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{{short description|Indian veterinary scientist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = G. Dhinakar Raj
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|9|22}}
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Veterinary medicine]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University]] }}
{{ublist | [[Veterinary Incubation Foundation - TANUVAS]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Madras Veterinary College]] | [[Tamilnadu Agricultural University]] | [[Indian Veterinary Research Institute]] | [[University of Liverpool]] | [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] | [[Pirbright Institute]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on diagnostics of veterinary diseases
| awards = {{ublist| 2006 ISVIB Dr. F. M. Burnett Award | 2007 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] }}
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'''Gopal Dhinakar Raj''' is an Indian veterinary scientist, an academic and the project director of the ''Translational Research Platform for Veterinary Biologicals'', a partnership program between the [[Department of Biotechnology]] and the [[Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University]]. Known for the development of diagnostic test kits for animal and poultry diseases such as [[Leptospirosis]] and [[Egg drop syndrome]], Raj is a member of the [[Department of Biotechnology|DBT]] Task Force on Animal Biotechnology. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2007.

== Biography ==
Born in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Dhinakar Raj did his undergraduate studies at [[Madras Veterinary College]] and obtained the degree of BVSc from the [[Tamilnadu Agricultural University]] in 1986, standing first in the university which earned him four gold medals.<ref name="TRPVB Staff">{{Cite web |url=http://www.trpvb.org.in/faculty.php |title=TRPVB Staff |date=2017-12-27 |website=www.trpvb.org.in |language=en |access-date=2017-12-27}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please click on the link, ''Project Director'' to see the details}} Subsequently, he completed his master's studies in biotechnology at the [[Indian Veterinary Research Institute]] in 1989 and moved to the UK for his doctoral studies on a Commonwealth Fellowship program to secure a PhD in 1997. His post-doctoral work was, at first, at the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] in 2001 and later at [[Pirbright Institute]] (then known as the Institute for Animal Health) in 2008. In between he joined the [[Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University]] (TANUVAS) as an associate professor<ref name="Handbook of Universities">{{cite book|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rs-jsaPenxYC&pg=PA822|year=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0608-6|pages=822–}}</ref> where he is a professor<ref name="Welcome to TAMILNADU VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY(TANUVAS)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/mvc_abt.html |title=Welcome to TAMILNADU VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY(TANUVAS) |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228172637/http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/mvc_abt.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/faculty/dhinakarraj_g.html |title=Faculty profile |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228172355/http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/faculty/dhinakarraj_g.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and serves as the project director of the ''Translational Research Platform for Veterinary Biologicals'', a collaborative initiative between the [[Department of Biotechnology]] and TANUVAS.<ref name="TRPVB Staff" /> He currently serves as Director, Centre for Animal Heath Studies (CAHS) and Director, Veterinary Incubation Foundation @ TANUVAS,<ref>{{Cite web|title=VIF @ TANUVAS ( Veterinary Incubation Foundation - A Section 8 company of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University )|url=http://viftanuvas.org/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=viftanuvas.org}}</ref> a Section 8 company established by Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai.

== Legacy ==
[[File:FCO-brebis.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Bluetongue disease]] - an infected sheep]]
Raj, who specializes in animal biotechnology, focuses his work in the fields of molecular diagnostics and immunology and has carried out research on the development of diagnostic kits for various animal and poultry diseases.<ref name="TRPVB Staff" /> The team led by him at TANUVAS is reported to have developed a methodology for detecting [[Bluetongue disease]] which uses latex beads smeared with specially developed [[Monoclonal antibody|monoclonal antibodies]] by the team.<ref name="Research">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/research_products.html |title=Research |website=www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-date=21 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221020645/http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/research_products.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, he led the team that developed a diagnostic kit for [[Leptospirosis]] (rat fever), a common disease spread by infected rats.<ref name="New diagnostic tool to test for leptospirosis">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-diagnostic-tool-to-test-for-leptospirosis/article7921384.ece |title=New diagnostic tool to test for leptospirosis |last=Sujatha |first=R. |date=2015-11-27 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2017-12-27 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The kit, jointly developed by scientists from TANUVAS and the department of microbiology of the [[Government General Hospital, Chennai]], was cheaper by one-fifth of the price of similar kits available in the market at that time.<ref name="Affordable test kit for leptospirosis to be launched - Medical Dialogues">{{Cite news |url=https://medicaldialogues.in/affordable-test-kit-for-leptospirosis-to-be-launched/ |title=Affordable test kit for leptospirosis to be launched - Medical Dialogues |date=2015-11-28 |work=Medical Dialogues |access-date=2017-12-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> His contributions are also reported in the development and validation of a [[Peste des petits ruminants]] (PPR) Vaccine, sexing kits for [[emu]]s, [[biomarkers]] for chicken and [[nanoparticle]]-coupled vaccine for [[Newcastle disease]]. Molecular biological studies of the viruses that cause [[egg drop syndrome]], [[bronchitis]], [[rabies]] and [[chikungunya]] as well as immunological studies of the genetic resistance of Indian goats and buffaloes are some of his other contributions. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VkogsdgAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2017-11-23 |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 113 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gopal_Raj |title=On ResearchGate |date=2017-12-21 |access-date=2017-12-21}}</ref> Besides, he is the author of two books, ''Animal Biotechnology: Vaccines and Diagnostics-Markets and Investment Opportunities''<ref name="Animal Biotechnology: Vaccines and Diagnostics-Markets and Investment Opportunities">{{Cite book |title=Animal Biotechnology: Vaccines and Diagnostics-Markets and Investment Opportunities |last=G. Dhinakar Raj, S. Thilagar, S.R. Rao |publisher=Daya Publishing House |year=2017 |isbn=978-9351248309 |page=238}}</ref> and ''Monoclonal Antibodies Application in Disease and Health''.<ref name="Monoclonal Antibodies Application in Disease and Health">{{Cite book |title=Monoclonal Antibodies Application in Disease and Health |last=G. Dhinakar Raj |publisher=Studium Press |year=2012 |isbn=9789380012278 |page=372}}</ref> He holds an Indian patent<ref name="Indian Patents. 243290:A TEST STRIP FOR QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES TO PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANT VIRUS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allindianpatents.com/patents/243290-a-test-strip-for-qualitative-detection-of-antibodies-to-peste-des-petits-ruminant-virus |title=Indian Patents. 243290:A TEST STRIP FOR QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES TO PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANT VIRUS |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.allindianpatents.com |language=en |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref> and eight of his patent applications are pending approval.<ref name="Department of Animal Biotechnology">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/mvc_abt.html |title=Department of Animal Biotechnology |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228172637/http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/mvc_abt.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a former member of the editorial board of ''Avian Pathology'' journal of [[Taylor & Francis]] and a member of the ''Task Force on Animal Biotechnology'' of the [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="TRPVB Staff" /> He is also associated with the Indian Society For Veterinary Immunology And Biotechnology (ISVIB)<ref name="Returning Officer">{{Cite web |url=http://isvib.org/notice.pdf |title=Returning Officer |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.isvib.org |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232036/http://isvib.org/notice.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and serves as its vice president.<ref name="Office Bearers">{{Cite web |url=http://www.isvib.org/obb.html |title=Office Bearers |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.isvib.org |access-date=2017-12-28 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Raj received the Dr. F. M. Burnett Award of the Indian Society For Veterinary Immunology And Biotechnology in 2006.<ref name="Dr. F. M. Burnett Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://www.isvib.org/award.html#fisvib |title=Dr. F. M. Burnett Awardees |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.isvib.org |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171753/http://www.isvib.org/award.html#fisvib |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Department of Biotechnology]] (DBT) of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2007.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received the Tata Innovation Fellowship of the DBT in 2012.<ref name="TRPVB Staff" />

