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The new educational institution bus purchased at the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences | New Tender Notice published: "The short tender Notice No.KVASU/IDW/G-51609/2020,dated.20.01.2021 published for the Supply,Installation,Testing,and Commissioning of 3KVA Petrol Generator set at Sales center ,KVASU,Pookode is canceled due to technical reasons . New Tender Notice published on 21.01.2021 is updated. | Spot Admission - Category wise vacant seat position after the second round of allotment for M.V.Sc. Programmes | Five numbers of Vechur cows and one number of Kasargode cow are available for sale at vechur Farm of KVASU Mannuthy. | Spot Admission to M.V.Sc. programmes is scheduled to be conducted at 11.00 am on 23.01.2021 | Inviting applications from the students in rank list for allotment to vacant seats in BSc & Diploma Programmes.
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Dr. C. Latha
Designation: - Professor and Head Address: - Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy 680651 Mobile No: - 9495047649 Email ID: - latha@kvasu.ac.in |
Degree : Doctor of Philosophy
Discipline : Food Hygiene & Veterinary Public Health
Thesis Title : Quantitation and Surveillance of Hormonal Residues in Meat, Milk and Viscera of Food Animals.
Percentage : 87%
Year : 2002
University : Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Science University
Degree : Master of Veterinary Science
Discipline : Veterinary Public Health
Thesis Title : Effect of Acetic Acid and Propionic Acid on Bacteriological Quality of Beef.
Percentage : 90
Year : 1994
University : Kerala Agricultural University
Degree : Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Year : 1991
Percentage : 8.39
University : Kerala Agricultural University
Research Interest
Zoonoses
Food Hygiene and Quality Control of food products
Research Experience
25 Years of Research Experience.
33 International and 43 National Publications in Referred Journals.
5 Externally Aided Projects and 66 State Plan/KVASU Projects.
30 International and 115 National Confrences and Seminars.
3 Book Publications and 15 Book Chapters.
10 Booklets and 9 Popular Articles.
Work Experience
A total of 24 years of Undergraduate Teaching and 22 Years of Post-Graduate Teaching Experiece.
Excellence in P.G. Guidance of a total of 10 Ph.D, 43 M.V.Sc, and 6 M.Sc Students.
Administrative/Organizational governance responsibilities
Dean, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy since September 2017
Academic council member, KVASU since September 2017.
Chariman, Board of Studies since September 2017.
Chairperson, Project Co-ordination Committee, CVAS since September 2017.
Head of the Department, Veterinary Public Health, CVAS Pookode [03/12/05 - 03/09/09] and Mannuthy from 10/10/09 till date.
Implimenting Officer of School of Zoonoses, Public Health, and Pathobiology for a period of 5 years.
Head, NABL Laboratory.
Director Board Member of University Co-Operative Society for the past 6 years.
Co-ordinator of Diploma Courses on Lab Techniques for the past 8 years.
Member of the APEDA meat inspection team for the past 4 years.
Expert for ARS/NET, Kerala PSC, and Punjab PSC Question Paper Setting for the past 5, 4, and 2 years respectively.
Chairman, Faculty Research Council since September 2017.
NSS Program Office for 4 years.
Charirman, Board of Examinations for the past 13 Years
Awards and Honours
K.A.U. Merit scholarship for B.V.Sc & A.H
Secured fourth rank for B.V.Sc & A.H Programme
I.C.A.R Junior research fellowship for M.V.Sc programme
I.C.A.R Senior research fellowship for Ph.D programme
Secured second place in GP Sen Endowment award in 2000
PG Nair endowment best teacher award for the year 2009
Best poster presentation award in Veterinary Science Congress for the year 2010
Fellow of IAVPHS for the year 2012
Best poster presentation award in Kerala Science Congress for the year 2013
Best poster presentation award in Veterinary Science Congress for the year 2014
Best poster presentation award in Veterinary Science Congress for the year 2015, 2016, 2017
Second Best poster presentation award in Veterinary Science Congress for the year 2015
K Vrinda Menon, Sunil, B., Latha, C., Nithya K R, Ashok Kumar 2015. Listeria monocytogenes biofilms on food contact surfaces under different growth conditions. Global J. Res. Analysis.. 4 (4): 40-41
Binsy Mathew, Vrinda Menon K., Latha, C, Deepa Jolly and Sunil, B 2015. Antimicrobial effect of lipase on the bacterial counts of beef carcass. Int J Rec. Sci. Res. 6(10) : 24-25.
Sethulekshmi, C; Latha, C and Sunil, B. 2016. Occurrence of Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli in raw meat samples in Kerala. Int. J. Advanced Res. Biol. Sci. 3(1) : 220-222
C Latha, CJ Anu, VJ Ajaykumar, B Sunil (2017) Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes, Yersinia enterocolitica, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella enterica Typhimurium in meat and meat products using multiplex PCR Veterinary world 10 (8), 927
Gowda Tanuja, KGM, Latha, C, Sunil, B and van Damme Inge. (2017). Occurrence and Antibiotic susceptibility of Listeria spp. and Staphylococcus aureus in cattle slaughter houses of Kerala, South India. Food borne pathogens and Disease. 14 (10). 2293
Muralikrishna P, Sunil B, Latha, C Archana S.N, Savita R.K, Vanitha H.D and Drishya P. 2017.One health approach in bio-medical waste management. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 6 : 1090 – 1094.
C Sethulekshmi, Latha, C, CJ Anu (2018) Occurrence and quantification of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from food matrices, Veterinary World, 11 (2): 104-111
AP Joseph, Latha, C.K Vinodkumar, VK Vinod, T Sathu (2018) An Important Approach for Control of Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli by Identification of Contaminating Sources in Beef Production Line. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci 7 (1), 1921-1929
K Vinodkumar, PV Tresamol, PM Deepa, C Latha (2018) Comparison of Efficacy of Three Cow Side Tests for the Diagnosis of Subclinical Mastitis in Dairy Cattle.Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research 3 (6)
KV Menon, B Sunil, C Latha, K Ashok (2018) Critical control points of Listeria species in two major fish catchment areas of Kerala, India.Veterinary Science Research Journal 8 (1/2), 20-25
Vanitha HD, Sethulekshmi C, Latha C (2018) An epidemiological investigation on occurrence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in raw milk, Veterinary World, 11(8): 1164-1170.