ICAR-CIRB Journal Club Lecture Invitation 3

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"BULL FERTILITY
PREDICTION: HOW
CLOSE WE ARE ?"

ICAR-CIRB

JOURNAL
CLUB

ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes
Sirsa Road, Hisar-125001, Haryana (India)
www.cirb.res.in

What for is the Journal Club?

A journal club is an educational meeting in which a group of individuals discusses ideas,
published articles, providing a forum for a collective effort to keep up with the current
literature. A Journal club provides an opportunity to keep ourselves abreast of new
knowledge, promoting in us the awareness of current research findings, teaching us to
critique and appraise research and encourage us to utilize research in the evidence-
based practice of the specialty. The first organized journal club is credited to Sir William
Osler in Montreal, Canada, in 1875, although Sir James Paget described a kind of club
among some pupils at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London to read journals together in
the period 1835 to 1854. Approximately a decade later, Osler started the first journal
club in the United States at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (in 1889). Sir William originally
started with the idea of facilitating the distribution of unaffordable periodicals and later
evolved it into a book and journal club that met over dinner to review the latest in
research. He wanted that the journal club should afford opportunities, which after
graduating you never obtain, of learning how to prepare papers and express your ideas
correctly'. He also hoped the meetings would secure 'training in the difficult science of
debate'. These objectives of promoting the discussion and critique of research remain
largely the essence of every journal club even today.

ICAR-CIRB Journal Club:

ICAR-CIRB Journal Club is here to make deliberations on scientific and other
advances in science and humanity while keeping the momentum of our knowledge
going and creating enthusiasm for research.

Functions of ICAR-CIRB Journal Club:

Teaching critical appraisal of research design, biostatistics, and evidence quality.
To promote evidence-based practice.
To encourage lifelong learning.
To develop leadership and presentation skills.
To promote mentorship and collaborative learning.
Disseminating new veterinary-medical and scientific developments.
Preparing us for future challenges.
To broaden professional local and international networks.
Inspiring new research studies.
To serve better to our all stakeholders – farmers, entrepreneurs, academia,
research, personnel of veterinary and animal husbandry, industry, etc.

ABOUT

the Speaker

Dr. A. Kumaresan

Dr. A. Kumaresan is a Principal scientist (Animal Reproduction) at Southern Regional Station of ICAR-
NDRI at Bengaluru. He obtained B.V.Sc from Madras Veterinary College, M.V.Sc and Ph D from
IVRI, Izat Nagar with specialization in Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics and is a post-Doc from
Swedish Agricultural University, Sweden. He also holds a post graduate diploma on Reproductive
Endocrinology from Centre for Reproductive Biology, Uppsala, Sweden. His major area of research has
been semen biology, sperm-oviduct interaction and male fertility. He, along with his team, developed
integrated livestock production models for hilly areas, area specific mineral mixture for dairy cattle,
and indigenous cryopreservation method for boar semen and produced the country’s first litter of
piglets through artificial insemination with frozen semen in 2009. His lab developed methods for in
vitro culture of bovine spermatogenic and Sertoli cells. His team identified bull fertility markers and
also identified suitable combinations of sperm function tests for fertility prediction in cattle and
buffalo bulls. In recognition to his significant contribution in research, Dr. A. Kumaresan has been
awarded by ICAR with prestigious awards like Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Award (two times;
first in 2007 and the other in 2015), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award in 2010 and Hari Om Ashram Trust
Award in 2019. In recognition of his teaching skills, NDRI awarded him with the “Best Teacher
Award” for post-graduate teaching in 2014 and ICAR awarded him with “Bharat Ratna Dr C.
Subramaniam Award for Outstanding Teachers” in 2017. He is also a recipient of several society
awards. He is a recipient of Dr. S. K. Sirohi Memorial outstanding researcher award in 2015,
Outstanding Research Faculty Award by Career 360 in 2018 and BOYSCAST Fellowship by the DST in
2009. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Dairy Sciences, Indian Society for Study of Animal
Reproduction and an Associate of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He has handled 12
externally funded and 16 Institute funded research projects and published 205 research papers, 30
technical articles, 14 books and 9 bulletins besides several training manuals and book chapters. He has
guided 15 Master’s students and 17 Doctorate students as major advisor.

ICAR-CIRB Journal Club invites you all for a talk on

Bull fertility prediction: How close we are ?

Speaker: Dr. A. Kumaresan

Principal Scientist (ICAR-NDRI,SRS Bangalore)

Date & Time: March 26, 2021 • 04:00 - 05:00 pm IST
Please join the Zoom online link accessible at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85464958861?pwd=ajR2ZDJDejNMYlpqb3dueFdxaHBLZz09

Meeting ID: 854 6495 8861 ; Password: 127646

GIVING BIRTH IS AN ECSTATIC JUBILANT
ADVENTURE NOT AVAILABLE TO MALES.

- John Stevenson

Contact:
ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes,

Sirsa Road, Hisar-125001, Haryana (INDIA)

Phone: 01662-281602; Email: [email protected]; www.cirb.res.in