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Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh, Principal Scientist & Joint Director (Research), ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar has > 22 years of experience of research, teaching & training with expertise on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), Primary Cell culture of utero-ovarian origin, Molecular Reproduction, Diagnostics for improving fertility and Management of infertility and obstetrical problems in livestock for enhancement of reproductive efficiency besides experience on IPR, Technology Transfer and Agri-business Incubation. He has obtained his graduation degree in Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry from G.B.P.U.A.T, Pantnagar and subsequently Master and Doctoral degree in Veterinary Gynaecology & Reproduction from Deemed University, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar. After PhD, he joined Agricultural Research Services as Scientist in February, 2000 at ICAR-IVRI, Mukteswar. He joined main campus again on 11th May, 2005 and became Principal Scientist in 2015. He has handled a total of fourteen external funded projects (3 as PI and 11 as Co-PI) and eleven institute funded (3 as PI and 8 as Co-PI) & developed number of technologies which include Development of Goatpox & PPR vaccines; MAP based sELISA & Lateral Flow Assay for pregnancy detection in cows, 3D- bubaline endometrial cell culture system; 2D-culture of endometrial & ovarian cells in bovine, Formulated mineral & feed supplement for Cattle & buffalo, Cloned & characterized genes involved in pregnancy/cyclicity/ uterine infections in livestock, Tested phyto-principles, Insulin, Kisspeptin & devised many anti-luteolytic strategies to enhance fertility vis-à-vis infertility management etc. He has visited world class Laboratory of Prof. Richard Ivell & Ravinder Anand Ivell at University of Nottingham, UK under DBT-CREST Award for one-year research (2014-15) on the frontier area of Animal Biotechnology. Filed five patents (A live attenuated vero-cell based goat pox vaccine for protection against goat pox; Formulation of a mineral supplement for cattle and buffaloes reared under Wheat- Rice-Sugarcane farming system and two patents on synthesis of MAPs against the protein specific to pregnancy and their use in EPD) and awarded one patent on Goatpox vaccine. Associated as inventor/ team member for the Goatpox and PPR vaccine technology commercialization to many industrial houses and realized huge revenue to the institute (> 4 crores through license fee and/ or royalty). Also filed five designs related to reproduction and four of them have already registered at the Indian Patent Office of Design in addition to six copyrights on critical care of diseases, technology services app, AI etc. Received many awards/ fellowships & recognitions viz., DBT-CREST Award, ICAR Team research Award, ISVIB-Fellow, Nils Lagerlof Award, Young Scientist, Dr. S.N. Luktuke, CSIR-SRF, ICAR-JRF, SRF. Published >96 research papers (International-52 and National-43 journals), written many book chapters (11), published number of popular articles and leaflets and folders (>20), review (3), manuals (2), compendium (5) and guided masters (6) and PhD students (7) in addition to Member, Advisory committee of many students (>20). He is also postgraduate diploma on Technology Management in Agriculture (PGDTMA).