Dr. C.P. Balasubramanian

After taking a master's in Zoology (with specialization in Fish and Fishery Science) in 1986, and PhD in Marine science in 1995 I am working in CIBA since 1994. My research efforts over the past 27 years have been focused on different aspects of marine crustacean husbandry and management with an emphasis on the crustacean reproduction in relation to the seed production. The research works have been conducted to understand and resolve the reproductive dysfunction of penaeids in seed production industry. In mud crabs I am focusing on both species inhabiting in Indian waters, Scylla serrata and S. olivacea). The larval history of both species has been successfully closed, and technology developed for hatchery production of S. serrata. The taxonomic and nomenclature confusion of Indian mud crab species have been resolved using molecular techniques. Presently I am focusing on development of an Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.

• Shrimp and mud crab aquaculture
• Reproductive endocrinology of crustaceans with special reference to captive breeding

• Biotechnology Overseas Associateship for conducting advanced research for a period of six months by Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India
• ICAR Award for outstanding Interdisciplinary team research in Agricultural and allied for 2011-12

• Balasubramanian, C. P., S. S. Cubelio, D. L. Mohanlal, A. G. Ponniah, Raj Kumar, K. K. Bineesh, P. Ravichandran, A. Gopalakrishnan, A. Mandal, and J. K. Jena. "DNA sequence information resolves taxonomic ambiguity of the common mud crab species (Genus Scylla) in Indian waters." Mitochondrial DNA (2014): 1-6
• Balasubramanian, C. P, Isidro Jose Fierro, and Brian Tsukimura 2010. Stimulation of ovarian growth by methyl farnesoate and eyestalk ablation in penaeoidean model shrimp, Sicyonia ingentis Burkenroad, 1938. Aquaculture Research 41.12: 1887-1897
• Balasubramanian, C. P., Pillai, S. M., & Ravichandran, P. (2005). Zero-water exchange shrimp farming systems (extensive) in the periphery of Chilka lagoon, Orissa, India. Aquaculture International, 12(6), 555-572
  Balasubramanian, C. P., & Suseelan, C. (2001). Distribution and population structure of deep-water crab Charybdis smithii (Decapoda: Portunidae) in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Bulletin of marine science, 68(3), 435-449
• Merlin, J., D. L. Mohanlal, C. P. Balasubramanian, Tomy Sherly, T. Subramoniam, J. Syamadayal, P. Ravichandran, A. G. Ponniah, C. Gopal, and K. K. Vijayan 2015. Induction of vitellogenesis and reproductive maturation in tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon by 17ß-estradiol and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone: in vivo and in vitro studies. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 59, no. 3 (2015): 166-175

• Katneni, V.K., Shekhar, M.S., Jangam, A.K., Paran, B.C., Selvaraj, A., Krishnan, K., Kaikkolante, N., Prabhudas, S.K., Gopalapillai, G. and Koyadan, V.K., 2021. Phylogenetic relations and mitogenome‐wide similarity metrics reveal monophyly of Penaeus sensu lato.
• Anand, P.S.S., Balasubramanian, C.P., Francis, B., Panigrahi, A., Aravind, R., Das, R., Sudheer, N.S., Rajamanickam, S. and Vijayan, K.K., 2019. Reproductive Performance of Wild Brooders of Indian White Shrimp, Penaeus indicus: Potential and Challenges for Selective Breeding Program. Journal of Coastal Research, 86(sp1), pp.65-72.
• Lalramchhani, C., Balasubramanian, C.P., Panigrahi, A., Ghoshal, T.K., Das, S., Anand, P.S.S. and Vijayan, K.K., 2019. Polyculture of Indian White Shrimp (Penaeus indicus) with Milkfish (Chanos chanos) and its Effect on Growth Performances, Water Quality and Microbial Load in Brackishwater Pond. Journal of Coastal Research, pp.43-48.