Institute Projects

S.N. Ongoing Projects Team Duration
Animal Genetic Resources Division
1.  Optimisation of Genomic Selection in Livestock Species using Genetic Algorithm. Avnish Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Yadav and SP Dixit April, 2019 to March, 2022, Ext. Up to Sept., 2022
2.  Characterization and Documentation of Indigenous dog breeds of India. Raja KN, AK Mishra, RK Pundir and One Co-PI from Ladakh August, 2021 to March, 2024.
3.  Exploring unique properties of chilika buffalo milk and microbiome of fermented milk using metagenomic, metabolomics and proteomic approach. MS Dige, M Mukesh M Sodhi, KV Singh, RS Kataria, (NBAGR) Sudarshan Kumar (NDRI, Karnal), SK Das (OUAT, Bhubaneshwar) and NK Navani, R Pathaania, K Ambatipudi S (IIT, Roorkee). August, 2021 to March, 2024.
4.  Computational Judgement of Livestock Population Uniformity on the Basis of Photographs. Avnish Kumar and Dinesh Kumar Yadav April, 2022 to March, 2024.
5.  Identification and Characterization of Indigenous Animal Genetic Resources of Uttarakhand. HK Narula, AK Mishra, Reena Arora, Avnish Kumar, Amod Kumar

 

July, 2023 to March, 2027
Animal Genetics Division
6.  Karyotyping and DNA Testing for Screening Genetic Defects in Indian Bovines. SK Niranjan and Amod Kumar from Aug., 2021. (Jayakumar S up to 30 September, 2020) April, 2016 to March, 2021, extended up to March, 2026
7.  Genomic diversity and Selection signature of Indian native goat breeds Indrajit Ganguly, Sanjeev Singh, SP Dixit and Avnish Kumar October, 2019 to September, 2022
8.  Evaluation of genetic diversity in conserved cattle and buffalo bulls. Amod Kumar April, 2020 to Conti. As service project.
9.  Genome Analysis for Adaptability to Salinity in Chilika Buffalo. Amod Kumar, SK Niranjan, Sanjeev Singh and Indrajit Ganguly August, 2021 to July, 2023
10.  Admixture Mapping of Cattle in Eastern and Western India SP Dixit, Indrajit Ganguly, Sanjeev Singh, Avnish Kumar Bhatia, SK Niranjan, Rahul Behl,  Amod Kumar and MS Tantia August, 2021 to March, 2026
Animal Biotechnology Division
11.  Transcriptome profiling of exosomes purified from milk/ colostrum of native and exotic cows. Monika Sodhi, RS Kataria and  AK Mohanty & Sudarshan Kumar (NDRI) July, 2020 to March, 2021, ext., up to Mar, 2022, ext. up to September, 2022
12.  Exploring the mitochondrial DNA diversity of Indian pigs and horses. Sonika Ahlawat, Reena Arora, Rekha Sharma & KV Singh April, 2022 to March, 2024

 

