General Informations

  • Join Date: 10/07/1987
  • College: College of Veterinary Science
  • Department: Veterinary Microbiology
  • Office Email: nagendra.barman[at]aau.ac.in
  • Other Charges: Chairman, CIF

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1984
BVSc & AH

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1987
MVSc

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1997
PhD

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1991
Other Qualifications

Medical School of Hannover, Germany

 
 
 
 
 
2002
Other Qualifications

Medical School of Hannover, Germany

 
 
 
 
 
2010
Other Qualifications

Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, London, UK

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
10-07-1987 - 25-07-1996
Assistant Professor

Veterinary Microbiology, CVSc, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
26-07-1996 - 28-07-2022
Associate Professor

Veterinary Microbiology, CVSc, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
01-01-2006 - 26-09-2021
Professor

Veterinary Microbiology, CVSc, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
26-09-2021 - Till date
Head & Professor

Veterinary Microbiology, CVSc, AAU

Achivements
  • Sl.No. Name of the award/fellowship Year


    1. University merit scholarship 1978-1984
  • 2. ICAR Junior Fellowship for MVSc degree in Microbiology 1984-1987
  • 3. CSIR Senior Fellowship for Ph.D. degree in Microbiology 1994-1995.
  • 4. German Academic Exchange Service Fellowship, German Govt. 1991
  • 5. German Academic Exchange Service Revisit Fellowship 10th June -8 August, 2002
  • 6. Overseas Associateship of DBT 10th August-9th November 2010
  • 7. Best Teacher Award, AAU 1st April 2017
  • Brief contribution in the Professional field:





