Prof. Dr. Muhammad Younus

D.V.M (UAF), M.Sc. Hons. (UAF), Ph.D (UVAS), Post Doc. (USA)
Professor & Principal, CVAS, Jhang.

Tel: +92-47-7671260; +92-333-4483593
Email: younusrana@uvas.edu.pk

Biography

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Younus (HEC approved supervisor), is a Professor of Pathology & Founder Principal of College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, sub-campus UVAS, Lahore, Pakistan; Post Doctorate from University of Minnesota, USA and Doctorate in Pathology and Public Health from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan; Won at least six academic merit scholarships, Star Award 2009 by South Asians Publications, Excellence Award by PVMC and PVMA for the year of 2013,2014 & 2015 and Research Productivity Award 2013-14 & 2014-2015 by Pakistan Council for Science & Technology, Govt. of Pakistan, Motivated, dedicated and flexible individual; demonstrated ability for knowledge translation in class room, laboratory and field settings. Proven ability to strategic planning & management, administration and execution / coordination of development programs and research projects; Able to develop research & public policy documents independently and to conduct & organize high level meetings, seminars & workshops; Excellent abilities to lead a team and or to work as a team player; Ready to travel anywhere in the world.  Appreciation letters were awarded by the Vice Chancellor, UVAS, Lahore, P&D Department, Govt. of Punjab and PVMC, Islamabad in recognition of the services rendered by Prof. Dr. M. Younus for his excellent performance for physical and academic development of a new institution CVAS, Jhang. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Younus has produced 15 Postgraduates (M.Phil & Ph.D) as a major supervisor and more than 100 peer reviewed research publications in HEC recognized and impact factor journals, 10 research based Books and presented research findings in more than 30 international and national scientific conferences in various countries including advanced developed countries of the world. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Younus is the member of more than 40 professional bodies including life member of University of Minnesota, USA, life member PVMC, Islamabad and life member of Alumni Association, UVAS, Lahore. Dr. Younus is contributing in the field of administration, academic, development and research with full spirit, dedication and excellent vision. He established the College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Jhang in shortest period in the history of Pakistan and has made it permanently accredited institution from PVMC, Islamabad. He added 25 acre more land in the College from the Govt. by struggling hard. He has constructed Cafeteria, R. O Plant and a Big Jamia Mosque in the College on donation basis. In this way he is playing a key role for the uplift of scientific knowledge in the field of pathology and veterinary sciences and trying to introduce the ways for the translation of knowledge, skills and techniques for the improvement of livestock, poultry and public health sector in the country and ultimately playing role in poverty alleviation and strengthening the economy of the country.    

Areas of Interest:

1. Identification and analysis of different serotypes of Salmonella in feed, poultry and in Humans and dealing with the zoonotic issues especially related to Salmonella and Mycobacteria  by using latest tools like PCR etc. 

Publications 

Trainings, seminars, workshops & conferences attended

            TRAININGS

1. Civil defense basic general training course at Govt. College of Commerce Narowal which was held on 05-11-1995 to 30-11-1995.
2. Basic computer training programme at National College of Computer Sciences, Narowal, which was held in 2001 w.e.f 01-10-2001 to 31-12-2001
3. One day training programme on WTO and its impact on livestock, poultry and fisheries sectors, which was held on 20th December 2003 at UVAS Lahore.
4. National training course on the application of bio-technology for livestock and poultry development, at NIBGE, Faisalabad and UVAS, Lahore which was held on 28-11-2005 to 2-12-2005.
5. One month staff development course w.e.f. 15-12-2006 to 25-01-2007 at UVAS, Lahore, sponsored by HEC, Islamabad.
6. Training on Bio-Statistics and Developing Research Proposals , August 6th to 11th 2012 at College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Jhang)
7. Two Days Training workshop on “Use of EndNote X5 for Biomedical Researchers” held on April 5-6, 2013, at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Pakistan
8. Two Days Training workshop on PEPRA –Punjab Govt procurement rules 2014“ held on 17-18 june,2014”  at UVAS Lahore, Pakistan

