Editor Name: Mahendra Pal

Designation: Ex-Professor

University: Ababa University

Country: Ethiopia

Biography: Prof.Mahendra Pal, an internationally renowned scientist and a well known distinguished academician, has 530 publications and 8 books. Prof. Pal guided over 67 students at DVM, MVSc, MSc and Ph.D. level in India and Ethiopia. He is credited to develop Sunflower seed agar (Pal’s medium) medium, APRM medium, PHOL stain and Narayan stain for the study of fungi. Prof. Pal elucidated for the first time the role of Cryptococcus neoformans in the mastitis of goat and buffalo, Fusarium solani in corneal ulcer of buffalo, Aspergillus fumigatus in rhinitis of camel and mule, Trichophyton verrucosum in dermatitis of deer, Candida tropicalis in human lung empyema, and Nocardia asteroides in keratitis of cattle. He has established for the first time the prevalence of Cryptococcus neoformans in the environment of New Zealand, Nepal, and Djibouti. He has reported the first isolation of Candida albicans from mastitic milk , and Trichophyton verrucosum in dermatitis of camel in Ethiopia.  Prof.  Pal has launched the Ph.D.programme  for the first time in Veterinary Public Health at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and also at College of Veterinary Science, Anand, Gujarat, India. His biography is published in World’s Who and Who. Prof. Pal is the recipient of “Distinguished Teacher Award”, “Jawaharlal Nehru Award”, and  “ Life Time Achievement Award. Prof. Pal is the First Indian Veterinarian who worked as “JSPS Visiting Scientist” at University of Tokyo, Japan. Considering his immense contribution,Prof. Pal is known as “Father of Veterinary Mycology” in India. Very recently, he has launched “Narayan Consultancy” on Veterinary Public Health and Microbiology to give free technical advice to the scientists of poor resource nations.

Editor Name: Mahendra Pal

Designation: Ex-Professor

University: Ababa University

Country: Ethiopia

Editor Name: Mahendra Pal

Designation: Ex-Professor

University: Addis Ababa University

Country: Ethiopia

Editor Name: Mahendra Pal

Designation: Ex-Professor

University: Addis Ababa University

Country: Ethiopia

Editor Name: Mahendra Pal

Designation: Ex-Professor

University: Addis Ababa University

Country: Ethiopia

Editor Name: Mahendra Pal

Designation: Ex-Professor 

University: Ababa University

Country: Ethiopia

Biography: Prof. Mahendra Pal, an internationally renowned scientist and a well known distinguished academician, has 530 publications and 8 books. Prof. Pal guided over 67 students at DVM, MVSc, MSc and Ph.D. level in India and Ethiopia.  Currently he works in his own organization Narayan Consultancy on Veterinary Public Health and Microbiology, Anand, India.

Editor Name: Mahendra Pal

Designation: Ex- Professor

University: Addis Ababa University

Country: Ethiopia

Biography: Prof.Mahendra Pal, an internationally renowned scientist and a well known distinguished academician, has 530 publications and 8 books. Prof. Pal guided over 67 students at DVM, MVSc, MSc and Ph.D. level in India and Ethiopia. He is credited to develop Sunflower seed agar (Pal’s medium) medium, APRM medium, PHOL stain and Narayan stain for the study of fungi. Prof. Pal elucidated for the first time the role of Cryptococcus neoformans in the mastitis of goat and buffalo, Fusarium solani in corneal ulcer of buffalo, Aspergillus fumigatus in rhinitis of camel and mule, Trichophyton verrucosum in dermatitis of deer, Candida tropicalis in human lung empyema, and Nocardia asteroides in keratitis of cattle. He has established for the first time the prevalence of Cryptococcus neoformans in the environment of New Zealand, Nepal, and Djibouti. He has reported the first isolation of Candida albicans from mastitic milk , and Trichophyton verrucosum in dermatitis of camel in Ethiopia.  Prof.  Pal has launched the Ph.D.programme  for the first time in Veterinary Public Health at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and also at College of Veterinary Science, Anand, Gujarat, India. His biography is published in World’s Who and Who. Prof. Pal is the recipient of “Distinguished Teacher Award”, “Jawaharlal Nehru Award”, and  “ Life Time Achievement Award. Prof. Pal is the First Indian Veterinarian who worked as “JSPS Visiting Scientist” at University of Tokyo, Japan. Considering his immense contribution,Prof. Pal is known as “Father of Veterinary Mycology” in India. Very recently, he has launched “Narayan Consultancy” on Veterinary Public Health and Microbiology to give free technical advice to the scientists of poor resource nations.