will alienate the separatists and also invite Indian action. It’s all just Chinese pressure. Now if we talk about South East Asia dynamics, there’s obvious camaraderie between Pakistan and China. But there is also increased camaraderie between India and Afghanistan and India and Balochistan. In this situation, what role do you see India playing in Afghanistan and Balochistan because both along with India is putting pressure on Pakistan? I think it will get interesting once Chabahar port is fully operational; once India has access to Afghanistan. Our handle in Afghanistan is if we build something
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North West of Pakistan. We build friends. We arm those friends. And we invest in Afghanistan so we can pressure Pakistan. Pakistan is always skeptical because Pakistan is a very narrow country and it does not have space to fight a war and hence it looks for strategic depth. So Pakistan creates groups like Jindolla for Iran, Tehrik-e-Taliban in Pakistan and Haqqani network for Afghanistan, and for India it tries its stunts in the Khalistan movement, Kashmir etc. So, since it does not have the land to fight a war with India or other enemies it seeks to build influence, fifth column and insurgency. Today Pakistan can say that if India plans to attack through Kashmir, they will meet with a lot of resistance and stone pelting, which may not be true because when the Army moves there is generally no resistance. As far as Balochistan is concerned, it was an independent country even before India and Pakistan. It deserves to be free. And they are also a perfect counterpoint for us as far as Kashmir is concerned. But we most give political sanctity to Balochistan. Simply going on the ramparts of the Red Fort won’t help. On ground, Indian embassies and high commissions throughout the world should hold seminars on 27th March, the day Pakistan invaded Balochistan. We should also help them in infrastructure in various countries. For example, India can fund a small building in Washington that can be called the Balochistan House. Let people ask questions. Let it have the Balochistan flag. So what you are saying is India needs to go beyond lip service and actually have political involvement in Balochistan? Absolutely. Have a budget and in at least 15-25 main countries build Balochistan Houses which is manned by Balochistan people. And give Mr. Bugti political asylum? Yes. give Mr. Bugti citizenship, get him to Delhi, give him house and protection. India did it for the Dalai Lama. That time we were fighting against China and we weren’t the power we are today. If we could do it then, then why not now? There were talks of whether India should send troops to Afghanistan. Can we discuss its implications and whether that would be in India’s best interest? We can certainly discuss it. Finally, it has to be Iran that permits. If Iran permits we should have Indian troops in Afghanistan. But then there was a lot of “aman ki asha” talks of how that is none of India’s business and we end up sending troops to Afghanistan then we can’t fault Pakistan and China for their aggression in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, etc. True. But here’s the thing, whether you send troops to Afghanistan or not, Pakistan and China will continue their aggression. There was no talk of Balochistan or Afghanistan when 26/11 happened or when Kargil happened. So Pakistan and China will do what they have to do irrespective of all this. So according to you, if Iran permits, India should definitely send troops to Afghanistan and also help Balochistan in their fight for liberation politically and militarily. Did I get that right?
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100%. We should give artillery guns and aircrafts to Afghanistan. Afghanistan men are being trained in India but we should train more of them. The more we get involved with Afghanistan, the more loyalty and friendship will be built in the long run. Simply spending money is not enough. Everyone takes Chinese money but nobody is loyal to China because loyalty can’t be purchased. We are loved in Afghanistan. So you endorse this? Absolutely. I endorse a foreign policy that is on the front foot. We should bat like Virender Sehwag! What if someone says that allying with Afghanistan or arming them could be a mistake like that committed by the USA. Especially when you agree that Kashmir problem is now more Islamic than Kashmir. Allying with Afghanistan has got nothing to do with the Kashmir policy. Further, we are not helping Afghanistan in any “Jihad” like US did. We need access to Central Asia, which is why we should be investing in Afghanistan. Also, it is good for us that Pakistan feels pressure of a hostile regime from its North West. It is about cornering Pakistan. So diplomatically, why do you think our current political dispensation, which has a declared hard stand against Pakistan, failed to cancel MFN status, abrogate IWT, send the Pakistani ambassador packing and reduce ties to a consular level? Well, they are learning about international power pressure. And I think much of it is connected to domestic politics. They might fear offending Muslims if they take steps against Pakistan though I don’t think Muslims in India care about Pakistan. But then there is the disparity. The government of the day has passed a harsh amendment law to the Enemy Property Act, so clearly they are not scared about offending minorities or any religious section. Yes. They are doing it and doing it aggressively. But except for the English Media, there isn’t too much discussion on these things. As I said, most governments tend to get stuck in domestic agendas. So you are saying these issues are being put on the back burner because of electoral politics? No. Not because of electoral politics. But our priorities are different. Narendra Modi can only be at one place at one time. USA prioritises international issues. I do think what Narendra Modi is trying to do is extremely good for the nation. Israel actually enacted a law that punishes stone pelters with 20 years in prison. Its the kind of law that India has never even considered. Do you think a law like that would help? Sure. But we don’t even need to put them in Jail for 20 years. Imagine a stone pelter who is 17-18 years of age. Give him 1 year in a jail in Tamil Nadu or Nagaland. India is so vast. Put them in different jails for a year where nobody understands them, their language, their culture. They’ll freak out. Let them not be in Kashmir. Don’t harm them. Just put them in one jail in Manipur. The whole situation that is being built with Kulbhushan Jadhav being handed out the death penalty, do you think it’s in response to India
