KV

Kennady Vijayalakshmy

Also known as: Vijaya/ Viji

International Livestock Research Institute, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

ORCID iD 0000-0002-9030-6112
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About

Vijayalakshmy Kennady completed her masters in veterinary sciences in the field of animal physiology. She has a good expertise in the field of reproductive animal biotechnology including in-vitro fertilization, animal cloning, stemcells research, sperm transcriptomics, artificial insemination, etc. Before joining at ILRI, she was working as an Assitant Professor, Animal Physiology at Veterinary Research Institute, Puducherry. She received three best research thesis awards for her research work during her master's programme. Her main contribution in ILRI is the development of different sustainable projects that mainly concentrate on enhancing the livelihoods of small scale and marginal livestock farmers in South Asia. Apart from that, she also works for different Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - ILRI collaborative research projects in the area of Backyard Poultry Genomics, Animal Disease Economics and Methane Emission and its mitigation. She is also overseeing the communications of ILRI-South Asia.

Employment

  • International Livestock Research Institute
    2018 - Present
  • Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research Teaching Faculty
    2018 - 2018

Education

  • Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences M. V. Sc
    2015 - 2017
  • Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research Bachelors in Veterinary Sciences (B.V.Sc)
    2010 - 2015

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