PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name
Address
SAJEEVKUMAR THANKAPPAN
RENUKA BHAVAN, KOTTUKKAL (PO), ANCHAL,
KOLLAM, KERALA (State), INDIA, 691519
Telephone
Mobile
E-mail
+91 475 2275442
+ 91 9447544901
drsajiv@yahoo.com
Nationality
INDIAN
Date of birth
16/02/1974 ( SIXTEENTH FEBRUARY NINENTEEN SEVENTY FOUR)
WORK EXPERIENCE
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• Name and address of
employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and
responsibilities
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• Name and address of
employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and
responsibilities
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• Name and address of
December 2008-continuing
Managing Director,
Kerala Livestock Development Board, Gokulam, Pattom P.O,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala- 4.
Diary Cattle breeding activities
Unit Head, Manager(A.H).
Responsible for all Dairy Cattle Breeding activities including Data Management
and Sire evaluation of AI Bulls of Kerala State, India. Also act as Special Officer
for the implementation of High Tech Bull Mother Farm, Mattupetty.
Faculty Member in International Training Centre, IndoSwiss Project, Kerala
Livestock Development Board, Mattupetty, Munnar, Idukki, Kerala
August 2003-November 2008
Managing Director,
Kerala Livestock Development Board, Gokulam, Pattom P.O,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala- 4.
Diary Cattle breeding activities
Deputy Manager
Acted as Cattle Breeding Research Officer. Progeny Testing under small holder
system. AI bull sampling, data management and sire evaluation.
November 1997 – July 2003
Managing Director,
employer
• Type of business or sector
• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and
responsibilities
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
• Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
• Dates
• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
• Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
Kerala Livestock Development Board, GOKULAM, Pattom P.O,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala- 4.
Diary Cattle breeding activities
Assistant Manager
Bovine frozen semen production and distribution, monitoring and control of
cattle breeding activities in Kerala state, livestock farm management. Also
involved in field level Progeny Testing
22nd January to 4th February 2012
GEA FarmTechnologies, Germany
Training on Dairy farm Technologies
15th November to 22nd November 2011
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal
Model Training Course on Charecterization and conservation of Indigenous
Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources under field condition
Training Certificate
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• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
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subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
25th July to 27 th July 2008
IMV Technologies, France
Hosted by: Kerala Livestock Development Board, Dhoni
• Dates
• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
• Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
15th January to 4 th February 2004
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Hariyana, India
• Dates
• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
Principal
subjects/occupational
Training on Computer Assisted Sperm Analyzer (CASA)
Training Certificate
Optimum Breeding plans for Genetic improvement of farm animals. Sire
evaluation techniues. Animal Model, BLUP and least squares. Statistical
evaluation of data.
Training Certificate
3trd December to 12 th December 2003
Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthy, Kerala, India
Molecular Technologies in Animal Sciences
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
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organisation providing
education and training
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subjects/occupational
skills covered
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Training Certificate
2001-2003
Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthy, Kerala, India
Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Quantitative genetics, Dairy cattle Breeing, Sire evaluation techniues. Single
Trait Model and Multiple trait model. Animal Model, BLUP and least squares.
Evolved a suitable methodolgy for sampling and ranking of dairy bulls under
small holding situations.Biostatistics. Also covered Immuno Genetics and
Molecular biology (Microsatellite, RFLP and RAPD) works.
M.V.Sc.-Animal Breeding and Genetics (OGPA 9.0/10)
• Dates
• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
• Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
1st December to 21 st December 2000
Centre for Livestock Development studies (Kerala Livestock Development
Board)
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• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
• Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
1 st -21st February 2001.
Kerala Livestock Development Board.
• Dates
• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
• Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
• Dates
• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
• Principal
Fertility Problem in female bovines
Training Certificate
Bovine Frozen semen production and handling.
Training Certificate
1991-1997
Kerala Agricultural University,
Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry
Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry- Degree certificate
(OGPA 8.1/10)
1989- 1991
University of Kerala
Sciecnce subjects
subjects/occupational
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded
(Physics, Chemistry and Biology)
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• Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
• Title of qualification awarded
1989
Department of General Education Kerala State, India
Languages-English, Malayalam and Hindi.
