Swapan Kumar Maiti, a graduate from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya (1984) followed by Masters (1987) and Doctorate (1990) in Veterinary Surgery from Indian Veterinary Research Institute. Dr Maiti joined ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute as Scientist in 1993 and currently working as Principal Scientist in this Premier Indian Institute. Presently, Dr Maiti has more than 25 years of research experience in the field of Animal Oncology, Laparoscopic Surgery and Animal Stem Cells Biology. He is associated with more than 20 research projects and published more than 200 research and clinical papers in different peer reviewed International and National journals and presented more than 100 scientific papers in International and National Congress. Besides, he has authored two Text-books, three manuals, two compendiums and contributed twenty chapters in different books. Dr Maiti has been invited as 'Speaker' in the 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 36th and 38th World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) World Congress, held at Sydney (Australia); Dublin (Ireland); Geneva (Switzerland), Jeju (South Korea) and Auckland (New Zealand) respectively. He has also been invited as 'Speaker' in the 2nd Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Association (FASAVA) Congress held at Bangkok (Thailand) in 2009. So far, he has visited more than 25 countries on different scientific assignments. He has been awarded prestigious fellowship from German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany for Post-Doctoral research work under International Bilateral Scientist Exchange Programme of Govt. of India. Dr Maiti deputed as 'Visiting Professor' at the University of Leipzig (2006), University of Köln (2010) and Technical University of Munich (2014), Germany. He has guided eight M.V.Sc, one M. Pharm and seven Ph.D students. He received many prestigious awards in his academic career including Prof A.K. Bhargava Gold Medal, Shri Ramlal Agrawal National Award (Gold Medal & Cash Prize); Prof S.J. Angelo Memorial Award, Indian Science Congress Centenary Best Paper (Certificate and Cash prize) and also nominated as 'International Expert' for assessment of teachers of Foreign University (Sudan) for three years. Dr Maiti is a 'Fellow' of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery and Indian Society for Advancement of Canine Practice for outstanding contribution in the field of Veterinary Science.Naveen Kumar is working as Principal Scientist in the Division of Surgery, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. He has rich blend of teaching and research experience in the field of Veterinary Surgery for more than 28 years. During his illustrious career he has been associated in 15 Research projects of which 5 were externally funded projects. He has done pioneering research work in the area of Veterinary Surgery especially in the field of biomaterials. He developed concept for development of biomaterials from abattoir waste for reconstructive surgery for the first time in India. A new concept of application of laparoscopy in clinical diagnosis and therapeutics in veterinary patients was developed by him. He has also filed one patent for the process development of biomaterials and published more than 300 Research papers in International and National Journals of repute having high impact factors. In recognition of significant contributions for the advancement of Veterinary Sciences, Dr Kumar has been elected Fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences. His research work has fetched him several awards including Ramani Ramchandran Award, Gangman Sharma Award, Best oral presentation award from Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery and Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine and several Appreciation Awards. Dr Kumar has written 6 Books, 5 Manuals and more than 40 chapters in Books and Manuals in the field of Surgery. He has presented more than 200 papers in National and International Conferences and guided 10 M.V.Sc. and 4 Ph.D. students. He has delivered more than 30 lectures as Invited Speaker in different conferences and forums.
