Qualifications:

• Post-doctoral Training at CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia, Brisbane, 4067, Australia
 
• Doctorate (PhD) in Animal Nutrition; Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar
 
• MVSc in Animal Nutrition, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar
 
• BVSc & AH, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani

Advanced Professional Training:

• “Basic course on use of bioinformatics tools in veterinary science research” at ICAR-Indian veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India.
 
• “Nutritional interventions for sustainable livestock production and health under impending climate change scenario” at ICAR-Indian veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India.
 
• “ISO 9001:2008 (QMS) Internal auditor training” at ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India
 
• “Clinical nutrition approaches for gut health of animals” at ICAR-Indian veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India.
 
• “Competency enhancement for efficiency and effectiveness at work-place” at ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, India.
 
• “Developing winning research Proposals in Agriculture” at ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, India.
 
• “Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing Data” at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India.

Professional & Academic Awards, Honours & Fellowships:

• Awards & Honours

Sl.  No	Title of the Awards/Honours	Name of the organization	Year
I	Shri A Laxman Rao Award	Indian Society of Animal Production and Management	2020
II	Mohammed Ismail Siddiqui Award	Indian Society of Animal Production and Management	2020
III	Associate Fellowship Award	National Academy of Dairy Science (India)	2018
IV	Dr. K. Pradhan Young Scientist Award	Animal Nutrition Society of India, Karnal	2018
V	Certificate of Appreciation	National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal	2018
VI	ISACP Young Scientist Award	Indian Society for Advancement of Canine Practice, Lucknow

• Scholarship/fellowship during early student career

Sl.  No	Title	Name of the organization	Year
I.	Junior Research Fellowship	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi	2009-2011
II.	Senior Research Scholarship	Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar	2011-2014

• Best Paper Awards received during Conferences/Symposia etc

Sl.  No	Name of Awards	Details of paper presented	Professional Society	Year
I	Certificate of Merit	Banakar, P.S., Tyagi, A.K., Kumar, S., Tyagi, B., Vinay, V.V. and Prasad, C.K. (2020). Manipulation of rumen fermentation using Aloe vera extract to enhance the nutraceutical value of gat milk.	Indian Society of Animal Production and Management	2020
II	Best Poster Award   (First Place)	Sachin Kumar, Dixit, S., Banakar, P.S., Tyagi A.K., Chouraddi, R and Tyagi, N. (2020). Fatty acid profiling of ghee of indigenous cattle and buffalo vis-à-vis conventional oil sources	National Diary Research Institute	2020
III	Best Poster Award	Yadav, S.K., Tyagi, N., Sharma, B., Singh, D., Tanwar, N., Kumar, S. And Tyagi, A.K. (2019). Responses of combination of xylanase and lactic acid bacterial inoculants on quality of high moisture maize silage.	International Conference, INCAN, Kolkata,	2019
IV	Best Oral Award (First Place)	Singh, A., Kumar, S., Tyagi, B., Choudhury, P.K., Rashmi, H.M., Tyagi, N. and Tyagi, A.K. (2018). Principal component analysis biplot projection based selection of Lactobacullus strains for probiotic attributes isolated from buffalo calves faeces. In: Proceedings of 11th Biennial Animal Nutrition Association Conference, November 19-21, 2018, Patna, India, p. 181	Animal Nutrition Association, India	2018
V	Best Oral Award (Third Place)	Yadav, S.K., Dakore, S., Singh, D., Sharma, B., Kumar, S., and Tyagi, N. (2018). Effect of Lactobacillus fermentum inoculants and enzymes on maize silage quality. In: Proceedings of 11th Biennial Animal Nutrition Association Conference, November 19-21, 2018, Patna, India, p. 141.	Animal Nutrition Association, India	2018
VI	Best Oral Award (Third Place)	Mor, P., Bals, B., Kumar, S., Tyagi, N., Reen, J.K., Tyagi, B., Choudhury, P.K., and Tyagi, A.K. (2018) Effect of concentrate replacement with AFEX pellets on rumen fermentation, blood profile and acetamide in rumen of crossbred goats. In: Proceedings of Asian Regional Conference on Goats, October 22-26, 2018, Jaipur, India, p. 99.	International Goat Association	2018
VII	Best Oral Award (Third Place)	Chaudahri, A., Tyagi, N., Sedeqi, J., Mondal, G., Kumar, S., Gautam, M. and Tyagi, A.K. (2018). Nutrient requirement of transitional Murrah buffaloes under the tropical condition. In: Books of abstract of XVII Biennial Animal Nutrition Conference of ANSI, February 1-3, 2018, Junagadh, India, p. 135.	Animal Nutrition Society of India	2018
VIII	Merit Certificate for best oral presentation	Kumar, S., Choudhary, P.K., Tyagi, B., Sarkar, S., Tyagi, N. and Tyagi, A.K. (2017). Conjugated linoleic acid producing potential of rumen Lactobacilli isolated from goat. In: Compendium of National Seminar of ISSGPU, November 9-10, 2017, Makhdoom, India, p. 106	Indian Society for Sheep and Goat production and Utilization	2017
IX	Best Poster Award (Second Place)	Bilal, A. Malla, Len, T.V., Sharma, A.N., Kumar, S. and Tyagi, A.K. (2017). Prostaglandin production, colostrum and milk fatty acids composition in goats supplemented with variable fat sources and subsequent impact on plasma fatty acid profile of kids. In: Compendium of National Seminar of ISSGPU, Mar 9-10, 2017, Avikanagar, India, p. 161.	Indian Society for Sheep and Goat production and Utilization	2017
X	Best Poster Award (Third Place)	Sharma, A.N., Yogi, R.K., Malla, B.A., Len, T.V., Kumar, S. and Tyagi, A.K. (2016). Dietary supplementation of prebiotic, probiotic and synbiotic influence the growth performance and gut health of neonatal murrah buffalo calves, In: Books of abstract of XVI Biennial Animal Nutrition Conference of ANSI, February 6-8, 2016, Karnal, India, p. 163.	Animal Nutrition Society of India	2016
XI	Best Poster Award (Second Place)	Kumar, S., Pattanaik, A.K., Sharma, S. and Jadhav, S.E. (2014). Evaluation of canine origin probiotic on colon health, hindgut fermentation, faecal flora and immune response in Labrador dogs, In: Global Animal Nutrition Conference of ANSI, April 20-22, 2014, Bengaluru, India, p. 85.	Animal Nutrition Society of India	2014

