Dr. Sanjay Kumar Gupta

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Gupta has been graduated (B.F.Sc.) from College of Fisheries, Panangad under Kerala Agriculture University (2004).  I accomplished M.F.Sc. in Fish Nutrition and Biochemistry (2006) and Doctoral program in Aquaculture (2010) from ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai.  I have made significant contributions to the field of fish nutrition and physiology, resulting in the development of innovative feed formulations, aimed at enhancing growth performance of cold-water fishes at ICAR-DCFR, Experimental field center Champawat, Uttarakhand, during 2010-2015. Using molecular biology and computational techniques, the effectiveness of various immunostimulants as a potent nutraceutical supplements was established in terms of disease resistance in carps at ICAR- Indian Institute of Agriculture Biotechnology, Ranchi, Jharkhand during 2015-2025. Pragmatic impetus to create a sustainable drive by testing alternatives for fish meal and fish oil in feed with alternative unconventional ingredients for cost effective feed development was established. The scale feed formulations developed using graded levels of natural herbal extract/functional feed demonstrated positive impact on growth, physiology as well as immune performances of fish. Dr. Gupta has developed green and sustainable technology to tackle the issue of emerging concerns of aquatic environment associated with contamination of heavy metals and thermal stress. I have been transferred from ICAR-IIAB, Ranchi to Kakdwip Research Center of ICAR-CIBA in public interest and presently serving as Senior Scientist with effect from February., 2025.

• Use of unconventional feed ingredients for cost effective feed development
• Functional feed for larvae and broodstock

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• Received Best oral presentation award during 13th IFAF held at Kolkata, India, during 23-25 February 2024.
• Received Dr. V.G. Jhingaran Gold medal for Best Indian Fisheries Scientist, on the ocassion of National Conference organized by Bihar Animal Science University (BASU) at COF, Kishanganj, Bihar, 18-19th Nov., 2024.
• Conferred Research Excellence Award- on the occasion of International Conference held at Ranchi, during 22-24 September 2023.
• Best session presentation award on the occasion of International Conference on ICFA organized by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), at Bangkok Thailand, in 2019.
• Recipient of Endeavour Research Fellowship of Govt. of Australia for Post-Doctoral Research in Perth, Curtin University, Western Australia., 2018.

1. Gupta, S. K.,^* Gupta, R., Nage, S., Kumar, N., Kumari, R., Gupta, A., ... & Krishnani, K. K. (2025). Heavy metal accumulation and biomarker responses of Nile tilapia from a coal void reservoir cage aquaculture system. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 18, 100631.
2. Gupta, S. K.,^* Gupta, A., Choudhary, J. S., Foysal, M. J., Gupta, R., Sarkar, B., & Krishnani, K. K. (2025). Dietary Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) seeds oil supplementation augments growth performance and gut microbial composition in Labeo rohita fingerlings. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1866.
3. Gupta, S. K.,^* Gupta, A., Sarkar, B., Gupta, R., Kumar, M., Kumari, A., & Foysal, MJ. (2023). Pomegranate (Punica granatum) peel extract supplementation in diet influences growth performance, haemato-immunological responses and cytokine expression in pathogen-aggravated Labeo rohita Aquaculture, 562, 738823.
4. Gupta, S. K.,^* Sarkar, Manisha priyam, Neeraj K., S. Naskar., Foysal, M. J., Shailesh Saurabh T.R. Sharma (2020) Inflammatory and stress biomarker response of Aeromonas hydrophila infected rohu, Labeo rohita fingerlings to dietary microbial levan. Aquaculture 521, 735020.
5. Gupta, S. K.,^* Ravi Fotedar, Md. Javed Foysal, Manisha Priyam, MAB Siddik, MR Chaklader, TT Thuy Dao & J Howieson (2020) Impact of varied combinatorial mixture of non‑fishmeal ingredients on growth, metabolism, immunity and gut microbiota of Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) fry, Scientific reports (Nature publishing group) 10:17091 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72726-9

1. Gupta, S. K.,^* Gupta, R., Nage, S., Kumar, N., Kumari, R., Gupta, A., ... & Krishnani, K. K. (2025). Heavy metal accumulation and biomarker responses of Nile tilapia from a coal void reservoir cage aquaculture system. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 18, 100631.
2. Giri, S. S., Kim, H. J., Jung, W. J., Lee, S. B., Joo, S. J., Gupta, S. K.,^* & Park, S. C. (2024). Probiotics in addressing heavy metal toxicities in fish farming: Current progress and perspective. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 282, 116755.

3.     Gupta, A., Gupta, S. K.^*  Priyam, M., Siddik, M. A., Kumar, N., Mishra, P. K., ... & Pattanayak, A. (2021). Immunomodulation by dietary supplements: A preventive health strategy for sustainable aquaculture of tropical freshwater fish, Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822). Reviews in Aquaculture, 13(4), 2364-2394.