1. Progress Report
Review Meeting of Star College Program
5-7 August, 2013
Ramnaraian Ruia College
Dadar E, Mumbai
Coordinator
Dr Nazir A Ganai

2. U- Graduate
program
Masters
Programs
PhD
programs
Degree
program /
Courses
1. BVSc and
AH
2. Certificate
Courses
1. Biochemistry
2. Microbiology
3. Genetics
4. LPM
5. Poultry Sciences
6. Medicine +
9 in other deptts
1. Microbiology
2. Medicine
3. LPM
4. Genetics +
4 in other
deptts
Duration: 5 years prog 4 semester
Course work: 2
Research work: 2
6 semesters
Admission: Common
Entrance Test
CET
Seats: 80 / 15000 15 + 22 8
Courses Offered

3. Departments Supported:
1. Animal Biochemistry
2. Livestock Production and
Management
3. Veterinary Clinical
Medicine
4. Veterinary Microbiology
and Immunology
5. Animal Genetics &
Breeding
6. Animal Physiology
Student Enrolment
• All the participating
departments have only one
feeder system of students at
UG and PG level:
• Entrance for BVSc and MVSc
degree programs through
BOPEE (Board of
Professional Entrance
Examinations).

4. Student enrolment in U.G. Program

5. Student enrolment in U.G. Program

6. Student enrolment in higher studies

7. Performance in National Level Entrance exams

8. Project work by Students
S.No. Type of Project work Areas / programs
1 Tracking Program:
(Each student : 2 programs of 2 credit
each)
• Cryobiology of gametes
• Animal Disease diagnosis
• Feline Medicine
• Dermatology
• Small animal critical care
• Alternate Veterinary medicine
2 Study Circles:
(Each student : one program of 2 credits)
• Diagnostic study circle
• Livestock and livelihood study circle
• Production system study circle
• Equine study circle
• Animal Ethology
3 Entrepreneurial Training • Earn while learn
• Self employement
4 Internship 6 months
5 •Star Innovator Studentship
•Star Presenter Award
From 2013….

9. Projects by students

10. 2
3 3 3
4
0
1
2
3
4
5
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Trainings / Workshops
Conducted for students

11. Extramural Funding of the College
Our College receives highest no of externally funded projects

12. Extramural Research projects
Project Budget
(Rs lac)
Period
Bioprospecting of genes and allele mining for cold
stress tolerance in animals
70.0 2010-14
Somatic Cell Cloning 120.0 2009-14
Vaccine Development foot rot sheep 350.0 2008-14
Value Chain on Pashmina 950.0 -do-
Project Budget Period
Introgression of Fec B gene in sheep 75.0 2009-12
Bioinformatics Infrastructural facility 60.0 2012-2017
Star College Scheme 80.0
HRD Program (Masters) 58.0
ICAR-NAIP
DBT

13. Project Budget Period
Molecular Characterization of cold water fish of
kashmir
55.0 2011-14
Ecological and socio-economic study on
Tibetian Antelop
30.0 2012-14
DST
Deptts. Budget Period
Microbiology and Virology 20.0 2010-14
Biochemistry 25.0
Pathology 15.0
Animal genetics 25.0
Parasitology 15.0
DST-FIST
DBT- BBSRC – (submitted in 2013)
Impact of Climate on epidimiology of Dichlobacter nodosus and
possibilities for elimination

14. Project Budget Period
Epigenetics of gastric cancer 30.0 2009-11
Population of gastric cancers by Biomarkers 40.0 2013-16
Project Budget Period
Association of OLA to helminth resistance in
sheep
23.0 2010-13
G X E interaction of Boer Goat with the
temperate climate of Kashmir
18.0 2010-13
Herbs for urolithaisis in calves 20.0 2012-14
Molecular Characterisation of Animal Rota
virus
31.5 lac 2011-14
ICMR
JKCST
CSIR
Kothari fellowship to Dr Showkat: 2013-15
MOEF
Hangul Movement Study using Satellite Telemetry 32 lac 2012-16

15. Qualitative improvements
due to DBT support:
 Progressive Improvement in Learning & Teaching
– Students in National Institutes:
• Performance in ICAR –AIEEA: 100% success
• Junior Research Fellowship: bagged the highest number of JRFs (ICAR) in the
country than any other Vet College
• SKUAST-K : ranked third best institute by ICAR
• Students in premier institutes: NDRI: 20 , IVRI : 25
– Students abroad: 5 Student alumini joined overseas labs for higher studies:
– Mr Towseef A, MSc (Reproduction) University of Wisconsin, Madison USA from Sep 2011
– Mr Rayees A Mir, PhD (Vet Microbiology) University of Florida, USA March 2012
– Mr Firdous A Khan, PhD University of Florida, USA Jan 2011
– Mr Nadeem, PhD, Soul University Korea, 2010
– Mr Muzaffer Mukhdoomi, PhD, Warwick University, UK, 2011
– Placement in National and State Civil Services:
– Our students have excelled in these civil services. In the year 2013, our students bagged 35% seats
(23/64) in KAS 2013 exam. It reflects the improvement in the overall quality of education imparted by
the College.

