Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

Dr.Prakashkumar Rathod

College name : Livestock Research and Information Centre (Deoni).

Designation and address:

Associate Professor and Head (i/c),
Livestock Research and Information Centre (Deoni)
Katti Tugaon, Hallikhed (B),
Bidar (Karnataka) – 585415.

Qualifications
B.V.Sc & A.H., M.V.Sc., Ph.D

Contact
Office :
Mobile: 9663912777
Email: lrichald@gmail.com ; prakashkumarkr@gmail.com

Dr. Prakashkumar Rathod (B.V.Sc & A.H., M.V.Sc., Ph.D) graduated from Veterinary College, Bidar in 2008 and completed his M.V.Sc in the discipline of Veterinary and A.H Extension Education from Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai (MAFSU, Nagpur) in 2010. During his M.V.Sc studies, he was awarded JRF from ASPEE Agricultural Foundation, Mumbai and has also qualified in UGC, New Delhi-JRF and ICAR, New Delhi-SRF examination for his Ph. D studies. He is bestowed with Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Researchin Agricultural and Allied Sciences-2016 (Social Sciences) by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi for his innovative Ph.D. research of field and policy relevance on need for strengthening “Livestock Innovation System (LIS)” in India.

Dr. Prakash is presently associated with Livestock Research and Information Centre (Deoni), Bidar, Karnataka (http://www.kvafsu.edu.in/lric_bidar/research.html) from June, 2021 and was previously associated with Department of Veterinary and A.H Extension Education, Veterinary College, Bidar, Karnataka from November, 2011. He is involved in UG & PG teaching, research activities and Extension activities like training, demonstration etc. of the institute. As a researcher, he has been Principal Investigator (PI) for five Projects and Co-PI for two projects which also include the funding support under World Bank Funded- KWDP II - Sujala III Project, ICAR, New Delhi, Karnataka Livestock Development Agency, SCSP-TSP Grants of Government of Karnataka etc. Majority of these projects aimed to improve the livelihood of the farmers through scientific livestock interventions and the same has been published through different research papers and conference/seminar presentations. Dr. Prakash was also associated with International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India ( https://www.icrisat.org/ ) as Visiting Scientist from March, 2018 to March, 2020 and looked after livestock interventions in seven projects based at Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.
As an extension professional, he has organized/coordinated about 20 training programmes/workshops for officers of Development Departments, about 70 training programmes, 75 demonstrations and ten Melas/exhibitions for the benefit of farming community. Also, he has participated as a resource person in various extension activities organized by other organizations. He has published more than 50 research papers in high quality national and international journals apart from about 30 contributions in the form of training manuals, compendium, book chapters, folders etc. He has also edited about 20 different documents like training manuals, practical manuals, annual reports, compendium, proceedings, books etc.
Dr. Prakash is also a member of various professional societies and reviewer of various national and international journals. In recognition of his academic and professional excellence, he is bestowed with four best paper presentation awards and One Best Poster Presentation award at XII Agricultural Science Congress-2015 organized by ICAR-NAAS at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal. Further, he has also received Young Scientist Award, Best Student award, Ganga Singh Chauhan Memorial Award etc. by various professional societies and organizations.

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