About
| Name | : | Dr. Dharmendra Kumar |
|---|---|---|
| Address | : | Associate Professor Department of Animal Nutrition Bihar Veterinary College, Patna – 800014 (India) |
| : | drdharmendravet2310@gmail.com | |
| Phone | : | +91 8986224733 |
Brief Introduction
Area of specialization:
- Dairy cattle Nutrition
- Feed additive and supplements
- Nonconventional Feed Resources
- Green fodder
Technology developed:
- Community Animal health Centres Model : Certified by ICAR
- Area specific mineral mixture: Certified by BAU, Sabour, Bhagalpur
Research article
- D. Kumar, S. Parnerkar, G.R. Patel and H. Thube (2016). Effect of substitution of soybean meal by detoxified jatropha (jatrophacurcas) cakes on diet digestibility, kids growth and nutrient efficiency. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology. 16: 143-154.
- Dharmendra Kumar, Raghubar sahu, Muneshwar prasad, R.K.Sohane, Anjani Kumar, R.N. Singh and Jubuli Sahu.(2022). Climatic stress estimation and its nutritional management in crossbred cows: Field trial. Journal of Agrometeorology. 24 (4): 427-429
- Kumar Dharmendra and Parnerkar Subhash (2016). Influence of substitution of Soybean Meal with Detoxified Neem (Azadirachta Indica) Cakes on Growth and Nutrient use in goat kids. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition.33(4): 370-375.
- Dharmendra Kumar, Chandramoni and P.K. Singh. (2010). Effects of feeding mango seed kernel on performance, carcass characteristics and cost of feeding in broiler starter. Indian Journal of Poultry Science. 45(1): 46-49
- Shridhar Patil, R K Sohane and Dharmendra Kumar (2022). Community animal health centre approach and its impact on the delivery of animal health services. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 92 (11).
Other Publications:
- Book authored: 3
- Research article :28
- Review article: 1
- Popular article: 46
- Book chapters: 8
- Practical manuals: 1
- TV/Radio talk : 37
Members of Professional Societies:
- Animal Nutrition Association, IVRI, Izzatnagar.
- Life member of Animal Nutrition Society of India
- Life member of Animal Nutrition Association of India
- Life member of Indian Poultry Science Association
- Life member of Association of Agrometeorologists
- Life member of Society of Krishi Vigyan
Research Activities
Completed Research Projects:
| S.N. | Title | Period (tenure) with dates |
Funding Agency | PI/Co-PI |
| 1 | Cross sectional livelihood improvement and income enhancement through Agro-enterprise diversification for Tribal sub plan | 3 years 2017-2020 |
ICAR | Co-PI |
| 2 | National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture | 5 years 2015-2020 |
ICAR | Co-PI |
| 3 | Livelihood diversification and capacity building of tribal communities in the aspirational districts of Bihar | 1 years 2020 |
ICAR | Co-PI |
| 4 | Biotech KISAN Hub | 2 years 2020-22 |
DST | Co-PI |
| 5 | Strategies to improve productivity and profitability of fodder and vegetables using Hydroponics in Eastern India. | 2 years 2020–23 |
BAU, Sabour | Co-PI |
| 6 | Farm Innovative Project | 1 year
2021 |
ATARI, Zone IV | PI |
Ongoing Research Projects:
| Sl. No. | Title of the Project | Duration | Funding agency | PI/Co-PIs |
| 1. | Effect of feeding non- conventional green fodder (Dimeria Ornithopoda) and Saccharum munj on Growth performance of Goat. | 2 years 2023-2025 |
Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna | PI |
| 2. | Pilot study on standardisation of dietary supplementation of Litchi seed (Litchi Chinensis) in Broiler Chicken | 2 years 2023-2025 |
ICAR | Co-PI |
Honours and Awards:
- Dr. Anjan Reddy’s Merit Scholarship in B.V. Sc. & A.H.
- Best paper award for paper on Epidemiology and genetic diversity of rotavirus strains associated with acute gastroenteritis in bovine, porcine, poultry and human population of Madhya Pradesh, Central India, 2004–2008 (Authored by Malik YS, Kumar N, Sharma K, Sharma R, Kumar HB, Kusumakar AL, Kumari S, Shukla S and Chandrashekar KM (2013) Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 1 (4): 111 – 115.
- Third Best Oral Presentation on “Detection of rotavirus in diarrheic calves”, paper presented at 2nd National seminar on Current Trends in Life Sciences (CTLS-2017) at central University of south Bihar, Patna during 20-21st February, 2017.
- Best poster award for “Molecular detection of Shiga toxin producing E. coli from clinical cases of bovines” presented by Md. Armanullah, Anjay, Pankaj Kumar, Savita Kumari, Sudha Kumari, Manikant Sinha, P. Kaushik and Ajeet Kumar during National conference on Livelihood and Food Security (LFS-2018) organized by Society for Agriculture Innovation and Development, Ranchi and Bihar Veterinary college, Patna, at Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, 27-28 January, 2018.
- Women Scientist Award-2017 by Society for upliftment of Rural Economy, Varanasi, India
- Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar, 2020 by Global Management Council
