| Designation | Principal Scientist & Head, KRC |
| Discipline | Fish/Animal Nutrition |
| Division | Nutrition Genetics & Biotechnology Division |
| Specialization | Fish nutrition and feed technology, Nutrient enrichment of unconventional feed resources, Functional feed |
| Phone | +91 – 3210-255072 |
| debasis.de@icar.org.in | |
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- Best 5 Publications during the Career
- Best 3 Publications during last 3 years
After taking masters in Animal Nutrition in 1995 and PhD in Animal Nutrition in 1998 from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, I entered in to ARS stream in 1998 and joined as Scientist (Animal Nutrition) in ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Sikkim. I worked at Sikkim from 1998 to 2003 and after that I have been transferred to ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Kakdwip Research Centre on public interest and since 2003 I am working in CIBA on Aqua nutrition. I have eighteen years’ research experience in the field of brackishwater aquaculture as a whole and finfish and shellfish nutrition and feed biotechnology in particular. I worked for development of cost effective feeds for brackishwater fish and shrimp through specific dietary nutrient optimization and alternative feed ingredients. I am also working on development of economically viable and sustainable approach to enhance brackishwater aquaculture production of shrimp and fishes in Sundarban. My research interest includes nutrient enrichment of unconventional plant ingredients through microbial fermentation, cost effective feed development for brackishwater polyculture, farm-made feed for brackishwater fishes, recycling of fish waste and its use as replacement of fishmeal and as plankton booster in aquaculture. My research area also includes captive broodstock development and culture of Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha). I have developed and commercialized different technologies for enhancing production and profit in brackishwater aquaculture in India.
- Nutrient enrichment of feed ingredient through SSF
- Nutrient requirement and feed development of different finfish and shellfishes
- Use of unconventional feed ingredients for cost effective feed development
- Functional feed for larvae and broodstock
- Development of captive broodstock of Hilsa
| No | Title | Funded By |
| 1 | Captive breeding of hilsa ,Tenualosa ilisha-Phase II | NASF, ICAR |
| 2 | Newer Feed resources and feed additives for development and improvement of shrimp and fish feeds | Institute |
| 3 | Development of economically viable and sustainable brackishwater aquaculture practices with special reference to Sundarban Mangrove biosphere | Institute |
- Nanaji Deshmukh Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research from ICAR, Govt. of India in the year 2015-16
- Endeavour Research Fellowship-2015 of Govt. of Australia for Post-Doctoral Research in South Australian Research and Development Institute Aquatic Sciences Centre, West Beach, South Australia
- Gold medal in M.Sc (Animal Nutrition) from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
- Best paper award in the National seminar in Hindi on “Traditional Aqua farming system: prospects and challenges” at KRC of CIBA, Kakdwip on 11-12 December, 2012.
- De, S. Mukherjee, P. S. Shyne Anand, P. Kumar, V. R. Suresh & K. K. Vijayan (2019) Nutritional profiling of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) of different size groups and sensory evaluation of their adults from different riverine systems. Scientific Reports, 9:19306 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55845-w
- De, P. S. Shyne Anand, S. Mukherjee, P. Kumar, J. Syama Dayal, R. Ananda Raja, A. Bera, V. R. Suresh & K. K. Vijayan.(2020) Broodstock development and captive maturation of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) in a brackishwater pond-based system. Journal of Fish Biology (2020), 1-14. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14426.
- De, D., Sandeep, K.P. , Kumar, S., Ananda Raja, R., Mahalakshmi, P., Sivaramakrishnan, T., Ambasankar, K., Vijayan, K.K. (2020) Effect of fish waste hydrolysate on growth, survival, health of Penaeus vannamei and plankton diversity in culture systems. Aquaculture, 524 (2020) 735240.
- De, D., Ananda Raja, R., Ghoshal, T.K., Mukherjee, S. and Vijayan, K.K. (2018). Evaluation of growth, feed utilization efficiency and immune parameters in tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) fed diets supplemented with or diet fermented with gut bacterium Bacillus DDKRC1. isolated from gut of Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer). Aquaculture Research, DOI: 10.1111/ARE.13669.
- De, D., Ghoshal, T.K., Ananda Raja, R. and Kumar S. (2015) Growth performance, nutrient digestibility and digestive enzyme activity in Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer juveniles fed diets supplemented with cellulolytic and amylolytic gut bacteria isolated from brackishwater fish. Aquaculture Research, 46(7):1688-1698
- De, S. Mukherjee, P. S. Shyne Anand, P. Kumar, V. R. Suresh & K. K. Vijayan (2019) Nutritional profiling of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) of different size groups and sensory evaluation of their adults from different riverine systems. Scientific Reports, 9:19306 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55845-w
- De, P. S. Shyne Anand, S. Mukherjee, P. Kumar, J. Syama Dayal, R. Ananda Raja, A. Bera, V. R. Suresh & K. K. Vijayan.(2020) Broodstock development and captive maturation of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) in a brackishwater pond-based system. Journal of Fish Biology (2020), 1-14. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14426.
- De, D., Sandeep, K.P. , Kumar, S., Ananda Raja, R., Mahalakshmi, P., Sivaramakrishnan, T., Ambasankar, K., Vijayan, K.K. (2020) Effect of fish waste hydrolysate on growth, survival, health of Penaeus vannamei and plankton diversity in culture systems. Aquaculture, 524 (2020) 735240.