Research Papers

• Manickvasagam,S, Kumar,S. Kumar,K. ,Bhuvaneswari,G.R., Paul,T., Shukla,S.P. (2020) Quantitative assessment of influx and efflux of marine debris in a water channel of South Juhu creek, Mumbai, India, Regional studies in marine science, 34:101095,DOI http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101095 (NAAS score 7.46)
• Shukla,S.P., Kviderova, J,Adamec,L., Elster,J.(2020) Ecophysiological features of polar soil unicellular microalgae. Journal of Phycology, 56(2):481-495.(NAAS score 8.83)
• Bera, K.K., Kumar,S., Paul,T., Prasad , K.P., Shukla,S.P., Kumar,K.(2020) Triclosan induces immunosuppression and reduces survivability of stiped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus during the challenge to a fish pathogenic bacterium Edwardsiella tarda. Environmental Research, DOI http://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109575. (NAAS score 11.03)
• Paul, T., Kumar,S., Shukla,S.P., Pal,P., Kumar,K., Poojary,N., Biswal, A.(2020) A multi-biomarker approach using integrated biomarker response to assess the effect of pH on triclosan toxicity in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage ,1878). Environmental pollution, DOI http://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114001. (NAAS score 11.71)
• Bharti,V., Jayasankar,J., Shukla,S.P., George,G., Ambrose,T.V., Augustine, S.K. (2020) Study on sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a concentration along the south-west coast of India. Indian journal of Geo-marine Science, 49 (1):51-56. .(NAAS score 6.30)
• Matolia,J., Shukla,S.P., Kumar,S., Kumar,K. Singh,A.R.(2019) Physical entrapment of chitosan in a fixed–down-flow column bed enhances triclosan removal from water. Water Science & Technology, 80(7): 1374-1383. .(NAAS score 7.62)
• Gita,S., Shukla,S.P., Saharan,N., Prakash,C., Deshmukhe,G.(2019) Toxic effects of selected textile dyes on elemental composition, photosynthetic pigments, protein content and growth of a freshwater chlorophycean alga Chlorella vulgaris, Bulletin of Environmental contamination and Toxicology, 102(6):795-801. .(NAAS score 7.65)
• Prabhath,G.P.W.A.,Shukla,S.P., Kumar,K., Nuwansi,K.K.T.(2019) Salinity mediated enhancement in protein and pigment content in Spirulina (Arthrospira) platenis , Indian Journal of Biotechnology, Vol 18 (In press). .(NAAS score 6.34)
• Remya,L., Zacharia,P.U., Shukla,S.P.,Varghese,M.,Jaiswar,A.K.,Nazar,A.K.A.(2019) Relative condition factor and food and feeding of jones ponyfish Eubleekeria jonesi(James , 1971) from Mandapam waters,Tamilnadu, India , Indian Journal of fisheries,66(4):30-38. .(NAAS score 6.26)
• Bharti,V., Jayasankar,J., Shukla,S.P., Varghese, T., Sathianandan,T.V.(2019) Distribution of Indian oil sardine Sardinella longiceps along South-West coast of India, Indian Journal of Animal Science, 89(8):912-917. .(NAAS score 6.23)
• Paul, T., Shukla,S.P., Kumar, K., Poojary, N., Kumar, S. (2019). Effect of temperature on triclosan toxicity in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878): Hematology, biochemistry and genotoxicity evaluation. Science of Total Environment, 668:104-114. .(NAAS score 11.59)
• Sahu, V. K., Karmakar, S., Kumar, S., Shukla,S.P., Kumar, K. (2018). Triclosan toxicity alters behavioral and hematological parameters and vital antioxidant and neurological enzymes in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878). Aquatic Toxicology, 202: 145-152. .(NAAS score 9.79)
• Wickramasinghe, A.D., Shukla,S.P. (2018). Performance evaluation of a pellet based column bed for removal of a potentially carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) from water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 6(5): 6012-6020.(Cite score 4.02)
• Ranjith, L., Shukla,S.P., Vinod, K., Ramkumar, S. and Chakraborty, S.K., (2018). Targeting the non-target plant biota: Ecological implications of trawl fishery along Thoothukudi, Southeast coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 24, pp.143-155.(NAAS score 7.46)
• Gita, S., Shukla,S.P., Matolia, J., Prakash, C., Bharti, V., Singh, A.R., (2018). Chemical Modification and Performance Evaluation of an Agro‐Waste for Column Mode Removal of Textile Dyes. Global Challenges(Wiley), 2(10): 1700131.(6.0)
• Satapathy SR, Kumar S., Sukdane K., Shukla,S.P. (2017). Biogenic synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles and their effects against bloom forming algae and synergistic effect with antibiotics against fish pathogenic bacteria. Journal of applied Phycology, 29(4):1865-1875. (NAAS score 8.62)
• S.Gita, S.P.Shukla, T.G.Choudhury,C.Prakash,A.R.Singh(2017) A prototype of novel agro-waste based column bed device for removal of textile dye optilan Red,Water Science & Technology,76(5),1251-1260.(NAAS score 7.62)
• Ranjith, L., Shukla,S.P., (2016). Column mode removal of copper through physically entrapped algal bioadsorbents. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology. 23:527-532 (NAAS score 6.614)
• S.R. Satapathy , S.P.Shukla, K. P. Sandeep , A. Singh , N. Sharma (2015) Evaluation of the performance of an algal bioreactor for silver nanoparticle production. Journal of Applied Phycology ,27:285-291 ( NAAS score 8.62)
• KP Sandeep,S.P.Shukla, A Vennila,CS Purushothaman , N.Manjulexmi (2015) Cultivation of Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis in a low cost seawater based medium for extraction of value added pigments , Indian Journal Geo-Marine Science , 44(3):384-393 (NAAS score 6.30)

