Department of Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology
Dr. Ajay Kumar Upadhyay
Professor & Head
Research Areas/ Areas of Interest
Epidemiology, Environmental Hygiene, Food Safety, Disease SurveillanceResearch Projects
Principal Investigator of ICAR funded project “Dairy Microbes under the scheme entitled Veterinary type culture in XI five year plans” from 2011 till 2020.
Principal Investigator of ICAR funded project “Outreach programme on zoonotic diseases in XI and XII five year plans” from 2011 till 2020.
Principal Investigator of WHO funded project “Monitoring theAntimicrobial Resistance Profile of Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens in Humans, Food Animals and Retail Meat in India” from 2013 till 2019. Publications
Review article: 07
Research Papers: 72
Books: 10
Book Chapters: 10
Popular articles: 95Selected Research Publications
- A.K. Upadhyay, Maansi, Deepak and S. P. Singh, (2017). Epidemiology and Antibiogram of Salmonella from Kumaun. International Jour. of Natural and Applied Sci. 4 (5). 42-48.
- Jaishree Sharma and A.K. Upadhyay (2017). Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in Dogs of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int. Jour Recent Sci. Res. 8 (5): 17236-17238. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0805.0311.
- Richa Rautela., Ankita Rautela and Upadhyay A. K. (2017). Prevalence of Skin Diseases in Dogs of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int J Recent Sci Res. 8 (6), pp. 17354-17355. http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0806.0337
- Tanuja P. and Upadhyay A. K. (2017), Prevalence of Haemoprotozoan Diseases in Large Animals of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int J Recent Sci Res. 8 (6), pp. 17583-17584. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0806.0385
- Kiran, Upadhyay, A. K., Maansi, and Kumar, A. (2016). Prevalence of salmonella in meat of food animals. International Jour. of Innovative Res. & Development. 5 (1). 345-347.
Awards and Honours
- Commonwealth Youth Silver Medal-2007-08 for the Project on “Conservation of Mountain Eco-System Under Planet Earth Programme”.
- Fellow of Academy of Sciences for Animal Welfare