CONFERENCES

1. International two day Nutrition Conference at PC Lahore which was held on 1-2  December 2004. 

   14th Asian Common Wealth Veterinary Association Conference at PC Lahore Pakistan which was held on 21-23 September 2005.
2. International livestock and poultry congress at Awan-e-Iqbal Lahore Pakistan which was held on 13-14 December 2005.
3. 2nd National Conference on Agriculture and Animal Sciences at Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam which was held on November 23-25,2005
4. 34th Pakistan (SAARC) countries science conference at UVAS, Lahore Pakistan which was held on 20-22 February 2006.
5. International two day Poultry Congress and Exhibition, 25-26 August 2006 at Pearl Continent Lahore.
6. International 3 days dairy health conference at college of continuing Education University of Minnesota, USA with effect from  May 20-22, 2008
7. International 4 days NIAA conference meetings and sessions at Indiana State USA with effect from April 1 -4, 2008.
8. International 3 days Animal Welfare and Epidemiology Conference at Iowa state University USA with effect from July 14-16, 2008.
9. 6th Asian Buffalo Congress 27th to 29th Oct., 2009 in PC Lahore Pakistan.
10. 5th Turkish Veterinary Pathology Congress 14 to 18 September 2010 on Bursa Turkey.
11. National Conference on 13 October, 2010 at Multan On The Strategies to Improve Red Meat Production In Pakistan.
12. National Science Conference on 10-12 January, 2012 at Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi on Road Map of cutting edge technologies in Pakistan.
13.  Ist International Goat Conference. Johne’s disease in goats: A histopathological and serological study which was held w.e.f  09 to 12 April,2012 at Institute of  Tropical Agriculture, University of  Putra-Malaysia
14. International conference held on 26-27 May, 2012 at Islamabad on increasing productivity and unleashing growth in Pakistan by the collaboration of USAID and PSSP
15. 36th All Pakistan Science Conference on “National Prosperity Through Livestock&Poultry Development” held on 12-13 November2012 at Gomal University,Dera Ismail Khan-Pakistan.
16. Second Research Competitive Grants Conference , 8 to 10 February , 2013 , Marriot Hotel , Islamabad –Pakistan, USAID-IFPRI-PSSP.
17. Sustainability of Camel Population and Production Conference,17-20 Feb,2013at College of Agriculture and Food Sciences,King Faisal University,Saudi Arabia 
18. 2nd International Food Safety Conference (IFSAC) 2013” December 2-3, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
19. Third International Competitive Research Grants Conference of Pakistan Strategy Support Program at Sarena Hotel Islamabad on January 16-17, 2014.
20. International Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Congress at Awan-e-Iqbal Lahore, Pakistan on March 11-12, 2014
21. The 2nd International  Asian-Autralian Dairy Goat Conference, Bogor, Indonesia, April 25-27, 2014 jointly organized by Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University and Asian-Australian Dairy Goat Network.
22. Fourth International Competitive Research Grants Conference of Pakistan Strategy Support Program at Planning commission auditorium Islamabad on June 14-15 , 2014.
23. 2nd International Conference on Epidemiology & Evolutionary Genetics, August 18-19, 2014, Beijing, China
24. A regional conference with international participation on “The Future of Biosaftey and Biosecurity” October 7-8, 2014, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
25. 1st international conference on zoonosis, October 16-17, Bahauddin Zakaraya University, Multan, Pakistan.
26. International conference on “advances in parasitology and public health”, October 22-24, 2014 at CVAS, Jhang, Pakistan.

Seminars/ Workshops

1. One day seminar on Development of wildlife education and research at UVAS, Lahore which was held on 26th January 2004.
2. One day seminar on Animal welfare at Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhyana, India which was held on 8 November 2004.
3. One day seminar on Vivi section not, Alternatives the best of animals and science at UVAS, Lahore which was held on 14 October 2005.
4. One day 18th FAO, BMB symposium on genomics and proteomics in health and agriculture at Awan-e-Iqbal, Lahore Pakistan 20-23 Dec. 2005.
5. One day workshop on Biochemical Engineering and Fermenter Applications on 19th August, 2006 at Punjab University Lahore.
6. One day Workshop on Assistance in up Scaling Dairy Development in Pakistan on November, 25, 2006 at UVAS Lahore.
7. One day workshop on Layer Poultry Workshop on December, 12, 2006 at Al-Hamra Hall, II, Lahore.
8. One day training workshop on quality assurance at Ambassador Hotel, Lahore. on 09-03-2007.
9. Three days PARB workshop on planning and writing quality project proposals w.e.f  9-11 Nov,2009 at Davis road Agriculture House Lahore
10. Five days workshop on Bio-safety and Bio-security Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation training programme w.e.f 12-14 Jan, 2010 at Dubai, UAE.
11. Two days workshop on Development of sustainable and collaborative research networks talented researcher exchange programme -Inspire Pakistan w.e.f 25-26 November, 2010, held at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang – Pakistan.
12. Two days national awareness workshop on” Improving Bio-safety and Bio-security at Veterinary Laboratories In Pakistan”  w.e.f. March 1-2, 2011 held at Comstech auditorium, Islamabad-Pakistan
13. Five days Necropsy practice workshop w.e.f. 19-09-2011 to 24-09-2011 at UVAS, Lahore, Pakistan
14. Two days workshop/meeting which was held on 24-25 October, 2011 “One Health Alliance in South Asia at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
15. One day workshop on the awareness and field test for diagnosis of rabies on 20 December, 2011 at UVAS Lahore, Pakistan.
16. Two days workshop on “regional consultation on one health in South Asia” from 31 July-01August 2012 at New Dehli, India.
17. Six days Workshop for competency enhancement for teachers , February, 24 to 29, 2012, at College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Jhang
18. Three days Workshop on “Data Analysis”, May 20-22, 2013 at College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Jhang by Bio-statistical consulting center, UVAS, Lahore in collaboration with Jackson State University, USA.
19. Three Days HEC-AIT Cascading Workshop on “Ensuring Training Effectiveness” 11-13 September, 2013, held at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Pakistan
20. Six days workshop entitled as “National Necropsy Workshop” 19-24 September 2011 organized by Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.
21.  One day workshop entitled as “Brucellosis (Prevalence, Diagnosis, Prevention and Control Strategies in its dual use)” held on April 7, 2014 conducted by  College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Jhang and Friedrich-Loffler-Institute (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Germany.
22. Two days international workshop on one health South Asian Collaboration held on 29-30 May,2014 at Kathmandu, NIPAL
23. One day National seminar on “Avian Respiratory Diseases; A serious threat to National Poultry Industry” on December 09, 2014, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.
24. “Three days workshop on Veterinary Ultrasonography” 1-3 December 2014 at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Jhang- Pakistan.

