Dr. Vivek Joshi
Name: Dr. Vivek Joshi
Qualification: B.V.Sc. & A.H., M.V.Sc., Ph.D.
Designation : Scientist (A.R.S.)
Department: Veterinary Medicine
institute name : ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun
College address : ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Medziphema, Dimapur, Nagaland PIN-797106
Award for : Young Achiever Award
Publication title: Journal
Paper Title : Haptoglobin and serum amyloid A as putative biomarker candidates of naturally occurring bovine respiratory disease in dairy calves
Journal Name : Microbial Pathogenesis
Volume : 116
Issue No. : 2018
Month of publication : March
Year : 2018
Page no. : 33-37
ISSN : 0882-4010
About Dr. Vivek Joshi
Dr. Vivek Joshi
Currently, he is working as a Scientist (A.R.S.) in Animal Health Section of ICAR-National
Research Centre on Mithun. It is the only Institute in the world dedicated to research in
Mithun (Bos frontalis).
He is the recipient of ‘Intas Young Scientist Award’ awarded by Indian Society for
Veterinary Medicine (ISVM) for his outstanding research work in the field of veterinary
medicine. Earlier, he secured All India Rank-1 in prestigious ‘Agricultural Research
Service (A.R.S.)-2016’ in Veterinary Medicine in merit 01/01 and obtained highest marks
among 31 subjects of A.R.S.-2016.
He is a veterinary graduate (B.V.Sc. & A.H.) and studied at College of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar,
Uttarakhand. He has completed both M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine from
ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (ICAR-IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP.
His research expertise is on farm animal medicine, respiratory medicine and
ethnoveterinary medicine. Currently, he is dedicated to research for conservation and
improvement of Mithun, the state animal of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. He is handling
various research projects on sub-clinical metabolic diseases, phyto-formulation for leech
infestation and FMD in Mithun.
At present, he is a member of scientific advisory board of esteemed international and
national journals including Small Ruminant Research (Elsevier), Indian Journal of Veterinary
Medicine, International Journal of Livestock Research, Haryana Veterinarian, Ruminant
Science, Journal of Animal Research, etc. Earlier, he stood 1 st in Venky’s All India
Veterinary Colleges Professional Quiz Competition, 2013. He is the recipient of ‘Intra-
University Intellect Hunt Award 2009’. He has won many certificates/cash prizes in Hindi
writing competitions, poster presentation in conferences and youth festivals.