Crustacean Culture Division

Institute Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title PI Co PI
1. Technology upgradation and optimization of protocols for diversified systems and species of crustaceans through sustainable approaches Dr. A. Panigrahi Dr. (Smt.) M. Jayanthi
Dr. C.P. Balasubramanian
Dr. (Smt.) P. Nila Rekha
Dr. S. Kannappan
Dr. (Smt.) Shyne Anand
Shri Jose Antony
Shri R. Arvind
Dr. N.S. Sudheer
Shri Biju I. Francis
Dr. T.N. Vinay
Dr. K. Ambasankar
Dr. T.K. Ghoshal
Dr. M. Kumaran
Dr. P. Ezhil Praveena
Dr. R. Geetha
Dr. Sanjoy Das
Smt. Leesa Priyadarshini
Shri Pankaj Patil
2. Captive maturation, breeding biology and larviculture of candidate crustacean species for brackishwater aquaculture Dr. C.P. Balasubramanian Dr. (Smt.) M. Jayanthi
Dr. A. Panigrahi
Dr. S. Kannappan
Dr. (Smt.) P. Nila Rekha
Dr. (Smt.) Shyne Anand
Ms. L. Christina
Dr. T.N. Vinay
Dr. N.S. Sudheer
Shri Jose Antony
Shri Biju I. Francis
Shri R. Arvind

Externally Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title Funding Agency PI Co PI
1. Resource Mapping of Brackishwater Aquaculture in Tamilnadu Dept. of Fisheries, Tamil Nadu Dr. (Smt.) M. Jayanthi Dr. M. Muralidhar
Shri J. Ashok Kumar
Dr. M. Kailasam
2. Development of grow-out technology for mass culture of sand and muddy polychaete worms and assessment of their seasonal nutritional profiling for use in shell and finfish hatcheries DBT Dr. S. Kannappan Dr. C.P. Balasubramanian
Dr. R. Jayakumar
Shri R. Aravind
3. Development of indigenous shrimp (Indian white shrimp) aquaculture: Genetic improvement Program of Penaeus indicus, Phase - I PMMSY Dr. A. Panigrahi
4. Mapping of salt affected lands of Rajasthan with potential for saline aquaculture Govt. of Rajasthan Dr. (Smt.) M. Jayanthi Dr. M. Muralidhar
Dr. M. Kumaran
Shri Jose Antony

Finfish Culture Division

Institute Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title PI Co PI
1. Development of hatchery technologies for breeding and seed production of candidate brackishwater finfish species under improved captive rearing systems Dr. M. Kailasam Dr. M. Makesh
Dr. R. Jayakumar
Dr. T. Senthil Murugan
Dr. Krishna Sukumaran
Dr. Prem Kumar
Dr. Aritra Bera
Smt. Babita Mondal
Shri Pankaj Amrut Patil
Shri Tanveer Hussain
Shri Dani Thomas
Dr. K.P. Kumaraguru Vasagam
Dr. R. Subburaj
2. Development and demonstration of novel brackishwater finfish farming technologies Dr. R. Jayakumar Dr. M. Kailasam
Dr. M. Makesh
Dr. T. Senthil Murugan
Dr. Krishna Sukumaran
Dr. Prem Kumar
Dr. Aritra Bera
Smt. Babita Mondal
Shri Tanveer Hussain
Shri Dani Thomas
Shri Pankaj Amrut Patil
Dr. R. Subburaj

Externally Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title Funding Agency PI Co PI
1. Development of brackishwater aquariculture through optimisation of  captive breeding protocols of potential and emerging ornamental fish species, technology transfer, and livelihood generation ICAR Dr. M. Kailasam Dr. M. Makesh
Dr. K.P. Kumaraguru Vasagam
Dr. T. Senthil Murugan
Dr. Krishna Sukumaran
Dr. Prem Kumar
Dr. Aritra Bera
Smt. Babita Mondal
Shri Dani Thomas
Shri Tanveer Hussain
 

Nutrition, Genetics & Biotechnology Division

Institute Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title PI Co PI
1. Integrating biotechnological and bioinformatics approaches for molecular and genetic characterization of brackishwater fish and shellfish candidate species Dr. M. Shashi Shekhar Dr. Sherly Tomy
Dr. K. Vinayakumar
Dr. B. Sivamani
Shri J. Ashok Kumar
Dr. J. Raymond Jani Angel
Smt. Misha Soman
2. Sustainable aqua feed formulations and feeding approaches for improved growth and health. Dr. K. Ambasankar Dr. J. Syama Dayal
Dr. T.K. Ghoshal
Dr. Debasis De
Dr. K.P. Kumaraguru Vasagam
Shri K.P.Sandeep
Shri T. Sivaramakrishnan

