State schemes, ongoing and completed projects

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

State Schemes

S. No.

Scheme

No.

Title of the Scheme

Objectives of the Scheme

Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator(s)/ Associated members

128 C (a) Plan Vety. VPT-1

Pathological investigations of the diseases affecting various systems of poultry

1. To diagnose the diseases of poultry affecting various systems of poultry

In-Charge of the Scheme: HOD

^*Faculty members (including one Scientist) of the department are associated with the scheme for the purpose of student research and postmortem examination of poultry and other birds

129 C (a) Plan Vety. VPT-2

Pathological studies of various infectious and non-infectious diseases of Livestock

1. Etiopathological investigations of diseases affecting various systems of domestic animals.

2. Etiopathological studies on young ones of domestic animals.

3. Clinico-pathological studies of neoplastic conditions in animals.

In-Charge of the Scheme: HOD

Staff provided in the scheme*

Sr. Scientist: Dr. Vikas Nehra

One post of Sr. Scientist - Presently vacant

Laboratory Technician- One (Er-employed)

Animal Attendant- One - Presently vacant

^*Other faculty members of the department are associated with the scheme for the purpose of student research and postmortem examination of different animals

Externally funded scheme

S. No.

Scheme

No.

Title of the Scheme

Funding agency and Centers involved

Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator(s)

5536-

C(b)-

Vety.

Patho-

06-ICAR

Development and

Evaluation of genetically

engineered vaccine

candidates for African swine fever, Equine Herpes virus-1 and Equine Influenza (clade 1

& 2)

Lead Centre:-

ICAR-National Institute of High

Security Animal Diseases,

Anand Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya

Pradesh.

Cooperating

Centre:

1. National Research Centre

on Equines (NRCE), Hisar

2. Lala Lajpat Rai University of

Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS), Hisar

LUVAS Cooperating

Centre PI and Co-PI

(CCPI):

Dr Vikas Nehra

Co-PI:-

Dr.Vinay G Joshi

Institutional project

Sr. No.

Title of the project

LUVAS Scheme No.

Name of PI

Name of Co-PI

Date of Start (DD-MM-YYYY)

Total Sanctioned budget

(in lakhs)

Pathomorphological evaluation and screening of breast cancer gene markers in mammary tumours of dogs

522/AIP/Vety. Pathology/Dev. Work

Dr. Babu Lal Jangir

Dr. (Mrs.) Deepika,

Dr. Ankit Magotra,

Dr. Sandeep Saharan

23.08.2023

Rs. 1.50 lakhs

LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED TILL 30^th JUNE, 2025

S. No.	No. of project	Name of the project	Year of start	Year of completion	Funding Agency	Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators
1.	PL-480	Studies on mycotic mastitis in domestic animals with particular reference to its incidence, pathology and diagnosis	1975	1980	Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi	Principal Investigator: Dr. D. S. Kalra (Dec. 23, 1975 to Jan. 3, 1980 Dr. R. K. Paul Gupta (Jan. 4 1980 to Dec. 22, 1980) Co-Investigator(s) /Associates: Dr. B. C. Lodha Dr. P. C. Verma
2.	C(a) VPT-2-N.P. Agri.	Studies on the etiopathology and control of infectious abortions in domestic animals	-	-	State Scheme	Principal Investigator: HOD of the department Co-Investigator(s) /Associates: Faculty members of the department
3.	C(a) VPT-3-N.P. Agri.	Studies on disease of nutritional and metabolic origin with particular reference to their prevalence diagnosis Pathology treatment and prevention among animals in Haryana	-	-	State Scheme	Principal Investigator: HOD of the department Co-Investigator(s) /Associates: Faculty members of the department
4.	4016-C (g)-VPT-4-OA (RKVY)	Establishment of modern pathological laboratory with special reference to animal tumour diagnosis	2013-14	2016	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY), New Delhi	Principal Investigator: Dr. R. P. Gupta Co-Investigator(s) Dr. K. K. Jakhar Dr. Vikas Nehra Dr. (Mrs.) Deepika Dr. Prem Singh (Deptt. of VSR, LUVAS, Hisar)
5.	4026-C (g)-VPT-2-OA (RKVY)	Establishment of immunopathological diagnostic laboratory to provide quality services to the livestock and poultry owners	2014-15	2017	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY), New Delhi	Principal Investigator: Dr. K. K. Jakhar Co-Investigator(s): Dr. Vikas Nehra Dr. Babu Lal Jangir Dr. Chandratre Gauri A.
6.	4042-C (g)-VPT-03-OA (RKVY)	Strengthening of clinical pathology and post-mortem facilities to provide effective and high quality diagnosis services to the farmers	2015-16	2018	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY), New Delhi	Principal Investigator: Dr. K. K. Jakhar Co-Investigator(s): Dr. R. P. Gupta Dr. Vikas Nehra Dr. Babu Lal Jangir Dr. (Mrs.) Chandratre Gauri A. Dr. (Mrs.) Deepika Dr. Ramesh Kumar (Deptt of VPHE, LUVAS, Hisar)
7.	4060-C(g)-VPT-04-O.A. (RKVY)	Establishment of Immuno-histo-chemical laboratory and strengthening of Immuno-technology laboratory for diagnosis of diseases of animals and poultry	2018-19	2021	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY), New Delhi	Principal Investigator: Dr. Gulshan Narang Co-Investigator(s)- from Department of Veterinary Pathology: Dr. Vikas Nehra Dr. (Mrs.) Deepika Dr. Babu Lal Jangir Dr. (Mrs.) Chandratre Gauri A. Co-Investigator(s)- from other departments: I. Department of Veterinary Anatomy Dr. Pawan Kumar, Dr. Parveen Kumar Gahlot, Dr. Amandeep Singh, Dr. Tej Prakash II. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology Dr. Naresh Jindal and All ADIOs at Hisar and Outstation III. Department of Veterinary Microbiology Dr. Jagveer Rawat, Dr. Akhil Kumar Gupta, Dr. Anshul Lather
8.	5523-C(B)-V. Patho-05(ES)-ICAR	Establishment of Immunohistochemical Facilities for Diagnosis of Important Infectious Diseases and Neoplastic Conditions of Livestock to Provide Effective and High Quality Services to Farmers	2018-19	2021	ICAR-Emeritus Scientist Scheme	Principal Investigator: Dr. R. P. Gupta Associated faculty member(s): All the faculty of Department of Veterinary Pathology

THRUST AREAS OF RESEARCH& FUTURE VISION
THRUST AREAS OF RESEARCH

1. Study of pathology of mixed infections in livestock and poultry affecting different organ systems by employing molecular and immunohistochemical techniques

2. Ameliorative studies of probiotics/herbal medicinal plants/ ayurvedic preparations along with their nano-formulations in infectious as well as non-infectious diseases/conditions of livestock and poultry for their possibility as an alternative therapy to combat antibiotic resistance

3. Studies on pathology and diagnosis of neoplastic conditions in livestock and poultry by employing molecular and immunohistochemical techniques

FUTURE VISION
- Establishment of Electron Microscopy Facilities
- Establishment of World Class Pathology Museum
- To make Department as Center of Excellence in Veterinary Pathology