 

Affiliation with the Professional Bodies/Institutions/Societies:

 

Sl.  No	Professional Organization	Country	Membership type
I.	Agricultural Research Service Scientists Forum, New Delhi	India	Life member
II.	Animal Nutrition Association	India	Life Member
III.	Indian Academy of Veterinary Nutrition and Animal Welfare	India	Life Member
IV	Animal Nutrition Society of India	India	Life Member
V	Indian Society for Advancement of Canine Practice	India	Life Member
VI	National Academy of Dairy Sciences (India)	India	Associate Fellow
VII	The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India.	India	Life Member
VIII	Uttar Pradesh State Veterinary Council	India	Member
IX	Veterinary Council of India	India	Member

Research Project Ongoing:

• Institute-funded Projects

Sl.  No	Title of the project	Year	Funding agency	Role
I	Probiotics, prebiotics and phytogenic medicinal extracts: Exploration of their role in augmenting neonatal calf gut health and growth performance	2020-2023	Institute	Principal Investigator
II	Value addition of crop residues as nutritious silage for dairy animals in environment friendly solution	2020-2023	Institute	Co-PI

• Externally Funded Projects

Sl.  No	Title of the project	Year	Funding	Role
I.	Veterinary type culture collection-Rumen microbes	2016-2023	ICAR, New Delhi	Principal Investigator
II.	National Innovations in climate resilient Agriculture	2020-2025	CRIDA, ICAR	Co-PI
III.	Electro-hydrodynamic encapsulation of probiotics in prebiotic nanofibres for food application	2020-2023	DST, Govt. Of India	(Principal Investigator -Collaborating centre)
IV.	Exploring molecular basis of seasonal variation of seminal attributes and identification of potential biomarkers for selection of buffalo bulls with quality semen	2020-2023	DBT, New Delhi	Co-PI

Research Project Completed Successfully:

• Institute-funded Projects

Sl.  No	Title of the project	Year	Funding	Role
I.	Effect of dietary unsaturated fatty acids on puberty in buffalo	2015-2016	Institute	Co-PI
II.	Dietary supplementation of prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics to augment health of calves	2016-2019	Institute	Principal Investigator
III.	Development and evaluation of additives for small scale silage production	2017-2020	Institute	Co-PI

• International Projects

Sl.  No	Title of the project	Year	Funding	Role
I.	AFEX- A technology for addressing seasonality in access to quality cattle feed in India	2016-2018	Melinda Gates Foundation, USA	Co-PI

