Research Papers

• Deepitha, R.P., Xavier, K.M., Layana, P., Nayak, B.B. and Balange, A.K., 2021. Quality improvement of pangasius fillets using aqueous seaweed (Padina tetrastromatica) extract. Lwt, 137, p.110418.
• Hassan, M.A., Deepitha, R.P., Xavier, K.M., Gupta, S., Nayak, B.B. and Balange, A.K., 2019. Evaluation of the properties of spray dried visceral protein hydrolysate from Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1978) extracted by enzymatic and chemical methods. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 10, pp.2547-2558.
• Saravanan, K., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Khan, M.J., Hashmi, A.S., Velmurugan, A., Haridas, H., Prakasan, S., Deepitha, R.P. and Laxmi, M.N.V., 2021. Baseline assessment of marine debris with soil, sediment, and water quality characteristics from the fish landing centres of South Andaman, Andaman archipelago, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172, p.112879.
• Balange, A.K., Nayak, B.B., Kumar, H.S., Xavier, M. and Deepitha, R.P., 2020. Use of natural additives for improving quality and stability of fish and fish products.

Other Publications

• Deepitha, R.P., Roy, S.D., Sankar, R.K., Saravanan, K., Haridas, H. and Praveenraj, J., 2019. Rice fish culture for nutritional and livelihood security in coastal India. . An Overview of Integrated Farming Systems of Coastal India, p.113.
• Balange, A.K. and Deepitha, R.P., 2023. Utilization of Low-Cost Fish Through Restructured Product-Based Technologies. In Advances in Fish Processing Technologies (pp. 101-116). Apple Academic Press.
• Layana, P., Deepitha, R.P., Xavier, K.M. and Balange, A.K., 2023. Edible Packaging for Fish Preservation: Fundamentals and Applications. In Advances in Fish Processing Technologies (pp. 139-159). Apple Academic Press.
• Deepitha R.P., Good hygienic and Handling practices Daily telegrams, 2022.
• Deepitha, R.P., Sreepriya Prakasan., Harsha Haridas., Saravanan, K., Gladston Y and Dam Roy, S (2020). Folder on Good management practices in handling of fish onboard. ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair. Annual Report, ICAR –CIARI,pp-165

Recently Completed/ Ongoing Projects

• Technology demonstration of premium quality Masmin production in Lakshadweep for domestic and export markets (NFDB): 2 yrs, Cost 23.54lakh Dr. B B Nayak , Deepitha R P

Other achievements

Significant achievements in research & development

• Utilization of underutilized resources for assessing flavour bearing properties
• Completed two projects on Value added fishery products by assessing the underutilized resources of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Awards/ Honors

• Master trainer for the Fish and Marine product processing by Ministry of food processing Industries, GoI, New Delhi.
• Certificate of honour for delivering lecture on “ Women entrepreneurship in fish processing: Promising ways to tackle Covid 19 crisis in seafood Industries”