| Discipline | Fish Resource Management
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| Date of entry in ICAR: | Scientist 02-07-2018 |
| Research interests and current focus: | Taxonomy, biology, and population dynamics of fishes, mud crab fattening, mariculture, live feed culture, shrimp breeding and brood stock development, Biofloc culture of fishes.
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| Research Experienced (in years): | 3 Years
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| e-mail Id: | ajina.m@icar.gov.in
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| Mobile No | +91 9820645172/9207440562
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| Principal Investigator
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| Biology and population dynamics of major perch fishes of Andaman Islands
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| Development and demonstration of mud crab fattening to improve the livelihood of fisheries at Andaman islands
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| Co-Principal Investigator
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| Assessment of Elasmobranch fisheries of Andaman Islands.
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| All India Network project on Mariculture.
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| Exploring the post-harvest utilization trends and market
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| potential for value added products from commercial fish landings of Andaman
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| Promoting livelihood and entrepreneurship through value added fishery products- An initiative aimed for women empowerment
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| NIL
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| Awarded first rank holder of ICAR-JRF (Indian Council of Agriculture Research- Junior Research Fellow) in 2014
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| Journals:
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| Ajina S.M., Jayachandran, K.V., Landge, A.T., Gladston, Y. and Pavan-Kumar, A., 2019. Establishment of taxonomic status of MacrobrachiumindicumJayachandran amp; Joseph (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) through molecular characterization with a note on related species. Zootaxa, 4652(1), pp.zootaxa-4652.
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| Gladston, Y., Akhilesh, K.V., Thakurdas, C., Ravi, O.P.K., Ajina, S.M. and Shenoy, L., 2018. Length–weight relationship of selected elasmobranch species from north‐eastern Arabian Sea, India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 34(3), pp.753-757.
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| SriHari, M., Gladston, Y., Ajina, S.M., Sreekanth, G.B., Raghavan, R. and Jaiswar, A.K., 2020. Demographics of the endemic and threatened small cyprinid Pethiasetnai from the Northern Western Ghats, India. Marine and Freshwater Research, 71(7), pp.810-813.
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| Gladston, Y., Xavier, K.M., Ajina, S.M., Ravi, O.P.K., Devi, M.S., Chakraborty, S.K. and Shenoy, L., 2018. Operational performance and catch composition of pomfret gillnets of Maharashtra, India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 22, pp.31-37.
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| Gladston, Y., Ajina, S.M., Praveenraj, J., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Bineesh, K.K. and Roy, S.D., 2020. First record of African Sailfin Flying Fish Parexocoetusmento (Valenciennes, 1847)(Beloniformes: Exocoetidae), from the waters off Andaman Islands, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(14), pp.17032-17035
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| Book and Book Chapters:
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| Haridas, H., Saravanan, K., Praveenraj, J., Sontakke, R., Gladston, Y., Ajina, S.M., Prakasan, S., Sankar, R.K. and Roy, S.D., 2019. Training Manual on Freshwater Ornamental Fish Breeding and Aquascaping Techniques.
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| Dam Roy. S and Ajina, S.M., 2019. Mangrove in Livelihood Security and Coastal ecosystem management. An Overview of Integrated Farming Systems of Coastal India, p.129.
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| Ajina SM, Gladston Y, Praveenraj J and Sankar RK (2021) Fish ID-An eBOOK: Commercially important marine fish landings in Andaman and Nicobar archipelago (Vol-I). ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair. 170 p
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| Others: (Technical Bulletins)
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| NIL
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| Vertical re-circulatory mud crab fattening unit
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| Marine ornamental fish breeding and brood stock development unit
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| Live feed unit at Marine Research Laboratory
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| Fish aggregating devices
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| Life member, Andaman Science Association, Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, A. & N. Islands, India
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| Andaman Science Association
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| Fisheries and life science life member
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| Indian fisheries association
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