Dr. Subhash Verma, Professor Associate Editor Department of Veterinary Microbiology Veterinary Infectious Diseases & & HJAR (2017) Head, Department of Fisheries CSKHPKV Palampur sverma8@gmail.com Professional experience: 20 years Veterinary Officer, Govt of HP (July, 1997- June 10,1998) Assistant Professor, Department of Vet Microbiology, CSKHPKV, Palampur (June 11, 1998- Sept 24, 2009) Associate Professor Department of Vet Microbiology, CSKHPKV, Palampur (Sept 25, 2009- Sept 24. 2015) Professor (25th September, 2015) Academic qualifications Postdoc (Infection biology) WCMP, Glasgow Biomed. Res. Centre, UK (2007-08) Ph.D (Infection and Immunity), University of Glasgow, UK (2003-07) M.Sc (Immunopharmacology) University of Strathclyde, UK 1st position with distinction (2002-03) M.V.Sc (Microbiology & Immunology) HPKV, Palampur, India University Gold Medal (1995-97) B.V.Sc & A.H. CSK HPKV, Palampur, India, Certificate of Honour (1990-95) Research projects (As Principal Investigator) Development of a therapeutic phage cocktail against bovine mastitis 19.50 lacs, RKVY, April 2016-December 2017 Studies on association between Bovine Papilloma Virus types and Enzootic Bovine Haematuria in cattle: implications for vaccine development 10.00 lacs, DEST, September 2016-Sept 2018 Development of knock out vaccine against Pasteurella multocida 31.21 lacs, DBT, March 2016-March 2019 Characterization of indigenous hill cattle and its products for health benefits 46 lacs, RKVY, Dec. 2012-March 2014 Immunological & Immunogenetic characterization of indigenous hill cattle for its disease resistance potential 85 lacs, RKVY, Sept 2010-March 2013 1
As Co-Principal investigator Strengthening of Animal Disease Diagnosis & Research Laboratory- III 64 lacs, RKVY, April 2016-December 2017 Development of a lateral flow assay for detection of subclinical mastitis 10 lacs, DEST, Sept 2016-August 2018 All India Network Programme on Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 1.2 crores, ICAR,15.1.2000-continuing Outreach Program on Ethnoveterinary Medicine 45 lacs, ICAR, April 2009- conti. Establishment of Veterinary Type Culture Collection 22 lacs, ICAR, July, 2010-conti. Funds for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions 10 lacs; FIST-DST, 07.03.2005-31.12.2010 Development of PCR based assay for molecular diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci 24.99 lacs, RKVY, 20.3.2000-31.3.2004 Weather based animal disease forecasts 13.87 lacs; RKVY, 24.5.2000-31.12.2004 Strengthening of Animal Disease Diagnosis & Research Laboratory 15 lacs, RKVY Strengthening of Animal Disease Diagnosis & Research Laboratory- I 75 lacs, RKVY Strengthening of Animal Disease Diagnosis & Research Laboratory- II 45 lacs, RKVY Detection of early markers in subclinical mastitis of bovine 30 lacs, DBT, March 2010- Dec 2013 Serological diversity and molecular characterization of Dichelobacter nodosus and development of vaccine against virulent foot rot 32.16 lacs, ICAR, January, 2009- March 2012 Studies on Genetic Diversity of Chlamydohila abortus and Chlamydophila pecorum Species Infecting Domestic Animals Ruminants and Development of Recombinant Proteins Based Species Specific Immunodiagnostic Assay, 17.13 lacs, DBT, March 2010- March 2013 2
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONOURS ISVIB Scientist Award-2015 Keynote speaker- 3rd International Conf. on BioNano Innovation, Brisbane, Australia, 2014 Executive Member- ISVIB (2013-14) DST International Travel Grant, 2014 ISVIB Mid-Career Scientist Award-2013 Wellcome Trust International Travel Bursary, 2008 & 2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Wellcome Trust, University of Glasgow University of Glasgow Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD) Universities UK Overseas Research Scholarship (PhD) British Chevening Scholarship to pursue post-graduation from UK ICAR-JRF and Merit Scholarship (M.V.Sc.) University Gold Medal (M.V.Sc.) Jagdeesh Kaur Gold Medal for excellence in postgraduate academics (M.V.Sc.) Himotkarsh Santosh Shiksha Puruskar for postgraduate studies- a state NGO Award Merit Scholarship (B.VSc. & AH) Certificate of Honour (B.VSc. & AH) Rajneesh Singh Memorial Gold Medal for All Round Best Student (B.VSc. & AH) Second