NEH Projects
13.  Survey and documentation of native animal genetic resources of NEH region- Mizoram. Monika Sodhi, RS Kataria, SP Dixit, and N Shyamsana Singh (CVS &AH, Aizawl) Oct, 2019- Mar, 2022, ext. up to March, 2023
14.  Survey and documentation of native animal genetic resources of NEH region- Meghalaya RK Pundir, I Ganguly, Avnish Kumar and Rakesh Kumar (ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region) from Aug., 2021 Oct, 2019- Mar, 2022, ext. up to March, 2023
15.  Survey and documentation of native animal genetic resources of NEH region- Arunachal Pradesh. SK Niranjan, AK Mishra, Amod Kumar, Jaideep Kumar Singh (KVK, Upper Siang, Geku (AP) and Dr Tayo KVK (AP) Oct, 2019- Mar, 2022, ext. up to March, 2023
16.  Survey and documentation of native animal genetic resources of NEH region- Sikkim RAK Aggarwal, RS Gandhi, Jyotsana Behl, Jaykumar S (up to 30.9.20) , KD Bhutia and  Aneet Kaur  (ICAR-NRC Yak from Aug., 2021) AHD of Sikkim Oct, 2019- Mar, 2022 ext. up to September, 2022
17.  Survey and documentation of native animal genetic resources of NEH region- Tripura Raja K N, Sanjeev Singh, and Rajesh Paul (PK Singh up to 31.8.21) Oct, 2019- Mar, 2022, ext. up to March, 2023
18.  Survey and documentation of native animal genetic resources of NEH region- Nagaland DK Yadav (PI from 31.10.20) ,  Anand Jain up to 31.10.20),  NK Verma (up to 31.8.20), MS Dige, Hiabe Zeliang and Mahak Singh (ICAR-RC for NEHR, Nagaland) from Oct.,2021 Oct, 2019- Mar, 2022, ext. up to March, 2023
19.  Survey and documentation of native animal genetic resources of NEH region- Manipur. Sonika Ahlawat, Reena Arora, Rahul Behl, , and Th. Ranadhir Singh (PK Vij up to 31.10.20) Oct, 2019- Mar, 2022, ext. up to March, 2023
20.  Identification and Characterization of Indigenous AnGR of Uttar Pradesh.

 

AK Mishra, RS Gandhi, Reena Arora, Avanish Kumar , Amod Kumar and PS Dangi August, 2021 to March, 2023
21.  Survey and Documentation of Indigenous AnGR of Tamil Nadu & Kerala Raja KN, RK Pundir and Sonika Ahlawat August, 2021 to March, 2023
State wise Functional Group Projects
22.  Characterization of AnGR of Bihar and Jharkhand states MS Tantia, RAK Aggarwal, Rekha Sharma, PC Chandran, A Dey, Reena Kamal (ICAR for ER-Patana), RK Singh and B Kumar, (BAU, Patana) and Sushil Prasad (BU, Ranchi) August, 2021 to  July, 2023
23.  Identification of Indigenous Animal Genetic Resources of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and Himachal Pradesh Sanjeev Singh, Indrajit Ganguly, SP Dixit and SV Kuralkar August, 2021 to July, 2025
24.  Survey and documentation of native AnGR of Madhya Pradesh state SK Niranjan, DK Yadav, Monika Sodhi, RS Kataria and  Ajay Ramtake (DAH, MP) August, 2021 to March, 2023
25.  Identification, characterization, documentation and registration of non-descript animal and poultry genetic resources of Rajasthan. DK Yadav, RS Kataria, SK Niranjan, Monika Sodhi and Sandeep Saraswat August, 2021 to March, 2026
26.  Characterization and documentation of farm animal genetic resources of Chhattisgarh state. Monika Sodhi, RS Kataria, SK Niranjan and DK Yadav (NBAGR), Asit Jain Kishore Mukharjee (College of Vety Sci &AH Anjora, CGKV, Durg), Rohini Pathak (VS  of Directorate of Vety Services, Chhattisgarh) August, 2021 to March, 2026
27.  Cataloguing and characterisation of native non-descript Animal Genetic Resources of Odisha.

 

Dige MS, M Mukesh, R Behl, KV Singh (NBAGR), SK Dash, S Mishra, C Mishra (OUAT) and MK Padhi (DPR, Bhubaneshwar). August, 2021 to March, 2024
28.  Cataloguing and characterisation of native non-descript Animal Genetic Resources of Ladakh (UT). Karan Veer Singh, M Mukesh, R Behl, MS Dige, KVK-Leh  and AHD, Ladakh August, 2021 to July, 2023

Inter-institutional projects

S.N. Collaborating institute Project Team Duration
1.  NRC Yak Deciphering the genomic architecture of complex economic traits in Arunchali Yak. Aneet Kour, Martina Pukhrambam, Joken Bam and Amod Kumar September, 2021 to Aug.,2023
2.  CIRG, Makhdoom AICRP on Barbari and Jamunapari goat breed MK Singh, MS Dige From Dec.,2021