Achievements

A. Faculty trainings organized by the ICAR Centre of Advanced Studies/ Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in Veterinary Microbiology:

Sr. No.	Title of the course	Course Coordinator(s)	CAS / CAFT Director	Duration
1	Trends in Immunodiagnostics for Veterinary Microbiology	Dr. S. K. Kalra	Dr. S.C. Tewari	Feb. 11 to Mar. 2,1996
2	Murine Monoclonal Antibody Production	Dr. Arvind Kumar	Dr. S.C. Tewari	Jan. 14 - Feb 2, 1997
3	Enzyme Immunoassays in Veterinary Microbiology	Dr. G. Prasad	Dr. S.C. Tewari	Mar 3-17, 1997
4	Clinical Veterinary Microbiology	Dr. R.N. Srivastava	Dr. D.P. Monga	Mar 5-24, 1998
5	Update in Poultry Microbiology	Dr. S. K. Kalra & Dr. S Charan	Dr. D.P. Monga	Aug 3-22, 1998
6	Update in Bovine Diagnostic Microbiology	Dr. K. L. Ahuja & Dr. V. D. Purohit	Dr. D.P. Monga	Feb 4-24, 1999
7	Recent Approaches in Immuno-diagnostics for Livestock and Poultry	Dr. G. C. Chaturvedi	Dr. D.P. Monga	Jan 11-31, 2000
8	Advances in Cell Culture Technology	Dr. R. Sharma	Dr. D.P. Monga	Mar,3-23, 2000
9	Emerging and Reemerging Diseases of Poultry	Dr. P.C. Sharma	Dr. D.P. Monga	Sept 5-Oct 4, 2000
10	Molecular Approaches in Diagnosis of Infections in Livestock and Poultry	Dr. S.K. Batra	Dr. V.D. Purohit	Jan.,5- Feb.,3,2001
11	Production and Use of Instructional Material on Veterinary Virology	Dr. S. Kapoor	Dr. S.K. Kalra	Feb 8-28, 2002
12	Production and Use of Instructional Material on Veterinary Immunology & Serology	Dr S. K. Kadian	Dr. S.K. Kalra	Dec. 16, 2002-Jan. 06, 2003
13	Management Of Microbes As Instrument Of SPS Compliance And International Livestock Trade	Dr S. K. Kalra, Dr N. K. Kakker, Dr J. R. Rawat	Dr. S.K. Kalra	Nov. 18-Dec. 08, 2003
14	Development of Instructional Material for General Veterinary Microbiology	Dr Y. P. Grover & Dr S. Kapoor	Dr. S.K. Kalra	Feb.10-Mar. 1, 2004
15	Antimicrobials, Disinfectants, and Immunomodulators – The Indian Heritage	Dr Ajit Singh & Dr S. K. Kalra	Dr. S.K. Kalra	Nov. 8-28, 2004
16	Accreditation and Allied Issues with Focus on Development of Website of Core Courses Of Veterinary Microbiology’	Dr. S.K. Kalra, Dr S. Kapoor & Dr G Singh	Dr. S.K. Kalra	Feb. 1-21, 2005
17	Capacity Building of Decentralized Institutions for SPS Compliance and Self Employment	Dr. S. K. Kalra, Dr A. K. Vinayak, Dr. S. R. Garg, Dr. N. K. Mahajan	Dr. S.K. Kalra	Oct. 11-31, 2005
18	Current Methods in Veterinary Microbiology	Dr. R. Sharma, Dr. N. K. Kakker, & Dr. A. Sharma	Dr. S.K. Batra	Jan.17-Feb. 06, 2006
19	Methods in Virology for Disease Diagnosis	Dr. S. Kapoor, Dr. R. Sharma and Dr. Minakshi	Dr. Arvind Kumar	Dec. 28, 2006- Jan.17, 2007
20	Techniques in Murine Monoclonal Antibody Production	Dr. S.K. Kalra, Dr S. Kapoor & Dr G Singh	Dr. Arvind Kumar	Jan. 23. –Feb. 12,2008
21	Phage Display Technology for Production of Single-domain Antibodies	Dr Ajit Singh	Dr. Arvind Kumar	Sept.25- Oct. 15, 2008
22	Current Concepts in Immunoassays for the Diagnosis of Animal Diseases	Dr. sharma and Dr N.K.K.arre	Dr. Arvind Kumar	Jan. 16. –Feb. 5, 2009
23	Modern trends in vaccines and diagnostics for the control of infectious diseases in animals	Dr. Shiv Charan & Dr. S.K. Batra	Dr. Ajit Singh	March 5-25, 2010
24	Modern cellular and molecular immunology techniques in animal health	Dr. S.K. Kadian & Dr. J. Rawat	Dr. Ajit Singh	Nov. 3-23, 2011
25	Control of infectious diseases of animals, with particular emphasis on FMD Control Programme	Dr R. Sharma and Dr N. K. Kakker	Dr. Ajit Singh	Sept.18- Oct. 8, 2012
26	Advances in Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals	Dr. S.K. Batra & Dr. Shiv Charan	Dr Y. P. Grover	September 17-October 7, 2013
27	Capacity Building for Safe Exchange of Bovine Germplasm conforming to SPS Standards	Dr. J. Rawat & Dr Swati Dahiya	Dr Sanjay Kapoor	February 3 to 23, 2015
28	Development of Validated Diagnostic Assays and Accreditation of Diagnostic Laboratories	Dr Swati Dahiya & Dr Archana Sharma	Dr Sanjay Kapoor	February 3 to 23, 2016
29	Modern Technologies for Production and Applications of Antibodies for Animal Health Improvement	Dr Ajit Singh & Dr S. K. Kadian	Dr Sanjay Kapoor	March 1 to 21, 2017
30	Microbial Genomics and Proteomics in Diagnosis and Control of Diseases of Veterinary Importance	Dr. N. K. Kakker & Dr. Rajesh Chhabra	Dr Sanjay Kapoor	November 7 to 27, 2017
31	Diagnosis and Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Trans-boundary Diseases of Poultry	Dr. Rajesh Chhabra & Dr. N. K. Kakker	Dr Sanjay Kapoor	February 7 to 27, 2018
32	Recent Advances in Cell based Technologies for Animal Disease Diagnostics and Therapeutic	Dr. Swati Dahiya & Dr. Rajesh Chhabra	Dr Sanjay Kapoor	October 11 to 31, 2018
33	Microbiological Techniques for Diagnosis of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases of Veterinary Importance	Dr. Akhil K. Gupta Dr. Anshul Lather Dr. Mahavir Singh	Dr. N.K. Kakker	November 20 to December 10, 2019
34	Issues in Export of Livestock and Livestock Products vis-à-vis SPS Agreement	Dr. Jagveer Rawat Dr. Parveen Kumar	Dr. N.K. Kakker	February 7 to 27, 2020