on merit selection for Veterinary Surgeons in H.P. Public Service Commission International Research Scholarship University of Newcastle Upon Tyne,Ph.D (declined) Biomed. Training Initiative Award of London Sch of Hyg and Trop Med, Master (declined) International Research Scholarship for Masters and PhD Faculty Scholarship of University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (declined) British Society of Immunology travel award to attend International Congress of Developmental and Comparative Immunology, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. Indian National Science Academy travel award to attend IIFET, Wellington, New Zealand. Dr. P.R. Krishna Iyer Gold Medal for best research paper (Indian Veterinary Journal, 1998) Certificate of Appreciation (United States Department of Agriculture, 1998) Young Scientist Award (co-author) of ISVIB, 2000 Dr. P. K. Uppal and Young Scientist Travel Grant (co-author) of the IAVMII Young Scientist Award (co-author) of Indian Society of Animal Reproduction, 2000 Gang Mana Sharwna Award (co-author) on RDS in equines (Ind J. of Vet. Pathology, 2002) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/Workshops 3rd International Conference on BioNano Innovation & 5th International NanoBio Conference taking place in Brisbane, Australia, 6th -10th July, 2014 Working with human Genome, Oxford Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, 2012 Working with pathogen genomes, Oxford Research Unit, Bangkok, 2008 Annual conference of British Society of Parasitology, Newcastle, UK, 2008 International Meeting of Kinetoplastid Molecular Biology, WoodsHole, USA, 2007 Annual Meeting of Genome Stability Network, Cambridge, UK, 2007 North UK Kinetoplastid Biology Meeting, York, UK, 2007 Internat. Congress of Dev. and Compar Immunology, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 2006 IIFET 2002 Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 2002. 3rd World Congress on Environment Management (WEF), Palampur, India, 2001 3
MEMBERSHIPS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Life member of Indian Association of Advancement of Veterinary Research Life Member of Indian Society of Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology Life Member of Indian Association of Veterinary Microb, Immun and Infect Disease Specialists Life Member of Indian Veterinary Journal Registered Veterinary Practioner with Himachal Veterinary Council PUBLICATIONS Book: Indigenous Desi or Pahari cattle of Himachal Pradesh (ISBN:978-81-927975-9-5) Book chapters 03 Genome Sequenced - 2 (Sheep pox and Goat pox) GenBank Accessions: > 35 Important pathogens submitted to the national repository (NCVTCC) >10 IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS 1. Verma S, Salwan R, Katoch S, Verma L, Chahota R, Dhar P, Sharma M (2016) The relationship between capsular type and OmpA of Pasteurella multocida is associated with the outcome of disease. Microb Pathog.101:68-75. 2. Aasim Habib Wani, Mandeep Sharma, Richa Salwan, Geetanjali Singh, Rajesh Chahota Mandeep Sharma, Subhash Verma (2016) Cloning, Expression, and Functional Characterization of Serine Protease Aprv2 from Virulent Isolate Dichelobacter nodosus of Indian Origin Appl Biochem Biotechnol 180(3):576-587 3. Amitoz Kour, Subhash Verma, S Gurdeep Singh, Shailja Katoch, Mandeep Sharma and Geetanjali Singh (2016) Characterization and Different Antigenic Preparations of P. multocida Along with their Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis Journal of Animal Research 6(4): 733-741 4. S. Katoch, L. Verma, M. Sharma, R. K. Asrani, S. Kumar, R. Chahota and Subhash Verma (2015) Experimental Study of Pathogenicity of Pasteurella multocida Capsular Type B in Rabbits J. Comp. Path. 153:160-166 5. A.H. Wani, S. Verma, M. Sharma S.A. Wani (2015) Infectious lameness among migratory sheep and goats, with particular focus on anaerobes Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz. 34 (3) 6. Gupta S, Chahota R, Bhardwaj B, Malik P, Verma S, Sharma M. (2015) Identification of Chlamydiae and Mycoplasma species in ruminants with ocular infections. Lett Appl Microbiol. 60(2):135-9 7. Verma L., Sharma M., Katoch S., Kumar S., Dhar P., Chahota R. and Verma S. (2015) Bact., Molecular and Antibiotic sensitivity profile of Pasteurella multocida from bovine and rabbits. Indian Veterinary Journal 92(3):38-41 8. Dogra, V.; Verma, S.; Singh, G. Wani, A. H.; Chahota, R.; Dhar, P.; Verma, L. and Sharma, M. (2015) Development of OMP based indirect ELISA to gauge the antibody titers in bovines against Pasteurella multocida Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research 16 (4) :350-356 4
