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Dr. K. Saravanan

Senior Scientist

Discipline Fish Health
Date of entry in ICAR: 01-01-2014

Research interests and current focus: Fish health, Fish pathology and microbiology, Fish and shellfish disease diagnostics, Molecular immunology
Research Experienced (in years): 9 Years
Link of Krishi portal profile: https://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/browse?type=author&valueK.%20Saravanan
Link of Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=a7nTDGMAAAAJ
Link of ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/K_Saravanan6/research
Link of Link of ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9695-5172
e-mail Id: saravanan.k@icar.gov.in
Mobile No +91 9531956448, +91 7063904901
National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD).
Deciphering the in-vitro bioactive potential of selected seaweed species of Andaman Islands and evaluation of its immunomodulatory effect on fish.
All India Network Project on Mariculture.
Mapping the brackish water resources of South Andaman for aquaculture site suitability using the GIS approach.
Augmenting livelihood, resilience and knowledge generation through coastal fisheries information hub for Nicobari tribes of Car Nicobar Island.
Standardization of freshwater aquariculture practices to promote livelihood and employment opportunities in South Andaman.
Characterization of Bacillus spp. from Andaman mangroves and evaluation of its antagonistic effect on fish pathogens.
Prevalence of parasites infesting commercial marine and freshwater fishes of Andaman Islands.
Dissemination and popularization of feed based aquaculture model to augment fish production in Andaman Islands.
Seafood quality and safety assessment studies in commercial fish landings of Andaman Islands.
Capture based aquaculture of economically important marine finfishes of Andaman.
Best Scientist Award for the period 2017-18 from ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
Dr. C.V. Kulkarni Best Young Scientist Award for the year 2022-23 from ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai.
Young Scientist Award during 3rd South Asian Education Awards-2018 held at Hyderabad on 18th March, 2018.
Award for Commercialisation of Technology on Dweep-Carp Grower Feed for the year 2021-22 from ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
Best Research Publication Award for the year 2021-22 from ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
Award for Best Scientific Work in Hindi for the period 2015-16 from ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
Award for Institutional Building for the period 2017-18 from ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
Best Research Publication Award for the year 2022 from ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
Best Oral Presentation Award in an International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity: Ecological Sustainability and Resource Management for Livelihood Security held at ICAR-CIARI during 8-10th Dec, 2016.
Best Poster Presentation Award in an International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity: Ecological Sustainability and Resource Management for Livelihood Security held at ICAR-CIARI during 8-10th Dec, 2016.
Journals:
Saravanan, K., Sivaramakrishnan, T., Praveenraj, J., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Haridas, H., Kumar, S. and Varghese, B., 2021. Effects of single and multi-strain probiotics on the growth, hemato-immunological, enzymatic activity, gut morphology and disease resistance in Rohu, Labeo rohita. Aquaculture, 540: 736749.
Saravanan, K., Praveenraj, J., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Devi, V., Biswas, U., Kumar, T.S., Sudhagar, A., El-Matbouli, M. and Kumar, G., 2021. Co-Infection of Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHHNV) and White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in the Wild Crustaceans of Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, India. Viruses, 13(7): 1378.
Saravanan, K., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Khan, J., Hashmi, A.S., Velmurugan, A., Haridas, H., Sreepriya, P., Deepitha, R.P. and Laxmi, M.N.V., 2021. Baseline assessment of marine debris with soil, sediment and water quality characteristics from the fish landing centres of South Andaman. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172: 112879.
Saravanan, K., Rajendran, K.V., Gireesh Babu, P., Purushothaman, C.S. and Makesh, M., 2019. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of secretory immunoglobulin M (IgM) heavy chain gene in rohu, Labeo rohita. Animal Biotechnology, 31(5): 413-425.
Saravanan, K., Shailesh Kumar, Praveenraj, J., Meena,B.L., Kasinath,B.L., Kiruba-Sankar, R. and Dam Roy, S., 2020. Molecular characterization of muscle infecting Myxobolus sp. causing outbreak in Labeo rohita, Rohu: First report from Andaman Islands. Indian Journal of Animal Research, 55(2): 211-216.
Saravanan, K., Puneeth Kumar, P., Baruah, A., Praveenraj, J., Sathish Kumar, T., Pramod Kumar, S., Sivaramakrishnan, T., Anuraj, A., Raymond Jani Angel, J., Kiruba Sankar, R. and Dam Roy, S., 2017. First report of IHHNV infection from wild shrimps of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Current Science, 113(10): 2027-2031.
