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Eastern Regional Station, ICAR-IVRI, Kolkata, organised
“Industry-Academia Interface Meet”
using online digital platform on 15th September 2020
Academia and industry are two important pillars and a robust
collaboration is need of the hour that enables innovation in research thereby
producing an industry-ready workforce
in line with the requirements. By this,
not only the needs and expectations of
the industry is fulfilled but also the
aspirations of the academics are met
with as well. With this background and in order to strengthen the
relationship through building a constructive framework, an “Industry-
Academia Interface Meet” was organized under the CAAST-Advanced
Centre for Livestock Health (World Bank funded NAHEP) at ICAR-IVRI,
Eastern Regional Station, Kolkata, on
15thSeptember, 2020. In view of the
recent havoc played by Covid-19
pandemic, the entire programme was
conducted through virtual mode using
Zoom digital platform. The interface
meet was attended by 104 participants, including personnel from industries
dealing with veterinary biologicals, pharmaceuticals, feed processing
industry, entrepreneurs, faculty, students and research scholars of ICAR-
IVRI, Izatnagar and its regional stations.
In his opening remarks, Dr. B.P. Mishra, Hon’ble Director-cum-Vice
Chancellor, ICAR-IVRI, Indian
Veterinary Research Institute,
Izatnagar, presented an overview of
the glorious past and the present
scenario of ICAR-IVRI in terms of
scientific and research
achievements. During his deliberation, the Director emphasized the need to
bring the industry and academia closer to identify the research gaps and
formulate future strategies bringing user-friendly solutions to the livestock
sector.
In his address, Dr Triveni Dutt, Joint Director (Academic)-cum Dean & Nodal
Officer, Centre for Advanced Agricultural
Science & Technology (CAAST): Advanced
Centre for Livestock Health (ACLH), ICAR-IVRI,
Izatnagar,
outlined National Agricultural Higher
Education Project and deliberated the main
objectives of the interface meet. Dr. A.K.
Tiwari,
Head, Division of Biological Standardization &
PI, CAAST:ACLH gave a brief outline of the
CAAST:ACLH and its scope in collaboration with
industry in a public-private-partnership (PPP)
mode. Earlier, Dr P. S. Banerjee, Station In-
Charge of ICAR-IVRI, ERS, Kolkata, welcomed the participants to the Industry-
Academia interface meet and introduced distinguished personalities, industry
partners and entrepreneurs to the audience.
During the programme, presentations were made to keep the
participating industries and entrepreneurs abreast about the technologies of
ICAR-IVRI, and the profile of the students and their field of research. Dr
Gyanendra Singh, Principal Scientist &
Controller of Examination-cum-
Academic Coordinator, ICAR-IVRI
presented the “Profile of ICAR-IVRI
Deemed to be University” whereas Dr.
S.K. Singh, Principal Scientist and Officer In-Charge, IMTU, ICAR-IVRI,
Izatnagar highlighted the technologies commercialised through a presentation
“Livestock Health, Production, and Products Technologies of IVRI: Developed,
Patented and Commercialized”.
Thereafter, few representatives of industry and entrepreneurs from
animal health, production and allied sectors shared their experiences and
journey till date in their
respective fields. Notable among
them were Dr. Dibyendu Dey,
Senior Business Manager,
Optima Life Science Pvt. Ltd.,
Pune; Dr.Saibal Chatterjee,
Business Manager, M/s Globion
India Pvt. Ltd; Dr. Sambuddha Ghosh, Director,
ABEL Bio-Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Pune; M/s Optima Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.; Dr.
Debendar Hooda, Director (Sales & Technical), HuvePharma Sea Pvt. Ltd.,
Pune; Mr. Sushil Kumar Mondal of M/S NCM Farm House, West Bengal; Mr.
Bijay Garnaik of M/S Fabulous Agro, Odisha and Mr. Kalyan Koley, M/s Aegipan
Animal Biocare Pvt. Ltd., West Bengal.
With a purpose to generate need based researchable issues for future
research in the institute, an interactive session between the students and
faculty of the institute with industry representatives was organised.The
interaction of students with the industry representatives not only set a new
paradigm but also provided a platform enhancing their entrepreneurship &
employability.
The interface meet was compered by Dr P. Dandapat, Principal
Scientist, ERS, ICAR-IVRI, Kolkata, whereas Dr
Subhasish Bandyopadhyay, Principal Scientist,
ERS, ICAR-IVRI,
Kolkata co-ordinated
the digital platform.
At the end of the meeting, vote of thanks was
proposed by Dr U. K. Bandyopadhyay,Principal
Scientist and Training In-charge, ICAR-IVRI, ERS, Kolkata.
Screenshots of various presentations made by ICAR-IVRI, industry representatives and entrepreneurs