Research Papers

• Kumar, P., Behera, P., Biswas, G., Ghoshal, T.K., Das, S., Kailasam, M., Jithendran, K.P., 2023. Gonad recrudescence and annual sex steroid patterns in female goldspot mullet, Liza parsia reared in brackishwater pond. Animal Reproduction Science. 248. 107161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2022.107161
• Biswas, G., Kumar, P., Mandal, B., Ghoshal, T.K., De, D., Bera, A., Kailasam, M. 2023.Effects of feeding frequency on growth, survival, body composition and size variation in long whiskers catfish, Mystus gulio (Hamilton, 1822) fry reared in net cage system. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 61. 102851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102851
• Das, S., De, D., Biswas, G., Kumar, P., Lalramchhani, C., Kumar, S. and Ghoshal, T.K. 2023. Effect of molasses supplementation on growth performance, water quality and microbial dynamics during indoor rearing of pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 70: 70-76. DOI: 10.21077/ijf.2023.70.1.115891-11
• Biswas, G., Kumar, P., Ghoshal, T.K., Das, S., De, D., Bera, A., Anand, P.S.S. and Kailasam, M. 2022. Periphyton: A natural fish food item for replacement of feed at optimized substrate surface area for cost-effective production in brackishwater polyculture. Aquaculture. 561. 738672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738672
• Kumar, P., Behera, P., Biswas, G. and Ghoshal, T.K. 2022. Oocyte growth, gonadosomatic index, hepatosomatic index and levels of reproductive hormones in goldspot mullet Planiliza parsia (Hamilton, 1822) reared in captivity. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 69(1): 84-96. DOI: 10.21077/ijf.2022.69.1.112397-09
• Kumar, P., Kailasam, M., Biswas, G., Christina, L., Ghoshal, T.K. 2020. Effect of different inducing hormones, sex ratio and oocyte diameter on breeding performance of brackish water catfish, Mystus gulio. Aquaculture. 530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735821
• Christina, L., C. P. Balasubramanian, Anand, P.S., Ghoshal, T.K., Kumar, P., Vijayan, K.K. 2020. Integrated rearing system approach in the farming of mud crab, shrimp, fish, oyster and periphyton in bracksihwater pond. Aquaculture research. DOI. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14758
• Kumaran, M., Sundaram, M., Mathew Shijo, Anand, P. R., Ghoshal, T. K., Kumararaja, P., Anandaraja R., Anand Shyne , Vijayan, K. K. 2020. Is Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) farming in India sustainable? A multidimensional indicators-based assessment. Environment, Development and Sustainability.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00881-0
• Biswas, G., Kumar, P., Ghoshal, T.K., Kailasam, M., De, D., Bera, A., Mandal, B., Sukumaran, K. and Vijayan, K.K., 2020. Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) outperforms conventional polyculture with respect to environmental remediation, productivity and economic return in brackishwater ponds. Aquaculture, 516, 734626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734626
• Kumaran, M., Ghoshal, T.K., De, D., Biswas, G., Ananda Raja, R., Anand, P.S.S., Panigrahi, A., Vijayan, K.K., 2020. Aquaculture-based production systems for the livelihood security of coastal farm families in the risk-prone agro-ecosystem of India: an appraisal. Aquaculture International, 28: 805-814. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-019-00495-y