Externally Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title Funding Agency PI Co PI
1. Genomic resources for augmentation of economic traits in Indian white shrimp Penaeus indicus and whole genome sequencing of brackishwater aquaculture candidate species ICAR Dr. M. Shashi Shekhar Dr. K. Vinaya Kumar
Shri. J. Ashok Kumar
Dr.  J. Raymond Jani Angel
Dr. M. Kailasam
2. Network Project on Investigations on dietary alterations in shrimp for abiotic stresses using nutrigenomics approach ICAR Shri Ashok Kumar Jangam Dr. J. Syama Dayal
Dr. M. Shashi Shekhar
Dr. K. Vinay Kumar Katneni
Dr. P. Shyne Anand
Shri K. P. Sandeep
3. Solid state fermentation technology for development of cost effective customized plant protein products as fishmeal alternate for shrimp feed DBT Dr.J.Syama Dayal Shri K.P. Sandeep
Dr. Sujeet Kumar
4. Unravelling signatures of growth and salinity adaptation in Etroplus surentensis through omics approaches DBT Dr. Vinay Kumar Katneni Dr. K.P. Jithendran
Dr. M. Shashi Shekhar
Dr. K.P. Kumaraguru Vasagam
Dr. J. Raymond Jani Angel
Shri J. Ashok Kumar
5. Agricultural Drones Project Department of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare Dr. K.P. Kumaraguru vasagam Dr. M. Jayanthi
Dr. M. Muralidhar
Dr. M. Kumaran
Shri J. Ashok Kumar

Aquatic Animal Health and Environmental Division

Institute Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title PI Co PI
1. Investigation of existing/ emerging diseases in candidate  brackishwater species and development of preventive/ treatment strategies for  effective management Dr. K.P. Jithendran Dr. M. Poornima
Dr .P.K. Patil
Dr. S.K. Otta
Dr. Sanjoy Das
Dr. R. Ananda Raja
Dr. Ezhil Praveena
Dr. Sujeet Kumar
Dr. T. Bhuvaneswari
Dr. Viday Rajendran
Dr. T. Sathish Kumar
Smt. Leesa Priyadarshini
2. Development of technologies for amelioration of pond soil and water quality in brackishwater aquaculture Dr. M. Muralidhar Dr. R. Saraswathy
Dr. P. Kumararaja
Dr. Satheesha Avunje
Dr. A. Nagavel
Dr. M. Jayanthi
Dr. Aritera Bera
Shri Jose Antony

Externally Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title Funding Agency PI Co PI
1. NICRA- Impact of climate change on aquaculture and mitigation option for minimizing greenhouse gases from aquaculture sector ICAR Dr M. Muralidhar Dr. M. Jayanthi
Dr. J. Syama Dayal
Dr. A. Panigrahi
Dr. M. Kumaran
Dr. R. Saraswathy
Shri J. Ashok Kumar
Dr. Premkumar
Dr. P. Kumararaja
Dr. R. Geetha
Dr. Aritera Bera
Dr. Satheesha Avunje
Shri T. Sathish Kumar
Shri Jose Antony
Dr. A. Nagavel
2. Network Project on Anti-microbial resistance ICAR Dr. S.K. Otta Dr. P. Ezhil Praveena
Dr. T. Bhuvaneswari
Dr. Vidya Rajendran
3. All India Network Project on fish health ICAR-Network Dr. K.P. Jithendran, National Co-ordinator Dr. P.K. Patil - Project Co-ordinator & PI Dr. S.K.Otta
Dr. R. Ananda Raja
Dr. T. Bhuvaneswari
Dr. Satheesha Avunje
Dr. R. Saraswathy
Dr. P.Kumararaja
Shri J. Ashok Kumar
Dr. P. Ezhil Praveena
Dr. T. Ravisankar
Dr. R. Geetha
4. Network project on vaccines & diagnostics ICAR Dr. M. Makesh Dr. S.K. Otta
Dr. P. Ezhil Praveena
Dr. M. Makesh
Dr. K.P. Jithendran
Shri T. Sathish Kumar
Dr. Joseph Sahayarajan
5. Precision brackishwater aquaculture technology using Machine Intelligence DBT Dr M. Muralidhar Shri J. Ashok Kumar
Dr. P Kumararaja
6. Novel approaches for disease-free health certification in finfish and development of high health shrimp for sustainable aquaculture NASF Dr. S.K. Otta Dr. Akshaya Panigrahi
Dr. P. Ezhil Praveena
Dr. T. Bhuvaneswari
7. National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD)
a. Surveillance of brackishwater finfish and shellfish diseases in Tamil Nadu Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India (PMMSY). Dr. P. Ezhil Praveena Dr. S.K. Otta
Dr. R. Ananda Raja
Dr. T. Bhuvaneswari
Dr. T. Sathish Kumar
b. National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases -National Referral Laboratory for brackishwater  finfish and shellfish diseases Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India (PMMSY). Dr. P. Ezhil Praveena Dr. M. Poornima
Dr. Joseph Sahayarajan
 

