Faculty

• BVSc & AH (Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, Maharashtra)
• MVSc (Animal Genetics and Breeding; Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur)
• PhD (Animal Genetics and Breeding; Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar)
• PGDETM (Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Technology and Management; University of Hyderabad, Telengana)

Completed

1)Title :Ex-situ Conservation of Vechur cattle in the

• High lands of Kerala (2009)
• Outlay : 5.3 lakhs
• Funding Agency: Animal Husbandry Department, Kerala
• Duration : One year

2)Title :Livestock based rural livelihood security (2010)

• Outlay : 101 lakhs
• Funding Agency: RSVY
• Duration : One year

3)Title : Chromosomal studies in native and crossbred cattle of endosulfan-affected areas of Kasaragod district (2011)

• Outlay : 3.5 lakhs
• Funding Agency: KVASU State Plan
• Duration : One year

4)Title : Heat Tolerance studies of Vechur cattle at different agro-climatic zones of Kerala(2014)

• Outlay : 6.0 lakhs
• Funding Agency: KVASU State Plan
• Duration : One year

5) Title : Selective identification of elite breeding clusters of Kuttanad ducks in their home tract (2017)

• Outlay : 6.0 lakhs
• Funding Agency: KVASU State Plan
• Duration : One year

Ongoing

1)Title :An investigation on the socio-economic profile of dairy farmers of Malabar region (2019-2020)

• Outlay :20 lakhs
• Funding Agency: MRCMPU (MILMA) / NDDB
• Duration :One year

•  Regular Veterinary Surgeon, Animal Husbandry Department, Kerala from 11-1-2002 to 11-6-2008
• Assistant Professor, KVASU from 12-6-2008 till date

• Pfizer Veterinary Award (1998) for the best outgoing student of final BVSc & AH batches of Maharashtra State
• Senior Research Fellowship (2001) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research for Doctoral Programme
• University Gold Medal (2007) for the Doctorate programme of Karnataka Veterinary, Fisheries & Animal Sciences University, Bidar
• Letter of Commendation (2010) for the best and outstanding participant of the National level ICAR Winter School of National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana
• Letter of Appreciation (2012) from the Hon’Vice Chancellor, Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University for the commendable efforts as moderator in the State level workshop, “Wayanad- 2030”
• Best Oral Presentation Award (2015) in the International Symposium on “Sustainable management of animal genetic resources for livelihood security in developing countries” and Annual Convention of Society for conservation of domestic Animal Biodiversity (SOCDAB)13-14th February, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
• Best Veterinarian Award (2015) of Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala for the best veterinary professional
• Best Poster Award (2016) in the National Symposium on “Policy planning for livelihood security through Domestic Animal Biodiversity” and XIII Annual Convention of Society for Conservation of Domestic Animal Biodiversity (SOCDAB), 11-12th February, 2016, Jammu.(National Level)
• Best Poster Award (2016) in the National Seminar on “Green Economics and Desi cow” organized by Kapila Fest- 2016 and Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala, 26th to 28th May, 2016 (National level)
• Best Oral Presentation Award (2016) at the National Seminar on “Green Economics and Desi cow” organized by Kapila Fest- 2016 and Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala, 26th to 28th May, 2016 (National level)
• Best Poster Award (2017) in the National Symposium on “Biodynamic Animal Farming for the Management of Livestock Diversity under changing global scenario”, organized by Society for Conservation of Domestic Animal Biodiversity (SOCDAB), 8-10th of February 2017, Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala. (National level)
• Letter of Appreciation (2017)MRCMPU,MILMA for the commendable efforts as Lead speaker in the one day workshop on “State Breeding Policy- Expectations and Reality at farmer’s level” 7th October, 2017, Wayanad
• Certificate of Honor (2018) from NBAGR & SEVA for documenting Livestock Keepers of Kerala region of the country for Breed Savior Award – 2017, jointly instituted by ICAR, SEVA and NBAGR, Karnal on 22/05/2018
• Prof. P. K. Pani Research Award-2017 (2018) from Indian Poultry Science Association, CARI, Izatnagar for the best research article on Poultry Genetics and Breeding published in the Indian Journal of Poultry Science, 2017, 52(1): 16-21 pp (National level)
• Certificate of Appreciation (2018) from Kerala Local Cattle Breeder’s Society, Reg No. KTM/TC/354/2012, or the efforts towards scientific conservation and development of native cattle breeds and varieties of Kerala
• Oral Presentation Award (2020)in National Seminar on “AGMET-2020-Ägro-metereological Interventions for enhancing Farmer’s income” at College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 20- 22 January, 2020
• Venus International Foundation Award for “Distinguished Woman in Veterinary and Animal Sciences”(2020) instituted by Venus International Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 7th March, 2020, Estd u/s 3 of the Indian Trusts Act,1882 ; ISO 9001:2008.
• Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing (2020) from the Asian Journal of Research in Animal and Veterinary Sciences (sciencedomain international)

