Dr. Ashok Pattanaik
Vice President & Head R&D (Animal Feeds)
Godrej Agrovet
Dr. Ashok Pattanaik is presently working as Vice President & Head R&D (Animal
Feeds),
Godrej
Agrovet Limited. He did his M.V.Sc and PhD in Animal Nutrition from Indian
Veterinary
Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, and post-doctoral from University of Adelaide,
Australia. He was a recipient of the Internationally coveted Fulbright Fellowship
for
advanced post-doctoral research on gut health at University of Illinois, USA. He has
published 177 research papers in high impact journals and edited 40
books/compendia/conference proceedings. He has been one of the founder editors and
subsequently Editor-in-Chief of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology journal. He has
bagged
the University Best Teacher Award besides a recipient of several national and
international
awards/recognition/travel grants including the Hari Om Ashram Trust Award of ICAR.
He has
played important roles as Member/resource person in various committees/boards at the
National level including BIS, APEDA, ICAR, UPSC, ASRB and USIEF, etc. He has guided
more
than 25 students of Post graduate and PhD programs. Dr. Pattanaik has been
associated
with
several professional societies at national and international levels and is a Fellow
of the
National Academy of Veterinary Sciences and National Academy of Dairy Sciences. He
is the
first scientist in India to start research on pet nutrition, and has established
excellent
infrastructure facilities at ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar.