Shri. R. Aravind

Shri. R. Aravind
Designation Scientist
Discipline Fisheries Resource Management
Division Crustacean Culture Division
Specialization Live feed culture, Shrimp seed production, and farming
Phone +91- 044 – 24618817 Ext: 418
Email aravind.pillai@icar.org.in, aravindbfsc@gmail.com
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After completing Bachelor’s degree in Fisheries Science from Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi in the year 2011 and a Master’s degree in the discipline of Aquatic Environmental Management from ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai in 2013, I joined the Agricultural Research Service in January 2016. I am working in ICAR-CIBA, Chennai since April 2016 for the development of brackishwater aquaculture. Presently I have been working in Crustacean Culture Division at ICAR-CIBA mainly involved in the live feed isolation and mass culture includes copepods, cladocerans, and diatoms. I have contributed to seed production and farming technologies of Penaeus indicus (Indian white shrimp) and Penaeus japonicus (Kuruma shrimp). My area of interest includes nursery rearing and farming of shrimps to improve farmers\' income and their livelihoods.

  • Isolation and mass culture of live feeds suitable for Brackishwater fin fish/shell fishes
  • Penaeid seed production and farming
  • Nursery rearing of shrimp based on aquamimicry
No Title Funded By
1 Novel approaches for technology refinement and upscaling of diversified systems and species of shrimp for sustainable development Institute
2 Breeding biology, reproductive challenges and larviculture of candidate crustacean species of brackishwater aquaculture Institute
  • Awarded Institutional Fellowship for pursuing M.F.Sc in CIFE, Mumbai based on ICAR-AIEEA-PG-2011 examination conducted on 17th April, 2011
  • First rank in Fisheries Resource Management in ICAR’s AICE- SRF (PGS)- 2015 Examination
  • Aravind, R., Shyne Anand, P. S., Vinay, T. N., Biju, I. F., Sandeep, K. P., Raymond, J. A. J., Rajamanickam, S., Balasubramanian, C. P. & Vijayan, K. K.. 2021. Population growth and mass production of brackish water cladoceran Eurycercus beringi  nov. under different diet and salinity regime, and its role in P. indicus larval rearing. Regional studies in marine science. 44 -101777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101777 2352-4855
  • Shyne Anand, P.S., Aravind, R., Biju, I. F., Balasubramanian, C. P., Jose, A., Saranya, C.,. Christina, Rajamanickam, R., Panigrahi, A., Ambasankar, K., Vijayan, K. K. 2021. Nursery rearing of Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus : Optimization of dietary protein levels and stocking densities under different management regimes. Aquaculture. 542 .736807.
  • Antony,J., Sandeep, K. P.,  Aravind, R., Panigrahi, A., & Balasubramanian, C. P. 2019. Growth, Survival, and Osmoregulation of Indian White Shrimp  indicus juveniles reared in low salinity amended inland saline groundwater and seawater. Journal of Coastal Research, No. 86,  21-31.
  • Raymond, A. J., Vinay, T. N, Rajeev, R., Dani, T., Satheesha, A.,  Aravind, R. ,  Shekhar, M. S. & K. Vijayan. 2019. First record of the Javanese ricefish, Oryzias javanicus (Bleeker, 1854) (Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) in the natural waters of India, Journal of Applied Ichthyology,1-5.
  • Vinay, T.N., Raymond, J. A. J., Katneni, V. K.,  Aravind, R., Balasubramanian, C. P.,. Jayachandran, K. V, Shekhar, M. S. & Vijayan, K. K. 2019. Mitochondrial DNA study reveals the cryptic species  japonicus(form-II) in Indian waters. Journal of Coastal Research, No. 86, 149–155.
  • Aravind, R., Shyne Anand, P. S., Vinay, T. N., Biju, I. F., Sandeep, K. P., Raymond, J. A. J, Rajamanickam, S., Balasubramanian, C. P. & Vijayan, K. K. 2021. Population growth and mass production of brackish water cladoceran Eurycercus beringi  nov. under different diet and salinity regime, and its role in P. indicus larval rearing. Regional studies in marine science. 44 -101777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101777 2352-4855/© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
  • Raja, A., Patil, P. K., Avunje, S.,  Aravind, R., Alavandi, S. & Vijayan K. K. 2020. Biosafety, withdrawal and efficacy of anti-parasitic drug emamectin benzoate in Asian Seabass (Lates calcarifer), Aquaculture, p525. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture. 2020.735335.
  • Shyne Anand, P.S., Balasubramanian, C. P., Francis, I.B., Panigrahi, A.,  Aravind, R., Das, R., Sudheer, N. S., Rajamanickam, S. & Vijayan, K. K. 2019. Reproductive performance of wild brooders of Indian White Shrimp, Penaeus indicus: Potential and challenges for selective breeding program. Journal of Coastal Research, No. 86, 65-72.