DRI-cum-Dean PGS

About Director Resident Instruction-cum-Dean, Post-Graduate Studies

Brief Introduction

PROF. DR. VEER SINGH, completed his Masters (1985) from College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Bikaner, (Sukhadia University, Udaipur) and Doctorate (1992) from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana.

Experience: Total 38 years including Professor & Head (15yrs) Director of Students’ Welfare (DSW) (6 yrs. additional charge) and NSS-Programme Co-ordinator (6 yrs. additional charge) at SDAU, Sardarkrushinagar, Gujrat. Presently working as Director Residant Instruction-cum-Dean PGS, BASU, Patna (From last 4 years). Former Dean, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology, BASU, Patna. Former Nodal Officer, (Univ. Librarian) BASU, Patna. Former Controlling Officer (Director) Informatrion Communication Technology, BASU, Patna.

Awards: Jawaharlal Nehru Award (ICAR) for Outstanding Post Graduate Research-1992, Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam  Outstanding Teacher  Award (National ICAR Award – highest Honour for Teacher) for year 2006-07, University Best Teacher Award 2004-05, CSIR–SRF Award-1989, National Fellow for the Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (IAAVP)-2010, Fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (NAVS) – 2012, Fellow of National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS) -2014 and Marwar Ratna National Award for Meritorious Services  and  Outstanding  Contribution in the Field  of Sciences and Technology Maharaja Hanwant Singhji Award- 2014 from Jodhpur state.   Also recipient Fellow of Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research (IAAVR) -2017 for  overall National and International Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry; Achiever’s Veterinarian Award  for Visionary Leadership in Veterinary Profession by Indian Veterinary Association – 2019. Subsequently awarded Fellowship of International Society for Noni Science (FISNS) for Contribution of Veterinary Science for the year 2020. Honoured Fellow ‘Society for Promotion of Farm and Companion Animals’ for outstanding contributions in Veterinary and Animal Sciences (2020).

Foreign Visit:  International Conferences attended and received WAAVP Bursary, Cambridge, U.K. (1993), WAAVP Scholarship, Sun City, South Africa (1997) and Obihiro Fellowship, Obihiro, Japan (1998) for participation and presentation of research work and also chaired a scientific Session in Obihiro, Japan

Publications: Three books authored, entitled as ‘Parasitic Zoonoses’, ‘Diagnostic Parasitology’ and ‘Fundamentals of Veterinary Parasitology‘. About 150 Scientific and Farming publications published .  Participated and presented papers (50) in National and International conferences / workshops / symposiums etc.

Membership: Life Member of more than dozen scientific bodies / Associations and Chaired sessions in various national and international conferences in India and abroad as a chairperson as well as co-chairperson.  Referee and Member of the Editorial Board of various scientific journals.

Academic Achievements: Member, Board of Management, ICAR- NDRI, Karnal as an Eminent Scientist for year (2015-17).Vice President of IAAVP (three tenures), Member of Academic Council, Post-graduate Studies, Study Boards of Agriculture, Veterinary and Home Science. Co-ordinator, Kisan Call Center (KCC) for Animal Science for Gujarat state. Member, Board of Studies, RAJUVAS, Bikaner for Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Science, as an External Member (2017-2019). Member, Academic Council, BASU (2020 onwards). Member, Board of Management, BASU, Patna (2021 onwards), Chairman, PG Board of Studies, BASU, Patna ( 2020 onwards), and Chairman of Residant Instruction Committee, BASU, Patna.(2020 onwards)

Acted as an Expert / Examiner / Adviser for various Examinations / Interviews / Selection of SAU’s, RPSC, IVRI, DBT, VCI and ASRB etc. and Convener of A. H., AGRESCO, SDAU and Nodal Officer of SDAU for IAUA and ICAR News Reporter. Inspector for Veterinary Council of India (2011), Member, ICAR-Peer Review Team for Accreditation of CAU, Imphal (2016) and LUVAS, Hisar  (2016). Member, ICAR-Peer Review Team for Accreditation of MAFSU, Nagpur (2018). Member, ICAR-Broad Subject Matter Area (BSMA) for revision of syllabus of Post-graduate Para-clinical subjects ((2018-19) and Expert/ Resource Scientist CAFT for Parasitology, Bengaluru (2019). He has been reviewer for peer reviewed journals also.

Sponsored Awards :

  • Professor Veer Singh Rathore Gold Medal for BVSc & AH student of Kamdhenu University, Gujarat state.
  • Professor Veer Singh Rathore Eminent Scientist Award for IAAVP Member in India.