Autor: Jyotirmoy Ghosh

Dr K.T. Sampath, Ph.D (Animal Nutrition) is former Director of National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP), Bangalore. He has served as research Scientist under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in various capacities at ICAR Research for NEH region, Barapani, National Dairy Research Institute and at NIANP, Bangalore. His research works are mainly in the areas of feed and fodder resources, improvement of nutritive value of poor quality roughages, bypass nutrients, feed quality and safety and manipulation of rumen microbes for improving the digestibility of fiber. He is recipient of ICAR Team Research award, Hari Om Trust Award, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed award and CLFMA Award. He is fellows of Indian Dairy Association and National Academy of Veterinary Sciences and is associated with many policy making bodies. He has served as President of Animal Nutrition Society of India for two terms. Dr Jyotirmoy Ghosh, Senior Scientist, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology a graduate (BVSc & AH) of College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidhyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal, Master of Veterinary Sciences and Ph D in Veterinary Gynaecology and Reproduction from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, UP. He was a national merit scholarship holder during graduation, recipient of Junior and Senior Research Fellows during post graduation and doctoral studies. During his 12 years long service he has many publications in peer reviewed international and national journals. He has conducted and associated with many training courses on various aspects of reproduction for the middle level scientists, university teaching faculties and veterinary officers. He has guided many students reviewed research and review articles for Indian and foreign journals. He has been awarded for outstanding team research by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and has been involved in technology transfer and contract research. His research interest is centered on ovarian and uterine biology especifically identification of pregnancy marker in large ruminants, uterine antioxidant mechanism and development of marker for mineral deficiency in animals. He has been the recipient of overseas fellowship from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, under Niche areas of Biotechnology for one year during which he visited Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut, USA for learning stem cell research.