S

National Institute of Animal Nutrition and PhysiologySardar Patel Best ICAR Institution Award 2012

An ISO 9001:2008 Institute

Established on 24th November 1995

Workshop on Impact of Capacity Building Programs under NAIP

Session I: Reflections of research managers on capacity building programs

Dr.C.S.Prasad, Director, NIANP

(6-7 June 2014)

Scientists trained under NAIP

S Total of 10 scientists trained in world renowned labs in

USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand

S Trained in the areas of nutraceuticals, carbon trading, stem

cell research, methane mitigation, gut ecology and genomics

S Period of training 3 months

NAIP Sponsored National Training

Organized

Course

Director

Area of Training Training Dates

S.Selvaraju Granulose cells culture and transcriptome

profiling

16th November to 6th

December 2010

R.Bhatta Recent advances in methane estimation

and mitigation strategies in ruminants

5-18th August, 2011

A.K.Samanta

& A.P.Kolte

Assessment of microbial diversity by next

generation sequencing (NGS) for

taxonomic and metabolic reconstruction

of the gut microbes

22 August - 4

September, 2012

NAIP Trained Scientists are actively

involved in training different

stakeholders by organizing

winter/summer schools, short courses

and delivering invited lectures in

various training programs

Beneficiaries :

1. Researchers

2. Academicians

3. Post Graduate Students

Projects Initiatives by trained scientists

S Externally funded

Transcriptomic profiling of spermatozoa for selection of fertile bulls (DBT)

Bioconversion of agricultural wastes for production of nutraceuticals to improve gut

health in animals (DBT)

Livestock methane reduction through immunization based approach (DBT)

Impact of heat and salt stress on sheep: Unraveling the molecular and cellular

mechanisms of stress response - Indo-Tunisia Collaborative Project (DBT)

Impact and Identification of molecular and cellular markers for abiotic (heat and

Nutrition) stress in goats (Proposed under NICRA)

Processes of Agricultural Transition in the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Natural

Resources, Food, Ecosystem Services, and Spatial Dynamics (Indo-German

Collaborative project)

Projects Initiatives by trained scientists

S Institute Projects

Granulosa cells culture and assessing molecular changes in relation to

fertility evaluation in cows

Dynamics of rumen bacterial communities during suppression of

methanogenesis in the rumen

Comparative rumen metagenomics of Indian ruminants

Molecular profiling of rumen acetogens at different developmental

stages in sheep

National Collaboration & Linkages

National

Institutes/Agri.

Universities

Premier

institutes

IISC

CCMB

NIMHANS

CFTRI

NDDB

NDRI, Karnal

KVAFSU, Bidar

SVVU, Tirupati

UAS, Bangalore

IVRI, Izatnagar

TANUVAS, Chennai

Local

Institutions

Bangalore University

Jain University

VTU

International Collaboration & Linkages

NIANP

CSIRO

Australia

North Carolina

State

University, USA

Hiroshima

University,

Japan

University of

Gottingen,

Germany

Monash

University,

Malaysia

CIRAD

Reunion

Island

Iowa State University, USA

Roslin Institute, Scotland

The University of Queensland, Australia

New Collaborative Initiatives

IMPACT

• A new technique for LCA of enteric methane emission

• Simulating environmental stress using THI, wind velocity and

solar radiation and developing stress markers

• Granulosa cell culture method – reduced time by 6 months

and cost by 30% over the conventional method

• Phynol in plants- phynotic acid as a marker- nutraceutical

production

Trained Scientist In International

Journals

In National Journals

S.Selvaraju 6 3

D.T.Pal 1 2

P.K.Malik 3 8

V.Sejian 7 9

Atul P Kolte 7 5

M.Chandrasekarraiah 2 -

R.Bhatta 5 5

A.K.Samanta 5 4

A.Dhali 1 2

TOTAL 37 38

Publications of the Trained Scientists After

Training

Trained

Scientist

Name of Book Publisher Year

V.Sejian Environmental Stress and

Amelioration in Livestock

Production

Springer

Verlag,

Germany

2012

P.K.Malik Livestock Production and

Climate Change

CAB

International,

UK

2014 (Due

in Aug.

2014

V.Sejian Climate Change Impact on

Livestock: Adaptation and

Mitigation

Springer

Verlag,

Germany

2014 (Due

in Oct.

2014)

International Books From the Trained Scientists

Trained

Scientist

Name of Award/Recognition Organization

R.Bhatta Recognized as an expert of the Technical

Advisory Group (TAG) of the Food and

Agricultural Organization

FAO

V.Sejian Lal Bahadur Shasthri Outstanding Young

Scientist Award

ICAR

P.K.Malik Endeavour Research Fellowship Australian Government

R.Bhatta Recognized as an expert of Indian National

Committee (INC) of the International Dairy

Federation (IDF)

