Dr. R. K. Sharma

Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma
Principal Scientist
E-mail: rksharmascientist@gmail.com

Personal Details

Name of the scientist	Degree	Present position held	Email	Telephone	Mobile no
Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma	PhD ( Vety Gynae. & Obst.)	Principal Scientist	rksharmascientist@gmail.com	01662281660	+91 9466559363

Field of Specialization	Animal Physiology	Total No of Research Papers
No. Patents Granted / Filed	Nil	National	39
No. of M.V.Sc. /M.Sc. Student Guided	6	International	13
Present No. of M.V.Sc./M.Sc. Students	1	Total no. of Books / Manuals	45books
No. of PhD Student Guided	2	Total no. of popular articles	53
Present No. of PhD Student	Nil

Research Area/ Interest

· Vice Chancellor Gold Medal by GBPUA&T Pantnagar for securing First position in B.V.Sc. & A.H.

· Chancellor Gold Medal by CSAUA&T Kanpur for securing First position in M.V.Sc.

· ICAR Junior Research Fellowship for carrying research in M.V.Sc

· IVRI Senior Research Fellowship for carrying research in Ph.D

Award/ Fellowship/Recognitions received

· Ovsynch-Plus protocol for oestrus induction and synchronization in anoestrus buffaloes.

· Early pregnancy diagnosis in buffaloes using ultrasonography.

· Fetal age determination in buffaloes during early pregnancy.

· Ultrasonographic fetal sex determination in buffaloes.

· Protocol for superovulation of anoestrus elite buffaloes.

· Protocol for superovulation of buffaloes at random stage of oestrous cycle.

· Reduced sperm dose for insemination in buffaloes.· Ovsynch-Plus protocol for oestrus induction and synchronization in anoestrus buffaloes.

· Early pregnancy diagnosis in buffaloes using ultrasonography.

· Fetal age determination in buffaloes during early pregnancy.

· Ultrasonographic fetal sex determination in buffaloes.

· Protocol for superovulation of anoestrus elite buffaloes.

· Protocol for superovulation of buffaloes at random stage of oestrous cycle.

· Reduced sperm dose for insemination in buffaloes.

Membership of professional body

· Indian Society for Study of Animal Reproduction.

· Indian Society for Buffalo Development.

· Society for Conservation of Domestic Animal Biodiversity.

Ongoing Research Projects:

Institutional –

External funded Nutritional and physiological interventions for enhancing
reproductive performance in animals (AICRP)

Inter institutional –

International –

Top Ten Recent Research Publications (Last Five Years)

Top Eight Research Publications

Reference	NAAS Rating
1. Sharma, R.K.; Siddiqui, M.U. and Gorani, S. (2002). Superovulation and post-superovulatory fertility of Holstein cows under tropical conditions. Ind. J. Anim. Sci. 72 (1): 31-34.
2. Pawan Singh; Inderjeet Singh, Sajjan Singh.; R.K. Sharma (2006). Initial stage glycerolization prevents the incidence of backward sperm motility during cryopreservation and increases buffalo semen freezability. Ind. J. Anim Sci. 76 (10): 777-779.
3. Yadav, P.S., Anita Mann, Vijaya Singh, Shikha Yashveer, R.K. Sharma and Inderjeet Singh (2010). Expression of pluripotency genes in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) amniotic fluid cells. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. DOI.10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01733.
4. Sharma, R.K., Singh, J.K., Phulia, S.K., Khanna, S. and Inderjeet Singh (2011). Fetal sex determination in buffaloes with ultrasonography. Indian Veterinary Journal 88(10):105-107.
5. Sharma, R.K., Singh, J.K., Khanna, S. and Inderjeet Singh (2012). Ovarian response of prepubertal Murrah heifers to exogenous GnRH. Animal Reproduction Science 133: 153-158.
6. Sharma, R.K., Singh, J.K., Khanna, S., Phulia, S.K., Sarkar, S.K., Inderjeet Singh (2012). Ultrasonography in the determination of fetal age in Murrah buffaloes from days 22 through 60. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 82 (4): 374–376.
7. Ramadan TA, Sharma RK, Phulia SK, Balhara AK, Ghuman SS, Singh I (2014) Effectiveness of melatonin and controlled internal drug release device treatment on reproductive performance of buffalo heifers during out-of-breeding season under tropical conditions. Theriogenology 82:1296–1302.
8. Kumar, P., Saini, M., Kumar, D., Jan, MH., Swami, DS. and Sharma, RK. 2016. Quantification of leptin in seminal plasma of buffalo bulls and its correlation with antioxidant status, conventional and computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) semen variables. Animal Reproduction Science,166: 122–127.

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