Research Papers

• Chowdhury L. M., Chaturvedi S., Mandal S., Kumar R., Singh R. K., Lal K. K., Mohindra V., 2023. Development of novel microsatellite markers for population differentiation and detection of natural selection in wild populations of Butter catfish, Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794). Molecular Biology Reports, 50, 2435–2444.
• Chandran R., Singh A., Singh R. K., Mandal S., Ganesan K., Sah P., Paul P., Pathak A., Dutta N., Sah R., Lal K.K., Mohindra V., 2022. Phenotypic variation of Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) from Indian rivers using truss network and geometric morphometrics. PeerJ 10: e13290.
• Mandal, S., Singh, A., Sah, P., Singh, R.K., Kumar, R., Lal, K.K., Mohindra, V., 2020. Genetic and morphological assessment of a vulnerable large catfish, Silonia silondia (Hamilton, 1822), in natural populations from India. Journal of Fish Biology, 1-15.
• Mandal S., J. K. Jena, R. K. Singh, V. Mohindra, W. S. Lakra, G. Deshmukhe, R. Kumar and Lal K. K., 2016. Genetic Characterization of Silond Catfish, Silonia silondia (Hamilton, 1822) inferred from two mitochondrial markers. Mitochondrial DNA, 27(2):1075-9.
• Mandal S., Lal K. K., Singh R. K., Sah R. S., Jena J. K., Singh A. and Mohindra V., 2018. Comparative length-weight relationship and condition factor of hilsa shad Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) from freshwater, estuarine and marine environments in India. Indian J. Fish., 65(2): 33-41.
• Singh, R. K., Kumar, R., Bhordia, A., Mandal, S., Kantharajan, G., Chandran, R., Ajithkumar, T. T., Mohindra, V., & Lal, K. K. 2023. Development of genome-wide novel microsatellite markers and genetic variability analysis of Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790). In Aquaculture International. 31, 3055–3070.
• Biswal J.R., R.K. Singh, S. Mandal, R. Chandran, A. Singh, P. Sah, K.K. Lal, (2020) Intraspecific phenotype variations in olive barb Systomus sarana (Hamilton, 1822) population from different rivers is possibly linked to locomotive adaptations in caudal fin. Indian J. Fish, 67 (3), 18-28
• Mandal S., Jena J. K., Singh R. K., Mohindra V., Lakra W. S., Deshmukhe G., Pathak A. and Lal K. K., 2016. De novo development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in a schilbid catfish, Silonia silondia (Hamilton, 1822) and their validation for population genetic studies. Mol. Biol. Rep., 43(2): 91-8.
• Mandal S., J. K. Jena, R. K. Singh, V. Mohindra, W. S. Lakra, G. Deshmukhe, R. Kumar and Lal K. K., 2016. Genetic Characterization of Silond Catfish, Silonia silondia (Hamilton, 1822) inferred from two mitochondrial markers. Mitochondrial DNA, 27(2):1075-9.
• Mandal S., Lal K. K., Singh R. K., Sah R. S., Jena J. K., Singh A. and Mohindra V., 2018. Comparative length-weight relationship and condition factor of hilsa shad Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) from freshwater, estuarine and marine environments in India. Indian J. Fish., 65(2): 33-41.
• Dutta N., Singh R. K., Mohindra V., Pathak A., Kumar R., Sah P., Mandal S., Kaur G. and Lal K. K., 2019. Microsatellite marker set for genetic diversity assessment of primitive Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) derived through SMRT sequencing technology. Molecular Biology Reports: 46 (1): 41-49.
• Mohindra V., Divya B. K., Kumar R., Singh R. K., Dwivedi A. K., Mandal S., Masih P., Lal K. K. and Jena J. K. 2019. Genetic Population structure of a highly migratory Hilsa Shad, Tenualosa ilisha, in three river systems, inferred from four mitochondrial genes analysis. Environmental Biology of Fishes,102, 939–954.
• Sah, P., Mandal, S., Singh, R. K., Dutta, N., Sah, R.S., Pathak, A., Srivastava, J.K., Singh, A., Lal, K.K. &Mohindra, V. (2021). Development of novel microsatellite marker panel in threatened tetraploidmahseer, Tor tor (Hamilton 1822) for insights into its genetic diversity andpopulation structure. Meta Gene, 28(3):100880.
• Sah, P., S. Mandal, Rajeev K. Singh, Raj Kumar, A. Pathak, N. Dutta, J.K. Srivastava, VP Saini, KK Lal and V. Mohindra (2020) Genetic structure of natural populations of endangered Tor mahseer, Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822) inferred from two mitochondrial DNA markers. Meta Gene, 23, 100635.
• Dutta N., Singh R.K., Pathak A., Mohindra V., Mandal S., Kaur G., Lal K. K., 2020. Mitochondrial DNA markers reveal genetic connectivity among populations of Osteoglossiform fish Chitala chitala. Molecular Biology Reports, 47(11):8579-8592.
• Chandran R., Jaiswar A. K., Raizada S., Mandal S., Mayekar T. S., Bisht A.S., S. K. Singh, Mohindra V., Lal K. K. and Tyagi L. K., 2021. Plankton dynamics and their relationship with environmental factors shape fish community structure in fluvial ecosystem: A case study. Indian J. Fish., 68(4): 1-13.
• Chandran R., Tyagi L.K., A.K. Jaiswar, Raizada S., Mandal S., Mayenkar T.S., Bisht A.S., Singh S. K. and W.S. Lakra, 2019. Diversity and distribution of Fish Fauna in Ib River, a Tributary of Mahanadi. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 66(1): 92-98.
• Chandran R., Tyagi L.K., Jaiswar A.K., Raizada S., Mandal S., Mayenkar T. S., Bisht A.S. and Singh S. K., 2018. Fisher’s outlook and perception towards fishery resources of River Ib. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 13 (1) 79-83.
• Tyagi L. K., Chandran R., Mandal S., Mayekar T. S., Bisht A. S., Singh S. K. and Lal K. K., 2021. A checklist of fishes of Mahanadi river, India. J. Indian Fish. Assoc., 48(1): 1-11.

