Harendra Kumarborn on 15th June, 1960. He completed his B.Sc.,B.V.Sc. & A.H.,M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. in Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics. He has rich experience of more than 24 years in different capacities as Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Scientist, Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist in the Division of Animal Reproduction, I.V.R.I., Izatnagar. He has guided 8M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. students and about 100 research publications of national and international repute and more than 80 technical/popular articles. He has completed 12 research projects on various aspects of animal reproduction as P.I. He has attended more than 25 conferences and seminars. He is the recipient of Young Scientist Award, Prof. Neils Lagerlof Award by ISSAR and fellow of NAVS. He has written 2 technical bulletins, 1 manual and 1 book on animal reproduction. He has gained vast experience during handling the clinical cases at organized dairy farms, IVRI Polyclinics as well as in fields at farmer's door.Sukdeb Nandigraduated in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in 1986 from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, W.B. He did his Master Degree and Ph.D. in Veterinary Virology from Deemed University, Indian Veterinary Research Institute in 1988 and 1992 respectively. He is also involved in imparting trainings on serological and molecular diagnosis of different Viral Diseases of animals. He was awarded with DBT sponsored National Biotechnology Associateship and carried out research on biotechnological and molecular techniques of diagnosing the diseases at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, CSIR Institute at Jadavpur, Kolkata from 1995 to 1996. He was also deputed to United Kingdom in 1998-1999 to undergo ‘Transfer of Molecular Biology Training' (TOMBIT) at Institute for Animal Health, Pirbight to work on molecular aspects of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus. He has carried out research on Rabies, FMD, Sheep Pox, Goat Pox, Bluetongue, Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis and Canine Parvovirus infections in canines. He has traveled different places in United Kingdom, Scotland and France, Presently, he is working as Senior Scientist at Centre for Animal Disease Research and Diagnosis, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, U.P. He is also the author of ‘Manual of Viral Disease Investigation' - a book very much useful for the scientists, teachers, students, diagnosticians and others who are working in this area. Other books in his credit are Veterinary Virology : at a glance, Immunology - at a glance, Animal Cell Culture and Virology, Avian influenza or Birdflu, Rabies : a killer disease, Veterinary Public Health - at a glance and Poultry Diseases - at a glance.R.B. Rai,born on Jan. 5, 1954, completed hisB.V.Sc. & AH,M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. in Veterinary Pathology from G.B. Pant U.A.&T, Pantnagar. He joined ARS in Sept. 1983 and served in CSWRI (Garsa, Kullu), CARI Port Blair and since Aug 2006 posted as Principal Scientist in IVRI. He served as Director, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, services in A&D Islands with additional charges of Agriculture and Fisheries departments and Director, CARI, Port Blair.He is recipient of many national awards including ‘K.S. Nair Memorial Medal', ICAR Team Research Award (twice), ‘Fakharuddin Ali Ahmad Award' (twice) and is fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Academy of Veterinary Science. He has published 180 research papers in national and international journals, 27 books (inlcuding 15 e-books) and delivered more than 170 lead/invited/contributory papers in National Seminars/Symposia.
