ICAR-NIANP organizes Australia-India Council Workshop

5 - 6 February, 2021, Bengaluru

The ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, Karnataka in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, Australia organized the Second Australia-India Council Workshop on “Transfer of Mitigation Technologies for Heat Stress in Farm Animals” from 5th to 6th February and 18th to 19th February, 2021, respectively.

Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR); Dr. Bhupendra Nath Tripathi, Deputy Director General (Animal Science), ICAR and Dr. Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR also virtually attended the workshop.

Prof. Muthupandian Ashok Kumar, Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International University of Melbourne, Australia highlighted the various collaborative initiatives taken-up by the University with the several IITs and various State Universities in India. The importance of collaboration with the ICAR for working on cutting edge areas in agricultural sciences was signified by Prof. Kumar.

Prof. Brian Leury, Deputy Dean, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia highlighted the facilities and ongoing research activities of the school. Prof. Brian urged both the University of Melbourne and ICAR to go for collaboration in the field of climate change livestock production.

Dr. Raghavendra Bhatta, Director, ICAR-NIANP, Bengaluru, Karnataka outlined the ongoing research activities of the Institute. He also highlighted the research areas in animal nutrition and physiology for possible collaboration with the University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Bhatta stressed on the need of applying for joint project proposals for common funding with the international organizations.

The World Renowned Speakers – Prof. Tim Reeves, Prof. Richard Eckard, Prof. Frank Dunshea, Dr. Jeremy Cottrell from University of Melbourne, Australia; Prof. John Gaughan from University of Queensland; Dr. Thuy Nguyen, DATAGENE, AG VIC, Australia; Prof. Cameron Clark, University of Sydney, Australia and Dr. Fan Liu, Rivalea Australia Pvt. Ltd., Australia also shared their research experiences with the participants in the area of mitigation technologies for heat stress and enteric methane emission in farm animals.

A total of 50 participants (25 from Australian and 25 from Indian side) virtually attended the workshop.

(Source: ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, Karnataka)