| Designation | Scientist |
| Discipline | Aquaculture |
| Division | Crustacean Culture Division |
| Specialization | Aquaculture, Bioremediation, Immunology |
| Phone | +91- 044 – 24618817 Ext: 113 |
| satheesha@icar.gov.in | |
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I am working in ICAR-CIBA as scientist in Environment section of Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Division, since joined for agriculture research service in 2014. With professional master’s degree in aquaculture from ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai and PhD in Aqualife Medicine from Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea (2012) and one year post-doc I have been working on fish immunology and therapeutics. My research career started with a doctoral research project on the influence of temperature on fish immune response against viral infection and escape of virus from the host immune system. During post-doctoral research, I worked on the development of anti-viral therapeutics from seaweeds. Since I have joined ICAR-CIBA; been working on development of therapeutics such as bacteriophage based bio-control of vibriosis in aquaculture, development of immunostimulants for improved health of shrimp, and bioremediation for improved pond environment. Study on role of veterinary medicinal products on biosafety, residue withdrawal and environmental safety have also been significant. My research interests are studying microbial intervention in improving fish/shrimp health and environmental conditions, the influence of environmental parameters on fish/shellfish, host-pathogen interaction and development of treatment measures to improve aquaculture.
- Development of probiotics for improved aquaculture
- Influence of environmental parameters on disease susceptibility of culture animals
- Application of veterinary medicinal products in aquaculture
| No | Title | Funded By |
| 1 | Abiotic stress management for enhanced productivity and environmentally sustainable shrimp farming | Institute |
| 2 | All India Network Project on Fish Health | ICAR |
| 3 | ICAR Consortia Research Platform onVaccines and Diagnostics | ICAR |
| 4 | National initiative on climate resilient agriculture (NICRA) – Impact of climate change on aquaculture and mitigation options for minimizing greenhouse gases from aquaculture sector | ICAR |
- Young scientist award for oral presentation in Diseases of Asian Aquaculture Symposium – VIII (2011).
- Global-scholarship to pursue doctoral programme in Chonnam National University (2009-2012)
- National Eligibility Test (NET) certification (eligibility for lectureship in India) by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
- Research fellowship for Master of Fisheries Science programme sponsored by Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai.
- Awarded 6th Best Fisheries Graduate (2006) by Professional Fisheries Graduate Forum
- Avunje, S., Patil, P.K., Ezaz, W., Praveena, E., Ray, A., Viswanathan, B., Alavandi, S.V. and Vijayan, K.K., 2021. Effect of oxytetracycline on the biosafety, gut microbial diversity, immune gene expression and withdrawal period in Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei. Aquaculture, p.736957.
- Rajendran, K.V., Shivam, S., Praveena, P.E., Rajan, J.J.S., Kumar, T.S., Avunje, S., et al., 2016. Emergence of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in farmed Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei in India. Aquaculture, 454, pp.272-280.
- Avunje, S., Oh, M.J. and Jung, S.J., 2013. Impaired TLR2 and TLR7 response in olive flounder infected with viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus at host susceptible 15 C but high at non-susceptible 20 C. Fish & shellfish immunology, 34(5), pp.1236-1243
- Avunje, S. and Jung, S.J., 2017. Poly (I: C) and imiquimod induced immune responses and their effects on the survival of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) from viral haemorrhagic septicaemia. Fish & shellfish immunology, 71, pp.338-345.
- Patil, P.K., Antony, L., Avunje, S., Viswanathan, B., Lalitha, N., Jangam, A.K., Kumar, D., Solanki, H.G., Reddy, M.A., Alavandi, S.V. and Vijayan, K.K., 2021. Bioaugmentation with nitrifying and denitrifying microbial consortia for mitigation of nitrogenous metabolites in shrimp ponds. Aquaculture, 541, p.736819.
- Patil, P.K., Geetha, R., Ravisankar, T., Avunje, S., Solanki, H.G., Abraham, T.J., Vinoth, S.P., Jithendran, K.P., Alavandi, S.V. and Vijayan, K.K., 2021. Economic loss due to diseases in Indian shrimp farming with special reference to Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). Aquaculture, 533, p.736231.
- Baskaran, V., Patil, P.K., Antony, M.L., Avunje, S., Nagaraju, V.T., Ghate, S.D., Nathamuni, S., Dineshkumar, N., Alavandi, S.V. and Vijayan, K.K., 2020. Microbial community profiling of ammonia and nitrite oxidizing bacterial enrichments from brackishwater ecosystems for mitigating nitrogen species. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-11.