Dr. Prof. Jit Singh
(Former Head Department vety surgery and radiology and Additional Director of Reseach at CCS HAU Hisar,Former OSD, COE,DEAN,DRI at MPUAT,Former Professor at Al-Fateh University, Tripoli) has written in his diary about the extra -ordinary job of 17 field vets of India whose brief introduction are as follows-
1.Thanks Dr. Sandeep Kumar Sharma for telling me about this amazing Lady Veterinarian of Himachal Pradesh. Vet by profession ..a poet ( English ) and an artist by passion. SANJU PAUL…Pen name.. original is Dr. Sanjeev Kumari Paul. A graduate of 1993 and Masters( insevice candidate) in medicine(2001) from Veterinary College.. Palampur (HP) .. She has four poems books to her credit..1.. Strengthen Thy Soul..2.. Mentor Thy Mind. ( In collaboration with a Bhutanese and an Indonesian poet ).. 3..Smile Thy Sorrows ( poetry project collection with English dept. Satya Warranty Univ. Salatiga.. Indonesia ). 4..Preserve Thy Peace ( with poets around the world and latest one).The titles of the book are self explanatory.
She was subject matter expert from India during design phase of Zoological Information management System ( ZIMS )which is global one. She is english- hindi translator for International Species Information System News ( ISIS NEWS). Her poetry has been part of curriculum in Satya Warana University..Indonesia.. Assumption University..Bangkok ( Thailand)..and Himachal Board of School Education. She has been honoured as first ever guest poet of San Jasinto chapter of Poetry Socity of Texas ( USA). She has developed an artistic technique of carved and washed paintings using discarded PVC sheets as canvas and does pen sketching. Presently she is working on creating a theatrical art piece namely ” Totems and Taboos” and hopes to finalise soon. Well friends this all I have written in a condensed form and it’s possible I missed some point. YOU ARE A INCREDIBLE VET SANJU PAUL and we are proud of you. Her contact number.. 7018199519.
2.These two veterinary officers of Punjab Govt are brothers. ..Dr. Vijay Kumar is elder to Dr. Gulshan Chand ( with coat and tie ). Incidentally both joined service same date..8th Nov 2011. Both are dedicated vets…… Both working in Distt. Pathankot.Apart from their routine duties they also undertake jointly other works to help society . I consider their biggest contribution as organisation of more than 150 awareness compaigns under tandurust(healthy) mission among farmers against stubble burning in fields with the result that no farmer of Pathankot distt burnt stubbles in the year 2019-20…A big step to check pollution. Let’s hope more follow this approach.They organise lectures in schools to educate children on milk adulteration and zoonotic diseases without neglecting routine duty by doing these activities on holidays and Sundays. They also organise special campaigns on women empowerment for various activities. These all activities they undertake together apart from routine camps on animal health issues including animal insurance. Services of both brothers have been appreciated by Animal husbandry department of Punjab and district administration. Well Dr Vijay and Dr. Gulshan both of you doing great job.. keep it up and best wishes for future. Their contact numbers..Dr. Vijay… 9646899095 and. Dr. Gulshan…9779255752.
3.Dr. Mohinder Oberoi my class friend… a brilliant microbiologist. He did graduation( BVSc & AH ) from Hisar and Masters and PhD from Ludhiana ( then PAU and now GADVASU ). He briefly served IVRI.. Izatnagar and then came back to PAU.. Ludhiana. There he served in various capacities including Dean of veterinary college from 2003 to 2005. And then in 2005 he was selected as an FA0 ( Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations) expert .. a challenging assignment which not easy to get. That’s the period during which what he contributed very few know so this post about him. After 2 years in Delhi as SAARC Regional coordinator for Avian Influenza he was shifted to Nepal to manage the activities of newly established sub regional animal health centre in Kathmandu. As manager of this centre he initiated the recognition of regional reference diagnostic labs for diseases FMD..PPR and highly pathogenic avian influenza in INDIA..PAKISTAN and BANGLADESH, respectively. Lab trainings were conducted to build the capacity of SAARC countries. A network of Epidemiology units was also established. Through this net work vets were trained. Regular weekly news bulletins on disease conditions in SAARC countries were published and electronically circulated. I have briefed his work to a great extent and how he did it because original I got is in 3 full pages. Enough to say during this assignment with FAO he undertook missions and field visits to 21 countries in Asia…Europe and Latin America.He still advises FAO on regional antimicrobial resistance program formulations. He has been honoured with P.G.Pandey oration award and Fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Science and of his subject associations. Bravo. Proud of you my friend. He can be contacted on ..9915737276. He is settled in Ludhiana. Last time we met here in Udaipur reviving our old memories on a kulhar coffee on Fateh sagar pal.
