Faculty

Ph.D.  2005, Animal Genetics & Breeding, IVRI, Izatnagar

M.V.Sc. 1996, Animal Genetics & Breeding, KAU, Thrissur.

B.V.Sc. 1992, TANUVAS, Chennai.

PG Diploma in Animal Welfare, 2022, IGNOU, New Delhi

• Animal Genetics and Breeding
• Molecular Marker and Gene expression analysis
• Small Ruminant Breeding
• Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources 

• Professor, 20/02/2013, KVASU, Thrissur, till date.
• Associate Professor, KAU /KVASU, Thrissur, 22/08/2008  to  19/02/2013
• Associate Professor, RIVER, Pondicherry, 31/10/2007  to  21/08/2008
• Associate Professor, KAU, Thrissur, 02/05/2006  to  30/10/2007
• Assistant Professor,, KAU, Thrissur, 02/05/1997 to 01/05/2006
• Veterinary Surgeon, AHD, Kerala,  28/06/1996 to  01/05/1997
• Research Fellow, ICAR -Vechur Cattle Conservation Project, KAU, 08/03/1993 to to 27/06/1996

• Fellow, National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (NAVS) - 2022
• Associate Fellow, National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (NAVS) -2021
• DST-SERB International Travel Grant to participate 12^th International Goat Conference at Turkey, 2016
• University Best Teacher Award for 2016
• ICAR-IVRI Senor Research Fellowship for Ph.D. 2002-05
• Nine best paper/poster awards in National and International seminars/conferences

• ICAR sponsored 10 days training on “Advances in Agricultural Project Planning and Management” at KAU from 15-06-1999 to 24-06-1999.
• ICAR sponsored 21 days training on “Applied statistical Methodologies in Animal Breeding with computer orientation” at NDRI, Karnal from 10-02-2000 to 01-03-2000.
• ICAR sponsored 21 days training on “Sustainable Goat production strategies for Rural Development” at MPKV, Rahuri from 01-12-2005 to 21-12-2005.
• UGC sponsored 22 days training on “Bioinformatics” at Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, from 17-01-06 to 07-02-06.
• ICAR sponsored 7 days training on “ Statistical Application Software” at ICAR-CIFT, Kochi from 31-01-2014 to 06-02-2014.

• Haritha B. P. and , R.T.Venkatachalapathy (2020) Association of Inhibin Alpha gene polymorphism with litter size and growth in Malabari goats, Small Ruminant Research, 192: 106188.
• Jamuna, V., Tina and , R.T.Venkatachalapathy (2020) Multivariate principal component analysis to evaluate growth performances in Malabari goats of India, Tropical Animal Health and Production, 52:2451-2460.
• Pramod, S. Lasna, S., Bibin,B and R.T.Venkatachalapathy (2021). Analysis of the effects of thermal stress on milk production in a humid tropical climate using linear and non-linear models. Tropical Animal Health and Production 53 (1): 10.1007/s11250-020-02525-x.
• Jammuna, V., Tina, S., R.T.Venkatachalapathy, K.Anilkumar and T.V.Aravindakshan (2021) Identification of novel single nucleotide polymorphism at exon-1 and 2 region of B4GALT1 gene and its association with milk production traits in crossbred cattle of Kerala, India, Animal Biotechnology, DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2020.1866591.
• D.Yamin,V.Beena,V., Ramnath, Aziz, Z.,S.Harikumar, R.T.Venkatachalapathy and V.L.Gleeja (2022) Impact of Thermal stress on Physiological, Behavioural and Biochemical parameters, Small Ruminant Research, 216:106794.
• Rodricks,C.C. R. T. Venkatachalapathy, Manoj M. , Haritha B. P., Jamuna V. (2023) Expression profile and association of ghrelin gene polymorphism with growth and litter traits in Indian goat breeds, Small Ruminant Research, 225:10706.
• Thomas,M., Radhigha, G. R. T. Venkatachalapathy and Aravindakshan (2023) Linkage disequilibrium and effective population size in Indian goat breeds, Small Ruminant Research, 226:107037.
• Thomas,M., Radhigha, G. R. T. Venkatachalapathy and Aravindakshan (2023) Genome-wide runs of homozygosity in Indian goat breeds reared under small holder production system, Ruminant Research, 229:107116.