Other Publications

Book chapters

• S.P. Shukla, S. Gita, V.S. Bharti, G.R. Bhuvaneswari, and W.A.A.D.L. Wikramasinghe (2017). Atmospheric Carbon Sequestration Through Microalgae: Status, Prospects, and Challenges. In: Jay Shankar Singh- Gamini Seneviratne (Eds), Agro-Environmental Sustainability, Volume 1: Managing Crop Health, 1st edn , Springer,pp. 219-237
• V.S. Bharti, M.L. Dotaniya, S.P. Shukla, and V.K. Yadav (2017) Managing Soil Fertility Through Microbes: Prospects, Challenges and Future Strategies. In: Jay Shankar Singh- Gamini Seneviratne (Eds), Agro-Environmental Sustainability, Volume 1: Managing Crop Health, 1st edn , Springer,pp. 81-112
• J. Kviderova, S.P.Shukla, B.Pushparaj, J.Elster (2017) Perspectives of low-temperature biomass production of polar microalgae and biotechnology expansion into high latitudes psychrophiles: from biodiversity to biotechnology Eds. Rosa Margesin,Franz Schinner,Jean-Claude Marx, Charles Gerday, Springer, pp 585-600.
• Shukla S.P., Kumar S., Gita S., Bharti V.S., Kumar K., Rathi Bhuvaneswari G. (2018) Recent Technologies for Wastewater Treatment: A Brief Review. In: Jana B., Mandal R., Jayasankar P. (eds) Wastewater Management Through Aquaculture. Springer, Singapore DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7248-2_11
• Manual: Arpita Sharma, Rupam Sharma, S. P. Shukla and Paramita B. Sawant (2017) How to Conduct Writeshops. Published by ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai, pp : 37

Completed Projects

• Baseline riverine radioecology and Biodiversity studies around the proposed NPP site in Madhya Pradesh’ (Co-PI). Funding Agency: BRNS
• Performance evaluation and improvement of newly-designed water filtration unit (PI, Institute funded, 2016-19)
• Designing and testing of column based water filtration units for removal of inorganic and organic waste from hatchery wastewater (PI, Institute funded, 2013-16)

Ongoing Projects

• Biomass Production and downstream processing of Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis for high- purity colorant grade phycocyanin extraction" (PI, DBT, 2017-21)
• Documentation , inventorization and bioprospecting of microalgae of freshwater habitats of Maharashtra for atmospheric carbon sequestration (CIFE-2019/14B)(PI, 2019-22)
• Assessment of Triclosan in wastewater plant of Mumbai: its impacts and remedial strategies.(Co-PI, CIFE-2019/2, 2019-21)

Others

• Designed, fabricated an tested three prototypes of novel water filtration units for chlorine free decontamination of water.
• Tubular photo-bioreactors for microalgae biomass production designed and tested for enhanced biomass production

Awards/honours

• Best Poster Presentation award for the co-authored paper “ Effect of temperature and pH on stability and acute toxicity of triclosan in P.hypophthalmus” in the International Confererance on “Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Development” (COSFAD 2019) held at College of Fisheries, Ratnagiri from 17th-20th January, 2019.