Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

Dr. K. J. Ananda

College name : Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bangalore

Department : Veterinary Parasitology

Designation and address:

Associate Professor and Head
Department of Veterinary Parasitology
Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bangalore

Qualifications
Ph.D

Contact
Office: 9845313244
Mobile: 9845313244
Email: dranandakj@yahoo.co.in

Fields(s) of specialization

Immunological and Molecular Diagnosis of Parasitic diseases of domestic animals

Current Projects

Project Title	Role in the Project	Fund Outlay	Funding Agency
Obscure Disease Research Centre Established at Veterinary College, Shimoga Major role in establishment of centre for diagnosis and control of parasitic diseases of livestock	Co-PI	50.00 Crores	Govt. of Karnataka sponsored project – For Five Years
Antigenic characterization & identification of Immuno-reactive polypeptides of D. repens of dogs	Co-PI	70,000/-	VCS/SCSP-TSP-Research grant/2017-18

Completed Projects

Project Title	Role in the Project	Fund Outlay	Funding Agency
Seroprevalence, Immunological and molecular studies on Schistosomosis of cattle and buffaloes in malnad region	Co-PI	1,50,000/-	VCS/SCSP-TSP-Research grant/2016-17 dt:09.01.2017
Gross & Histopathological studies on Liver of small ruminants	Co-PI	1,00,000/-	VCS/SCSP-TSP-Research grant/2017-18
e-Varaha: Information System for safe pork production in Eastern India – Helminth Parasites of Pig	Co-PI	16.78 Lakhs	Information Technology Research Academy, Govt. of India
Planning, Co-Ordination, Execution of programmes identified and regular reporting of activities – diagnosis and control of Parasitic diseases of livestock	Co-PI	24.00 Lakhs	Karnataka Watershed Development Project (KWDP-II-Sujala-III)

Recent Research Publications

Sl. No.	Year	Authors	Title of Paper	Journal	NAAS Rate
01	2020	Ananda, K. Javaregowda	Diagnosis of microfilaria in dogs and its species identification by histochemical staining technique	Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
02	2019	Ananda, K. Javaregowda* and Yashaswi Naravi	Immuno-diagnosis of Dirofilaria repens infection in dogs by counter immuno-electrophoresis (CIEP)	Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
03	2019	D. S. Malatesh, C. Ansar Kamran, K. J. Ananda*, Ganesh Udupa, K. Ramesh, P. T. Suguna Rao and N. B. Shridhar	Epidemiological Studies on Canine Microfilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in and around Mangalore- a Coastal Region of Karnataka	Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(9): 714-721	5.38
04	2019	Lavanya K.V., Puttalakshmamma G.C., Dhanalakshmi H., Ananda K.J., Mohan H.V., Yathish H.M.1and G.B. Manjunatha Reddy2	Prevalence and molecular phylogenetic analysis of Babesia vogeli from dogs in Karnataka	Indian J. Vet. Pathol., 43(2): 104-108, 2019	5.48
05	2018	*K. J. Ananda,** B.S. Pradeep, S.P. Satheesha and S. Dhanalakshmi	Physaloptera sp. and Rhipicephalus sanguineus in a free range leopard	Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 32(1)2018:48-50
06	2017	Ananda K. Javare Gowda, N.K. Dharanesha, P. Giridhar, S.M. Byre Gowda	Cobboldia elephantis *(Cobbold, 1866) larval infestation in free range wild Indian elephant (Elephas maximus)* from Karnataka**	Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 41 (2): 364–366.	*

Honors and Awards

SL No.	Name of the Awards / Medals / Recognitions	Whether International/ National/ State/ University/ Professional Societies	Month/ Year of the Award	Award for
01	Young Research Forum Award	International Conference on Medical Parasitology and Zoology at Houston, Texas, USA 17 to 19 October 2016.	17 to 19 October 2016	Award - for research paper entitled “Diagnosis of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs by Immunological and Molecular Methods”
02	Smt. Nishamani Parija Memorial oration Award	Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology during 26th NCVP & International Symposium	15-17th February 2017	Award-For Distinguished contributions in the field of Parasitic Zoonoses
03	Certificate of Appreciation	During 26th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, At Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	04 to 08 September, 2017	Award- for Research Paper on Proteins of Echinococcus granulosus of dogs as diagnostic antigens in Immunoreactive Enzyme Immuno-transfer Blot (EITB) Assay
04	Best Paper Presentation Award	During 27th NCVP & National Symposium under the aegis of Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology Organized by Dept. of Vety. Parasitology, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan	12 – 14th February 2018	Award- for research paper entitled Prevalence of Gastri-Intestinal Parasites among wild animals in and around Shimoga region of Karnataka
05	S. M. Ismail Memorial oration Award	Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology during 28th NCVP & National Symposium organized by Shri Venkateshwara Veterinary University, Tirupathi	28th to 30th January 2019	Award-For Distinguished contributions in the field of Veterinary Helmithology
06	Best Paper Presentation Award	During 28th NCVP & National Symposium under the aegis of Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology Organized by Dept. of Vety. Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Tirupathi, SVVU, AP	28th to 30th January 2019	Award- for research paper entitled Molecular detection of microfilaria of Dirofilaria repens in mosquitoes from coastal region of Karnataka
07	Progressive Veterinarian Award	During state level technical seminar and Annual general body meeting	20th July 2019	Award-for contribution in the field of Veterinary Parasitology

Other Achievement

1	Organized Three days training programme as COURSE DIRECTOR for the field Veterinarians sponsored by Karnataka Veterinary Council from 2 – 3 Feb 2015.
2	Organized 26th National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology & International Symposium from 15th to 17th Feb 2017 from the Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, Shimoga as Organizing Secretary.
3	Conducted 21 days training programme as Course Co-Director for Centre for Advanced Faculty training sponsored by ICAR from 20th November to 10th December 2019.
4	Acted as Co-chairman and presented research papers in the International conference on Medical Parasitology on “Parasitology: The Good, Bad and the Emerging Priorities” from October 17-19, 2016 at Houston, Texas, USA.
5	Participated and presented research papers in the 26th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology on Combating Zoonoses: Strength in East-West Partnerships organized by Malaysian Society of Parasitology and WAAVP at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 04 to 08 September, 2017 and received certificate of recognition.
6	Acted as Chairman and presented research papers in the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology International conference from July 04-08, 2019 at Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
7	Selected and successfully completed 21 days training programme on The 21st Century Challenge –Improving Production of Animal Husbandry sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development & Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of Israel from June 10 to 30 2018.
8	Rendered 13 years of service in the organization guided one M.V.Sc., five M.Sc PG students and served as Co-Chairman for one Ph.D and Advisory Committee member for 04 Ph.D students.
9	Published 75 research papers in National & International reputed Journals and presented 147 research papers in National and international Seminars/Symposia/Workshops and authored 8 chapters in the text book.
10	Published a text book with two volumes on “Diagnosis and Control of Parasitic diseases of Veterinary and Medical Importance”. Given many radio talks and TV programme and handled 17 research projects as PI/Co-PI for KVAFSU funded and Extra mural funded projects.