LUDHIANA: The Punjab Senior Vets Association has welcomed the appointment of DrJatinder Pal Singh Gill, a renowned Indian virologist and veterinary scientist, as Vice Chancellor of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Ludhiana.
Former Joint Director Animal Husbandry Punjab and Member Punjab State Veterinary Council Dr Gurinder Singh Walia, former CEO Punjab Gau Sewa Commission Dr Nitin Kumar, former Director Animal Husbandry Punjab Dr Sanjeev Khosla and Deputy Director Statistics Dr Desh Deepak Goyal, while welcoming Dr Gill, expressed the hope that under his able guidance, Livestock farmers will be benefitted most and his vast experience in the field of animal health, particularly in the areas of virology and vaccine development would stand in good stead to focus research to control and contain existing and new emerging diseases so that production losses due to infectious diseases are minimal. Dr Gill has worked extensively on diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, brucellosis, and rabies .
Incidentally, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, a brain child of Jagmohan Singh Kang, the then Animal Husbandry minister Punjab, was established in the year 2005, when Capt Amarinder Singh was the Chief Minister. Dr Gill is the fifth incumbent to take over reins of VC, others being D S Bains IAS, Dr V K Taneja, Dr Amarjit Singh Nanda and Dr Inderjit Singh.