Subjects- Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, History and Geography.
Secondary school leaving certificate
Pre-Degree certificate
PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
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MOTHER TONGUE
MALAYALAM
OTHER LANGUAGES
• Reading skills
• Writing skills
• Verbal skills
ENGLISH
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
• Reading skills
• Writing skills
• Verbal skills
HINDI
Excellent
Good
Good
SOCIAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
TECHNICAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Lead from the front as a captain and a role model. Excellent ability of
communication and teamwork. To create lateral thinking in subordinate and
achieve the goal and target set by the superior officers through hard work.
Better Human resource management
Experienced user of computer
Operating systems: Windows
Packages:
MS Office,
SOFTWARES :
WORKING KNOWLEDGE IN
MTDFREML,
WOMBAT,
HARVEY LEAST SQUARES,
SPSS,
MSTAT-C
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PUBBLICATIONS
1. Evaluation of different sire index suitable for Sunandini cattle under
small holding systems of Kerala, India - Proceedings Of The 12th
Baltic Animal Breeding Conference, Latvia Ministry of Agriculture,
Latvia University of Agriculture and Animal Breeding Associations of
Latvia, 27-28 th April 2006. PP 21-26
2. Estimation of Genetic trend in milk yield of Kerala- Selected as
context paper for young Scientist award – 18th Kerala science
Congress, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 29-31st January 2006. PP 1-3
3. Policy Considerations in Livestock Production systems. National
Seminar on Better reproduction for sustainable livestock production,
Ministry of Agriculture, Government Of India, 27-29 th January 2005.
PP 35-52
4. Implication and strengthening of progeny testing programme. National
Seminar on Quality Management of Bovine Semen production for
optimum fertility in AI programme, Tamilnadu Livestock Devlopment
Agency, Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and
Ministry of Agriculture, Government Of India, 22-23rd July 2005. PP
13-25.
5. Heritability of milk production trait in Sunandini Cattle of Kerala.
National Seminar on Frozen semen technology, Ministry of
Agriculture, Government Of India, 4-6 th December 2003. PP 51-53
6. Screening of Breeding Bulls for Genetic Diseases. National Seminar
on Frozen semen technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Government Of
India, 4-6 th December 2003. PP 195-206
7. Utilization of half sib information to increase the accuracy of young
bull selection in Kerala. M.V.Sc Thesis submiited to Kerala
Agricultural University. November 2003
8. Progeny testing in Bos Taurus X Zebu cattle programme under small
holding system vis – A-Vis Kerala Model. National Seminar on Sire
Selection for Milk production Enhancement in Tropics, Ministry of
Agriculture, Government Of India 2002, 20-22nd November 2002. PP
65-74
9. Effect of non genetic factors on milk yield in Kerala situation. National
Seminar on Sire Selection for Milk production Enhancement in
Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture, Government Of India 2002, 20-22 nd
November 2002. PP 59-64
10. Projection of standard lactation milk yield from test day records in
crossbred cattle of Kerala. National Seminar on Sire Selection for Milk
production Enhancement in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture,
Government Of India 2002, 20-22 nd November 2002. PP 125-128
11. Relation ship of first lactation and lifetime production of Sunandini in
Kerala farms. National Seminar on Sire Selection for Milk production
Enhancement in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture, Government Of India
2002, 20-22 nd November 2002. PP 133-135
Contribution to the State of Kerala, India
1. Estimated genetic trend for milk yield in the entire state of Kerala,
India
2. Project proposal for Field performance Recording of Goat were
prepared and implemented– Data analysis and Buck evaluation done.
Buck sire directory released
3. Dairy Cattle Breeding and sure evaluation of AI bulls of Kerala, India
and published six sire directories of proven bulls
4. Characterization of Sunandini Cattle is initiated and instrumental in
the Genetic Improvement of this breed
5. Project proposal for conservation of Attappady Black goat was
prepared and conservation is going on
6. Instrumental in developing MIS for Field Progeny Testing Scheme of
Kerala, India
7. Actively involved in consultancy of livestock breeding of Kerala state
with Felix Bachaman, Intercoperation, Switzerland