4.Today meet my student Dr.Geeta Sharma.. a Delhi Govt. Veterinary Officer. I was her major advisor during master degree in surgery at Hisar. A pass out graduate of 2003 of Hisar Veterinary College she also holds MBA degree. She has been acclaimed by..
1.Limca book of records.. 2..India book of records…3.. Asia book of records.. as the
Youngest Female Veterinary Surgeon to do ovariohystrectomy in female dog in shortest time ( 7.8 minutes) without an assistant. She has four books to her credit..
1. Care of small animal pets ( National Book Trust)..2. Dog care-a guide for pet lovers..3..Cat care- a guide for pet lovers
4.Veterinary medical guide for pets. Last 3 books are as Kindle editions on Amazon. She featured as a veterinarian in children tv series ” Galli galli sim sim.” She has been featured in Hindustan times and India today-Aspire. She has her own blog…geetasharmavet.blogpost.com Geeta we are proud of you especially me and keep it up. She can be contacted on mobile
9711144506. She lives in Delhi .
5.Khagaria is one of the most backward districts of Bihar… surrounded by 10 rivers including Ganga and prone to floods during monsoon. To this place belongs Dr Rajendra Prasad .. Retired Veterinary Officer of Bihar Animal Husbandry dept.
…A graduate of Veterinary College .. Ranchi…Jharkhand. A very simple man ..he is proficient hindi novelist. He already has to his credit four hindi novels and is ready to pen down fifth. Impressed by his talent his last published novel BALLO was sponsored by Rajbhasha Dept of Bihar Govt under Pandulipi Publishing Scheme. He writes novels based on social issues such as on breaking evil of caste system in Ballo novel but keeps readers in smiles with his style of writing. He has been honoured with 1.national talent honour called Kalam Kaladhar. 2. By Vikramshila hindi vidyapeeth ..Bhagalpur..3. Sahitya Sangam ..Udaipur …And by several other organisations. Well Dr Prasad nice to know you.. such a talented novelist of hindi language. Keep it up. Best wishes for future writings. He can be contacted on mobile..7061546880.
6.Some times back I wrote how our field vets are doing an honour to our profession and how lady vets are contributing a lot to it. I mentioned about DrRana Preet Gill a novelist and a columnist… Dr. Monika Sharma a poet and Dr Geeta Sharma writing technical books on pets. There it seems we fail to see other talents. Yes we have to search deep about those who hardly ever write about themselves yet doing great off the book service. Meet today Dr. Rajni yadav. A graduate of Hisar vet college in 2007. After graduation she did MBA in Hospital and health care from Symbiosis from Pune.. She is severing as a veterinary officer in Haryana. She is actively participating in social cause . She is a poet too. Her book safarnama published only few months back on emotional and sensitive issues. Apart from her duties as vety officer she is working as a health care consultant at Astron hospital at Gurugram. She is involved in research and training in various health projects such as Auxillary Nurse Midwife’s and self help groups on HIV AIDS in 9 districts of Delhi… ESI SERVICES and evaluation ( Sankalp Project) in UP and Bangalore and MPTAST..MP Govt technical assistance to state govt.on immunisation and data verification. A great human being she is as I came to know from her peers. We are proud of you Rajni Yadav. Keep it up. She can be contacted on 9990557113.