Projects

1. Provision of Missing Facilities at CVAS, Jhang, amount of 185.550 Millions from Govt. of Punjab, Lahore –Pakistan.
2. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of antibiotics, heavy metals, mycotoxins and pesticides residues in milk, egg and meat meant for human consumption amount of 4.0 Millions, USAID.
3. 04 different research projects have been submitted to different funding agencies which are under review.

Professional memberships

1. Life Member of Alumni Association, University of Minnesota, USA
2. Life Member Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.
3. Life Member of Alumni Association, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan.
4. Life member Pakistan Advancement of Science.
5. Life Member Pakistan Veterinary Medical Association, Punjab Zone of Lahore-Pakistan.
6. President of Pakistan Veterinary Medical Association, Distt. Narowal.
7. Member Pakistan Society of Parasitology, Lahore.
8. Member Board of Studies Department of Pathology, UVAS Lahore.
9. Member Board of Studies in Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.
10. Member Students Academic Committee, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore.
11. Served as Chairman Fee Committee, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore.
12. Served as Focal Person of Higher Education Commission, University of Veterinary &       Animal Sciences, Lahore.
13. Served as Focal Person of UVAS, Lahore for National Internship Program Govt. of   Pakistan.
14. Secretary ,Seminar Committee Faculty of Veterinary Science, UVAS, Lahore
15. Member Postgraduate synopses Scrutiny committee, UVAS, Lahore.
16. Member Technical Committee to scrutinize the printing work of institute of continuing education, UVAS, Lahore.
17. HEC approved Supervisor and member of supervisory committees of postgraduate students Deptt. Of Pathology, FVS, UVAS, Lahore.
18. Served as member /technical advisor in the selection board, Islamia University Bahalwarpur held on 31 August 2009.
19. Served as member / technical advisor in the selection board, university of veterinary and animal sciences, Lahore held on 25th -26th August 2009.
20. Served as member / technical advisor in the selection board, in the Punjab Public Service Commision , Davis Road, Lahore on 19th ,20th  November 2009.
21. Member / technical advisor in the selection committee for admission to M.Phil. & Ph.D. students FVS, UVAS Lahore, Pakistan.
22. Member equalence committee for validity of curses FVS, UVAS Lahore, Pakistan.
23. Served as Member Food & Entertainment committee 6th Asian Buffalo Congress, Lahore, Pakistan.
24. Served as member /evaluator of Qerrat and Naat competitions at UVAS, Lahore.
25. Member of Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council Curricula/Syllabi Committee, Islamabad, Pakistan.
26. Member Tenure Track Evaluation Committee, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
27. Member Board of Advanced Studies and Research, UVAS, Lahore
28.  Member Board of Advanced Studies and Research, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi.
29. Member of Academic Council, UVAS, Lahore
30. Member of Disciplinary Committee, UVAS, Lahore.
31. Member (Technical) of Selection Board, UVAS, Lahore.
32. Member of Syndicate, UVAS, Lahore.
33. Chairman Board of Studies, Department of Pathobiology, CVAS, Jhang
34. Convener, Synopsis Scrutiny Committee, CVAS, Jhang.
35. Member Curricula/syllabi committee of Pakistan Veterinary Medical council, Islamabad
36. Member Board of Studies, University College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Islamia University Bahawalpur.
37. HEC nominee/member Selection Board University of the Punjab Lahore.
38. Senior Member Editorial Board Journal of Avian Research (thesciencepublishers.com)
39. Member of board of faculty, FVS, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore.

Postgraduate Supervision

Ph.D. STUDENTS SUPERVISED AS MAJOR SUPERVISOR

Ph.D. STUDENTS SUPERVISED AS MAJOR MEMBER

M.PHIL. STUDENTS SUPERVISED AS MAJOR SUPERVISOR

STUDENTS UNDERSUPERVISION AS MAJOR SUPERVISOR 

Ph.D.                                                              05

M.Phil.

STUDENTS UNDERSUPERVISION AS MAJOR MEMBER

Ph.D.                                                              02

M.Phil.                                                            22

STUDENTS UNDERSUPERVISION AS MINOR MEMBER

M.Phil                                                 12