Dr. Akshaya Panigrahi

Dr. Akshaya Panigrahi (Principal Scientist, CIBA), Graduate from O.U.A.T., Odisha, followed by MSc (Mariculture) has a brilliant academic career with a doctoral degree from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo (Japan) and working in CIBA since 1997. He has research experience in the prestigious Institutions like the Scottish Fish Immunology Research Centre (UK) on Molecular Immunology aspects in Aquaculture. He had significant contributions to establish the probiotic-induced immunomodulation and the immune mechanism involved in Aquatic animals especially in shrimps, trouts, and carps. He has lead several projects on the diversification of species and farming systems, disease surveillance, and adoption of better management practices in shrimp farming. He has contributed immensely to the development of technologies related to Crustacean breeding, seed production, and farming of native species (Penaeus indicus, P. monodon & F. merguiensis), Eco-based sustainable Aquaculture like Organic farming and aquamimicry and Biofloc/periphyton-based farming, RAS for sustainable intensification. His accomplishment towards the development of immunostimulants (CIBASTIM), biofloc consortium (CIBAFLOC), gut microbiome associated immunomodulation, aquaculture database system, Indigenous Technology Know-how evaluation and, exploration of fish germplasm resources are noteworthy. He has successfully undertaken projects for the propagation of native species of shrimp like Indian white shrimp, banana, and tiger shrimp, through research and nationwide demonstrations.

Crustacean Aquaculture (Diversification of Species and Systems)

Eco-based sustainable farming (Biofloc, Aquamimicry, Organic, RAS)

Shrimp larval rearing and hatchery technology

Shrimp immunity (Probiotics, Immunostimulants and gut microbiome)

• Hirala Choudhari Best Young Scientist Award (India) for the year 2009 by Dr HiralalChoudhuri Fisheries Foundation at CIFE, Mumbai on 10th July, 2009.
• Academy Gold Medal for the year 2018 from Indian Academy of Environmental  Sciences, Haridwar
• Fellowship from Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Awarded from Oct, 2001 to Oct, 2005
• J S Dattamunshi Medal- for the year 2019 from Zoological Society of India (Est.1939).
• Young scientist grant at 7th International Marine Biotech Conference, Newfoundland (Canada)
• -National Merit Scholarship during intermediate from 1984 to 1986
• -National Merit Scholarship during graduation from 1987-1991
• -1st rank Junior Research Fellowship (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) 1991-94
• -1st rank in Agricultural Research Service Exam. (ICAR, Govt. of India) -1995
• Best oral presentation award paper on “Gut microbial Diversity ….vannamei in biofloc system customized with probiotics: A metagenomic and proteomic approach” in 3rd International Symposium on Genomics in Aquaculture - 2020 (ISGA-III) January 2020, ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, India.
• Best Poster Presentation in Indian Science Congress 1999 at Chennai, India

• Panigrahi, A., Esakkiraj, P., Das, R. R., Saranya, C., Vinay, T. N., Otta, S. K., & Shekhar, M. S. (2021). Bioaugmentation of biofloc system with enzymatic bacterial strains for high health and production performance of Penaeus indicus. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-13.
• Panigrahi, A., Sundaram, M., Saranya, C., Kumar, R. S., Dayal, J. S., Saraswathy, R., Otta, S.K., Anand, P.S., Rekha, P.N., & Gopal, C. (2019). Influence of differential protein levels of feed on production performance and immune response of pacific white leg shrimp in a biofloc–based system. Aquaculture, 503, 118-127.
• Panigrahi, A., Saranya, C., Sundaram, M., Kannan, S. V., Das, R. R., Kumar, R. S., Rajesh, P., & Otta, S. K. (2018). Carbon: Nitrogen (C: N) ratio level variation influences microbial community of the system and growth as well as immunity of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in biofloc based culture system. Fish & shellfish immunology, 81, 329-337.
• Zou, J., Gorgoglione, B., Taylor, N. G., Summathed, T., Lee, P. T., Panigrahi, A., Genet, C., Chen, Y.M., Chen, T.Y., Hassan, M.U., & Secombes, C. J. (2014). Salmonids have an extraordinary complex type I IFN system: characterization of the IFN locus in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss reveals two novel IFN subgroups. The Journal of Immunology, 193(5), 2273-2286.
• Panigrahi, A., Kiron, V., Puangkaew, J., Kobayashi, T., Satoh, S., & Sugita, H. (2005). The viability of probiotic bacteria as a factor influencing the immune response in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Aquaculture, 243(1-4), 241-254.

• Panigrahi, A., P Esakkiraj, Rashmi Ranjan Das, Saranya, C., Vinay, T.N, Otta, S. K., Shekhar, M. S. 2021. Bioaugmentation of biofloc system with enzymatic bacterial strains for high health and production performance of Penaeus indicus. Scientific reports 11 (1), 1-13.
• Sundaram, M, Sivakumar, M.R., Saranya, C., Ambiganantham, K., Shyne Anand, P.S, Christina,L., Jose Antony & Panigrahi, A. 2021. The effect of natural and artificial periphytic substrates with biofloc system on shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Boone 1931) culture: growth and immune response. Aquaculture International, 29:651–668
• Panigrahi, A., Das R.R., Sivakumar M.R, Saravanan A, Saranya C, Sudheer NS, Vasagam KK, Mahalakshmi, P., Kannappan. S., Gopikrishna, G. 2020. Bio-augmentation of heterotrophic bacteria in biofloc system improves growth, survival, and immunity of Indian white shrimp Penaeus indicus. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 98, 477-487.