Swapan Kumar Maiti Author

Swapan Kumar Maiti, a graduate from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya (1984) followed by Masters (1987) and Doctorate (1990) in Veterinary Surgery from Indian Veterinary Research Institute. Dr Maiti joined ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute as Scientist in 1993 and currently working as Principal Scientist in this Premier Indian Institute. Presently, Dr Maiti has more than 25 years of research experience in the field of Animal Oncology, Laparoscopic Surgery and Animal Stem Cells Biology.

He is associated with more than 20 research projects and published more than 200 research and clinical papers in different peer reviewed International and National journals and presented more than 100 scientific papers in International and National Congress. Besides, he has authored two Text-books, three manuals, two compendiums and contributed twenty chapters in different books.

Dr Maiti has been invited as 'Speaker' in the 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 36th and 38th World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) World Congress, held at Sydney (Australia); Dublin (Ireland); Geneva (Switzerland), Jeju (South Korea) and Auckland (New Zealand) respectively. He has also been invited as “Speaker” in the 2nd Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Association (FASAVA) Congress held at Bangkok (Thailand) in 2009. So far, he has visited more than 25 countries on different scientific assignments.

He has been awarded prestigious fellowship from German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany for Post-Doctoral research work under International Bilateral Scientist Exchange Programme of Govt. of India. Dr Maiti debuted as Visiting Professor at the University of Leipzig (2006), University of Köln (2010) and Technical University of Munich (2014), Germany.

He has guided eight M.V.Sc, one M. Pharm and seven Ph.D students. He received many prestigious awards in his academic career including Prof A.K. Bhargava Gold Medal, Shri Ramlal Agrawal National Award (Gold Medal & Cash Prize); Prof S.J. Angelo Memorial Award, Indian Science Congress Centenary Best Paper (Certificate and Cash prize) and also nominated as 'International Expert' for assessment of teachers of Foreign University (Sudan) for three years. Dr Maiti is a 'Fellow' of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery and Indian Society for Advancement of Canine Practice for outstanding contribution in the field of Veterinary Science.