9. Rajesh Chahota, S. Gupta, B. Bhardwaj, P. Malik, S. Verma and M. Sharma (2015) Seroprevalence studies on animal chlamydiosis amongst ruminants in five states of India. Vet. World 8(1): 72-75. 10. Jyoti Bala, Prasenjit Dhar, Ajay Katoch, Mandeep Sharma, Subhash Verma and Rajesh Chahota (2015) Acute Mastitis Due to Streptococcus agalactiae in a Non-Descript Cow Indian Veterinary Journal 92(2):61-62 11. Shailja Katoch, Mandeep Sharma, R.D. Patil, Sandeep Kumar, Subhash Verma In vitro and in vivo pathogenicity studies of Pasteurella multocida strains harbouring different ompa Vet Res Commun (2014) 38:183 191 12. Lovit Verma, Mandeep Sharma, Shailja Katoch, Vishal Dogra, Sandeep Kumar, Prasenjit Dhar, Rajesh Chahota & Subhash Verma Bacteriological, Molecular & Antibiotic Sensitivity Profiles of Pasteurella multocida from bovine and rabbits. Indian Veterinary Journal (2014) 92:38-41 13. Sharma Mandeep, Thakur A., Dhar P., Chahota R., Katoch S. and Verma S. (2014) Pasteurellosis in animals in Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research 40:99-109 14. Subhash Verma, Mandeep Sharma, Shailja Katoch, Lovit Verma, Sandeep Kumar, Vishal Dogra, Rajesh Chahota, Prasenjit Dhar, Geetanjali Singh. Profiling of virulence associated genes of Pasteurella multocida isolated from cattle. Veterinary Research Communication (2013) 37(1):83-89 15. Brijesh Bhardwaj, Rajesh Chahota, Shilpi Gupta, Pravesh Kumar Bhatia, Subhash Verma and Mandeep Sharma (2013) Microbiological Investigation of Microflora Associated with Reproductive Tract Disorders of Ruminants in Himachal Pradesh. Ind. Vet. Journal. 90(7):30-32. 16. Shalmali, A. K. Panda & Subhash Verma (2013) Escherichia coli- A to Z review. Himachal Veterinary Journal Vol 6 (1):66-78 17. Subhash Verma & R. Aitken (2012). Somatic hypermuation leads to diversification of heavy chain immunoglobulin repertoire in cattle. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 145(1-2):14-22 18. Subhash Verma; L.K. Verma; V. K. Gupta; V. C. Katoch; V. Dogra; B. Pal & Mandeep Sharma (2011). Emerging Capri poxvirus disease outbreaks in Himachal Pradesh, a Northern State of India. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 58 (1):79-85. 19. Subhash Verma, Tom Goldammer & R. Aitken (2010). Cloning and expression of activation induced cytidine deaminase from Bos taurus. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 134 (3-4): 151-159 20. Subhash Verma; R.C. Katoch; Arvind Mahajan; Mandeep Sharma; Vipin Katoch; J. M. Kataria and K. Dhama (2005). Confirmation of an outbreak of Chicken infectious anaemia in organized poultry farm by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Indian. Vet. J. 82 (2): 119-122. 21. Vinod Sharma; R.C. Katoch; Mandeep Sharma; Subhash Verma; Rajesh Chahota; S. K. Jand and Prasenjit Dhar (2005). Isolation of a few fungal pathogens from carps. Indian Vet. J. 82 (12): 1252-1254. 22. R.C. Katoch; Subhash Verma; Arvind Mahajan; Mandeep Sharma; Rajesh Chahota and Vipin Katoch (2004). Necrotic enteritis in Chicken. Indian Vet. J., 81(2): 220-221. 23. Subhash Verma; R.C. Katoch; Mandeep Sharma; Rajesh Chahota and Pooja Soneja (2004). Sero-evidence of chlamydiosis among livestock. Ind. J. Anim. Sci.74 (2):162-163. 24. Vinod Sharma, R. C. Katoch, Arvind Mahajan, Mandeep Sharma, Rajesh Chahota, Subhash Verma and Prasenjit Dhar (2004). Pathogenic potential of Vibrio anguillarum isolate in common carps. Indian Vet. J. 81(6): 616-619. 5
