Livestock & Poultry and Production Management

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Developed first chicken breed of Uttarakhand named as “Uttara” which was recognized as 19th breed of chicken of country by ICAR-NBAGR.

PI of AICRP-Poultry.

Associated in AICRP-Goat as Co-PI.

Associated in AICRP-IFS as Co-PI.

Associated in AICRP-Frieswal Progeny Testing project as Co-PI.

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1. Ansari, Vasim Akaram, Anil Kumar, Aashaq Hussain dar, Singh Brijesh, Kumar, Shive and Singh, S.K. (2019). Studies on productive and egg quality traits of Uttara chicken breed. Biological Rhythm Research. 52 (5) -2021. (NAAS-6.00)


2. Chauhan, S.S., Sharma, R.K., Kumar, A., Shukla, S.K., Palod, J. and Singh, M. K. (2021). Modulation of Performance index, Glucose and Cholesterol Level in Broiler Chickens Fed Diets Containing Different Supplements. Indian Journal of Animal Research, 55(7): 823-826. (NAAS-6.4)


3. Renuka Yadav, Rajesh Kumar, Garima Pandey, Aakanksha Tiwari, Ritika Bisht, Anil Kumar and Prakash Bhatt. (2022). Comparative adaptive immune response in Indian and exotic breeds of domestic chicken. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 92 (2): 183–186. (NAAS-6.30)


4. Javid Ur Rahman, Devendra Kumar, Satya Pal Singh, Bijendra Narayan Shahil, Ashis Kumar Ghosh, Manish Kumar Verma, Abhishek Pathak, Aashaq Hussain Dar, Anil Kumar, Sharma, R K (2023). Genome‑wide identifcation and annotation of SNPs and their mapping in candidate genes related to milk production and fertility traits in Badri cattle. Tropical Animal Health and Production55:117.(NAAS-7.7)


5. Javid Ur Rahman, Devendra Kumar, Satya Pal Singh, Bijendra Narayan Shahil , Ashis Kumar Ghosh, Manish Kumar Verma, Abhishek Pathak, Aashaq Hussain Dar, Anil Kumar, Rabendra Kumar Sharma (2023). Genome‑wide identifcation and annotation of SNPs and their mapping in candidate genes related to milk production and fertility traits in Badri cattle. Tropical Animal Health and Production55:117(NAAS-7.70)


6. Ankit Sharma, Anil Kumar, R.K.Sharma, Brijesh Singh, BC Mondal, Om Prakash, Sumit Gangwar, Anupam Kumar Azad, Kalicharan Nayal and Shashikant (2023). Effect of dietary supplementation of Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) Bark and Sahjan (Moringa oleifera) leaf powder on haematology and Serum Biochemicals of Uttara chicken. The Pharma Innovation Journal 2023; SP-12(8): 117-121 (NAAS-5.23)

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Administrative Experiences

Joint Director Research, Directorate of Research

University Co-ordinator Liberal Education

Secretary 4A

Assistant Director Administration & Monitoring

Associate Director, Instructional Poultry Farm

Assistant Director, Instructional Poultry Farm

Assistant Director, Instructional Dairy Farm

University RTI, Co-ordinator

Public Information Officer of RTI cell

Co-PI, REAP-IFAD, Govt. of Uttarakhand

PI, SPARSH, DST, Govt. of India

Foreign visits:

Visited Saint Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine, Russia, under the Student Exchange Programme from 15–29 September, 2025