16.  Modernisation of
teaching :
– SMART Classrooms: Classrooms
made internet ready for web-
based teaching.
– e-learning introduced in the
college. E-learning portal
www.starelearning.org in
Veterinary Sciences developed
and is being up-dated with new
resources.
– Web-site of the College under
Star College program launched:
www.starvetcol.ac.in
– U G students have full access to
Central Computer Lab and
Bioinformatics Centre.

17.  Modernization of laboratories: Following new
laboratory facilities have been established during the period:
– Molecular Genetics Lab in Deptt of Animal Genetics
– Cytogenetics Lab in Deptt of Animal Genetics
– Tissue Culture Lab in Deptt of Microbiology
– Bioinformatics Lab strengthened
– Molecular Diagnostics lab in Deptt of Microbiology
– Vaccine production and analysis lab in Microbiology
– Molecular Biology Lab in Deptt of Biochemistry
– Embryo Transfer Technology lab
– Modern Hatchery in Deptt of LPM
 Trainings for the students: The participating deptts
routinely conduct the summer schools / specialised trainings
for the students.
 Library Services enriched: Recent database and
information retrieval services like SOUL and OPAC have been
instituted in library.

18. Our New Initiatives
Award Purpose Features
Star
Innovator
Studentship
• attract bright talented students
to stimulate education, and
provide them with an
opportunity to test their novel
ideas.
• unleash their energy through
creativity and innovation,
• produce a new generation of
leaders filled with confidence,
skill and commitment to
contribute to the betterment of
the society
• 3 studentships by each
deptt
• Competetitive Open call
by the Deptt
• Rs 1000 each student /
month
• 6-12 month duration
• Deliverables: Project
demonstration and
project report

19. Award Purpose Features
Star
Presenter
Award
Aimed to generate a debate among
the students on a burning issues like
which challenge the country and the
state for Developed Nation
• How do the young generation see research
and innovation making a difference for a
better future?
• What are your main concerns for the growth
of agriculture in future ?
• If not industrial revolution, can Bioeconomy
be a solution to the growth and development
in J&K?
• e-governance for efficiency and transparency
• what determines the 2nd green revolution in
india vis-à-vis J & K state?
• Etc etc
Article: published in a
leading daily newspaper
Power point
Presentation before an
expert committee (50%
weightage)
Our New Initiatives

20. 3 Reasons for up-gradation to Star College Status
Reason Indicator Prospects
1. Progressive
improvement in
Quality of
Teaching and
Learning
 Excellent performance in
National Level Entrance
Examinations- 100% success
rate in ICAR-AIEE
 3rd rank in the country in JRFs
awarded by ICAR for PG studies
 Excellent placement of
graduates in higher education,
and jobs in govt, private and
research institutes.
 Highest number of self financing
seats in the University due to
the quality of education and
placement of graduates
Award of the Star Status:
 Shall help to further
consolidate the efforts of
bringing excellence in teaching
and learning
 Shall help placement of our
graduates in international
institutions of repute
 Shall help to attract the
students from across the
country and the globe for
education & research
 Shall help consolidate our
initiative on entrepreneurial
Trainings under Earn while
Learn mode

21. Reason Indicator Prospects
2. Recognition
by Leading
National
Funding
agencies
 Highest funding than
other colleges in the
university from National
agencies viz. DBT, DST,
ICAR, ICMR, MOEF,
 Quality research at PG
and PhD level as
depicted by papers
published in peer
reviewed journals
 Birth of the world’s first
cloned Pashmina Goat-
the Noori
 Vaccine development
against the FootRot
Award of the Star Status::
 Shall help gain more confidence in
the funding agencies and attract
more grants to build the world
class research facilities.
 Shall help network us with the
premier R & D institutes in the
country
 Shall help to produce the Next
Gen leaders to tackle the
challenges of 21st century – viz
sustainability in food & nutritional
security, clean environment,
Reasons for up-gradation to Star College Status

