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Professor
DVM (UAF), M.Sc. Hons. (UAF), Ph.D. (UAF)
Biography
Prof. Dr. Aftab Ahmad Anjum (HEC approved supervisor for PhD), is Professor, Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan and holds DVM, M.Sc. (Hons.) and Ph.D. in Veterinary Microbiology. He worked as Veterinary Officer, L&DD, Punjab, Team member, Study on Drought in Cholistan, Bahawalpur Rural Development Project (BRDP), Bahawalpur. In 2006, He joined University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore as assistant Professor. His areas of Specialization are Molecular Biology, Virology, Bacteriology and Mycology. Prof. Aftab is Principal Officer, Transport, UVAS, Lahore. He is also serving as Chairman, Sports Board, UVAS, Lahore. Under his leadership, UVAS has got distinctions at National and International level in sports. Due to his personnel interest and encouragement of the students, Director Sports, HEC, Pakistan recognized UVAS as role model for all Pakistani Universities. Prof. Aftab was member of organizing committee and resource person for around 25 national and internal conferences and workshops. He is also member of Selection Board of different Universities and institutes. Prof. Aftab has published about 100 research papers in peer reviewed journals. Prof. Aftab is reviewer of different peer reviewed journals and Secretary, Editorial board, Pakistan Journal of Science. Prof. Aftab worked as Secretary, Board of Studies, Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore. As secretary, He was part of the core group to design course work for four years degree program B.S. (Hons.) Applied Microbiology started in 2007. He is also member of committee for revision of DVM degree course work in Pakistan. So far, he has produced around 20 postgraduate students under his supervision and around 100 as member of supervisory committee. He is also Co-supervisor of many students at different Universities of Lahore. He is member, Postgraduate Synopsis Committee, Faculty of Bio-Sciences, UVAS, Lahore. Prof. Aftab is also member of committee for the evaluation of internship of DVM and B.S. (Hons.) Applied Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore. He is Chairman, Memento committee for B.S. (Hons.) Applied Microbiology.
Area of Interest
Publications
Workshops/Seminars/Trainings
Sr. # | Period | Title | Place & Organizer | |
From | To | |||
1 | 1998 | International Seminar on Microbial Diseases of Livestock and Poultry | College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore | |
2 | 2006 | Practical Veterinary Epidemiology | UVAS, Lahore | |
3 | 2007 | Staff Development Course | HEC and NAHE | |
4 |
2007 | Case Teaching Methodology | HEC | |
5 | 2009 | Environmental sampling | British Council, WWF | |
6 |
2009 | 6th Asian Buffalo Congress | Asian Buffalo Association | |
7 | 2009 | Lecture on Centrifugation for post graduate students in student Orientation Programme | UVAS, Lahore | |
8 | 2010 | Construction of a Standard MCQ | UVAS, Lahore | |
9 | 2010 | National biotechnology exhibition and seminar | UVAS, Lahore | |
10 | 2011 | Latest techniques for conservation of Animal genetic resources in Pakistan | UVAS, Lahore | |
11 | 2011 | National seminar and workshop on Environmental Toxicology and Health | UVAS, Lahore | |
12 | 2011 | Molecular diagnostics | UVAS, Lahore | |
13 | 2011 | National seminar on “The awareness & current status of rabies” | UVAS, Lahore | |
14 | 2011 | National awareness workshop on improving Bio-safety and Bio-security at Veterinary laboratories in Pakistan | Ministry of food & Agriculture Islamabad. | |
15 | 2012 | International conference on Toxicology | UVAS, Lahore | |
16 | 2012 | Current approaches for the diagnosis and control of Avian Mycoplasmas | UVAS, Lahore |
Workshops Organized
Sr. # | Period | Title | Place & Organizer | |
From | To | |||
1 | 03-13 Aug, 2009 | Preparation & Evaluation of Foot & Mouth Disease Vaccine | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
2 | 07-10 Sep, 2009 | Sero-diagnosis of Animal Microbial Disease | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
3 | 31 May – 04 Jun, 2010 12-15 Jul, 2010 |
Propagation of Newcastle Disease Virus in Chicken embryos & Molecular Characterization of Its Immunogenic Protein Using SDS – PAGE | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
4 |
05-01 Jul, 2010 | Hygienic Monitoring of Food & Food Products | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
5 | 01-05 Mar, 2011 07-09 Mar, 2011 10-12 Mar, 2011 |
Isolation & Molecular Characterization of Shiga Toxin Producing E. Coli O157 | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
6 |
11-13 Aug, 2011 | Application of SDS – PAGE for Molecular Characterization of Pasteurella multocida | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
7 | 17-20 Sep, 2012 | Techniques in Isolation & Identification of Bacteria | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
8 | 10-13 Sep, 2012 | Poly Acrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE) for microbial Characterization | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
9 | 28-29 Sep, 2012 | Use of Endnote Software in Article and Thesis Writing | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
10 | 16-20 Sep, 2013 | Basic Laboratory Techniques in Microbiology | Institute of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore | |
11 | 4-8 Aug, 2014 | Immunity and Immunogensis | Institute of Microbiology and UDL, UVAS, Lahore | |
12 | 11-13 Aug, 2014 | Protein profiling of Mycoplasma gallisepticum using SDS PAGE | Institute of Microbiology and UDL, UVAS, Lahore |