Dr. S.N.Puri- The Vice-Chancellor

College Of Veterinary sciences And Animal Husbandry

Name                                      Dr S. N. Puri
Father’s Name                     Shri Puri
Nationality                            Indian
Place and Date of Birth     Nagpur, : 24 January 1945  
Marital Status                     Married
Current Position                 Vice-Chancellor (since 14.5.99 )

Dr S. N. Puri was the President of IAUA for the year 2005. He was born on 24 January 1945 in a small village of Kharsoli in Distt. Nagpur (MS). Right from the very beginning Dr Puri was an bright student. He completed his B.Sc (Agri.) in 1968 from Nagpur University and M.SC. (1970) and Ph.D. (1975) on ‘Persistence of monocrotophos on virus’ from IARI, New Delhi. 

He was the VC MPKV, Rahuri from 14.5.99 to 15.12.2004 and he is at CAU, Imphal from 18.12.2004 till date. Before that he was also the VC DBKKV, Dapoli (1.9.99 to 20.2.2002) and Director NCIPM (19.1.95 to 13.5.99). He has also held number of special assignments like Examiner, IAS, examination of UPSC., examiner for many Ph.D. candidates, Member – Project screening committee in Entomology of ICAR etc. He has more than 118 papers to his credit and has worked extensively on ‘Integrated Pest Management of cotton’. He has also been on the Board of number of prestigious professional, academic and social organizations/committees. In discharging of his management and research duties he has visited some foreign countries viz. Japan, USA, Israel, Thailand, Switzerland and Spain. He is a renowned Entomologist and is the recipient of Hexamer Foundation Award and Distinguished Achievement Award. He has also been a Senior Member, Secretary-Treasurer and Vice-President of the Executive Committee of IAUA.

Address for Correspondance:

Vice Chancellor
College of Veterinary sciences
Central Agricultural University
Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram-796014
E-mail : vc@cvsccauaizawl.org