General Informations

  • Join Date: 11/11/2008
  • College: College of Veterinary Science
  • Department: Animal Genetics & Breeding
  • Office Email: arundhati.phookan[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2000
BVSc & AH

College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, Assam

 
 
 
 
 
2002
MVSc

College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, Assam

 
 
 
 
 
2008
PhD

College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, Assam

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
14-07-2011 - Till date
Assistant Professor

College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, Assam

 
 
 
 
 
11-11-2008 - 13-07-2011
Subject Matter Specialist

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Assam Agricultural University, Diphu, Karbi Anglong

 
 
 
 
 
01-01-2022 - Till date
Associate Professor

College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, Assam

Achievements
  • Work experience : 1. Subject matter specialist (Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Karbi Anglong) : 2years 8 months 2. Assistant Professor (AGB Dept) , College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 : 14.7.2011 to 31.12.2021 . 3. Associate Professor, AGB Dept., CVSc, AAU, Khanapara 01.01.22 to till date
  • Qualified : NET on 2005
  • Major adviser : Guided 3 MVSc student. Research work was done on performance evaluation of Doom pigs and Indigenous sheep of Meghalaya and indigenous geese of Assam. Member of advisory committee : 18 students
  • Project : 1. Acted as PI for self earned project ICAR extramural project entitled “Molecular Characterization and Development of Breed Signatures for Indigenous sheep of North-East India”. 2. Acted as Co-PI for self earned DBT project entitled “Isolation, Characterization and Development of a Culture Method for Long-Term Preservation of Spermatogonial Stem Cells from Doom Pig” 3. Acted as Co-PI for self earned project ICAR extramural project entitled “Molecular Characterization and Development of Breed Signatures for Indigenous duck of North-East India”. 4. Acted as Co-PI of ICAR sponsored project "ICAR-All India Co- ordinated Research Project (AICRP) , AAU, Khanapara", 5. Acted as Co-PI of ICAR sponsored project "ICAR- Mega Seed Project (MSP) on Pig , AAU, Khanapara",
    6. Acted as Co-PI of ICAR funded project"“Improvement of the performances of Lakhimi cattle under farm conditions as well as at farmer's level” 7.Acting as PI of self earned project funded by ASTEC entitled “Technology generation for value added Geese meat products and awareness for entrepreneurship development in Geese farming in Assam: an approach towards upgrading underestimated noble sector of poultry”
    8. Acting as PI of ICAR sponsored project "ICAR-All India Co- ordinated Research Project (AICRP) , AAU, Khanapara" 9. Acting as Co-PI of ICAR sponsored project "ICAR-All India Co- ordinated Research Project (AICRP) , AAU, Khanapara" 10. Co-PI of project " Preservation and selling of boar semen" funded by corpus fund under DR vety.
  • Warden : Acted as Warden of 1. New Girls hostel, CVSc, AAU, Khnapara , Guwahati-22 for 2years 2 months 2. Girls Hostel no. 2, CVSc, AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 for 3 years 5 months
  • Publications : 1. Research articles : 57 national and 4 international; 2. Popular article : 30 3. Review article : 5 4. Bulletin : 2 5. Leaflet : 8 5. Articles in compendium :5
  • External examiner and paper setter : 1.College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram; 2. CVSc and AH, R.K. Nagar, Tripura (West) ; 3.West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Science, Kolkata, West Bengal 4. College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry Central Agricultural University, Jalukie-797110, Nagaland
  • Acted as Faculty for coaching students for 1. JRF (ICAR) examination and 2. APSC (Mains) coaching programme.
  • Guest lecturer or resource person: Acted as resource person in training organized by NAIP component Jorhat; Assam Gramin Vikash Bank- Rural Skill Development Training Institute Programme ; Goat Research Station , AAU, Burnihat, Assam; ICAR-sponsored short course at ICAR-NRC on Yak, Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh; Farmers scientist interactions by AAUTAVF; NIRDPR-NER under integrated Basin Development and Livelihood programme.
  • Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) nominated 1. Link nominee for ICAR Research complex for NEH region, Umiam, Meghalaya 2. Link nominee, NRC on Pig, Rani 3. Scientist from outside institute for NIPER, Changsari, Guwahati
  • Achievement through MVSc student under major guidance: 1.Cleared ICAR-NET 2.Cleared ICAR PhD entrance examination and secured seat in deemed university, NDRI.
  • Organization of webinar: 1. Acted as Joint organizing secretary for National webinar on “Concepts of Statistical Methodologies in Animal Sciences” organized by Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, LCVSc, AAU, Joyhing, North Lakhimpur, Assam from 26.09.20 to 27.09.20 . 2. Acted as Organizing secretary for National webinar “Conservation of livestock and poultry germplasm of India” on 11.12.20 organised by Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, CVSc, AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam.
  • Faculty Member : For “Small laboratory animal house facility”;Central Mentoring Cell (Institutional), FVSc, AAU, Khanapara; Disciplinary Action Committee; Vigilance Committee (Sqaud); Redressal cell, FVSc, AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati-22.
  • Reviewer : 1. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Bioinfo Publications,


    2. International Journal of Livestock Research
  • Teacher adviser : 1. Acted as teacher adviser for 2 numbers of BVSc & AH students. 2. Acting as teacher adviser for 10 numbers of BVSc & AH students.
Membership
  • Blue cross society
    Life Member
  • The Indian society of Animal Production and management
    Life Member
  • Indian association of women veterinarians (IAWV)
    Life Member
  • Assam science society
    Life Member
Projects
  • ICAR sponsored project on "ICAR-All India Co- ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Pig, AAU, Khanapara", project cost Rs.3 Lakh implemented in 1970.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "ICAR-AICRP on Pig", project cost Rs.69 Lakh implemented in 1970.
  • AAU sponsored project on "Preservation and selling of boar semen", project cost Rs.2 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "ICAR-AICRP on Poultry", implemented in 2008.
  • ICAR-CIRC, Meerut, UP sponsored project on "“Improvement of the performances of Lakhimi cattle under farm conditions as well as at farmer's level”", implemented in 2022.
  • ASTEC sponsored project on "“Technology generation for value added Geese meat products and awareness for entrepreneurship development in Geese farming in Assam: an approach towards upgrading underestimated noble sector of poultry”", project cost Rs.2.90 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "ICAR-All India Coordinated Research Project on Pig", project cost Rs.73.75 Lakh implemented in 1970.
  • ICAR sponsored project on ""ICAR- Mega Seed Project (MSP) on Pig. AAU, Khanapara"", project cost Rs.58.50 Lakh implemented in 2009.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "Molecular characterization and development of breed signature for indigenous ducks of NE India", project cost Rs.24 Lakh implemented in 2016.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Isolation, Characterization and Development of Culture Method for Long Term Preservation of Spermatogonial Stem Cells from Doom Pig", project cost Rs.101.43 Lakh implemented in 2017.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "Molecular Characterization and Development of Breed Signatures for Indigenous sheep of North-East India.", project cost Rs.30 Lakh implemented in 2018.