Dr. Kamdev Sethy, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Animal Nutrition, CVSc & AH, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha completed his BVSc & AH degree from OUAT, Bhubaneswar. He has completed his M.V.Sc degree with junior research fellowship (JRF) and Ph.D. with senior research fellowship (SRF) from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, India. After a short period as Scientist in KVK, he joined as Assistant Professor in OUAT, Bhubaneswar. His areas of research are mineral nutrition and role of phytobiotics in animal nutrition. He has published more than 50 research articles in international and national journals. He has authored 08 book chapters and has completed 02 projects as PI and 06 projects as CO-PI. He has guided 14 M.V.Sc/ MSc students as major advisor and 20 M.V.Sc students as co-guide. He was awarded with Young Scientist awards from Animal Nutrition association of India.