Focus of Research :
o Fish Genetics and Breeding
o Mariculture
o Fish bone health
Background :
I joined ARS (Fish Genetics & Breeding) on 01 st July 2015. Before joining ARS, I worked as Inspector of Fisheries in Tamil Nadu State Fisheries Department (2009-2014). Then, I joined as an Assistant Professor at the Tamil Nadu Fisheries University (2014-2015) and was involved in establishing the Shrimp Brood Bank at Kanyakumari District (NADP). I am pursuing my PhD at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) and the University of Bergen (UiB) under ICAR-Netaji Subhas International Fellowship and my PhD research focused on bone health in Salmonids.
Education :
- PhD (Pursuing), Institute of Marine Research and the University of Bergen, Norway.
- MFSc (Fish Genetics & Biotechnology), 2010, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai.
- BFSc, 2008, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.
Current Research Projects :
1. Captive breeding and seed production of important finfishes, shellfishes, and other invertebrates for sustainable mariculture, fisheries enhancement, and conservation.
2. Sea ranching of Green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) post-larvae (PL) in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, for sustainable shrimp production.
3. Development of seed production technology for the high value marine food fish the Giant Trevally, Caranx ignobilis to enhance the seafood production and nutritional security.
4. Genetic and genomic tools for sustainable marine fisheries, mariculture and conservation.
Awards & Recognitions :
1. ICAR- Netaji Subhas International Fellowship.
2. ICAR- JRF (4 th rank in AIEE-2004).
3. TANUVAS merit scholarship.
Best 5 Publications :
1. Fjelldal, P.G., Sankar, M., Vågseth, T., Pedersen, A. Ø., Madaro, A., Bui, S., Kryvi, H., Stien, L.H. and Nilsson. J. (2025). Vertebral deformities in cultured big size Rainbow trout: Radiological analysis from juvenile to harvest size. Aquaculture, 596,741729.
2. Sankar, M., Kryvi, H., Fraser, T.W.K., Philip, A.J.P., Remø, S., Hansen, T.J., Witten, P.E & Fjelldal, P.G. (2024). A new method for regionalization of the vertebral column in salmonids based on radiographic hallmarks. Journal of Fish Biology, 105, 1189-1199. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15873
3. Jayakumar, R., Tamilmani, G., Sakthivel, M., Rameshkumar, P., Anikuttan, K. K., Sankar, M., Johnson, B., Rao, G.H., Thomas, T., Krishnaveni, N., Moulitharan, N., Mercy, A. A., & Nazar, A. K. A. (2024). Optimization of packing and transportation of the fingerlings of cobia (Rachycentron Canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)) and silver pompano (Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801)).
4. Rameshkumar, P., Thirumalaiselvan, S., Raman, M., Remya, L., Jayakumar, R., Sakthivel, M., Tamilmani, G., Sankar, M., Anikuttan, K. K., Nandini Menon, N., Saravanan, R., Ravikumar, T. T., Narasimapallavan, I., Krishnaveni, N., Muniasamy, V., Batcha, S. M. & Gopalakrishnan, A. (2023). Monitoring of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) of Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) along the Gulf of Mannar, India using in-situ and satellite
observations and its impact on wild and maricultured finfishes. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 188, 114611.
5. Anikuttan, K. K., Rameshkumar, P., Nazar, A. K., Jayakumar, R., Tamilmani, G., Sakthivel, M., Sankar, M., Bavithra, R., Johnson, B., Krishnaveni, N., Mercy, A. A., Moulitharan, N., Narasimapallavan, I., Thomas, T., Rao, G.H.,Jayasingh, M., Joseph, I., Ignatius, B., Madhu, K., & Gopalakrishnan, A. (2022). Designer clown fishes: Unraveling the ambiguities. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 907362.
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