• Externally Funded Projects

Sl.  No	Title of the project	Year	Funding	Role
I.	Ration Balancing Programme under National Dairy Programme	2016-2019	NDDB, Anand	Co-PI
III	Manipulation of rumen microbes using medicinal plants extract to enhance the nutraceutical value of milk as a functional food	2017-2020	DBT Govt. Of India	Co-PI
IV	Capacity building of resource poor farmers in paddy-wheat cum dairy production system through farmer FIRST programme under irrigated agro-eco-region of Haryana	2018-2021	ICAR- Farmer FIRST programme	Co-PI
V	New extension methods and approaches	2019-2021	ICAR	Co-PI
VIII	Promotion of dairy farming for upliftment of socio-economic status of tribal farmers through technological interventions in Meghalaya	2020-2021	Tribal Sub Plan (TSP), ICAR	Co-PI

• Contract Research Projects with Industry collaboration

Sl.  No	Title of the project	Year	Industry	Role
I.	Effect of supplementation of graded levels of sodium sesqui-carbonate on productive performance of lactating animals	2017-2018	Meera Enterprise, Mehsana	Principal Investigator
II.	Influence of different sources of zinc supplementation on its bioavailability in lactating cattle	2017-2019	Kemin Industries, Chennai	Co-PI

Course Taught To MVSC an PhD Students

Course No.	Course title
AN-712	Nutrition and rumen fermentation
AN-722	Advances in feed technology
AN-723	Clinical nutrition
AN-724	Nutrients and drugs interaction
AN-614	Non conventional feed stuffs and toxic constituents/antimetabolites in animal feed stuffs
AN-615	Feed technology
AN-624	Research techniques in animal nutrition
AN-421	Applied animal nutrition
AN-421	Applied animal nutrition

Student Guidance:

• Guided 4 MVSc students as Major Guide and 20 MVSc/PhD students as Member, Advisory Committee.

Patent, Products and Technology:

Technology 1: “Probiotic culture to augment neonatal health of calves”

Technology 2: Additive combination for improvement in quality of sugarcane tops silage

Technology 3 (Software): Feed Formulation Software (www.feedingdairyanimals.com)

Genetic Stock: Isolated, characterized and deposited 45 novel microbes of Indigenous cattle, buffalo, calves and goats to National Repository of ICAR at NIANP Bengaluru and their gene sequence granted NCBI GenBank Accession number.

Publications:

2021

1. Singh, A., Kumar, S., Vinay, V.V., Tyagi, B., Choudhury, P.K., Rashmi, H.M., Banakar, P.S., Tyagi, N. and Tyagi, A.K., 2021. Autochthonous Lactobacillus spp. isolated from Murrah buffalo calves show potential application as probiotic. Current Research in Biotechnology, 3, pp.109-119.
2. Singh, M., Kumar, S., Banakar, P.S., Vinay, V.V., Das, A., Tyagi, N. and Tyagi, A.K., 2021. Synbiotic formulation of Cichorium intybus root powder with Lactobacillus acidophilus NCDC15 and Lactobacillus reuteri BFE7 improves growth performance in Murrah buffalo calves via altering selective gut health indices. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 53(2), pp.1-9.
3. Lakhani, N., Tyagi, N., Agarwal, A., Kumar, S. and Tyagi, A., Optimizing fiber and protein levels in diet of lactating Murrah buffaloes to ameliorate heat stress: Effect on physiological status and production performance. Journal of Thermal Biology, p.102838.

2020

1. Jaglan, N., Kumar, S., Choudhury, P.K., Tyagi, B., Banakar, P.S., Tyagi, N. and Tyagi, A.K. 2020. Effect of Supplementing Conjugated Linoleic Acid Producing Bifidobacterial Strains on In vitro Rumen Fermentation Attributes. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 37(1): 1-8.
2. Sharma, H., Mani, V., Kumar, S. and Mondal, G., 2020. Effect of sodium sesquicarbonate supplementation on blood biochemical parameters and antioxidant activity in lactating Karan Fries Cattle. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 37(3): 284-287.
3. Sharma, H., Mani, V., Kumar, S., Sarkar, S. and Tariq, H. 2020. Effect of different levels of sodium sesquicarbonate on in vitro rumen fermentation parameters. Indian Journal of Dairy Science, 73(3), 246-249.
4. Chaudhari, A., Tyagi, N., Sediqi, J., Kumar, S. and Tyagi, A.K., 2020. Effect of Diets with Varying Levels of Metabolizable Energy on Lactation Performance and Metabolic Profile of Buffaloes. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 37(1): 1-8.
5. Ojha, L., Kumar, S., Kewalramani, N., Sarkar, S., Singh, A.K. and Tyagi, A.K., 2020. Effect of dietary supplementation of Lactobacillus acidophilus on blood biochemical profile, antioxidant activity and plasma immunoglobulin level in neonatal Murrah buffalo calves. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 90(1), 48-54.
6. Tyagi, A.K., Kumar, S., Choudhury, P.K., Tyagi, B. and Tyagi, N., 2019. Conjugated linoleic acid producing potential of lactobacilli isolated from goat (AXB) rumen fluid samples. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 33(8): 1233–1241.