7.There are some leading personalities of Animal Health Industry… Veterinarians… who have contributed significantly for the development of veterinary profession and appreciated for the same. One of them is Dr Atma Prakash Mamtani popularly known as A.P. Mamtani of Intas Pharmaceuticals. Now 80 years old and leading a retired life at Vadodara…Gujarat.. he graduated in veterinary science in 1962 from veterinary college ..Mhow. He started his career as a veterinary officer in Delhi but shifted to pharma industry as service representative . With his hard work and dedication he rapidly rose through the ranks to be General Manager..Marketing ..Planning ..And Training in Sarabhai Chemicals. In between he also did DMM( Marketing). Then he joined Intas pharmaceuticals as it’s Founder vice president of Animal Health Division. His major career change came here.
.Dr Mamtani is Founder Editor of INTAS POLIVET a very popular half yearly technical journal which is doing a great service especially for promoting the technical and clinical work being done by field vets. He also initiated the concept of celebrating WORLD VETERINARY DAY in India which is now being celebrated throughout country every year and with significant contribution from Intas pharmaceuticals. He also organised several ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES on various clinical topics in collaboration of Indian Association for the Advancements of Veterinary Research and also documented the proceedings. He has coedited several proceedings of various scientific associations. He is life member of several professional associations and has widely travelled abroad. He is also a Trustee of Dr. C.M. Singh( founder president VCI) Endowment Trust. He has been honoured by various awards including Fellow of IAAVR… DR.C.M. Singh Salihotra Samman-2006. He still continues to guide the profession whenever and wherever he can.I wish Dr. Mamtani a happy healthy retired life . His mobile number…9376237834.
9.WOMEN POWER…. Women have excelled in every field in India and veterinary science is no exception and Lady Vets are doing wonderful work even in challenging jobs as in wild life. As an example meet DR Aditi Sharma SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER ..RAJAJI TIGER RESERVE.. DEHRADUN… UTRAKHAND. INDIA. A graduate of 2001 from Pantnagar and MVSc in Surgery and Radiology she also holds PG Diploma in Hospital Administration and PG Diploma in advanced wildlife management. Her work includes capture rescue and rehabilitation of Leopards and elephants involved in human wildlife conflict…Tiger monitoring… population estimation of tigers and other wildlife through camera tapping…Treatment of wild animals whenever required. She is trained laparoscopic surgeon…. Resource person for several trainings and courses in wild life.. Nodal officer of tiger translocation program in Rajaji tiger reserve. She has visited several countries for getting traning on various aspects of wildlife management ….and for presentation of her work. Only few days back she returned from Athens ..Greece after attending Exotic AND Wild Animal Anaesthesia Course jointly organised by Estonian University ..Athens and Tsavaran Pharmaceuticals…South Africa. She is member of several scientific societies including Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery and has been honoured by several organisations for her distinguished work. Needless to say I have briefed her work for this post as there is a long list of the types of works she does related to wild life. Bravo Aditi we are proud of you keep it up. She can be contacted on mobile 9412088024 and mail..aditis2013@gmail. com for professional information.