• Kumar, P., Biswas, G., Ghoshal, T.K., Christina, L., Behera, P., Kailasam, M., 2020. Effect of salinity acclimatization and administration of hormones on oocyte maturation, ovulation and spawning of goldspot mullet Liza parsia (Hamilton, 1822) reared in brackishwater pond. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 67(1): 56-63.
• Christina L., Panigrahi, A., Anand, P.S.S., Das, S., Ghoshal, T.K., Ambasankar, K. and Balasubramanian,C.P. 2019. Effect of varying levels of dietary protein on the growth performances of Indian white shrimp Penaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards). Aquaculture, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734736
• Kumar, S., Anand, P.S.S., De, D., Ghoshal, T. K., Alavandi, S.V., Vijayan, K.K., 2019. Integration of substrate in biofloc based system: Effects on growth performance, water quality and immune responses in black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon culture. Aquaculture Research, 2019; 00:1–14. DOI: 10.1111/are.14256.
• Anand, P.S.S., Balasubramanian, C.P., Christina, L., Kumar, S., Biswas, G., De, D., Ghoshal, T.K., Vijayan, K. K., 2019. Substrate based black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon culture: stocking density, aeration, and their effect on growth performance, water quality and periphyton development. Aquaculture, 507, 411-418.
• Kumar, P., De, D., Biswas, G., Ghoshal, T.K., Christina, L., Vijayan, K.K., 2019. Artificial fertilization, embryonic and larval development of Hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton). Aquaculture, 512: 734296.
• Christina L., Balasubramanian,C.P., Panigrahi, A., Ghoshal, T.K., Das, S., Anand, P.S.S., Vijayan, K.K., 2019. Polyculture of Indian white shrimp (Penaeus indicus) with milkfish (Chanos chanos) and its effect on growth performances, water quality and microbial load in brackishwater pond. In: Jithendran, K.P.; Saraswathy, R.; Balasubramanian, C.P.; Kumaraguru Vasagam, K.P.; Jayasankar, V.; Raghavan, R.; Alavandi, S.V., and Vijayan, K.K. (eds.), BRAQCON 2019: World Brackishwater Aquaculture Conference. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 86, pp. 43–48.
• De, D., Kumar, P., Anand, P.S.S., Biswas, G., Mukherjee, S., Ghoshal, T.K., Suresh, V.R., Vijayan, K.K., 2019. Embryonic development, larval rearing, and digestive tract and enzyme ontogeny of hilsa shad, Tenualosa ilisha. In: Jithendran, K.P.; Saraswathy, R.; Balasubramanian, C.P.; Kumaraguru Vasagam, K.P.; Jayasankar, V.; Raghavan, R.; Alavandi, S.V., and Vijayan, K.K. (eds.), BRAQCON 2019: World Brackishwater Aquaculture Conference. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 86, pp. 73–81.
• De, D., Ghoshal, T.K., Biswas, G., Mukherjee, S., Kumar, S., Anand, P.S.S., Raja, R.A. and Vijayan, K.K., 2018. Evaluation of growth performance in Mugil cephalus 1. juveniles fed diets incorporated with fermented plant feedstuffs replacing fishmeal or diets supplemented with fish gut bacteria. Journal of Food Processing and Technology, 9: 4, DOI: 10.4172/2157-7110.1000728.
• De, D., Raja, R.A., Ghoshal, T.K., Mukherjee, S and Vijayan, K.K. 2018. Evaluation of growth, feed utilization efficiency and immune parameters in tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) fed diets supplemented with or diet fermented with gut bacterium Bacillus sp. DDKRC1. isolated from gut of Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer). Aquaculture Research, DOI: 10.1111/are.13669
• Shyne Anand, P. S., Balasubramanian, C. P., Lalramchhani, C., Panigrahi, A., Gopal, C., Ghoshal, T. K., and Vijayan, K. K. 2018. Comparison of mudcrab-based brackishwater polyculture systems with different finfish species combinations in Sundarban, India. Aquaculture Research, 49 (10), DOI: 10.1111/are.13755