Human Resource Development:

Year	Name of training programme conducted	No.of trainees	Institution	States
2007-08	Techniques in murine monoclonal antibody production	5	4	4
2008-09	Phage display techonology for production of single- domain antiodies	18	17	9
2008-09	current concepts in inmunossays for the diagnosis of animal diseass	12	11	8
2009-10	Modern trends in vaccines and diagostics For the control of infectious diseases iin animals	12	8	7
2011-12	Molecular and cellular iimmunology techniques in animal health	12	10	7
2013-14	Advances in diagnostic of infectious diseases of domesticc animals	15	14	8
2014-15	Capacity Building for safe Exchange of bovine Gernplasm confoming to sps standard	8	8	8
2015-16	Development of Validated Diagnostic Assaya and Accerditation of Diagnosti Laboratories’	21	19	8
2015-16	Development of Validated Diagnostic Assays and Accreditation of Diagnostic Laboratories’	21	19	8
2016-17	Modern Technologies for Production and Applications of Antibodies for Animal Health Improvement	25	18	10
2017-18	Microbial Genomics and Proteomics in Diagnosis and Control of Diseases of Veterinary Importance	15	12	8
2017-18	Diagnosis and Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Trans-boundary Diseases of Poultry	25	17	11
2018-19	Recent Advances in Cell based Technologies for Animal Disease Diagnostics and Therapeutic	14	12	8
2019-20	Microbiological Techniques for Diagnosis of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases of Veterinary Importance	15	11	10
2019-20	Issues in Export of Livestock and Livestock Products vis-à-vis SPS Agreement	14	9	6

C. TANGIBLE OUTCOMES

I. Technologies, products & processes developed

Monoclonal antibody production by hybridoma technology.
Monoclonal antibody-based ELISA kit for estimation of immune status of cattle and buffaloes vaccinated against H.S.
Monoclonal antibody-based latex agglutination test (called TE-LAT) for detection of Trypanosoma evansi antigen (‘surra’ infection) in animals (In collaboration with Dr S. S. Chaudhri, Sr. Scientist, Regional Research Station, Uchani).
Phage display technology for production of recombinant single-domain antibody of Indian desert camel.
Phage display library of single-domain antibodies (>107 clones) of E. coli lipopolysachharide-immunized Indian desert camel.
E. coli LPS-binding single-domain antibody clones (n=24) selected from the phage display library mentioned above.
Staphylococcus aureus β-hemolysin-neutralizing single-domain antibody clone selected from the phage display library mentioned above.
DIVA test (3A-NSP antigen based ELISA) as per OIE protocol in collaboration with Freidrich Loeffler Institute, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany for differentiation of FMD infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA strategy).

II. Services offered:

Antibiotic sensitivity testing of clinical bacterial isolates
Latex agglutination test for diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi infection in domestic animals (Developed in collaboration with Department of Veterinary Parasitology)
Indirect ELISA test for hemorrhagic septicemia antibodies in buffalo sera
PCR –based diagnostic tests for hemorrhagic septicemia in bovines

D. FUTURE DIRECTIONS