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cracking down on ISI rings in India? That Pakistan wants to drag the Indian army and the state to their level in the international community? Yes. It is a little of that. But also that for a very long time the Pakistani people have been told by the Pakistan army that every problem in Pakistan is sponsored by India. They don’t have any proof. Mr. Jadhav had a valid visa for Iran. He was captured by the local Taliban and handed over to the ISI. Now suddenly Pakistan had something to beat India with. They have handed the death penalty to Mr. Jadhav because they need something to show their own people as proof of India creating trouble in Pakistan. The Sunni jamaat kills Shias in Pakistan. The snakes they reared are killing each other. And all this is blamed on India but even their people had started asking questions. This is why I asked, because the Pakistan PM has gone on record to equate Mr. Jadav’s capture to terrorism. It doesn’t matter what he says. He probably spoke from the brief from Rawalpindi. They captured one guy from Iran, and beat him into giving a confession. Give me one Pakistani and he’ll confess to being a hologram from Russian satellite! Final segment sir. At the end of your entire interview, once the aman ki asha gang has read it, their standard response will be that this is hyper-nationalism. What do you say to people who term your sentiments are hyper-nationalism and draw a distinction between nationalism and hyper nationalism? They’re right. I am a proud hyper-nationalist. For me my country comes first irrespective of what happens. I am committed Hindu but when it comes to the nation, it is beyond religion. I am an ultra-nationalist. I have a belief. And for my belief I am willing to shed blood. The liberals should tell me, what are they willing to do for their belief. I have picked up the gun and a pen for my belief. From violence to debating, I have done everything to uphold my belief because for me, my country is god. Yes. I am a hyper nationalist and I am proud. This is my commitment. I can shed blood for my commitment. And what do you say to the people who endorse and propagate views similar to yours but are told to pick up the gun and join the army if they are such nationalists. The sacrifice is done by the army, so civilians have no right to demand strong military action against Pakistan? They’re wrong. It’s not just the nationalist civilians who say this. The army itself says there should be a strong military reaction. I as an Army person have been injured and have seen my brothers die. We want peace. But we want peace with honour. The people who are on the path to martyrdom are saying they want a free hand to solve the Pakistan problem. The Army understands the consequences. Our ideology is India. So the hyper-nationalists who don’t have the gumption or courage to pick up the gun, have the right to assert… You are not allowed to pick up the gun. The army doesn’t have so many vacancies. The army is not a tourist spot. If tomorrow Nupur says she wants to
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go join the Army, she might not be accepted. Your talent may lie somewhere else. But it’s the civilian’s feeling that counts. You think the Army will allow your group of friends to go fight in Kashmir even if you want to? This is liberal silliness. The Indian Army is not Nainital. They say if we go to war, the nation should be prepared to absorb the costs. Human and economical. Do you think it’s worth it? Of course it’s worth it. Why do you have an Army then? But why are we talking of war? We are talking of war because there was a Pathankot, a Nagrota, a 26/11, a Yadav, a Uri. Ask these liberals, what do they want us to do? Ask these intellectuals if we should send another bouquet of flowers? If Pakistan’s question is military, shouldn’t our answer also be military? Mr. Vajpayee went with good intentions of friendships, behind his back they were climbing the peaks of Kargil. What did we do to invite that? What did we do to provoke a 26/11? So you are saying it’s better to rip the bandaid off? Absolutely. They are Alice in Wonderland. Even I want peace because I’m the first to die when there’s a war. But peace is the end result of war. War does not care whether we agree with it or not. I don’t want war, but Pakistan will not allow me to live in peace. On that note sir, I would like to conclude this interview. I thank you. It was an honor and a privilege. Major newspapers and publications refuse to publish articles by Major Gaurav Arya. They want him to tone down the truth which he refuses to do. I personally am honored to have had the opportunity to interview him. Jai Hind. (Posted on April 12, 2017) (NAVS Editor adds: It is my privilege to present this unedited interview to the readers of NAVS Newsletter, a majority of whom are senior veterinarians and allied scientists from all parts of the country and abroad and include a large number of Army Personnel to whom the nation is indebted: Prof. Dr. R.N. Kohli)
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