PROFILE


Department of Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology


Dr. Ajay Kumar Upadhyay


DESIGNATION:Professor & Head
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D.
SPECIALISATION:Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology
EMAIL:ajay[dot]akup[at]gmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-9411195407

Research Areas/ Areas of Interest

  • Epidemiology, Environmental Hygiene, Food Safety, Disease Surveillance

  • Research Projects

  • Principal Investigator of ICAR funded project “Dairy Microbes under the scheme entitled Veterinary type culture in XI five year plans” from 2011 till 2020.

  • Principal Investigator of ICAR funded project “Outreach programme on zoonotic diseases in XI and XII five year plans” from 2011 till 2020.

  • Principal Investigator of WHO funded project “Monitoring theAntimicrobial Resistance Profile of Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens in Humans, Food Animals and Retail Meat in India” from 2013 till 2019.

  • Publications

  • Review article: 07
  • Research Papers: 72
  • Books: 10
  • Book Chapters: 10
  • Popular articles: 95

  • Selected Research Publications

    1. A.K. Upadhyay, Maansi, Deepak and S. P. Singh, (2017). Epidemiology and Antibiogram of Salmonella from Kumaun. International Jour. of Natural and Applied Sci. 4 (5). 42-48.

    2. Jaishree Sharma and A.K. Upadhyay (2017). Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in Dogs of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int. Jour Recent Sci. Res. 8 (5): 17236-17238. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0805.0311.

    3. Richa Rautela., Ankita Rautela and Upadhyay A. K. (2017). Prevalence of Skin Diseases in Dogs of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int J Recent Sci Res. 8 (6), pp. 17354-17355. http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0806.0337

    4. Tanuja P. and Upadhyay A. K. (2017), Prevalence of Haemoprotozoan Diseases in Large Animals of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int J Recent Sci Res. 8 (6), pp. 17583-17584. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0806.0385

    5. Kiran, Upadhyay, A. K., Maansi, and Kumar, A. (2016). Prevalence of salmonella in meat of food animals. International Jour. of Innovative Res. & Development. 5 (1). 345-347.

    Awards and Honours

    1. Commonwealth Youth Silver Medal-2007-08 for the Project on “Conservation of Mountain Eco-System Under Planet Earth Programme”.
    2. Fellow of Academy of Sciences for Animal Welfare