Dr Vandana Sangwan, Assistant Professor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana has been awarded Bernstein International Travel Fellowship by the International Veterinary Radiology Association (IVRA) for the research paper “Pericarditis induced blood flow changes in common 
carotid artery and external jugular vein in cattle: B mode and Doppler ultrasonography study”. The co-authors were J Mohindroo, A Kumar, CS Randhawa and SS Singh. She presented this paper during the 17th meeting of IVRA which was held in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia. About 200 radiology diplomats and veterinary practitioners from 32 countries attended the programme. She is recipient of many awards and honours for her research contributions earlier.
Dr Ashwani Kumar, Assistant Professor also attended this international event and presented two research papers in this meeting. One was “Ultrasonographic findings from the right, left and cranial thoracic approaches in the diagnosis of reticular diaphragmatic hernia in cattle and buffaloes” authored by A Kumar, V Sangwan, J Mohindroo, NS Saini and SS Singh. Another paper entitled “Radiographic and ultrasonographic diagnosis and surgical management of double diaphragmatic hernia in cow” by NS Saini, A Kumar, V Sangwan, 
SK Mahajan and A Anand was presented as poster. To attend this event Dr Kumar was sponsored jointly by Centre for International Cooperation in Science (CICS), Chennai, India and GADVASU, Ludhiana.
Dr J Mohindroo, Professor-cum-Head informed that the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology of GADVASU has contributed significantly in the areas of diagnostic imaging and this was the third time that the research work done in this Department has brought the prestigious award. Earlier this award was won by Dr NS Saini (1997) and Dr Ashwani Kumar (2012). He further informed that this department pioneered in ultrasonographic diagnosis of reticular diaphragmatic hernia in bovine and the research work being done at GADVASU is being recognized worldwide. Recently the department has been awarded All India Network Project on Diagnostic Imaging and Surgery by ICAR, under which the department is planning to establish CT Unit which will further strengthen Diagnostic Imaging unit of Varsity and will benefit dairy, equine and pet owners of Punjab and neighbouring states.
