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| Designation | Senior Scientist |
| Discipline | Aquaculture |
| Division | Crustecean Culture Division |
| Specialization | Aquatic animal health management |
| Phone | +91- 044 – 24618817 Ext 441 |
| Saravanan.k@icar.org.in
sarocife@gmail.com |
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| Google Scholar | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a7nTDGMAAAAJ |
| Research Gate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/K_Saravanan6?ev=hdr_xprf |
- Brief Profile
- Research areas
- Current Research Projects
- Recognitions (National & International)
- Best 5 Publications during the Career
- Best 3 Publications during last 3 years
Dr. K. Saravanan is serving as a Senior Scientist in the Crustacean Culture Division at ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA), Chennai, since 2025. He earned his Ph.D. from ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE), Mumbai. He served the initial eleven years of his career as a Scientist at ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CIARI), Port Blair, where his research was mainly focused on aquatic animal health management, including disease surveillance, diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, molecular immunology, fish health management and the development of disease control measures. In addition to his core expertise, he has also gained experience in aquaculture practices and related interdisciplinary areas, such as fish nutrition.
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- C.V. Kulkarni Best Young Scientist Award for the year 2023 (At All India Level under the ICAR-CIFE Endowment Awards category) from ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Young Scientist Award 2024 from Society of Fisheries and Life Sciences, College of Fisheries, Mangaluru, Karnataka.
- Best Scientist Award for the period 2017-18 from ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CIARI), Port Blair.
- Best Research Publication Award for the period 2021-22 and 2022-23 from ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CIARI), Port Blair.
- Best Oral and Poster Presentation Awards in International Conferences - 5 Numbers.
- Received the appreciation certificates from the Tribal Councils of Car Nicobar and Harminder Bay, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, for the welfare activities conducted for tribal fishermen during 2022-2024.
- Saravanan, K., Praveenraj, J., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Devi, V., Biswas, U., Kumar, T.S., Sudhagar, A., El-Matbouli, M. and Kumar, G., 2021. Co-Infection of Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHHNV) and White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in the wild crustaceans of Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, India. Viruses, 13(7): 1378.
- Saravanan, K., Sivaramakrishnan, T., Praveenraj, J., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Haridas, H., Kumar, S. and Varghese, B., 2021. Effects of single and multi-strain probiotics on the growth, hemato-immunological, enzymatic activity, gut morphology and disease resistance in Rohu, Labeo rohita. Aquaculture, 540: 736749.
- Saravanan, K., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Khan, J., Hashmi, A.S., Velmurugan, A., Haridas, H., Sreepriya, P., 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. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172: 112879.
- Saravanan, K., Rajendran, K.V., Gireesh Babu, P., Purushothaman, C.S. and Makesh, M., 2019. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of secretory immunoglobulin M (IgM) heavy chain gene in rohu, Labeo rohita. Animal Biotechnology, 31(5): 413-425.
- Saravanan, K., Praveenraj, J., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Biswas, U., Sarkar, R., Haridas, H. and Qureshi, N.W., 2024. Aquatic animal diseases with awareness and perception of freshwater fish farmers on aquatic animal health management practices in the tropical archipelago of India. Biologia, 79: 823-840.
- Saravanan, K., Praveenraj, J., Kiruba‑Sankar, R., Biswas, U, Devi, V., Sathish Kumar, T., Sudhagar, A. and Seth, J.K., 2025. Are we overlooking the impact of cirriped barnacle, Octolasmis infestations on decapod crustaceans? Morphological and molecular insights from the disease investigation. Biologia, 80: 1353-1366.
- Praveenraj, J., Saravanan, K., Srinath, R., Uma, A. and Kiruba-Sankar, R., 2024. Molecular characterization of lymphocystis disease virus in Indian glass fish: first report from the Andaman Islands. Archives of Virology, 169: 136.
- Kiruba-Sankar, R., Saravanan, K*., Haridas, H., Praveenraj, J., Biswas, U. and Sarkar, R., 2022. Policy framework and development strategy for freshwater aquaculture sector in the light of COVID-19 impact in Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, India. Aquaculture, 548: 737596 (*Corresponding Author).