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NAVEEN KUMAR. S

College name : Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bangalore

Department : Animal Genetics and Breeding

Designation and address:

Associate Professor and Head
Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding
Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bangalore

Qualifications
Ph.D. (Animal Genetics & Breeding)

Contact
Office: 08029731222
Mobile: 9900112946
Email:  navingen@gmail.com

 

Fields(s) of specialization
  • Molecular Genetics
Current Projects

Project Title

Role in the Project

Fund Outlay

Funding Agency

Genetic characterization of genes defining disease resistance in Giriraja and Indigenous chicken

PI

1.00 Lakh

SCSP grants of KVAFSU

Studies on gene mutations in Canine Cardiomyopathy

PI

0.50 Lakh

SCSP grants of KVAFSU

Genetic Evaluation of Productive and Reproductive Traits in NARI Suwarna sheep

Co-PI

0.50 Lakh

KVAFSU

Establishment of Microsatellite patterns in indigenous goats

Co-PI

0.50 Lakh

TSP grants of KVAFSU

Completed Projects

Project Title

Role in the Project

Fund Outlay

Funding Agency

Development of new meat type crossbred sheep with exotic Dorper breed

PI

100 Lakhs

RKVY, GoK Karnataka

Genetic Characterization of Mudhol breed of Dog using microsatellites

Co-PI

Rs. 50,000/-

KVAFSU

Recent Research Publications

1

M. Pothuraju, S.K. Mishra, S.N. Kumar, N.F. Mohamed, R.S.Kataria, D.K.Yadav and R. Arora, 2015. Polymorphism in the coding region sequence of GDF8 Gene in Indian Sheep. Russian Journal of Genetics (Genetika), 51(11): 1297-1300.

2

Naveen Kumar, S.,Jayashankar, J.R., NagarajaRamakrishnappa, Nagaraja, C.S., NadeemFairoze and Satyanarayana, K, 2015. Genetic polymorphism of Calpastatin gene in Bandur Sheep. Frontier Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 4(2): 168-174.

3

Naveen Kumar, S., NagarajaRamakrishnappa and Sreesujatha, R. M., 2016. A study on Physical Characteristics of Mandya Sheep under Field Conditions. Frontier Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 5(1):63-67.

4

Naveen Kumar, S., Jayashankar, M. R., Chandrashekhar, M., VageeshPandith, Nagaraja, R. and Manju, G. U., 2016. Association of genetic polymorphisms of Calpain and Calpastatin genes with growth traits in Bandur Sheep. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 86(8): 907-912.

5

Supriya, S., Rajeshwari, Y.B., Narashimha Murthy, H. N., Gideon Gloridoss, R., Prasanna, S. B., Jagadeeswary, V. and Naveen Kumar, S., 2017. Effect of supplementation of probiotics on the growth performance of weaned piglets. J. Exp. Zool. India, 20(1): 119-121.

6

Naveen Kumar, S., Jayashankar, M. R., NagarajaRamakrishnappa, Wilfred Ruban and Sreesujatha, R. M., 2017. Carcass and meat quality characteristics of Bandur ram lambs. Indian J. Anim. Res., DOI:10.18805/ijar.B-3261.

7

Guruprasad, R., Rajeshwari, Y. B., Naveen Kumar, S., Vivek M. Patil, Jayashree, R., Shivakumar, R. and Supriya, S., 2018. Socio-economic status of sheep farmers across two agro-climatic zones of Hassan district. Life sciences, 5(1): 63

Honours & Awards:
  • Adjudged as one of the best five participants of the ICAR sponsored 21 day winter school ‘Advanced concepts and techniques to augment reproduction in livestock’ at ICAR-NIANP, Bengaluru from 12th November to 2nd December, 2014.
  • Awarded during 9th convocation held on 07.4.2017, University Gold Medal for having secured highest grade point average in AGB during Ph.D. for the academic year 2014-15