M. L. Madan
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Moti Lal Madan, Ph.D. (born 1939) is an award-winning Indian biotechnology researcher, veterinarian, academic and administrator.
From 1994 to 1995, Madan served as Joint Director (Research) of the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal and was later, from 1995 to 1999, Deputy Director General (Animal Science) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He is currently Vice-Chancellor of the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Veterinary Science University, Mathura. Earlier he served as the Vice Chancellor of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth in Akola. Madan has published at least 188 academic articles, including many in international journals.[1]
From 1987 to 1994, Madan served as Project Director of Embryo Transfer Technology at NDRI.[1] He led a research team at the institute that performed the first successful in vitro fertilisation of a buffalo leading to the birth of a calf, named "Pratham", in November 1990.[2]
He is considered the father of the Animal Production Revolution in India.[citation needed]
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- ^ a b Alumni Association of NDRI-SRS: Illustrious Alumni. Alumni Association of the Southern Regional Station of National Dairy Research Institute. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
- ^ Madan, Moti Lal; S.K. Singla; S. Jailkhani; and J.D. Ambrose (1991). "In vitro fertilization in buffaloes and birth of test tube buffalo calf ‘Pratham’" in World Buffalo Congress. Proceedings of the III World Buffalo Congress.
