Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

Dr. B.M.Chandranaik

College name : Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals, Hebbal, Bangalore 560024

Department : Southern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (SRDDL)

Section : GDS

Designation and Address:
Assistant Professor of Veterinary Microbiology Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals, KVAFSU, Bangalore

Qualifications
BVSc & AH, MVSc., PhD, Post Doc (USA)

Select Recent Publications

1	KS Ullasgowda, BM Chandranaik, Gomes, A.R., Rathnamma, D. 2023. Evaluation of Safety and Potency of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) Vaccine Inactivated with Different Concentrations of Formalin and Comparative Evaluation of In Vitro and In Vivo Methods of Virus Titration in KFD Vaccine. Biomedicines, 11, 1871.
2	BM Chandranaik, A Shah, V Manjunath, K Shylaja, D Rathnamma, A Rizwan, 2022. Isolation, characterization, and drug sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in captive Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus): Unnatural habitat with human environment. Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
3	BM Chandranaik, B Kingstad-Bakke, W Lee, M Hatta, M Sonsalla, M Suresh. 2020. Programming Multifaceted Pulmonary T-Cell Immunity by Combination Adjuvants. Cell Reports Medicine 19-00054.
4	W Lee, B Kingstad-Bakke, B Paulson, A Larsen, K Overmyer, BM Chandranaik, et al. 2021. Carbomer-based adjuvant elicits CD8 T-cell immunity by inducing a distinct metabolic state in cross-presenting dendritic cells. PLoS Pathogens, 17 (1), e1009168.
5	Brock Kingstad-Bakke, R Toy, W Lee, P Pradhan, G Vogel, BM Chandranaik, L Autumn, Y Kawaoka, K Roy, and M Suresh. 2021. Polymeric Pathogen-like Particles-Based Combination Adjuvants Elicit Potent Mucosal T Cell Immunity to Influenza A Virus. Frontiers in Immunology.
6	W Lee, A Larsen, B Bakke, BM Chandranaik, M Suresh. 2021. Combination Adjuvants Affect the Magnitude of Effector-Like Memory CD8 T Cells and Protection against Listeriosis. Infection and Immunity 89(7).
7	BM Chandranaik, MD Venkatesha, Amitha Gomes et al. 2018. Isolation and molecular characterization of zoonotic Buffalopox virus from skin lesions of humans in India. International Journal of Dermatology. 57 (5): 590-592.
8	BM Chandranaik, SM Byregowda, MD Venkatesha, et al. 2018. Virus isolation and molecular epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) from an outbreak in free-ranging wild birds, India. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 64: 1-4.
9	BM Chandranaik, BP Shivashankar, P Giridhar, SM Byregowda. 2017. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in free-roaming Wild Asian elephant. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 23(3): 557-559.
10	BM Chandranaik, BP Shivashankar, et al. 2016. Molecular characterisation and serotyping of Pasteurella multocida isolates from Asiatic elephants (Elephas maximus). European Journal of Wildlife Research. 62: 681–685.
11	BM Chandranaik, et al. 2015. Serotyping of Foot and Mouth Disease virus and Pasteurella multocida from Indian gaurs (Bos gaurus), concurrently infected with Foot and Mouth Disease and Haemorrhagic septicaemia. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 47: 933-937.

Patents

1	Awarded Govt of India Patent (Patent No. 292138) for inventing a diagnostic kit for Bovine herpesvirus-1.

Awards / Fellowships Received

1	Received ‘Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship’ from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, for post-doctoral research in Molecular Immunology during the years 2018 and 2019.
2	Recipient of the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for ‘Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in India-2013’ awarded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Govt. of India.
3	Awarded University Gold Medals from Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Bidar, for academic excellence.
4	Received the ‘Best Research Paper Award 2023’ from the Vision Group on Science and Technology (VGST), Govt of Karnataka, under the guidance of Bharatha Ratna Prof. CNR Rao, Dept of Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka.
5	Received the Indian Council of Agriculture Research Junior Research Fellowship (ICAR-JRF) for pursuing MVSc during the years 2000 to 2002.
6	Nominated as a Member of the National Advisory Committee of Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, for the “Star College Scheme” from 2021 to 2023.
7	Member of the WHO expert committee on the Diagnosis of Avian Influenza in reference laboratories in India.
8	Certificate of Appreciation from Govt. of Karnataka for significant contributions toward the ‘Eradication of Rinderpest in the state of Karnataka’.
9	Dr. M.N. Kulakarni Memorial Young Scientist Award 2011 by the Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases for research on the “Molecular Epidemiology of Bovine Herpesvirus-1 and Development of TaqMan Realtime PCR based antigen detection kit for Bovine herpesvirus-1 in clinical samples.”
10	Dr. Balwant Singh Memorial Young Scientist Award 2017 by the Indian Association for Veterinary Pathologists for research on “Systemic infection in contagious ecthyma in Sheep and Goats.”
11	Convocation award from Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) in recognition of research work on the “Development of classical swine fever vaccine.”
12	Received five best oral presentation awards and four best poster presentation awards at various national and international conferences.

List of Externally Funded Projects Carried Out by Dr. B.M. Chandranaik of IAHVB

Title of the Project	Role of Dr. B.M. Chandranaik	Funding Agency	Project Cost (Lakhs)	Project Years
Development of adjuvanted Kyasanur Forest Disease Vaccine	Principal Investigator	Dept of Science and Technology, VGST, Govt of Karnataka	30.00	2023 to 2025
Evaluation of glycoprotein E (gE) deleted Bovine herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1) as an infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) marker vaccine candidate in cattle	Principal Investigator	Dept of Biotechnology, Govt of India	50.60	2019 to 2022
Monitoring of water quality in major waterholes in Bandipur and Nagarahole forests	Principal Investigator	Dept of Forests and Environment, Govt of India	3.47	2015 to 2016
Screening of elephants for tuberculosis by tuberculin test and PCR	Principal Investigator	Dept of Forests and Environment, Govt of India	6.53	2015 to 2016
Safety testing of Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera litura Baculo viruses in cell culture systems	Principal Investigator	Multiplex Biotech Pvt Ltd, Bangalore	0.50	2007 to 2008
Evaluation of DNA vaccine against tuberculosis	Co-Investigator	Dept of Biotechnology, Govt of India	23.55	2006 to 2009
Development and evaluation of HS and ET biofilm vaccines	Co-Investigator	Watershed Dept, Govt of Karnataka	5.00	2004 to 2006
Virucidal and broad-spectrum antibacterial testing of a herbal formulation	Co-Investigator	Reva University, Bangalore	0.50	2020