Chauhan, new director of CIRG

Senior scientist Dr Manmohan Singh Chauhan has taken over the charge of director at Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG), Makhadoom, here.
Chouhan, a distinguished scientist in the field of reproductive biotechnology of livestock, was the principal scientist in Animal Biotechnology Centre at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal.
During his research carrier of 30 years, Chauhan has developed several potential Assistant Reproductive Technologies for enhancing the reproductive efficiency in livestock, H A Tewari, PROof the institute said.
"He significantly has contributed towards the development of simple method forin vitro production (IVF) of embryos in cattle, buffalo, goat and Yak, production of embryonic stem cell lines in buffalo, ovum pick up (OPU)-IVF technology in cattle and Yak, cloning of buffalo using hand guided cloning technology," Tewari said.

Dr Chauhan has been actively involved in development of transgenic goat and buffalo for pharmaceutical and agricultural use, the PRO said.
He is a principal investigator in several NAVP projects (National Agricultural Innovation Project), granted by Department of Biotechnology (DBT).