Night mode
| Designation | Principal Scientist |
| Discipline | Veterinary Pathology |
| Division | Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Division |
| Specialization | Shrimp and Fish health management |
| Phone | +91- 044-24610565;Ext: 203 |
| ezhil.praveena@icar.org.in | |
| Google Scholar | Click Here |
| Research Gate | Click Here |
- Brief Profile
- Research areas
- Current Research Projects
- Recognition (National & International)
- Best 5 Publications during the Career
- Best 3 Publications during last 3 years
After obtaining a Postgraduate in Veterinary Pathology from Madras Veterinary College and a Doctoral degree from IVRI, in 2006, I have joined ICAR – CIBA as a scientist during the year 2008 in the Aquatic animal health and Environment Division. Research is my passion and I am continuing to do it with zeal. I have been credited with best M.V.Sc. as well as a Ph.D. researcher by the Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists. Currently working as Senior Scientist in ICAR–CIBA engaged in research related to aquatic animal health with main focus on pathology, pathogenesis, and host-pathogen interaction of fish, shrimp diseases. Besides this, I am working on the epidemiology of brackishwater finfish and shellfish diseases, diagnostics in fish and shellfish diagnosis, and antibiotic residues.
- Understanding the pathology, pathogenesis and host pathogen interactions of shrimp viral, parasitic and bacterial diseases
- Shrimp and fish disease diagnosis,
- Shrimp and fish disease surveillance and its molecular epidemiology
| No | Title | Funded By |
| 1 | Investigation of existing/emerging diseases in candidate brackishwater species and development of preventive/treatment strategies for effective management | ICAR |
| 2 | National Surveillance Programme on Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) | NFDB |
| 3 | All India network project on fish health | ICAR |
- Qualified as NABL assessor - Assessor No. 2892 in the year 2019
- Awarded second prize for the talk given during an International conference in Tamil, Role of Veterinary Science in Farmers’s Livelihood conducted by Kalnadai Ariviyal Tamil Iyakkam, Tamil Nadu at Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS from 22nd & 23rd February, 2019
- Awarded first prize for the poster - “Improved diagnostics for specific detection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp” by Navaneeth Krishnan, A., Anushya, S., Bhuvaneswari, T., Ezhil Praveena, P., Jithendran, K.P., Alavandi, S.V. and Vijayan, K.K. during Aquaculture Kerala 2018- A blue revolution initiative organized by Kerala Aqua Farmers Federation at Kannur (Kerala), 10-12 February 2018.
- Awarded second prize for oral presentation of the paper on Differential expression pattern of antimicrobial peptides in tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon against white spot syndrome virus infection by Sindhu Priya, M., Saravanan, P., Otta, S.K., Bhuvaneswari, T., Ezhil Praveena, P. and Jithendran, K.P. in the National Conference on Bioactive peptides- Application in veterinary, medical and food sciences (NBAP-TANUVAS-2014) held between 18th -19th Dec, 2014 at MVC, Chennai.
- Best Poster award - Second Prize for the paper - Molecular characterization of Vibrio alginolyticus isolated from brackishwater environment using RAPD and ERIC- PCR at the XXI annual convention of the ISVB held at MVC, Chennai from 17th -19th July, 2014.
- Patri Rama Rao award for the best Ph.D. research work in Veterinary Pathology by the Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists in the year 2007.
- Chief Guest Dr. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma award for the best M. V. Sc. student in Pathology by Dr. Ramaraksha Kiran Shukla Award best M.V.Sc. Research work in Veterinary Pathology by the Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists(IAVP) in the year 2002.
- Tamil Nadu Veterinary and animal Sciences University in the year 2002.
- P.P. Nair memorial award for the best M. V. Sc. student in the subject of Applied Statistics by Tamil Nadu Veterinary and animal Sciences University in the year 2002.
- National Scholarship Scheme from the Education Department, Tamil Nadu Government in the year 1990.
- Praveena, P.E., Jayakumar, R., Balachandran, C., Thirumurugan, G., Dhinakar Raj, G. and Murali Manohar. B. (2007). Detection of Rabies Virus Genes by In-Situ Polymerase Chain Reaction. Res. Communications. 31: 775–781
- Praveena, P.E., Periasamy, S., Kumar A.A. and Nem Singh. (2010). Cytokine profiles, apoptosis and pathology of experimental Pasteurella multocida serotype A1 infection in mice. Vet. Science., 89: 332-339
- Praveena, P.E., Periasamy, S., Kumar A. A. and Nem Singh. (2014) Pathology of Experimental Infection by Pasteurella Multocida Serotype A 1 in Buffalo Calves Pathol., 51: 1109-1112
- Rajendran, K.V., Shivam,S., Praveena, P.E., Rajan, J.J.S., Kumar, T.S., Avunje,S., Jagadeesan,V., Prasad Babu, S.V.A.N.V., Pande, A., Krishnan, A.N., Alavandi,S.V. and K.K. (2016). Emergence of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in farmed Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei in India. Aquaculture, 454: 272–280
- Praveena, P.E., Bhuvaneswari, T., Krishnan, A.N, Jagadeesan, V., Rajan, J. J. S. and Jithendran, K. P. (2018). An improved microscopic method for the rapid diagnosis of emerging microsporidian parasite, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp farms. Current Science, 115: 758-763.
- Jithendran, K. P., Krishnan, A.N., Aneesh, P. T., Praveena, P. E. and Bhuvaneswari. T. (2021). Susceptibility of orange chromide, Etroplus maculatus (Bloch, 1795) to experimental infection of Betanodavirus. Int., 29: 697–710.
- Jithendran, K.P., Krishnan, A.N., Jagadeesan, V., Anandaraja, R., Praveena, P. E., Anushya, S., Amarnath, C.B. and Bhuvaneswari. T. (2021). Co-infection of infectious myonecrosis virus and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in Penaeus vannamei farms in the east coast of India. Res., 00:1–10.
- Avunje, S., Patil, P. K., Ezaz, W., Praveena, E., Ray, A., Viswanathan, B., Alavandi, S. V., Sandeep K. P. and Vijayan. K.K. (2021). Effect of oxytetracycline on the biosafety, gut microbial diversity, immune gene expression and withdrawal period in Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei. Aquaculture, 543:736957