Other Publications

• Machhalee prajaatiyon kee pahachaan mein aanavik maarkaron kee bhoomika (in Hindi). Pg 68-69, Matsyalok 2022, Hindi magazine, ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow.
• Matsya paalan aur jaleey krishi kshetr me ubharatee smaart praudyogikiya (in Hindi). Pg 70-71, Matsyalok 2022, Hindi magazine, ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow.
• Bharat mein Nadiyon ki Vividhta aur Upyogita (in Hindi). Matsyalok 2019-2020, Hindi magazine. Pg 58-59. Published by ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow
• aadhunik jalkrishi evum matsya sanrakhan mein jalkrishi janit matsya prajatiyon mein aanuwanshik vividta (in Hindi), Matsyalok 2012-2013, Hindi magazine, ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow.

Book chapters

• Mandal S. and Chowdhury L. M. (2024). Satat prabandhan aur jalkrishi ke liye matya aanuwanshik sansadhan. In Bharat ke jaliya aanuwanshik sansadhanon ka Satat sanrakshan aur prabandhan. Published by ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow and Narendra Publishing House, Volume 1 (pp. 215-225). ISBN 978-93-56512-57-3.

Recently Completed/ Ongoing Projects

• Outreach activity on Fish Genetic Stocks
• Outreach activity on Fish Genetic Stocks-Phase II
• Stock characterization, captive breeding, seed production and culture of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha)
• Exploration and assessment of fish diversity and traditional ecological knowledge in selected riverine and wetland ecosystems
• Exploration for fish diversity assessment and documentation of traditional ecological knowledge in lower Mahanadi basin for conservation
• Documentation of Genetic diversity in prioritized fish species belongings to the group featherback, carps, murrels and catfishes
• Establishment of standardised genomic markers for cataloguing diversity below species level
• Population Genomics and Mapping Signatures of Natural Selection in Asian Seabass in India
• Quantifying meta-structure matrices of Biodiversity & Ecosystem services for assessment of fish genetic resources of the Ganges river basin
• Quantifying meta-structure matrices of biodiversity & ecosystem services for the assessment of fish genetic resources, Sub-project3: NEH Region

Significant achievements in research & development

• Developed genomic resources for several commercially important fish species in order to describe intra-specific genetic diversity of wild populations to fill knowledge gap on genetic stock information.