AI and Digital Health Technology in Animal Health Care and Welfare

S. R. Upadhyay did his BVSc & AH from Nagpur Veterinary College, Maharashtra, India in the year 2000. MVSc in Veterinary Medicine from Veterinary College, Anjora, Durg (under I.G.K.V, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India) in the year 2003 and subsequently Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine from Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences, Jammu, J & K, India in the year 2015. Dr. Upadhyay started his Carrier as Research Associate at prestigious Centre for Animal Disease Research and Diagnosis, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. At present he is working as Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences, Jammu, J & K, India and Heading Division of Veterinary Animal Husbandry Extension Education.

Upadhyay has more than 22 years of teaching, research and extension experience. He has more than 80 publications to his credit in various national and international journals of repute. Apart he is also author and co-author of 10 books/research monographs/manuals and had also written approximately 19 chapters in books. He also presented more than 49 research papers in various national and international conferences and received more than 10 best paper/poster presentation awards. He has guided 04 MVSc and 01 Ph.D. student so far as major advisor and member in advisory committee of 10 PG/PhD students. Dr. Upadhyay is recipient of merit cum mean scholarship in graduation, honours in post graduation and merit scholarship in his Ph.D. Dr Upadhyay has been conferred with Fellow of Academy of Science for Animal Welfare and highly prestigious DC Blood Gold Medal and Professor Sushovan Roy Gold Medal for Best Teacher in Veterinary Medicine by Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine for his outstanding contribution in Veterinary Medicine. Apart, he has also been conferred with Young Scientist Award by Council for Science and Technology, Government of Chhattisgarh, India for his outstanding research in master's degree. He has also been conferred with Young Scientist Award by Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine and Indian Association for Advancement of Veterinary Research. He is recipient of Appreciation award by various professional organisations like ISVM, ISACP, AVDI, VIPM and SBBS. He is life member of various professional and scientific bodies like ISCA, NAVS, IVA, ISVM, ISACP, ISIIP, IAAVR and VCI.

Hussain's research broadly focused on healthcare aspects of small, large, and exotic animal species. He has a rich experience in veterinary clinical medicine/mineral and vitamin deficiency disease/endocrine disorders/ zoo animal healthcare research. He has worked on techniques of non-invasive endocrine monitoring including sample workup preparation, performance of enzyme immunoassays (EIA), data collection and interpretation at Endocrine Laboratory, Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany. He has guided 9pg students, co guided 30 pg students, 1 Ph.D student and co advisor of 3 Ph.D students. In addition to this, he has more than 20 years of experience in teaching research and extension in veterinary medicine. Dr Hussain published more than 100 papers in international, national journals and Conferences/ Seminars/ Symposiums. He is active member of many international society including American Association of Zoo Veterinarian, Florida United States, European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians (EAZWV) and International Primatological Society (IPS). Dr Hussain is a recipient of international recognition Award -Murray Fowler International Conference Scholarship Award instituted by American Association of Zoo Veterinarian. He is fellow of Academy of Science for Animal welfare, recipient of Young scientist award by Indian Society for Study of An