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| Designation | Principal Scientist |
| Discipline | Fish Parasitology |
| Division | Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Division |
| Specialization |
Fish/shrimp Health Management |
| Contact | +91- 044 – 24618817 Ext: 209 |
| KP.Jithendran@icar.gov.in | |
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- Brief Profile
- Research areas
- Current Research Projects
- Recognitions (National & International)
- Best 5 Publications during the Career
- Best 3 Publications during last 3 years
After obtaining Masters and M. Phil from University of Calicut and Ph.D. in Parasitology from ICAR - IVRI, in 1994, I joined ICAR - CIBA in 1999 and since then working on Fish and Shrimp Health Management. I have lead the research programme that contributed to broaden the knowledge base on diseases in shrimp, finfish and mud crab and development of molecular diagnostics and genomic characterization of betanodavirus causing viral nervous necrosis in marine fish aquaculture in India. I have played a lead role in the Regional proficiency testing programme in India in collaboration with NACA and CSIRO (Australia) for exotic diseases in fish and shrimp diagnosis in India during 2013. Currently I am working on shrimp microsporidian parasite Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei, its molecular characterization, mainly focusing on the mechanisms of its virulence, pathogenesis, host-parasite interaction and improved methods of detection and control.
- Epidemiology of animal diseases, pathophysiology, host-pathogen interactions and immune gene regulation during infection, Development of molecular detection assays, immunodiagnostics, and disease control through vaccines.
- Studies on molecular surveillance, phylogenetic studies on Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp farming.
- Control of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp farms using chemicals and biomolecules for prophylactic and therapeutics.
| No | Title | Funded By |
| 1 | Investigation of existing/emerging diseases in candidate brackishwater species and development of preventive/treatment strategies for effective management | ICAR |
| 2 | National Surveillance Programme on Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) | NFDB |
| 3 | Consortia platform on diagnostics and vaccine | ICAR |
- Served as Guest Editor for the publication of Special issue on BRAQCON 2019: World Brackishwater Aquaculture Conference by the Journal of Coastal Research. Citation: Jithendran, K.P.; Saraswathy, R.; Balasubramanian, C.P.; Kumaraguru vasagam, K.P.; Jayasankar, V.; Raghavan, R.; Alavandi, S.V., and Vijayan, K.K. (eds.), BRAQCON 2019: World Brackishwater Aquaculture Conference. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 86, pp. 107–111. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.
- Best poster Awards for ‘Improved diagnostics for specific detection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaeiin shrimp’ Aquaculture Kerala 2018- A blue revolution initiative organized by Kerala Aqua Farmers Federation at Kannur (Kerala), 10-12 Feb., 2018.
- Recipient of the Indian Virological Society Award for the best published paper in the journal Virus Disease by Rajan, J.J.S., Ezhil Praveena, P., Bhuvaneswari, T., and Jithendran, K.P. (2016). Design and evaluation of reverse transcription nested PCR primers for the detection of betanodavirus in finfish, Virus Disease., 27, 123-129
- Best Poster Award (second prize) for the poster - Molecular characterisation of Vibrio alginolyticus isolated from brackishwater environment using RAPD and ERIC-PCR by Ezhil Praveena, P., Thenmozhi, T., Joseph SahayaRajan, J., Otta, S. K., Bhuvaneswari, T. and Jithendran, K. P. (2014). XXI Annual convention of ISVIB held at MVC, Chennai during 17-19 June 2014.
- Best paper award (second prize) for oral presentation for the paper - Differential expression pattern of antimicrobial peptides in tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon against white spot syndrome virus infection by Sindhu Priya, M., Saravanan, P., Otta, S.K., Bhuvaneswari, T., Ezhil Praveena, P. and Jithendran, K.P. in the National Conference on Bioactive peptides-Application in veterinary, medical and food sciences (NBAP-TANUVAS-2014) during 18-19 December 2014 at Madras Veterinary College, Chennai.
- Awarded patent for the Development of an assay and kit for molecular screening of betanodavirus by nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (Nested RT-PCR) Patent No. 315677 vide application No. 347/DEL/2011under a DBT funded project implemented during 2007-2011.
- Best Paper Award for oral presentation of the paper - ‘Persistent betanodavirus infection in fishes: Concerns in Indian coastal aquaculture’ by Binesh and Jithendran during Golden jubilee national seminar on ‘Diversification of Aquaculture through Locally Available Fish species (DALAF-2010)’ organized by CIFE, Kolkata Centre during 27-28 Aug., 2010
- Awarded DBT Overseas Associateship Award 2005-06 for 3 months, 10 Oct., 2006 to 9 Jan., 2007 at University of Hiroshima (Japan) for post-Doctoral Research Programme.
- Recipient of V. S. Alwar memorial award for the year 2001 for the Best Research Article published in Journal of Veterinary Parasitology under the auspices of Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (IAAVP) during 13th National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology, 14-16 December, 2002 held at Kolkata.
- Recipient of CSIR fellowship for Ph.D. Programme (Parasitology) at Indian Veterinary research Institute, Izatnagar for Doctoral Research during 1992-1994.
- Jithendran, K.P. and Bhat, T.K. (1999). Epidemiology of parasitoses in dairy animals in North West Humid Himalayan Region with particular reference to nematodes. Trop. Anim. Hlth. Prod., 31: 205-214.
- Jithendran, K.P., Poornima, M., Balasubramanian, C.P. and Kulaseharapandian, S. (2010). Diseases of mud crabs (Scylla spp.): an overview. Ind. J. Fish., 57: 55-63.
- Binesh, C.P. and Jithendran, K.P. (2013). Genetic characterization of betanodavirus isolates from Asian seabass Lates calcarifer (Bloch) in India. Arch. Virol., 158: 1543-1547.
- Navaneeth Krishnan, A., Bhuvaneswari, T., Ezhil Praveena, P. and Jithendran, K.P. (2016). Paper-based archiving of biological samples from fish for detecting betanodavirus. Virol., 161, 2019-2024.
- Kannappan, S., Sivagnanam, S., Jithendran, K.P., Ezhil Praveena, P., Balasubramanian, C.P. and Vijayan, K.K. (2021). Development of indoor grow-out practices for polychaete, Marphysa gravelyi with a note on biochemical composition. Aquaculture Research, 52(9): 4278-4287
- Jithendran, K. P., Krishnan, A.N., Aneesh, P. T., Praveena, P. E. and Bhuvaneswari. T. (2021). Susceptibility of orange chromide, Etroplus maculatus (Bloch, 1795) to experimental infection of Betanodavirus. Aquaculture Int., 29: 697–710.
- Jithendran, K.P., Krishnan, A.N., Jagadeesan, V., Anandaraja, R., Praveena, P. E., Anushya, S., Amarnath, C.B. and Bhuvaneswari. T. (2021). Co-infection of infectious myonecrosis virus and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in Penaeus vannamei farms in the east coast of India. Aquaculture Res., 00:1–10.
- Navaneeth Krishnan, A., Kannappan, S., Aneesh, P.T., Ezhil Praveena, P., Jithendran, K.P. (2021). Polychaete worm- a passive carrier for Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp. Aquaculture. 545:737187