Focus of Research :
- Fishery, Biology and Stock Assessment of Shellfishes
- Bivalve Mariculture
Background :
After completing a master's in Marine Science in 2008, I worked as a project assistant in the CMLRE-funded project on ‘Demonstration of Pearl Culture’ from May 2008 to June 2009. Later, I joined the CMFRI headquarters in Kochi as a senior research fellow for the World Bank-funded project on “Shellfish Mariculture” from July 2009 to December 2014. I joined the ICAR service through ARS (101 FOCARS batch) on 01.01.2015. I served as a Scientist at the Fishing Technology Division of the ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi, from 2015 to 2021. Later, I continued my service at the Veraval Research Centre of ICAR-CIFT from 2021 to 2026, focusing on the design and development of energy-efficient fishing systems for responsible fishing and sustainable fisheries management and the development of jellyfish bloom advisories. In February 2026, I joined as a senior scientist at the Mandapam Regional Centre of ICAR-CMFRI. Thrust areas of my research include popularisation of bivalve mariculture and stock assessments of shellfishes and reef-associated fish species of the Gulf of Mannar & Palk Bay and formulating fishery management plans and conservation actions.
Education :
- PhD (Bioscience), 2022, University of Mangalore, Mangalore.
- MSc (Marine Science), 2008, Madras Christian College, Chennai.
- BSc (Zoology) 2006, St Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai.
Current Research Projects :
- Science for sustainability: Developing a integrated assessment framework to support management decisions for marine fisheries of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (SFD/IAF/13).
- Assessment and management of small-scale bivalve and gastropod fisheries for sustainable exploitation in India (SFD/BGF/17).
- Captive breeding and seed production of important finfishes and shellfishes and other invertebrates for sustainable mariculture, fisheries enhancement and conservation (MD/CBR/18).
Awards & Recognitions :
- Dr M. S. Swaminathan Award for outstanding doctoral research in Animal and Fisheries Science by the All-India Agricultural Student Association (AIASA), 23.08.2024.
- Received the AIASA National Award-2023 on the occasion of the 8th National Youth Convention, held on 22–23 August 2024 at the Institute of Agricultural Science, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Best Paper Presentation award in the 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum New Delhi, India 12-15 February, 2025.
- Received the Paper Presentation award in the 14th IFAF international conference for the paper “Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Trawls: development of a jellyfish excluder device for trawls: Success story of CIFT-VSOB.
- Best digital presentation award in the international symposium of the Marine Biological Association of India, 10 January, 2020.
- Received the best digital presentation in the international symposium 'Marine Ecosystem Challenges and Opportunities-3' (MECOS-3, 2020) for the development of a jellyfish excluder device for trawls
- Chinnadurai, S., Elavarasan, K., Geethalakshmi, V., Kripa, V., & Mohamed, K. S. (2023). Development of a depuration protocol for commercially important edible bivalve molluscs of India: Ensuring microbiological safety. Food Microbiology, 110, 104172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2022.104172
- Chinnadurai, S., Elavarasan, K., Geethalakshmi, V., Kripa, V., & Mohamed, K. S. (2022). Temperature, salinity and body-size influences depuration of heavy metals in commercially important edible bivalve molluscs of India. Chemosphere, 307, 135879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135879
- Chinnadurai, S., Campos, C.J.A., Geethalakshmi, V. Kripa, V., & Mohamed, K. S. (2021) Baseline health risk assessment of trace metals in bivalve shellfish from commercial growing areas in the estuaries of Ashtamudi and Vembanad (Kerala, India). Environmental Science Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15284-5
- Chinnadurai, S., Elavarasan, K., Geethalakshmi, V., Kripa, V., & Mohamed, K. S. (2021). Evaluation of static and flow-through depuration system on depuration of naturally contaminated farmed edible oyster Crassostrea madrasensis (Preston, 1916). Aquaculture, 737141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737141
- Chinnadurai S., CJA Campos, V Geethalakshmi, J Sharma, V Kripa and K. S. Mohamed (2020) Microbiological quality of shellfish harvesting areas in the Ashtamudi and Vembanad estuaries (India): Environmental influences and compliance with international standards. Marine Pollution Bulletin 156, 111255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111255
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