22. Reasons for up-gradation to Star College Status
Reason Indicator Prospects
3. Socio-
political
reason
 First college in Temperate
& Cold arid Himalyan
zone
 Immediately after its
birth in 1984, had to pass
through difficulty period
of turbulence and strife
for 2 decades
 Excellent performance in
education and research
under such difficult
circumstances deserve it
a Star Status
Grant of Star Status shall:
 Help to produce the NG leaders in
R & D who shall address the
challenges in the hill and
mountain agriculture under
temperate and cold arid
conditions
 Bridge the cultural and
geographical barriers , and
inculcate the local graduates to
work in a pluralistic society

23. Inclusion of other Departments
under Star College Program
Department Justification
1. Animal Biotechnology  Major Deptt Supporting Star College Scheme by
offering :
2. Reproduction &
Gynecology
• Integral part of the Curriculum at UG level
• To bring all deptts at par in teaching and
training facilities
• To build excellence in teaching and research
in all departments
3. Vet. Public Health
4. Vet Parasitology
5. Vet Surgery and
Radiology
6. Vet Pathology
7. Livestock Production
Technology
8. Anatomy
9. Nutrition

24. Thanks

25. Trainings to Students

26. Trainings Conducted for Students

27. Trainings to the Students

28. Trainings to the Students

29. Title of Training / Workshop
conducted
Duration No of
participants
• Customized Training Program For
Post Graduate Students In DNA
Technologies
10 days
Dec 6-15, 2011
23
PG & Field
Veterinarians
• Essential Molecular Techniques 10 days
Feb 20- March 1, 2010
21
PG & Field
Veterinarians
• Methods In Recombinant DNA
Technology
Sep 2013
(15 days)
To be done
• 1st J & K Agricultural Science
Congress
8-10 Sep, 2011 500 delegates
(scientists and
scholars)
• Advanced Techniques in Animal
Disease Diagnosis
15-21 March 2010 15
• Animal Physiology and Health Feb 5-12, 2010 25
• Development and management of
e-modules
Dec 21-23, 2008 18
• International Conference on Hangul 10-12th Oct 2009 200 delegates

30. Title of training / workshop Dates Participa
nts
Disease Diagnostic Techniques for parasitic
diseases in Livestock
3-12 March 2008 20
Procedure for collection and examination of
clinical samples for parasitic investigation
19-25 may 2009 15
Role of Veterinarian in Meeting Challenges
of Modern India
July 5-6, 2009
Diseases of recent concern in veterinary
practice and their diagnosis,
March 28-31,
2011
25
An update on productivity related diseases
of livestock
March 28-30,
2012
20
Insights into Physiology March 24 to
31,2012
30
Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Small
Ruminants
7-17 March, 2012 15
Applications of Bioinformatics in Post
Genomics Era
20-23 march 2012 20
Newer concepts in Poultry Production 11-12th April 2012 20

31. New Practicals introduced
Deptt of
LPM
 Experiential learning for Entrepreneurship introduced
in Poultry, sheep, cow
 Experiential learning introduced in meat, fibre
technology
Biochemis
try
Year 2:
 New techniques in Molecular Biology with bench
training
 DNA isolation
 Agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA
 RNA isolation
 Polymerase chain reaction
 Agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products
 PCR-RFLP
 ELISA
 Polyacrilamide gel electrophoresis
 Single Strand confirmation polymorphism

32. Clinical
Medicine
Year 4: VMD 411 Veterinary Clinical Medicine I
 Emergency medicine and critical care
 Radio-imaging for treatment and diagnosis of animal diseases
 Ultra-sonograpgy
 Endoscopy
 ECG
Year 4: VMD 421 Veterinary Clinical Medicne II
 management of common poisonings
 role of alternative integrated/ethno-veterinary medicine in animal
diseases management
 Mastitis Screening Tests
Year 5: VMD 511 Animal Welfare, Ethics & Jurisprudence
 animal welfare and ethics
 human and animal welfare in relation to ecosystems and
environmental factors
 animal welfare organization, animal welfare of india, their role,
function and current status
 animal welfare during natural calamities and disaster management
Year 5: VMD 512 Zoo/Wild Animals New Course
Year 5: VMD 513 Pet Animal Management New Course

