General Informations

  • Join Date: 01/08/2019
  • College: College of Veterinary Science
  • Department: Veterinary Pathology
  • Office Email: abhijit.deka[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2016
BVSc & AH

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2018
MVSc

Central Agricultural University

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
01-08-2019 - Till date
Assistant Professor

College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University

Achievements
  • In Teaching: 1. Involved in the teaching of UG and PG courses in the Department of Pathology and VCC. 2. Acted as Teacher in charge, of internship training programmes for UG students of the universities of India as well as of Bangladesh. 3. Guiding one MVSc student as a major advisor and member of the Advisory Committee of eleven (11) MVSc students.
  • In Research: 1. Reported the incidence of Chicken infectious anaemia in the poultry population of NER for the first time. 2. Presently associated with One Research project as PI funded by ASTEC, three (3) Research Projects as Co-PI funded by DBT and ICAR. 3. Published 27 numbers research articles in different national and international peer-reviewed journals. 4. Submitted 3 gene sequences of CIAV to NCBI with accession nos MH379259.1, MH379260.1 and MH379261.1.
  • In Extension: 1. Acted as a resource person, training programme on Clinical training to the paravets of the state of Assam and Sikkim. 2. Acted as resource person in the farmers’- scientist interaction programmes. 3. Published popular articles in the Assamese language in daily newspaper, website and e-magazine. 4. Published 4 leaflets in the Assamese language for the benefit of Farmers.
  • In Disease Diagnosis: 1. Part of epidemiological investigation and diagnosis teams on pig mortality in Assam due to African Swine Fever. 2. Part of the investigation teams for diagnosing the cause of mortality in different wild animals. 3. Part of the investigation teams for diagnosing the disease outbreak and rendering consultancy in different Farms.
Membership
  • Assam Veterinary Council
    Life Member
  • Veterinary Council of India
    Life Member
  • Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists
    Life Member
  • Assam Science Society
    Life Member
Projects
  • AAU-Private partnership sponsored project on "Development of AAU poultry disease diagnosis, research and consultancy service (AAU PDRC) : Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model", project cost Rs.15 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • AAU sponsored project on "Biotechnological interventions for improving the nutraceutical value of agro-industrial by products to enhance its utilization in ruminants", implemented in 2022.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Upgradation and Implementation of Knowledge Based system (KBS) in NER of India (An extended activity of Advanced Animal Disease Diagnosis and Management Consortium (ADMaC)", project cost Rs.37.20 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • Department of Biotechnology sponsored project on "Attempt to Develop Diagnostic and Preventive Measure for Suspected Fish Viral Disease Encountered in Assam", project cost Rs.21.73 Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • ASTEC sponsored project on "Design and development of a low-cost domestic device for rapid detection of bovine subclinical mastitis’", project cost Rs.2.03 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "AIRCP on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance", project cost Rs.5 Lakh implemented in 2010.