Social Sciences Division

Institute Funded Projects

 
Sl. No. Project Title PI Co PI
1. Communication and socio-economic validation of brackishwater aquaculture technologies for sustainable development Dr. C.V. Sairam Dr. T. Ravisankar
Dr. B. Shanthi
Dr. D. Deboral Vimala
Dr. M. Kumaran
Dr. P. Mahalakshmi
Dr. R. Geetha

Externally Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title Funding Agency PI Co PI
1. Promotion of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) Technology for income generation and optimum use of bio-resources DBT Dr. D. Deboral Vimala Dr. P. Mahalakshmi
Dr. T. Senthil Murugan
Dr. T. Ravisankar
Dr. P. Nila Rekha
Dr. M. Kumaran
Dr. K.P. Kumaraguru Vasagam
Dr. S. Kannappan
Shri R. Aravind
2. Establishment of DBT Rural Bioresources Complex at Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu DBT Dr. P. Mahalakshmi Dr. Debasis De
Shri. K.P. Sandeep
3. Production systems, Agribusiness and Institutions - Impact of Agricultural technology (Brackishwater Aquaculture) ICAR Dr. R. Geetha Dr. P.K. Patil
Dr. T. Ravisankar

Kakdwip Research Centre

Institute Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title PI Co PI
1. Evolving brackishwater aquaculture technologies and its dissemination for livelihood security of Sundarban farmers Dr. Debasis De Dr. T.K. Ghoshal
Dr. Sanjoy Das
Dr. Prem Kumar
Smt. Babita Mondal
Smt. Leesa Priyadarshini
Dr. N. S. Sudheer
Shri I. F. Biju
Smt. Misha Soman

Externally Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title Funding Agency PI Co PI
1. Captive Breeding of Hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha: Phase II NASF Dr. Debasis De Smt. Babita Mandal
Shri Tanveer Hussain
Dr. T.K. Ghoshal

Navsari Gujarat Research Centre

Institute Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title PI Co PI
1. Development of sustainable and cost-effective brackish-water farming technologies for shellfish and finfish in the north-west coast Shri Jose Antony Shri Pankaj Kumar Patil
Shri Tanveer Hussain
Dr. M. Kailasam
Dr. M. Jayanthi
Dr. C. P. Balasubramanian
Dr. P. Mahalakshmi
Dr. R. Saraswathi
Dr. K. Ambasankar

Externally Funded Projects

Sl. No. Project Title Funding Agency PI Co PI
1. Brackishwater integrated multi-trophic cage aquaculture of different species, Pearl spot breeding & Crab box culture in diverse rearing systems for alternate livelihood and Societal development of mangrove based fisher folks of Maharashtra Mangrove Cell, Maharashtra Shri Pankaj Amrut Patil Shri Tanveer Hussain
Shri Jose Antony
Dr. M. Kailasam
Dr. Krishna Sukumaran
Dr. C. P. Balasubramaniyan
Dr. P. Mahalakshmi
Dr. K. Ambasankar
2. Pilot project on cage culture of Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer in brackishwater creeks as an alternate livelihood for coastal fisher folks of southern Gujarat Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Gujarat Dr. K.P. Jithendran, Project Coordinator Shri. Pankaj Patil - PI Dr. K.P. Kumaraguru Vasagam
Dr. R. Jayakumar
Shri Tanveer Hussain
Shri Jose Antony