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his question is most ignored and uncategorized in veterinary education and its associated system. One can hardly heard about any startup company begin by any skilled veterinary graduate. Many pro and against arguments may be given by intellectuals but hardline comparison with other sectors cannot be done on just superficial achievements. Since independence agriculture sector remain the backbone of rural economy at least, which drives life of nearly 90% of rural population. Animal farming like dairy, poultry and goat are main assets kept by farmers besides growing crops. Livestock and poultry are highly integrated into the economic activities of rural people and any improvement in production of such animals will directly impact the economic status of rural people. Since beginning of dairy revolution initiated by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel in Gujarat many successes have been registered in different fields of agriculture and allied sectors. These achievements are legendarily known as white revolution, green revolution, blue revolution, yellow revolution and list is
ever growing. Two very famous names has always been remembered one of Dr Swaminathan for green revolution and other of Dr Vargeshe Kurien for white revolution. They have brought the system in
poultry production, Er. Shri Vinod Kapur of Keggs farm, who went a way around and developed a new chicken breed called kuroiler. I personally admired from Mr Vinod since I took admission
Other notable personalities with strong agriculture entrepreneurship drive was Dr BV Rao, also known as father of Indian poultry industry and Shri B. Saundarajan, who gave the system of integration in
in B.V.Sc in 2006 because in this year his business model was presented as case study in Harvard Business School. What change he brought in society is a matter of investigation I left for my readers. There are endless examples of entrepreneurs who bring livestock sector to new heights of success and development and ultimately these enterprises bring prosperity among rural masses and brighten the rural economy.
Figure 2 Vinod Kapoor , begins his social
To my surprise nobody of these revolutionaries was veterinarian and of course I agreed that being a vet was not an eligibility to do these
and infuse western knowledge and science in desi conditions.
enterprise in 1990s which is now become huge social success
businesses. But could we able to question ourselves that these things wouldn’t be accomplished without an extra active participation of field veterinarians. Even veterinarians put their all efforts without any recognition. One can put a counter argument that veterinarians believes in work and people welfare without any greed of prestige and recognition. For those I would like to say that famous personalities of any profession gave name and acknowledgement to profession than only other people get mesmerized and want to choose that profession so that profession progresses.
Figure 2 Soundararajan and his brother introduced the concept of contract farming in poultry in Tamil Nadu in 1990 We cannot hide from the fact that most of the people who take admission in veterinary science are those who didn’t qualify for medical seat. For example, music reality shows are very popular now a days and lacs of youth gave audition to be selected in these shows, what thing attracts them for such
profession. Most of the people who compete in these shows are greatly influenced by lavish lifestyles of celebrities. So, profession get respect due to the persons who are
to the development of poor masses. Although ETT is very common in European countries and even in Brazil, where they have developed Brahmin cattle of Indian origin and
Figure 1 Moti Lal Madan, DVM, Ph.D. (Left) is an Indian biotechnology researcher, veterinarian, academic and administrator.
professing the profession. One of the most famous achievement Embryo Transfer Technology, successfully implemented by award winner scientist and academician Dr, ML Madan, which could have huge potential to become startup idea for institutions but it was buried after its whimsical success. This technique was so technical and sophisticated that it can’t be done by other persons except veterinarian. ETT could change the face of buffalo productive performance many times if applied on commercial basis. No doubt that this is very sophisticated technique and require much expertise and well equipped labs. Our institutions are full of these facilities and if not than government can easily sanction such facilities on demand because it is related
other cattle breeds of temperate climate with this technique. This means it was not impossible to make this technique commercial. There is little fault of government as such, because government and its employees can’t work for enterprise profit and should only work for farmers’ welfare. But counter arguments throws light on it by saying that welfare of farmers can’t be achieved without commercialization of technologies. One more notable name, Dr. S.K. Ranjan, who dedicate years of hard work and dedication in the field of animal nutrition and brought first feeding standards for Indian livestock and poultry. After retirement he joined one meat export company at prestigious position. Under his supervision and guidance
that company achieved greater heights of success. He introduce a concept of contract farming in Aligarh, where farmers was involved contract farming in which they grow buffalo calves for Hind Agro. Rural masses was involved in this and earn handsomely in this system. It is not just the question of earning money but it have very broader impact on overall lifestyle of present and coming generation. For young veterinary students it should be keep in mind that veterinary field is absolutely unexplored ocean of opportunities. It just require patience and calibrated sincere approach towards goal. There are numerous openings where young blood can explore their heightened future with promising returns and self-satisfaction. One of the area is pregnancy diagnosis in farm animals, a kit could have been made and commercialize. Other areas are like commercialization of ETT, animal stress determination kits, stem cell therapy, pet nutrition etc. Nevertheless, these things cannot be happen without government support, Government should provide logistics like labs and other financial assistance in PPP mode. Veterinarian needs to be daring and get ready to take risk in new areas. Students must have to come out from the game of safe play and at
the same time government should stand besides new startups to encourage the students to become entrepreneurs. Self-reliance is necessary this make our youth pro poor and accountable for their activities. Economic parlance will also get settled and new energy would come out which gives a new light to glow our noble profession Veterinary and that’s how a veterinary entrepreneur is created.