International Dairy

Federation

S.Selvaraju Cutting-edge Research Enhancement and

Scientific Training- Award

DBT

V.Sejian Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of

Physiology and Pharmacology Advances

Global Research Journals

Network

Awards and Recognition of the trained scientists

Trained

Scientist

Name of Award/Recognition Organization

A.Dhali Invited Talk on India-Australia Workshop

on Reproductive biotechnologies

DST

S.Selvaraju Nil’s Lagerlof Memorial Award-2012 ISSAR

A.K.Samanta Developing MOU with two foreign

Universities-North Carolina state

University, USA & Monash University,

Malaysia

USA, Malaysia

S.Selvaraju GB Singh memorial award 2010 for the

best paper published in Reproduction in

Domestic Animal

ISSAR

M.Chandrashekarraiah Best poster presentation in Global Animal

Nutrition Conference 2014

ANSI

Awards and Recognition of the trained scientists

FUTURE

• Young scientists with 5 years experience

to be trained in frontier areas

• Encourage collaboration with the foreign

institutes where training was conducted

• Flexibility in training period

• Networking with experts trained in similar

areas

• Revisit after 3 years for a short duration

Mandate

Unravelling basic physiological and nutritional principles and conducting

research on fundamental aspects arising out research in animal production

in the country and effectively utilizing the scientific manpower for improving

rural economy through better livestock feeding and management approaches

Programs

• Deconstruction of ligno-cellulosic biomass for improving feed utilization

• Biogeography of gut microbes in animals

• Novel approaches for assessing and improving nutrient bioavailability, animal

reproduction and production

• Feed informatics, feed quality and safety and value addition

• Climate change impact on livestock

• Technology translation to connect discovery with application

NIANP Thrust Areas and Research Programs

Program Area of Research

Program 1 Deconstruction of ligno-cellulosic biomass for

improving feed utilization

Program 2 Biogeography of gut microbes in animals

Program 3 Novel approaches for assessing and improving nutrient

bioavailability, animal reproduction and production

Program 4 Feed informatics, feed quality and safety and value

Program 5 Climate change impact on livestock

Program 6 Technology translation to connect discovery with

application

Scientists trained under NAIP

Name Area of Training University/Institute

S.Selvaraju Bovine granulosa cell culture

and transcriptome analysis

Michigan State University, East

Lansing, MI, USA

D.T.Pal Nutraceuticals Duquesne University, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania, USA

P.K.Malik Mitigation Strategies for

Methane Production from

Livestock

Commonwealth Scientific &

Industrial Research Organization

(CSIRO), QLD, Australia

V.Sejian Carbon trading/Carbon

sequestration/Climate change

(Animal science)

The Ohio State University,

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Atul P Kolte Genome Resource Conservation Iowa State University, USA

Scientists trained under NAIP

Name Area of Training University/Institute

R.Bhatta Mitigation Strategies for Methane

Production from Livestock

United States Department of

Agriculture, College Station, Texas,

USA

A.K.Samanta Nutraceuticals North Carolina State University,

Raleigh, USA

M.Chandrasekar

raiah

Manipulation of the rumen

ecosystem for the improved

utilization of crop residues

College of Veterinary Medicine

Kansas State University, Manhattan,

Kansas State, USA

A.Dhali Stem Cell Research Agresearch, Ruakura Research

Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand

A.Mech Carbon trading/Carbon

sequestration/Climate change

(Animal science)

Scotland’s Rural College,

Edinburgh, Scotland , UK

NAIP Sponsored National Training

Organized at NIANP

Course

Director

Area of Training Training Dates

S.Selvaraju Granulose cells culture and transcriptome

profiling

16th November to 6th

December 2010

R.Bhatta Recent advances in methane estimation

and mitigation strategies in ruminants

5-18th August, 2011

A.K.Samanta

& A.P.Kolte

Assessment of microbial diversity by next

generation sequencing (NGS) for

taxonomic and metabolic reconstruction

of the gut microbes

22 August - 4

September, 2012

Trained

Scientist

Project Title Funding

Organization

S.Selvaraju Granulosa cells culture and assessing molecular

changes in relation to fertility evaluation in cows

ICAR-AICRP

S.Selvaraju Transcriptomic profiling of spermatozoa for

selection of fertile bulls

DBT

A.P.Kolte Dynamics of rumen bacterial communities

during suppression of methanogenesis in the

rumen

ICAR Outreach

project

A.P.Kolte Comparative rumen metagenomics of Indian

ruminants

ICAR

P.K.Malik Molecular profiling of rumen acetogens at

different developmental stages in sheep

ICAR

A.K.Samanta Bioconversion of agricultural wastes for

production of nutraceuticals to improve gut

health in animals

DBT

Projects Initiatives by trained scientists

Trained

Scientist

Project Title Funding

Organization

P.K.Malik Livestock methane reduction through

immunization based approach

DBT

R.Bhatta Processes of Agricultural Transition in the

Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Natural

Resources, Food, Ecosystem Services, and

Spatial Dynamics

Indo-German

Collaborative project

V.Sejian Impact of heat and salt stress on sheep:

Unraveling the molecular and cellular

mechanisms of stress response (Proposed)

Indo-Tunisia

Collaborative Project

(DBT)

V.Sejian Impact and Identification of molecular and

cellular markers for abiotic (heat and

Nutrition) stress in goats (Proposed)

NICRA

Projects Initiatives of the NAIP trained scientists

Sardar Patel Best ICAR

Institution Award 2012

Dr CS Prasad receiving award from

Hon’ble President of India

National Collaboration & Linkages

NIANP

UAS, Bangalore

National

Institutes/Agri.

Universities

State

Agri./Vet.

Universities

Local

Institutions

Need Based

Collaboration

KVAFSU, Bidar

SVVU, Tirupati

Bangalore University

Jain University

Network Projects

AICR Projects

Sister ICAR

Institutes

NGOs

DAHDF

Milk Federation

Extension

Departments

NABARD

CFTRI

NIMHANS

NDDB