Faculty & Staff

Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science, Mannuthy.

Name of the Unit: Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science

About :

Origin & History: Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science was established in 1985 as recognition for its contribution in various fields of activities. The centre has successfully completed 12 External Aided Projects. Release of crossbred chicken for backyard- Gramasree & Gramalakshmi, release of high yielding ILM-90, Establishment of ICAR Revolving Fund Poultry Project, implementation of NATP on productivity enhancement of Ducks and successful conduct of IV World Water Fowl conference, IPSACON 2015, RKVY project etc. are the significant milestones of the Centre.

Mandate

Academic programmes of the Poultry Science and Veterinary faculty.
Research on advanced areas in Poultry Science
Implementation of Externally aided projects.
Transfer of Technology (ToT) programmes.

Funding: KVASU

General functioning (RF…)
The Revolving Fund Poultry Project presently operating under CAS in Poultry Science was sanctioned by ICAR in 1996 and project started functioning w.e.f. 03.03.1998 with the name ‘Establishment of a Commercial hatchery’ under Kerala Agricultural University with Rs. 25 lakhs as the corpus amount. The corpus fund was fully repaid in five installments and the project was carried out successfully under Kerala Agricultural University and transferred to Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University with name as ‘Revolving Fund Poultry Project’. This project is the largest RF project operating in autonomous mode under CASPS without any financial support from KVASU.

Staff structure in the centre

Dr. P.Anitha-Director
Akhila C.K-Assistant
Staff structure in RF project:
Dr. P.Anitha- Principal investigator
Dr. Binoj Chacko, Dr. Harikrishnan S, Dr. S. Sankaralingam- Co-PIs
Seven temporary posts on daily wage basis are being filled for every 1 year period through selection process

Details of livestock/ facilities available

A feed mill unit consisting of a grinder and mixer unit with a capacity of 4 tonnes/hr
Avian Biotechnology Lab
Advanced Mycotoxin testing facility
Hatchery waste processing unit
A 5KW model solar power plant with Grid tied Invertor
Production and supply of good quality poultry feeds to all farms and research units under KVASU and KAU and poultry/pig feeds to farms under AHD in 50 kg bags
Retail sale of poultry feeds to farmers in 5 kg and 50 kg packs

Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science, Mannuthy

Name	Designation	Telephone	Mobile	Email
Dr. P Anitha	Director	0487 2370117	944700663	casps@kvasu.ac.in anitha@kvasu.ac.in

Projects (EAPs, State Plan)
On-going Projects:

Title of the Project	Name of Principal investigator	Funding Agency	Fund Allocated	Duration of Project
Conservation and popularization of native chicken varieties in Kerala	Dr. P. Anitha	Govt. of Kerala	57.875 lakhs	Continuing since 2015
Hatchery waste disposal and its effective utilization	Dr. Harikrishnan S	Govt. of Kerala	24.0 lakhs	Continuing since 2015
Advanced Mycotoxin testing facility centre	Dr. P. Anitha	Govt. of Kerala	24.0 lakhs	Continuing since 2015

Completed Projects:

Title of the Project	Name of Principal investigator	Funding Agency	Fund Allocated	Duration of Project
Integrated rural poultry production centre-Establishing Kukud Vigyan Kendra at Mannuthy	Dr. K. Narayanankutty	Govt. of Kerala	5.0 lakhs	2013
Establishing a new poultry feeding farm for Backyard chicken production at Thiruvazhamkunnu, Palakkad	Dr. Leo Joseph	Govt. of Kerala	501.0 lakhs	2014-15
Conservation of Native Chicken in Kerala	Dr. P. Anitha	Govt. of Kerala	5.0 lakhs	2012
Production performance of Athulya Layers in Urban Households Under Cage System of Management	Dr. Ajith Babu	Govt. of Kerala	31.21 lakhs	2012
Sustainable Poultry Production through Women Self Help Group of Kerala	Dr. K. Narayanankutty & Dr. Leo Joseph	Govt. of Kerala	25.0 lakhs	2015
Establishing a Centre for Meat Type Duck Production centre at LRS, Thiruvazhamkunnu	Dr. Leo Joseph	Govt. of Kerala	195.0 lakhs	2015
Pullet production to support Self Help Groups in Backyard Poultry rearing	Dr. Leo Joseph & Dr. P. Anitha	Govt. of Kerala	25.0 lakhs	2014-2017

Accomplishments – (Technology/product developed, patents, awards,NABL/ ISO certification, production/service turnouts …… Substantiate with charts or photos if required)

Salient Achievements of the Revolving fund Poultry project from inception to the year 2020

Repaid the corpus amount to ICAR in five installments : 25 lakhs
Total number of chicks produced and sold : 39.14 lakhs
Total quantity of feed produced and supplied : 21171.50 MT
Generated a total net profit: Rs 781.52 lakhs
Profit share remitted to KAU : Rs. 30 lakhs
Profit share remitted to KVASU : Rs 304.83 lakhs
The VAT amount paid to Govt. of Kerala : Rs. 60.47 lakhs
Provided direct employment of more than 1.50 lakh man-days
Assets/infrastructure facilities developed for Rs. 97.53 lakhs

Technology developed in the centre

Duck starter and breeder feed
Duck Pasteurella vaccine
Release of backyard birds Gramalakshmi and Gramasree
Release of ILM 90, a hybrid layer
Aiswarya homestead layer cages for urban households
Anaswara homestead layer quail cages for urban households
Developed technology to convert hatchery waste in to fertilizer

Research activities

Conservation of poultry germplasm
Selection and breeding for egg production
Evolving of birds for backyard rearing
Nutritional requirement studies of poultry species
Management studies on chicken, duck, quails and turkeys

Academic activities (Course/trainings offered etc…Details of cources will be collected through another format)
Conducted 30 farmers training programmes in the last 10 years

Extension activities

Conduct of farmer’s seminars and exhibitions,
Training programmes for farmers/entrepreneurs
Farmer’s counseling

Publications

Annual report of the centre and Revolving Fund Poultry project
Research publications of the scientists involved

Name, Designation and passport size photo of faculty (Profile will be added from the recently given format)

Dr. P. Anitha, Director

Address : Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Mannuthy, Thrissur-680651
Phone No: 0487 2370117
e- mail ID : casps@kvasu.ac.in

RTI: Name, address and contact details of the person responsible :

Dr.P.Anitha, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science, KVASU, Mannuthy-680651. Phone No: 9447006663

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