25. Vipasha Kapoor; R.C. Katoch; Mandeep Sharma and, Subhash Verma (2004). Bacterial panorama with reference to pasteurellae in rabbits of Himachal Pradesh. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 74 (6):612-613. 26. Vipasha Kapoor; R.C. Katoch; Mandeep Sharma; A.A. Kumar and Subhash Verma (2004). Detection of Pasteurella multocida isolates by PCR and serotyping. Indian J. Anim. Sci.74 (7):724-725. 27. R.C. Katoch; Madhumeet Singh; Subhash Verma; V.K. Gupta; Mandeep Sharma and Vineeta Almadi (2004). Genital tuberculosis in a jersey crossbred cow. Indian Vet. J., 81(2): 216-217. 28. Prasenjit Dhar, R.C. Katoch, Subhash Verma and Rajiv Kumar (2001). Drug sensitivity of Gram positive bacteria emanating from fish fauna of Himachal Pradesh. Indian Vet.J. 78: 576-578. 29. R. C. Katoch, Mandeep Sharma, Subhash Verma and Prasenjit Dhar (2001). Bacterial pathogens of carps and other fish in Himachal Pradesh. Indian Vet. J. 78:984-986 30. Pankaj Sood, Subhash Verma, Arvind Mahajan, Madhumeet Singh, N.K. Vashishta and R.C. Katoch (2002). Microbiological profile of genital discharge in cycling endometritis cows of Palam valley of Himachal Pradesh. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 72(3): 251-252 31. Rajesh Chahota, R.C. Katoch, S.P. Singh, Subhash Verma, Arvind Mahajan and K.B. Nagal (2000). Investigation of a severe aflatoxicosis outbreak among chickens in Himachal Pradesh. Indian J. Anim. Sci.70(1):22-24 32. Subhash Verma, R.C. Katoch, V.K. Gupta, and Parag Nigam (2000). Infection of Brucella melitensis in guinea pig (Cavia porcellus). Indian J. Anim. Sci. 70(3):269-270 33. Arvind Mahajan, Subhash Verma, R. C. Katoch and Rajesh Chahota (2000). Prognathia-inferior in a Jersey crossbred calf. Indian Vet.J.77:347-348 34. Subhash Verma, R.C. Katoch, Arvind Mahajan and Rajesh Chahota (2000). Ring worm infection in guinea pigs. Indian Vet. J. 77:723-724 35. Prasenjit Dhar, R.C. Katoch, V.K. Gupta, Subhash Verma and Rajeev Sharma (2000). Investigation on bacterial etiology of pappiloma-like growth on carps. Indian Vet. J. 77: 721-722 36. Rajesh Chahota, R.C.Katoch, Subhash Verma, Arvind Mahajan, and K.B.Nagal (2000). Association of Pasteurella haemolytica with bovine abortion -A case report. Indian Vet. J. 77:807-808. 37. Rajesh Chahota, Arvind Mahajan, R.C. Katoch Subhash Verma (2000). Incidence of dermatophytosis among bovines in Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh. Indian Vet. J. 77:805-806. 38. Rajesh Chahota, S. P. Singh, R. C. Katoch, V. K. Gupta, Arvind Mahajan and Subhash Verma (2000). Spontaneous bacterial endocarditis in a broiler chicken. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 71(1):28-29 39. M.K.Batta, R.C.Katoch, Subhash Verma, Mandeep Sharma and K.B.Nagal 1999) Microbiological investigations on canine dermatitis in Himachal Pradesh Indian Vet. J. 76(4):357-358 40. Subhash Verma and R. C. Katoch (1999). Bovine abortion associated with Klebsiella. Indian Vet. J. 76:860-61 41. Arvind Mahajan, Subhash Verma, R.C. Katoch, Rajesh Chahota and Pankaj Sood (1999) Protothecal endometritis in a cow-a report Indian J. Anim. Sci.69(10):799 42. Subhash Verma, R. C. Katoch, Parag Nigam and K.B. Nagal (1999) Salmonellosis in buffaloes and cows with reference to reproductive failures. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 69(4):222-223. 43. Subhash Verma, R.C. Katoch, S.K. Jand, B.M. Sharma and Parag Nigam (1999). Mycotic afflictions of female genitalia of buffaloes and cows. Vet. Res. Communications 23:337-341 6
44. Subhash Verma, R.C. Katoch, Parag Nigam and M.K.Batta (1998). Sero survey of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis in various livestock species. Indian J. Anim. Sci.68(5): 460-461 45. Parag Nigam, R.C. Katoch, Subhash Verma and M.K. Batta. (1998). Chemotherapeutic sensitivity profile of Listeria spp. from reproductive disorders of domestic animals. Indian Vet. J.75: 658-659 46. Parag Nigam, R.K. Asrani, R.C. Katoch and Subhash Verma (1998). Comparative pathogenicity of Listeria isolates. Indian J. Anim. Sci.68(10):1020-22 47. Subhash Verma, R.C. Katoch, Parag Nigam and J.C. Verma (1998). Isolation of Salmonella rostock associated with reproductive disorders in does and ewes. Indian J.Anim. Sci. 68(10):1040 48. Parag Nigam, R.C.Katoch, Subhash Verma, R.K.Asrani (1998) Endometritis in an ewe with Listeria denitrificans. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 68(10):1041-42 49. Parag Nigam, R.C. Katoch, V.B. Joshi and Subhash Verma (1998) Seroprevalence of Listeria monocytogenes serovars and Listeria ivanovii associated with reproductive disorders in animals. Indian Vet. J.76:1046-49 7