Dr. Abhijit Mitra is the Vice Chancellor of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan  Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura—a premier institution encompassing the College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, College of Fisheries, College of Dairy Science, and College of Biotechnology. A veterinary scientist, policy leader, and academic administrator with over three decades of experience, he has significantly contributed to animal breeding, genetics, biotechnology, and animal health policy in India and beyond.

Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan,  Mathura, find first of its kind in the State and fourth in the Country, was established by Government of Uttar Pradesh vide U. P. Act. No. 27 of 2001 on 25.10.2001 with the College of Veterinary Science & AH., the erstwhile U.P. College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Mathura as its main constituent College.