10. Once a person retires after serving for more than 3 decades a vacuum is felt… but my undergraduate class fellow Dr Sat Pal Gautam .. who retired in 2002 as Deputy Director Animal Husbandry…Govt of Haryana state did not allow this to happen. Along with his 10 other retired colleagues he established an NGO..ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY… DOCTORS FORUM.. Gurgaon. . Now there are 56 retired vets its members and he is general secretary since it’s formation. The society is recognised by Animal Welfare Board of India and has adopted several Gaushalas in and around Gurgaon..now called Gurugram…. to take care and rehabilitate cows which are left in Gaushala. Since 2004 they have been organising free anti-rabies vaccination camps. Dr Gautam is President of Gurgaon dist. Society for Prevention of Crueality to Animals …Honorary Advisor to Gurgaon Municipal Corporation for rabies control program and with his efforts about 75000 dogs have been sterilized so far to bring drastically down incidence of human rabies in the area. . He was coopted member of Animal Welfare of India from 2010 to 16. He is also at present President of DAV Senior Secondary School ..Khandwa Road…Gurgaon which provides free education to girls and other needy students. This retired vets forum of Gurgaon also publishes BIANNUALLY NCR-VETS NEWS LETTER and circulated widely and is available online..www.ncrvet.in. The services being rendered by Dr Gautam and his friends even long time after retirement are laudable. Kudos to you all 56 members of the forum. Dr Gautam can be contacted on mobile..9891678342 and mail…sp_gautam2000@yahoo.com
11.As I said previously there are many FIELD VETERINARIANS doing wonderful jobs not just treating animals but working tirelessly for welfare of society. Yes of course you have to find them. Let’s today talk about DR. MANDEEP SINGH ..VETERINARY OFFICER OF PUNJAB STATE… now posted at CVH.. Village..Panj Kosi …Dist.. Fazilka. When he was posted at village Mahni Khera .. Distt Muktsar he worked tirelessly in collaboration with police and civil administration to educate youth against drug abuse. In collaboration he set up a farmers club …Bhai Ghanayia ji. Through this club NABARD supported farmers in various activities. Then IFFCO adopted Mahni village for three years for various activities. With the help of NESTLE and Deputy Director AH DR. Vinod Gupta marketing of milk was solved to a great extent. A lot was done to solve problems of farmers related to cheap and quality animal feed . Got PAU to adopt the village to increase per acre yield with judicious use of fertilizers and pesticides. The club also purchased BT cotton sowing machines and then rented to farmers on a very nominal rates. The club organised kisan melas for benefit of farmers related to agriculture and animal husbandry. Various companies provided financial assistance for the noble cause. The then CM of Punjab was so impressed with the activities of club that grant was given to construct a seminar hall of 2400 sq feet from where to conduct activities. It’s understood that lot of people helped Mandeep to achieve all this. Kudos to all of them. But then Dr. Mandeep Singh was the central figure. Hats off to you. God bless you . Keep it up. Do hope inspiration is drawn from his work by all of us. He can be contacted on…9815923537
12.WATER SOLDIERS OF HISAR ..Haryana. India..AS a hindi news paper wrote JAL YODHA. My undergraduate class fellow of 1969 pass out of BVSc&AH bach from Hisar Vety College now in LUVAS.. Dr. Satish Kalra Retd Professor of Vety Microbiology who along with his friend a Retd civil engineer Mr. Vijay Prabhakar spent money from their pension to create a unique water harvesting system so that many parks and roads of Hisar city of Haryana are not flooded .. roads are not damaged and the technique evolved can recharge ground water with clean water. In parks they created 12 wells for rain water harvesting. It is estimated that in first rain this season 12 lakhs of water was harvested. Municipal corporation engineers have now approached these wonderful persons to guide them with their technique to implement the same in and around 25 more parks. Both of them did this job under VANPRASTHA DIGNITY TRUST created by them and their friends. They have organised seminars to request others to follow suit. As per them creating of each well to harvest water in one created well to recharge ground water just cost 20 to 30 k rupees and 3 such wells can cover about 500 acres of land for ground recharging. They have appealed to Haryana Govt to formulate a policy on it. AND WHAT CAN I SAY ? WAH WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION BY A VETERINARIAN ON a most important issue about which whole world is worried about including our P.M Proud of you Satish my dear class fellow. He can be contacted on 9416647717 and kalrajatan@gmail.com.
13. Meet DR. Tapesh Mathur BVSc&AH.. Senior Veterinary Officer..Govt of Rajasthan; who proved one does not require huge budget..sophisticated labs and specialized degrees for innovative applied research if one has a vision and dedication. He makes amputee animals stand and walk with prosthetic limbs and that too free of cost. He did pioneer research for the purpose in a room in his own home in Jaipur and became Savior of many animals especially cows and calves which lost limbs mostly in accidents. The prosthetic limb is named as KRISHNA LIMB after the name of a calf… first case treated by Dr Mathur. For his valuable contribution he has been honoured by Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery. He is well supported in this life long mission by his journalist wife Mrs (Dr.) Shipra Mathur. Both of them use a part of their salary for the purpose by organising free camps too. Hats off to this great couple. One can reach Tapesh Mathur at…. email. tapeshmathur@yahoo.com website. www.krishnalimb.com
