Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

Dr. Manjunatha, L.

College name : Veterinary College, Hassan

Department : Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education

Designation and address:

Associate Professor & Head,
Department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education
Veterinary College, Gokula Campus
Vidyanagara, Hassan- 573202

Qualifications
M.V.Sc., Ph.D.

Contact
Office : Tele-Fax: 08172-245373
Mobile : 91+ 94495 20151
Email : manjannavet@gmail.com

Fields(s) of specialization

Livestock livelihoods & farm journalism

Current Projects

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Capacity building of rural SHG women on improved backyard poultry forming	Co-PI	9.67 lakh	NABARD, Bangalore
Production of Micronutrient Enriched Chicken Meat and Egg among Rural Women using Mobile App	Co-PI	20.42 lakhs	WOS-B Scheme, DST, New Delhi

Completed Projects

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
‘Sujala Watershed Project- Livestock Support and Extension Activities’ World Bank funded project of Govt. of Karnataka. (2014-19)	Principal investigator	69.57 Lakhs	Karnataka watershed development project (KWDP)-II-Sujala-III (Chamarajanagar District)
Utilization of maize cob shank and its sheath as a source of dry fodder to dairy cattle	Principal Investigator	9.45 lakhs	NABARD, Bangalore
Efficacy of few feed additives against bacterial infection in broilers at farmers field	Co-Principal Investigator	6.85 lakhs	National Innovation Foundation, DST, GOI

Proposed research programmes

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Clinical evaluation and popularization of indigenous medications for the control of ticks and mastitis in dairy animals	Principal Investigator	9.13 Lakhs	National Innovation Foundation, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India

Recent Research Publications

1	Manjunatha, L., Tripathi, H. and Khandekar, P. (2012). Impact of Artificial Insemination on Dairy Production System. Frontier Journal of Veterinary and Animal Science. 1(2): 136-142.
2	Mohankumar, S., Satyanarayan, K., Jagadeeshwary, V., Manjunatha, L. (2016). Milking Practices Adopted at Personnel Level in Individual and Community Milking System. International Journal of Applied and Pure Science and Agriculture. 2(10):2394-2395.
3	Deepak, S.J., Ravikumar, P., Hemanth, G.K. and Manjunatha, L. (2016). Prevalence of sub-clinical mastitis in cattle and effect on milk quality. Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 4(5):237-240.
4	S. Mohankumar, K. Satyanarayan, V. Jagadeeshwary and L. Manjunatha, (2016). A Comparative study of bacterial load under individual and community milking system in Kolar district of Karnataka. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 35(3):206-209.
5	Sushant, H., Manjunatha, L., Chandre Gowda, C.T., Naveen Kumar, G.S., Kumar, N.G. and Shruthi, G.S., (2017). Livestock marketing practices in Hassan district of Karnataka. The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology. 1(13):pp 42-45.
6	L. Manjunatha, G.C. Puttalakshmamma, Balaraju, B.L., Dhanalakshmi, H. and Veena., M., (2017). Ecto parasite infestation in Livestock: An Exploratory Study in Hassan, Karnataka. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology. 6(2): 1438 – 1446.
7	Manjunatha, Lakshminarasimhaiah, Suresh, N. Bypanahalli, Naveen Kumar G. Srinivasmurthy, Bharathraj Basavaiah and Dharnesha, N. Krishnegowda, (2018). Supplementation of ground maize grain and mineral mixture to improve milk solid not fat content in dairy cattle. International Journal of Livestock Research. 8(10): pp 307-312

Honours & Awards

Best Presentation Award for the presentation on ‘Strategies for drought proofing dry land livestock farming.’ In 7th IVEF National Conference on Shaping Livestock Extension Advisory Services for doubling Farmer’s organized at Veterinary College, Shivamogga from 29th to 31st January, 2018.
Best Paper Award for the paper on ‘Shivapura village farmers successfully tide over fodder scarcity by adopting silage making using silo bags’. In Karnataka Veterinary Association State Level Technical Seminar organized at GKVK, Bengaluru from 20th to 21st July, 2019.

Others Achievements

Dr. Manjunatha, L., obtained B.V.Sc. from Bangalore Veterinary College, UAS, Bangalore (1996), M.V.Sc. (Veterinary Extension) from College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KAU, Kerala (1998) and Ph.D. from IVRI, Izatnagar (2004). He was awarded ICAR SRF for his Ph.D. programme. He worked for a NGO - Initiative for Development Foundation (idf) - at Bangalore and in his capacity as Associate Project Co-ordinator in the World Bank funded Project - Promotion of Income generation Activities (IGAs) in Sujala Watershed Areas- he was instrumental in planning, organizing, implementation and monitoring of various training programmes for the field functionaries and rural and urban Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) involved in IGAs.

He has served in Dept. of AH & VS for about a year and later joined as faculty of KVAFSU in 2007. He was instrumental in developing the Dept. of Extension at Shivamogga (2007-2011) and Hassan (2011 till date). He is engaged in undergraduate teaching, extension and research activities of the College. He has organized co-ordinated more than 100 training programmes on and off the campus. Promotion of livestock based livelihoods, farm journalism, evaluation and impact studies, training, etc, are his areas of expertise.