33. Microbiolog
y
Year Two: VMC -221
 Precipitation test counter immunoelectrophoresis test
 Assay of cell mediated immune responses
 Concentration and partial purification of immunoglobulin from
serum
Year Three: VMC -321
 Chicken embryo cell culture
 Detection and identification of haemagglutinating viruses by
haemagglutination test
 Detection of viral antigen or antibody by immunoelectrophoresis
Animal
Genetics
Year 1: Course ABG-111- Biostatistics and Computer Applications
 Geographical Information system
 Database Management Systems
 Online tools for statistical analysis of data
Year 1: Course ABG-121 Principles of Genetics and Population genetics
 Demonstration of Karyotype of farm animal species
 Calculation of effects off various forces that change gene & genotype
frequencies
Year 2: Course ABG-211 Livestock and Poultry Breeding
 Estimation of selection differential and Response to Selection and
Methods of its Prediction
 Selection intensity, generation interval and expected genetic gain.
 Computation of coefficient of inbreeding by the path tracing
method, Co-ancestry and Variance-Covariance Methods

34. Visits by Students to other Institutes
 All India Educational Tours :
 Two weeks tour to other institutions around the country
 Once every year during winter break:
 Student participation: 3rd and 4th year students
 Visits to institutes in the State
 Visit to SKIMS (Deptt. of Preventive and Community Medicine)
 Visit to Animal Biological Division, Deptt. Of Animal Husbandry
 Visit to Govt. Yak Farm Leh
 Visit to Indo-Danish Semen Bank Ganderbal.
 Visit to University of Kashmir Srinagar
• Visit to IIIM Srinagar
• Entrepreneurial Training:
 Milk Processing Technology : Khyber Industries, Srinagar
 Production of Diagnostics : Institute of Animal Health and (Vaccines,
Kits ) Biological Products , Zakura
 Meat production and Processing: Modern Abattoir, Sgr
 Animal Fibre Technology: Woolen Mills J & K Animal Feed
Technology: Feed Mill , DAH Kashmir

35. Visits of the students to other
institutes
Banglore Veterinary College Mumbai Veterinary College

36. Visits of the students to other
institutes
Madras Vet College Hyderabad- C V S

37. Visits of the students to other institutes
NDRI South Campus- Banglore Mumbai

38. Visits of the students to other
institutes
CIFNET - Kochi Kochi- CMFRI

39. Deptt Neighboring College /
institute
Activity
Vet
Biochemistry
Sri Pratap College of
Science, Srinagar
 Jointly organized National Conference on Recent
Trends in Biosciences with the S.P College Srinagar
3-4 Oct, 2011
 Hands on Training to U G students of the Deptt of
Biotechnology , SP College on Techniques in
Molecular Biology 5-10 May , 2012
Deptt of Clinical
Biochemistry , K Univ.
 Five students from KU have done project work
cum internship program in the Deptt.
Microbiology Islamia College of Science
and Commerce
 Training to students of biology in sampling
(collection, preservation , transport) and basic
microbiological culture techniques and sensitivity
tests.
Animal
Genetics
Govt Degree College
Baramullah
 Two day training –cum-awareness program in
Laboratory techniques in genetics for the
students (27) and teachers (3) April, 2012
Clinical
Medicine
Dept of Preventive and
Community Medicine, S.K.
Institute of Medical
Sciences Soura.
 Seminar on “awareness activity about the
prevention of the zoonotic diseases like
tuberculosis, brucellosis, rabies etc”
LPM Poultry Project
Hariparbat, GoJK
 Consultation regarding improving hatachability in
poultry Improving production of breeder stock
 Student visits for practical training at their farms
 Feed analysis

40. Resources Generated
Deptt Resources generated
Deptt of LPM  Experiential learning for Entrepreneurship at a cost of Rs 50 .0 lac from ICAR
 Laboratory Manuals for all the 5 courses offered by the department
 e-modules developed for all the 5 courses, and available on
www.starelearning.org
Biochemistry  Three lab manuals published by the division
 Practical’s in Veterinary Biochemistry (Course name: General
Biochemistry)
 Practical’s in Veterinary Biochemistry (Course name: Intermediary
metabolism)
 Practical’s in Molecular Biochemistry (Course name: Vety.
Biotechnology)
 Power point presentations for different courses prepared for e-learning
Clinical Medicine  Prepared Teaching Aids in the form of power point presentations, Charts,
Posters etc. for UG students. Some of the topics include:
o Diseases caused by the deficiency of Iron, Cobalt, Zinc, Manganese,
Calcium, Phosphorus, Vitamin A, D, Selenium and Vit. E.
o Milk Fever, Osteodystrophia fibrosa, Lactation tetany, Downer Cow
Syndrome, Ketosis, Azoturia in Equines, Hypothyroidism and Diabetes in
dogs.
Microbiology
Animal Genetics  e-modules for the courses offered by the department at UG level
 Practical manual for two courses offered at UG level

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