Dr.Abdul Samad
Dr. Samad is renowned herd health and veterinary medicine expert with 37 years of experience. He is also the former Dean of Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai. Dr.Samad is credited internationally for his extensive work on the development of targeted veterinary drugs and ICT applications ( e.g. IoT, Tele-veterinary, and animal traceability, etc.) for Veterinary Service Delivery. He is a pioneer worker in the field of institutional development and established India’s first Veterinary Nuclear Medicine Centre with support from the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
He holds many patents and few are already translated into products and some are in pipeline.
Dr.Samad is currently a member of India’s National Advisory Commission on milk production and farmers’ issues established by the Indian Dairy Association, New Delhi.
Dr. Mohinder Oberoi
Dr. Oberoi is a retired professor of virology and former dean of the College of Veterinary Science, Punjab Agricultural University. For several years he has led the Sub-Regional ECTAD unit and coordinated monitoring of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) activities and outputs related to transboundary animal diseases and other highly pathogenic emerging diseases in the SAARC sub-region. He has immense experience in dealing with the international donor community and multilateral agencies, in all matters related to transboundary animal diseases and other highly pathogenic emerging disease control programs and activities.
As SAARC Regional coordinator of FAO, Dr. Oberoi was responsible for the smooth implementation of the avian influenza program at sub-regional and country levels, including establishing the sub-regional laboratory and surveillance networks, liaison with institutions for a Letter of Agreement, assuring the timely provision of inputs and liaison with concerned persons at central and provincial levels.
He was also a regional advisor of FAO for South and Southeast Asia for EID and AMR programs.
Dr. Oberoi has been recently nominated as honorary chairman of the research advisory council of “National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases” Bhopal, India.
Maj Gen M L Sharma ( Retd )
Maj Gen (Retd) Madan Lal Sharma is a senior fellow of the National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, India. He served Remount Veterinary Corps (RVC) of the Indian Army for 36 years which includes prestigious posting like command of Central Military Veterinary Laboratory, RVC Centre & College, Meerut, and humanitarian assistance coordinator in UN Peace Keeping Force at Angola, Africa. Post-retirement, Maj Gen Sharma contributed to Brooke Hospitals for Animals (India) for 8 years as its Chief Executive Officer. He is known for his technical expertise in the field of equine veterinary medicine. As an administrator of Brooke Hospitals for Animals ( India ), Maj Gen Sharma contributed successfully to advocacy programs related to the inclusion of equines in national livestock insurance policies and higher compensation to poor working animal owners for loss due to Glanders -a notifiable infectious equine disease.
Mr. Amit Kumar Acharyya
Mr. Acharyya is a renowned food technologist with a specialization in meat and poultry product technologies. He has more than 33 years of all-round experience in the field of meat and poultry processing (including further processing for ready-to-eat products).
He has implemented a number of reputed projects related to the processing of Poultry, Sheep and Goat, Buffalo, Pig, and Emu birds.
Mr. Acharyya has contributed to leadership positions for numerous companies like Al – Hamd Agro Food Products Pvt. Ltd, Alchemist Ltd, PRS Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Sumangalam International Pvt Ltd, etc. He is also credited for his contribution to the public sector-funded pioneer Meat Factory of Central Dairy Farm, Aligarh, India.