== Selected bibliography ==
=== Books ===
* {{Cite book |title=Animal Biotechnology: Vaccines and Diagnostics-Markets and Investment Opportunities |last=G. Dhinakar Raj, S. Thilagar, S.R. Rao |publisher=Daya Publishing House |year=2017 |isbn=978-9351248309 |page=238}}
* {{Cite book |title=Monoclonal Antibodies Application in Disease and Health |last=G. Dhinakar Raj |publisher=Studium Press |year=2012 |isbn=9789380012278 |page=372}}

=== Articles ===
* {{Cite journal |last1=Kavitha |first1=K. T. |last2=Latha |first2=B. R. |last3=Raj |first3=G. Dhinakar |date=2015-03-01 |title=Assessment of cell mediated immune response in rabbits immunized with affinity purified 35 kDa midgut antigen of Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides ticks |journal=Journal of Parasitic Diseases |language=en |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=90–93 |doi=10.1007/s12639-013-0291-8 |pmid=25698868 |issn=0971-7196|pmc=4328015 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Vignesh |first1=A.R. |last2=Raj |first2=G. Dhinakar |last3=Dhanasekaran |first3=S. |last4=Tirumurugaan |first4=K.G. |last5=Raja |first5=A. |title=Comparative in vitro toll-like receptor ligand induced cytokine profiles of Toda and Murrah buffaloes—Identification of tumour necrosis factor alpha promoter polymorphism |journal=Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology |volume=150 |issue=3–4 |pages=189–197 |doi=10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.09.037|pmid=23084344 |year=2012 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Jeyathilakan |first1=N. |last2=Basith |first2=S. Abdul |last3=John |first3=Lalitha |last4=Chandran |first4=N. Daniel Joy |last5=Raj |first5=G. Dhinakar |last6=Churchill |first6=R. Richard |title=Evaluation of native 8kDa antigen based three immunoassays for diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis in sheep |journal=Small Ruminant Research |volume=116 |issue=2–3 |pages=199–205 |doi=10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.10.012|year=2014 }}

== See also ==
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* [[Monoclonal antibody therapy]]
* [[Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides]]
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{{portal|India|Biology|Medicine}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite journal |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?access_num=Dhinakar+Raj+G&link_type=AUTHORSEARCH&cmd=search&term=Dhinakar+Raj+G%5Bau%5D&dispmax=50 |title=Dhinakar Raj G [au] |date=2017-12-27 |journal=British Poultry Science |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=192–199 |doi=10.1080/00071668.2016.1262004 |access-date=2017-12-27|last1=Hudson |first1=G. H. |last2=Omprakash |first2=A. V. |last3=Premavalli |first3=K. |last4=Dhinakar Raj |first4=G. |pmid=28043159 |s2cid=29624964 }}
* {{cite book|author=Patricia Hester|title=Egg Innovations and Strategies for Improvements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LU7JDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA569|date=19 December 2016|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-0-12-801151-5|pages=569–}}
* {{cite book|author=Muhammad Munir|title=Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CsuoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA252|date=2 December 2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-662-45165-6|pages=252–}}

{{N-BIOS Laureates 1999–2009}}

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[[Category:University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni]]
[[Category:University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian inventors]]
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:21st-century American inventors]]

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