Dr. N. K. Sood, opined, that key to give an impetus to improving ‘Diagnostics’ at field level, is to generate Human Resource Manpower with up-to date knowledge on recent concepts of Diagnostics. He was explaining the main concerns of 21-day winter school on ‘Recent Concepts in Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics’ from October 12 to November, 1 2010. He said that the Department of Veterinary Pathology, GADVASU, Ludhiana is organizing this ICAR- Sponsored activity. Dr. V.K. Taneja, Vice-Chancellor, GADVASU will be the chairperson and Dr Vineta Malhotra Head Department of Pathology Dayanand Medical College and Hospital will be the guest of honor at the inaugural function. Dr N.K Sood Professor & Head Dept of Veterinary Pathology is the director of the winter school and Dr H.S Banga and Dr. Amarjit Singh Professors in the Department are co-course directors.
In this event, 25 trainees from all across India Representing State Agricultural/ Veterinary Universities and ICAR Institutes of Mizoram, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujrat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Harayana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu Kashmir, Assam, are participating. The participants will be imparted intensive and extensive ‘hands on training’ in Hematology, Urinalysis, other Body fluid(s) examination , their interpretation(s) and Applied Nanoscience technology as well as other Recent biomolecular diagnostics, besides apprising the trainees on Current trends in the diagnosis of Rabies and good laboratory practices and high security laboratory set up. The winter school will comprise of about sixty expert lectures by eminent academicians/researchers/scientists drawn from prestigious veterinary institutes of india as well as native veterinary and medical faculty. The laboratory schedule includes the advanced practical training on the use of Ultrasonography and Endoscopy, Ultrasound guided biopsies, techniques for drug/ toxic residues, scanning, transmission and atomic force electron microscopy etc.
Dr. Sood described that, the faculty of the department has an international exposure and necessary expertise to disseminate knowledge and impart training for keeping the participants abreast with the latest knowhow of Diagnostics and how it can be made applicable at field level for rapid and precise diagnosis of emerging and reemerging diseases, tackling threats of zoonotic and trans-boundary diseases and bioterrorism, besides developing safeguards against increasing incidence of cancer in animals and man and environmental pollutants/ toxicants.
In the long run, the proceeds of the training imparted and ensuing recommendations through interactive group discussions by scientists are expected to improve the animal and human health and give a positive flip to the economy, besides an asset for generation of Human Resource Development/Manpower.
