Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) officer Dr Shakil Bhat has won a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of California’s Davis Animal Sciences Department United States of America.
Dr Shakil recently completed his PhD programme from the Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology (SKUST) of Kashmir and won a postdoctoral fellowship in California USA.
With 25 high-impact publications in peer-reviewed journals including Plos One, BMC Genomics, Frontiers in Genetics and Nature Scientific and Communications, Dr Shakil worked under the mentorship of Prof S Mudasir Andabi, Prof. Riaz A Shah and Prof Nazir A Ganai (Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-K), Dr Shakil recently defended his thesis titled “Transcriptomic and Proteomic profile of Bovine milk in Indigenous and Jersey Cattle of Kashmir Valley for Milk Quality Traits”, in an open defence seminar.
On the occasion, the Vice Chancellor congratulated Dr Shakil for successfully completing his PhD degree and on setting a new benchmark for research by exploiting the opportunities provided by the university.
“SKUAST-K has ventured into providing state of art infrastructure for creating suitable and competent human resources that will lead us to be a part of the fourth industrial revolution that will ensure technology-driven solutions to societal issues,” said Dr Nazir.
During his PhD tenure, Dr Shakil qualified for the much-coveted state service examination (JKAS) and is currently working in the department of Rural Development and PR as a block development officer (BDO) at Kellar, Shopian.