14. Unsung great surgeon… Great Dr B. Prasad.
It took me few days to get this photo of a great veterinary surgeon to whom I am indebted lots in terms of professional and technical learning. I still feel all those needle pricks in my fingers when I made even a small mistake while assisting him in any surgical procedure. He came in my life at Hisar. I was a Master’s student and he came from Bihar to do PhD. He taught me a lot at that time and then when I was an assistant prof at Ludhiana.. now GADVASU… and he was Assoc Prof. He was an excellent surgeon a great clinician. He served subsequently as Prof and HOD in that dept while I came back to HAU. His last assignment was Dean Faculty.. RAU.. SAMASTIPUR….BIHAR. Very few members of Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery may remember him now because he never bothered about being projected as a stalwart or for various awards. However Dr Prasad Sir you are the person who taught me a lot and many others true professionalism. I know you are not on Facebook and will never read my these sentiments .Saluting Sir. Wish many of younger generation has teachers like you. He is now settled in Patna.
15. Mrs and Dr Rama Kumar V. Few days old pic which I got on whatsapp from them. Dr Kumar I call as Dad and Mrs kumar I call as mom. And many friends of mine also address them same. Great couple. Yes Dr Kumar is founder secretary Veterinary council of India.. a hard core vet with many achievements to his credit. Served as an academician at Hisar.. Ludhiana… Tripoli( Libya).. . Srinagar…. And we both served these places except Srinagar .Posting pic of couple for those who may not have seen them recently and for youngsters who may have never seen them. Now settled in Trivandrum… Kerala.
16. In the last two decades as I can observe FIELD VETERINARIANS have made tremendous progress despite many odds they may face in terms of facilities available under field conditions. Many of them have diversified their professional activities for the benefit of the profession apart from their routine assigned duties. Introducing today as an example a person whom I never met so far but have followed his work. Dr.RAJESH KUMAR SINGH a 2000 graduate of ORISSA Veterinary college and working as a VETERINARY OFFICER in JHARKHAND STATE. He has authored 15 books… written more than 1400 articles (not copy paste) on social media sites… 500 articles in various magazines…All related to animal husbandry practices and animal health care. He is publishing a bilingual (hindi and english) magzine on animal husbandry and animal health care…. PASHUDHAN PRAHAREE.. and manages a website with same name. He is a blog writer too. He has been honoured by Central Poultry Development Organisation( NR )..Chandigarh. Interestingly his wife and daughter are also writers in other fields. Daughter..ADITI is a poet and her first book in english …EMPTY SPACES… has just been released. Kudos and congratulations to whole family. Dr Singh can be contacted on mobile..9431309542 and at rajeshsinghvet@gmail.com
17. There are always some VETERINARY SCIENCE GRADUATES who wish to do something different . One of them is Dr Rahul Srivastava a graduate of Faizabad.. UP.. Veterinary College … MVSc( medicine) from IVRI.. Izatnagar and MBA(Agri Buisness) from Pantnagar.
..Currently Asst.Vice President (Social Buisness).. an innovative division he established at Hester Biosciences Ltd..Ahmedabad. He always felt that Livestock farmers especially small holders have many social problems such as limited veterinary service providers… availability of appropriate products..problems with trader driven market etc. Challenges and problems are different in unorganized sectors and tribal areas than in commercial animal and poultry farms. Hester’s Veterinary Social Buisness Division, for which Rahul is responsible, works for developing new models of products and service delivery to small holder livestock farmers alonwith efforts of various stakeholders for sustainable development . This is being done with partnership of Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines(GALVmed).. Edinburgh… an international NGO. His division also extends technical support for entrepreneurship. He has worked in East and West Africa..Nepal and India. Keep it up Rahul. Best wishes for your venture in veterinary social buisness to help poor farmers. He can be contacted on mobile 9999383569.