    Pig production is the fastest growing segment of the livestock sector in the North Eastern part of India. In pig, immune associated anatomy is differed in certain aspects from other mammals. Therefore, basic immunology of pigs was explored (Barman, et al., 1997, Anat. Embryol. 195 : 41-50). Further, study was concentrated on mucosal immunity on pigs (Barman, et al.,1997, Indian J. Comp. Microbiol. Immunol. Infect. Dis. 18(1) : 72-78.; Barman, 1996, Indian J. Comp. Microbiol. Immunol. Infect. Dis. 17 (1) : 1-7; Rothkotter, et al., 1999, European J. Immunol. 29 : 327-333). As an applied aspects of control of infectious diseases of pigs, development of vaccine and vaccination strategy was designed and evaluated against Foot and Mouth disease virus first time in India [Barman, et al., (1986), Indian J. Virology, 9 (22) : 145-158.; Barman, et al., (1989), Indian J. Vet. Path. 12 : 7-12.]. Addressing the issues on infectious causes of piglet diarrhea, various bacteria and viruses were identified (Barman, et al., (1998), Indian J. Anim. Sci. 68(9) : 886-887; Barman, et al., (1998), Indian J. Anim. Sci. 68(5) : 417-419). As a practical solution of diarrhea passive immunization with homologous and heterolous passive antibodies were used against ETEC. An active immunization with killed ETEC vaccine was attempted in pigs with various degree of success (Barman, et al., (1999), Indian J. Exp. Biol. 37 (11) : 1132-1135; Barman, et al., (1999), Indian J. Anim.Sci. 69(12) : 1008-1009; ). Classical swine fever is an economically devastating disease of pigs. Characterization of CSFV virus, development of point of care diagnostics and cell culture adapted vaccine are achievements of ongoing research (Barman, et al., (2009), India. Indian J Anim Sci..79(10): 974-977; Barman, et al., (2012), Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz., 31 (13) : 919-930; Khatoon, et al., (2015), IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science . 8, ( 5) : PP 30-33; Gitika Rajbongshi et al., (2015), Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 85 (12): 1299–1302; . Borah,et al., (2012), Indian J. Comp. Microbiol. Immunol. Infect. Dis. 33 (1&2) : 41-44). Bovine brucellosis is another issue in dairy cattle. Prevalence of Brucellosis in Assam was studied (Barman,et al., 1989, Indian J. Anim. Hlth. 28(2) : 99-102). Again, different diagnostic techniques were optimized in this laboratory for rapid diagnosis of the Brucella infected cattle (Barman, et al., (1999), Indian J. Anim. Sci. 69 (11) : 869-871). Chemotherapeutics and adulthood vaccination against Bovine Brucellosis were significant outcome of the research on Brucella (Barman, 1991, Indian J. Anim Res:25 (2): 95-96). In goats, Pox and PPR are new emerging diseases in Assam. With our optimized molecular tools diagnosis as well as molecular epidemiology of Pox viruses are established through on going research projects. In poultry infectious causes like Ranikhet disease virus, infectious Bursal disease virus, Fowl pox and Pigeon pox virus, duck pox are identified (Das, Sutopa et al., 2000, Indian J. Anim. Sci. 70(1) : 35-36; Barman, et al., 2003, Indian Vet. J. 80 (12) : 1209-1211). Molecular characterization of NDV reveals appearance of genotype XIII in poultry (Nath, et al., 2016,. Microbial Pathogenesis, 91: 85-91). Duck plague is identified as most prevalent in Assam and causing high mortality. Molecular characterization of duck plague virus reveals high prevalence of the virus in Assam and single serotype is circulating in Assam. DPV vaccines from local strain of Assam in Cell culture have been developed through ongoing DBT sponsored project. In wild life, recently endotheliotropic herpes virus was identified in elephant (Barman, et al., 2017 in Veterinary Microbiology 208: 159–163). Besides CSF virus in wild pigs as well as in pigmy hog was also detected (Barman, et al., 2014,Transbound. Emerg. Dis. 2014 Nov 27). Through various research projects a serum bank is being developed and virus isolates repository is created.
  • 8. Fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Science (FNAVS), 20th June 2022
  • 9. Certificate of Appreciation from AAU 15th August 2022
  • 10. Best Teacher Award from The Indian Veterinary Association 11th December 2022
Membership
  • 1. The Assam Veterinary Council – Registered Member (Regn No. 0428) on 2.04.1985.
    Life Member
  • 2. Blue Cross Society Assam – Life Member (No 77).
    Life Member
  • 3. Assam Science Society – Life Member
    Life Member
  • 4. Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists in Infectious Diseases – Life Member
    Life Member
  • 5. Indian Virological Society – Life Member (1986).
    Life Member
  • 6. Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology & Biotechnology- Life Member (2000).
    Life Member
Projects
  • DBT sponsored project on "Establishment of a Consortium for One Health to address Zoonotic and Transboundary Diseases in India, including the Northeast Region", project cost Rs.278.0956 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Epidemiological studies on emerging infectious diseases of Elephants(Elephus maximus) with special reference to tuberculosis (TB) and elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV)", project cost Rs.20.00 Lakh implemented in 2016.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Development of subviral particle of infectious Bursal disease virus as a potential vaccine and diagnostic candidate", project cost Rs.40.70 Lakh implemented in 2015.
  • DBT sponsored project on "DBT Twinning Programme For The NE on Sero-surveillance, Isolation and molecular characterization of blue tongue virus in sheep and goats of Tripura and Assam states", project cost Rs.19.53 Lakh implemented in 2015.
  • DBT sponsored project on "DBT Twining programme for NER on Development of Improved Diagnostics with Monitoring and Characterization of Bacterial and Viral pathogens associated with Piglet diarrhea in North Eastern Region of India", project cost Rs.86.16 Lakh implemented in 2012.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Capacity building and awareness generation towards combating microbial zoonotic infections in Kamrup and Lakhimpur districts of Assam", project cost Rs.50.3913 Lakh implemented in 2013.
  • DBT sponsored project on "DBT Network Project on Brucellosis", implemented in 2012.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "Effect of probiotics and enzyme in the intestinal mucosa of the poultry.", project cost Rs.27.00 Lakh implemented in 2000.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "Ontogeny of the specific immune system of pig with special reference to indigenous variety", project cost Rs.19.00 Lakh implemented in 1999.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Advanced Animal Disease Diagnosis and Management Consortium (ADMaC)", project cost Rs.1504.07 Lakh implemented in 2014.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Development and evaluation of DIVA-based vaccine utilizing an Indian isolate of classical swine fever virus", project cost Rs.42.25 Lakh implemented in 2017.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "Development of vaccine and vaccination strategy against pneumonic pasteurellosis and swine fever in pigs", project cost Rs.19.13,17 Lakh implemented in 2002.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "Epidemiology, pathology and host immune responses of rotavirus infection in pig", project cost Rs.10.997 Lakh implemented in 2002.
  • AAU sponsored project on "Epidemiology of important microbial diseases of zoo animals and birds.", project cost Rs.0.10 Lakh implemented in 1990.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Molecular and immunological characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Indian isolates of classical swine fever virus.", project cost Rs.30.00 Lakh implemented in 2005.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Classical Swine Fever With Special Reference To North eastern Region And Sub-Project On “Classical Swine Fever: Surveillance and Monitoring in some North eastern States and establishment of a National Classical Swine Fever Virus Repository”", project cost Rs.125.961 Lakh implemented in 2008.
  • DBT sponsored project on "A study on Sero-prevalence of viruses associated with porcine reproductive problems.", project cost Rs.27.75 Lakh implemented in 2011.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Serosurveillance, isolation and molecular characterization of blue tongue virus in sheep and goats of Tripura and Assam states", project cost Rs.19.53 Lakh implemented in 2014.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Development of novel molecular diagnostics and improved vaccine for Duck Plague Virus", project cost Rs.43.97 Lakh implemented in 2013.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Upgradation and Implementation of Knowledge Based system (KBS) in NER ofIndia (An extended activity of Advanced Animal Disease Diagnosis andManagement Consortium (ADMaC)", project cost Rs.37.20640 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Validation, Regulatory compliance and translation of Vaccine and MolecularDiagnostics for Duck Plague", project cost Rs.67.82560 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Development of DIVA Diagnostics and marker vaccine against Duck Plague", project cost Rs.37.06 Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • DBT, GOI sponsored project on "SWINOSTICS: A platform for development and validation of diagnostics of important pig pathogens in NE Region of India for commercial exploration", project cost Rs.60.0435 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • Department of Biotechnology (DBT) sponsored project on "DBT Network Project on Brucellosis : Brucellosis Epidemiology", project cost Rs.153.42 Lakh implemented in 2012.
  • ICMR sponsored project on "Prevalence and drivers of select zoonotic pathogens and use of antimicrobials in livestock farms in North-East region: A mixed methods study", project cost Rs.61.59080 Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • RKVY sponsored project on "Development of Cell Culture Attenuated Duck Plague Virus Vaccine.", project cost Rs.90.00 Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Generation and evaluation of a live vectored vaccine against porcine circo virus infection of swine", project cost Rs.88.20164 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • DBT sponsored project on ""Modelling of indigenous diagnostics and immuno-potent vaccine candidates to combat African swine fever in India"", project cost Rs.2.1516721 Crore implemented in 2021.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Farmers’ friendly innovative mechanical devices for boosting profitable pig production and improving animal welfare in rural North Eastern States of India", project cost Rs.16.00 Lakh implemented in 2019.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Attempt to develop diagnostics and preventive measure for suspected fish viral disease encountered in Assam", project cost Rs.21.00 Lakh implemented in 2018.