2019

1. Yadav, D., Singh, A.K., Kumar, B., Mahla, A.S., Singh, S.K., Patra, M.K., Kumar, H., Kumar, S., Tyagi, B., Verma, M.R. and Krishnaswamy, N., 2019. Effect of n‐3 PUFA‐rich fish oil supplementation during late gestation on kidding, uterine involution and resumption of follicular activity in goat. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 54(12): 1651-1659.
2. Sediqi, J., Chaudhari, A., Tyagi, N., Kumar, S., Mondal, G. and Tyagi, A.K., 2019. Changes in nutrient intake and metabolic profile of murrah buffaloes on varying metabolizable protein intake. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 19(2): 303-313.
3. Yadav, D., Singh, A.K., Teeli, A.S., Kumar, P., Kumar, B., Singh, S.K., Kumar, H., Singh, G., Kumar, S., Tyagi, B., Verma, M.R. and Krishnaswamy, N. 2019. Effect of n-3 PUFA rich fish oil supplementation on the reproductive performance of seasonally acyclic goats, Indian Journal of Animal Science, 89(8): 848–852.
4. Jaglan, N., Kumar, S., Choudhury, P.K., Tyagi, B. and Tyagi, A.K. 2019. Isolation, characterization and CLA production potential of bifidobacterial isolates from ruminal fluid samples of Murrah buffaloes. 56: 40-45.
5. Mor, P., Bals, B., Kumar, S., Tyagi, N., Reen, J.K., Tyagi, B., Choudhury, P.K. and Tyagi, A.K., 2019. Influence of replacing concentrates mixture with AFEX pellets on rumen fermentation, blood profile and acetamide content in the rumen of crossbred (Alpine× Beetle) female goats. Small Ruminant Research, 170: 109-115.
6. Deen, A.U., Tyagi, N., Yadav, R.D., Kumar, S., Tyagi, A.K. and Singh, S.K., 2019. Feeding balanced ration can improve the productivity and economics of milk production in dairy cattle: a comprehensive field study. Tropical animal health and production, 51: 737-744.

2018

1. Khare, A., Mani, V., Kumar, S. and Thorat, G.2018. Effect of chicory root powder as prebiotic source to growth and nutrient digestibility of Murrah buffalo calves. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2018; 6(3): 1424-1427
2. Khare, A., Mani, V., Thorat, G. and Kumar, S. Effect of prebiotic supplementation on faecal characteristic on buffalo calves. The Pharma Innovation Journal, 7(7): 215-217.
3. Mor, P., Bals,B., Tyagi, A.K., Teymouri, F., Tyagi,N., Kumar, S., Bringi, V. and VandeHaar, M. (2018). Effect of ammonia fiber expansion on the available energy content of wheat straw fed to lactating cattle and buffalo in India. Journal of Dairy Science, 101:7990–8003
4. Sediqi, J., Chaudhari, A., Tyagi, N., Kumar, S., Malhotra, R., Datt, C. and Tyagi, A.K., 2018. Influence of levels of metabolisable protein in the ration on nutrient utilization and lactation performance in murrah buffaloes. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 35: 31-36.
5. Sharma, A.N., Kumar, S. and Tyagi, A.K. (2018). Effects of mannan‐oligosaccharides and Lactobacillus acidophilus supplementation on growth performance, nutrient utilization and faecal characteristics in Murrah buffalo calves. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 102: 679-689.
6. Ojha, L., Kumar, S., Kewalramani, N., Sarkar, S. and Tyagi, A.K., 2018. Growth and haematological parameters in murrah buffalo calves as affected by addition of Lactobacillus acidophilus in the diet. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 35(3): 282-289.