• Training (21 days) on “Data mining techniques for Farm Animal Management” (2010), NDRI, Karnal
• Training (21 days) on “Functional Genomic approaches for enhancing fertility in livestock(2011), NIANP, Bangalore
• Management Development Programme (5 days) on Academic Leadership for excellence (2011), IIM- K, Calicut, Kerala
• 76th Orientation programme (28 days) for faculty development (2012), UGC-ASC, Calicut
• Skill Development Training (21 days) on “Developing resource pool on entrepreneurial advisory services on livestock farming for the State of Kerala” (2013), KVASU, Thrissur
• Hands-on training (7 days) on “Basic Molecular Biology techniques” (2014), KVASU, Thrissur
• Short course (10 days) on “Harnessing Intellectual Property Rights in Animal Science sector in the changing global scenario” (2014), NIANP Bangalore
• Hands-on training (3 days) on SPSS (2015), KVASU, Thrissur
• Training (3 days) on “Application of ICT in Animal Husbandry Teaching, Research and Extension (2016), KVASU, Thrissur
• Hands-on training (14 days) on “Basic Molecular Techniques and Introduction to Bioinformatics Tools” (2017), KVASU, Thrissur
• Training (2 days) on “Student Counseling in Higher Education” (2019), KVASU, Thrissur
• MOOC course (4 weeks) on “Teaching excellence” (2019), Telage, ICAR-NAARM
• MOOC course (2 weeks) on “Psychology of Learning” (2020), Telage, ICAR-NAARM
• MOOC course (4 weeks) on “Designing e-Learning content” (2020), Telage, ICAR-NAARM
• National FDP on “Advanced Research Methods and Quantitative Data analysis using SPSS” (online) 26th Oct – 01st Nov, 2020, University of Lucknow.

Research Papers

• Bindya Liz Abraham and Sosamma Iype (2010). Growth and production performance of Vechur cattle. Indian Vet J. 87 (2):199 – 200.
• Bindya, L.A., Murthy, H.N.N. and Jayashankar, M.R. (2011). Prediction of egg production from part records using path analysis in a colored broiler dam line. Indian J. Poultry Sci.46 (2): 242 – 244.
• Yamini P. Suresh, K. Promod, Manoj, M.,Bindya Liz Abraham, S. Selvaraju, Abdul Azeez, C.P., Amritha Aravind and Hiron M. Harshan (2016). Fresh Semen characteristics of Vechur Bull Spermatozoa. Indian J. Natural Sciences (International bimonthly) 7 (39): Pp. 11766 – 11769.
• Bindya Liz Abraham and Murthy, H.N.N. (2017). Egg production curves and their prediction through mathematical models in a random-bred broiler breeder control population. Indian Journal of Poultry Science 52(1): 16-21. April 2017 issue.
• Changchup Dorjay, Bindya Liz Abraham, Thirupathy Venkatachalapthy R., Aravindakshan, T. V. and Shynu, M. (2018) Identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism in POU1F1 gene (exon 6) and it’s association with early body weights in native goats of Kerala. Journal of Livestock Biodiversity 8 (2): 92- 97.

Popular articles

• Bindya Liz Abraham (2015). Nadan pashukkal – Saroushadhangalude Kamadhenu (Malayalam) Aarogyapadmam Health Magazine, Shantigiri Publications, July, 2015 pp. 42-45.
• Bindya Liz Abraham (2015). Aadaythinum Varumanathinum Nadan Pashukkal – (Cover story - Malayalam) Krishideepam, October, 2015 pp. 7-10.
• Bindya Liz Abraham (2018). Iyyerude Arumakal.(Malayalam) Malayala Manorama Karshakashree, December issue, 2018. Pp 25-26.
• Bindya Liz Abraham (2019). Pannikkunjungalude paripalanam.(Malayalam) Malayala Manorama Karshakashree, March issue, 2019. Pp 28-29.
• Bindya Liz Abraham (2019). Apartmentile Arumakalkkayi. / Pet Corner. (Malayalam) Malayala Manorama Karshakashree, May issue, 2019. Pp 15-16.

Other valuable publications

• Bindya Liz Abraham (2012). Invited paper on “Conservation of Vechur cattle – From Noah’s Ark to the Global Food Basket”. Compendium (Digital) of National Workshop on New Initiatives on Milk and Meat Production by Conservation and Propagation of Indigenous Breeds of Animals. 24th January 2012, KLDB,Thiruvananthapuram.
• Jayadevan, N., Sadana, and Bindya Liz Abraham (2015) Invited paper on “Community conservation of AnGR and it’s role in the rural livelihood security of Kerala “. Proceedings of the Compendium of International Symposium on “Sustainable management of animal genetic resources for livelihood security in developing countries”and Annual Convention of Society for conservation of Domestic Animal Biodiversity (SOCDAB)13-14th February 2015, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai pp. 179-182.
• Bindya Liz Abraham (2016). Invited paper on “Nutritional and therapeutic attributes of Indian desi cattle (Bos indicus)”. Book of Abstracts. National Seminar on “Green Economics and Desi cow” organized by Kapila Fest- 2016 and Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), CMS College,Kottayam,26thto 28th May, 2016.pp. 95-97.
• Bindya Liz Abraham (2018). Vechur cattle conserved by Mr. Hari Hara Iyer.Breed Saviour Awards 2017 – Livestock Keeper’s Profile. Published by ICAR-NBAGR and Sustainable agriculture and Environmental Voluntary Action (SEVA), Madurai, Tamil Nadu and National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai, May, 2018 pp. 33-35.
• Bindya Liz Abraham (2018). Invited paper on Nadan Pashu – Naleyude Pashu. Published in “GavyaSiddha” Compendium of 6th National Seminar on Panchagavya, organized by Panchagavya Siddha Association atAadi Sankara temple grounds, Kalady, 28th to 30th November, pp.86-90.