April 2015


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Veterinary Medicine’s new Director

Professor Bhakthavatsalam Murali Manohar is a veterinary pathologist from India. He has graduated from Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a renowned board-certified pathologist and has had a long tenure as Head of the Department, Director, Centre for Animal Health Studies, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, which was founded in 1989 as the first veterinary university in South East Asia. Later he became the Dean, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, India. He has rich experience in teaching for the past 38 years in his subject of specialisation, and in research. He was a former President of the Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists. He served on many professional committees at state and national levels in India. He has more than 280 research articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He was the advisor to more than 40 M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. students. He has undergone special training in “Toxicopathology” at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA. He received many awards/honours by professional societies of national and international scientific bodies. He was the recipient of an International Research Professorship award by the American Society for Microbiology.