2017

1. Kale V., Kumar, S., Tran, L.V., Malla, B.A. and Tyagi, A.K. (2017). Effects of dietary supplementation of different vegetable oils varying in polyunsaturated fatty acid content on reproductive performance and ovarian follicular characteristics of Murrah buffalo heifers. Buffalo Bulletin, 36: 505-519.
2. Kumar, S., Pattanaik, A.K., Sharma, S., Gupta, R., Jadhav, S.E. and Dutta, N. (2017). Comparative assessment of canine-origin Lactobacillus johnsonii CPN23 and dairy-origin Lactobacillus acidophilus NCDC15 for nutrient digestibility, faecal fermentative metabolites and selected gut health indices in dogs. Nutr. Sci., 6: 1-5.
3. Saroj, Malla, B.A., Tran, L.V., Sharma, A.N., Kumar, S. and Tyagi, A.K. (2017). Seasonal variation in fatty acid profile in the milk of different species under popularly followed feeding system in India. The Indian J. Anim. Sci., 87(4): 484-489.
4. Kumar, S., Pattanaik, A.K., Sharma, S., Jadhav, S.E. Dutta, N. and Kumar, A. (2017). Probiotic potential of a lactobacillus bacterium of canine faecal-origin and its impact on select gut health indices and immune response of dogs. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 9: 262-277.

2016

1. Len, T.V., Malla, B.A., Sharma, A.N., Kumar, S., Tyagi, N. and Tyagi, A.K. (2016). Effect of different bypass fat sources on nutrient utilization, blood parameters and growth in male murrah buffalo calves. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 33 (4): 376-382.
2. Kale, V., Kumar, S., Malla, B.A., Kewalramani, N., Mani, V., Tyagi, N. and Tyagi, A.K. (2016). Comparative study of mustard, soybean and rice bran oil: Effects on nutrient utilization, growth performance and blood metabolites in growing Murrah buffalo (Bubalis bubalis) heifers. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 16: 383-392.
3. Tran, L.V., Malla, B.A., Sharma, A.N., Kumar, S., Tyagi, N. and Tyagi, A.K. (2016). Effect of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid enriched diet on plasma IGF-1 and testosterone concentration, puberty and semen quality in male buffalo. Animal Reproduction Science, 173: 63-72.
4. Kumar, S., Pattanaik, A.K., Jose, T., Sharma, S. and Jadhav, S.E. (2016). Temporal changes in the hindgut health markers of labrador dogs in response to a canine-origin probiotic Lactobacillus johnsonii. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 16: 251-269.
5. Kumar, S., Pattanaik, A. K., Sharma, S. and Jadhav, S.E. (2016). Species-specific probiotic Lactobacillus johnsonii CPN23 supplementation modulates blood biochemical profile and erythrocytic antioxidant indices in Labrador dogs. The Indian Journal of Animal Science, 86(8): 918-924.
6. Hossain SK. A., Srivastava, A., Tyagi, A., Shandilya, U.K., Kumar, A., Kumar, S., Panwar, S. and Tyagi, A.K. (2016) Characterization of CLA producing Butyrivibrio reveals strain specific variations. 3Biotech, 6(1): 1-11.

2013

1. Kumar, S., Verma, A.K., Agarwal, N., Singh, P. and Mondal, S.K. (2013). Effect of live Saccharomyces cerevisiae on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, faecal characteristics and intestinal morphology in early weaned crossbred (Landrace × Desi) piglets Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 13 (2): 291-302.
2. Kumar, S., Verma, A.K. and Malav, O.P. (2013). Effect of yeast supplementation on growth performance and carcass characteristics in weaned piglets. Indian Veterinary Journal, 90 (5): 44-45.
3. Patil, A.K., Chaturvedi, V.B., Singh, P. and Kumar, S. (2013) Performance of crossbred calves fed on compressed complete feed block containing deoiled mahua seed cake. Indian Veterinary Journal, 90 (5): 114-116.

2012

1. Kumar, S., Verma, A.K., Mondal, S.K., Gupta, M., Patil, A.K. and Jangir, B.L. (2012). Effect of live Saccharomyces cerevisiae feeding on serum biochemistry in early weaned crossbred piglets. Veterinary World, 5 (11): 663-666.
2. Sharma, S.L., Singh, P., Patil, A.K., Chaturvedi, V.B. and Kumar, S. (2012) Performance of crossbred calves fed on compressed complete feed block containing guar meal. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 29 (3): 231-234.
3. Kumar, S., Verma, A.K. and Singh, P. (2012). Effect of live Saccharomyces cerevisiae on immune response in early weaned crossbred piglets. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 29 (4): 393-396.