Dr. Amit Pande
Dr. Ashoktaru Barat
Designation: Principal Scientist(Biotechnology A.S.)
Email ID: amit.pande@dcfr.res.in
Qualification: M.Sc (Biotech) from IVRI, Izatnagar,
PhD. (Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury RG 207NN) from University of Reading, UK
   
Area of Interest:
Fish Health, Virology, Molecular Biology and Immunology
Selected Publication:
Mallik, S. K., Shahi N., Pandey N. N., Haldar, R. S., Pande A. (2010) Occurrence of fish louse (Argulus sp.) on Indian snow trout  (Schizothorax richardsonii) and golden mahseer (Tor putitora) in sub tropical Himalayan Lake of Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, India. Indian Journal of Animal Science 80(11) 1152-56.
Bhanuprakash V, Venkatesan G, Balamurugan V, Hosamani M, Yogisharadhya R, Chauhan RS, Pande A, Mondal B, Singh RK (2010) Pox outbreaks in sheep and goats at Makhdoom (Uttar Pradesh), India: evidence of sheeppox virus infection in goats. Transbound. Emerg. Dis.  57(5):375-82.
Dash P.K.,   Nandi, S., Pande, A., Mondal, B., Bandyopadhyay S. K. (2008) Molecular characterization of L2 gene of an Indian isolate of Bluetongue virus type-23. Indian Journal of Virology (19) 2: 183-190
Hosamani, M., Bhanuprakash, V., Kallesh, D. J., Balamurugan, V., Pande, A. and Singh, R. K. (2008) Cell culture adapted sheeppox challenge virus for potency testing of sheeppox vaccine.  Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 46:685-689.
Pande, A., Carr B. V., Wong S.Y.C., Jones I.M., McCauley J.W., Charleston, B. (2005) The glycosylation pattern of baculovirus expressed envelope protein E2 affects its ability to prevent infection with bovine viral diarrhoea virus. Virus Research. 114: 54-62
Awards & Honours
Awarded a plaque and a certificate for the contribution made in the UK FMDV epidemic of 2001, by Director Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG 20 7NN, UK.
Recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship in the year 2000, to pursue PhD program in Molecular Biology at the Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 7NN, UK as an external PhD scholar at the University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AF, UK.
Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship of the Indian Council for Agriculture Research in the year 1995.
Department of Biotechnology-Indian Veterinary Research Institute Junior Research Fellowship during the Master’s program.
Awarded Dr S. Vancheeswara Iyer, memorial Medal for the best article in Indian Veterinary Journal in 1997.