Other Publications

• Subhasis Mandal, D. Burman, N. J. Maitra, T. K. Ghoshal, A. Velmurugan, B. Mandal and K. K. Mahanta. 2018. Doubling farmers' income through land-shaping technologies in coastal-salt affected areas. Indian Farming, 68(03): 31–34; March 2018
• L.Christina, C.P. Balasubramanian, P.S.S. Anand, T.K. Ghoshal, P. Kumar and K.K. Vijayan. 2019. Mud crab farming: An alternative livelihood in the Indian Sundarban. Aquaculture Asia, 23 (3):19-29.
• Prem Kumar, T.K., Ghoshal, S. Das, Chhanda, M. 2020. Homestead modular hatchery technology of brackishwater catfish, Mystus gulio: A potential alternate livelihood option for small and marginal farmers of Sunderban. Aquaculture Asia. 23(3), 22-28. Aquaculture Asia, 20(3): 10-13.
• Prem Kumar, M. Kailasam, Bhubaneswari, M. Babita, T. K. Ghoshal, S. Das, P. Leesa, M. Chandda and K. P. Jithendran. 2022. Sustainable seed production technology of the brackishwater catfish, Mystus gulio. Aquaculture Spectrum, 5(5):21-27.
• R. Ananda Raja, T.K.Ghoshal, J.K.Sundaray and M.Kumaran. 2022. Apiculture (Beekeeping): A promising livelihood option for the Sunderban people. Indian Farming, 72 (02): 08-09.

Recently Completed/ Ongoing Projects

Sr. No.	Title	Funded By
1.	Novel approaches for development and improvement of sustainable shrimp and fish feeds	Institute
2.	Development and dissemination of economically viable and sustainable brackishwater aquaculture technologies for livelihood improvement of small and marginal farmers of Indian Sundarban	Institute
3.	Captive breeding of hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha-Phase-II	NASF
4.	Elucidation of molecular mechanism of dopamine action on final oocyte maturation of goldspot mullet (Liza parsia, Hamilton 1822).	DBT
5.	Strategies for sustainable management of degraded coastal land water for enhancing livelihood security of farming communities ( NAIP)	NAIP

Others

Significant achievements in research & development

• Indigenous shrimp feed technology using indigenous raw materials and machineries were developed with on par quality to imported technology with considerable reduction in cost of the final product. These cost effective feeds were commercialized to the entrepreneurs from different states of India.
• Developed and commercialized a cost effective feed PolyPlus for brackishwater poluculture of fish and shrimp and technology transferred to M/s. NRG Feeds Ltd., West Bengal.
• Refined the seed production technology of one of the most important brackishwater catfish, Mystus gulio to improve the breeding performance and larval survival and transferred the technology to Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
• Implemented land shaping models and brackishwater aquaculture models in six villages of Sundarban as CCPI under NAIP project with budgetary outlay of Rs. 3.67 crores and 172.57 ha degraded coastal area brought under improved cultivation involving 3214 farmer beneficiaries of Sundarban, West Bengal.
• For the first time milkfish (Chanos chanos) culture with hatchery produced seeds was demonstrated in farmers pond of West Bengal with 3 ton/ha production. The cost of production was Rs. 70-80/ kg and it had a ready market of Rs. 150/ kg.
• Developed model integrated farm with nine ponds of 1500 sq. m each and one pond of 3000 sq. m and two reservoirs of 1 ha each covering an area of about 5 ha with financial support of NAIP at ICAR-CIBA, Kakdwip Research Centre. West Bengal.
• Developed pilot scale feed mill for preparation of aquafeed with a capacity of 2 ton /hour at ICAR-CIBA, Kakdwip Research Centre, West Bengal with a financial support of about 1 crore from NAIP to cater the need of Sundarban farmers and Institute’s farm.

Awards/ Honors

• Best oral presentation award in National seminar in Hindi on Traditional Aqua Farming System: Prospect and Challenges during 11-12 Dec. 2012.
• Appreciation by DDG Fisheries ICAR for carrying out good work at the centre as Officer-in-charge (D.O. No. PS/DDG (FY.)/ 2008/322. Nov. 27, 2008).
• Appreciation by DDG Fisheries ICAR for Organic Shrimp Farming work (D.O. No. PS/DDG (FY.)/ 2009/55. March 2, 2009).
• Received Nanaji Deshmukh ICAR Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences 2015-16 (For Animal and Fisheries Sciences) on 5th March 2019.