Saravanan, K., Puneeth Kumar, P., Praveenraj, J., Baruah, A., Sivaramakrishnan, T., Sathish Kumar, T., Pramod Kumar, S., Kiruba Sankar, R. and Dam Roy, S., 2017. Investigation and confirmation of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection in wild caught penaeid shrimps of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. VirusDisease, 28(4): 368-372.
Saravanan, K., Mary Lini, R. and Otta, S.K., 2017. Screening of pathogens from a biosecured Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) farm in Kattur, Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 64: 229-234.
Saravanan, K., Rajendran, K.V., Gireesh Babu, P., Purushothaman, C.S. and Makesh, M., 2017. Ontogenic expression of adaptive immune genes in Rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton-Buchnan, 1822). Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 16: 304–314.
Saravanan, K., Rajendran, K.V., Chaudhari, A., Purushothaman, C.S. and Makesh, M., 2013. Partial characterization and tissue-specific expression profile of immunoglobulin M heavy chain gene in rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822). Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 83(4): 438–443.
Saravanan, K., Nilavan, S.E., Sudhagar, S.A. and Naveenchandru, V., 2013. Diseases of Mariculture Finfish Species: A review. The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh, 65: 1-14.
Praveenraj, J., Uma, A., Saravanan, K., Rebecca, G. and Mandal, C.K., 2021. Outbreak of hirduniasis in aquarium reared albino pacu fish Piaractus brachypomus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 144: 55-59.
Praveenraj, J., Saravanan, K., Puneeth Kumar, P., Ravichandran, S., Baruah, A., Monalisha Devi, S., Kiruba Sankar, R. and Dam Roy, S., 2017. First record on the occurrence of Ryukyua circularis (Pillai, 1954), a parasitic cymothoid (Crustacean: Isopoda) infesting the clupeid fish Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum) from Andaman Islands, India. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 41(2): 593–595.
Praveenraj, J., Saravanan, K., Sivaramakrishnan, T., Baruah, A., Puneeth Kumar, P., Kiruba Sankar, R. and Dam Roy, S., 2019. Occurrence of Norileca indica (Milne Edwards, 1840), a parasitic cymothoid (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) on bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch) from Andaman Islands, India. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 48(04): 452-456.
Praveenraj, J., Kiruba‐Sankar, R., Saravanan, K., Thackeray, T., Singh, P., Knight, J.D.M. and Keith, P. (2022). Sicyopterus garra Hora, 1925, a valid species of sicydiine goby from the Andaman Islands, India. Journal of Fish Biology, 101 (5): 1189-1198.
Kiruba-Sankar, R., Saravanan, K*., Haridas, H., Praveenraj, J., Biswas, U. and Sarkar, R. (2022). Policy framework and development strategy for freshwater aquaculture sector in the light of COVID-19 impact in Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, India. Aquaculture, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737596.
Kiruba-Sankar, R., Praveenraj, J., Saravanan, K., Kumar, K.L., Harsha, H. and Biswas, U. (2021). Stakeholder perceptions and strategies for management of non-native freshwater fishes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management, 24(2): 96-104.
Kiruba-Sankar, R., Saravanan, K*., Sirisha Adamala, Kesavan Selvam, Lohith Kumar, K. and Praveenraj, J., (2023). First report of marine debris in Car Nicobar, a remote oceanic Island in the Nicobar archipelago, Bay of Bengal. Regional Studies in Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102845.
Book and Book Chapters
Kumar, G., Shivam, S., Sudhagar, A., Saravanan, K., Kumar, T.S. and El-Matbouli, M., 2022. Proteomic approaches and their applications in salmonid health research. In: Frontiers in Aquaculture Biotechnology (eds. Lakra, W.S., Goswami, M. and Trudeau, V.L.), Academic Press (Elsevier), United Kingdom. pp. 249-257.
Kiruba-Sankar, R., Praveenraj, J., Saravanan, K., Kumar, K.L., Angel, J.R.J., Velmurugan, A. and Roy, S.D., 2018. Invasive Species in Freshwater Ecosystems - Threats to Ecosystem Services. In: Sivaperuman et al., (eds.). Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation in Tropical Islands. Academic Press, Elsevier, London, pp. 791.
Dam Roy, S. and Saravanan, K., 2017. Present Scenario of Aquatic Animal Health in Fisheries and Aquaculture of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: ISAAHE (2017) Book of International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health and Epidemiology for Sustainable Asian Aquaculture. ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow, pp. 208.
Gangaiah, B., Pooja Bohra, Harsha Haridas, Bala, P.A., Sakthivel, K., Zamir Ahmed, S.K., Bommayasamy, N., Saravanan, K., Singh, S.K. and Swarnam, T.P., 2019. An overview of integrated farming systems of coastal India. ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, pp. 185.
Dam Roy, S., Singh A. K., Gangaiah, B., Mohan, P.M., Velmurugan, A., Jaisankar, I., Swarnam, T. P., Jai Sunder, Zamir Ahmed, S. K., Thakur, V.R. and Saravanan, K., 2015. Souvenir of National Seminar on Harmonizing Biodiversity and Climate Change: Challenges & Opportunity, Andaman Science Association, ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair – 744101. pp. 134.
Others(Policy Beliefs):
Kiruba-Sankar, R., Utpal Kumar Sar, Vinith Kumar, N.V., Abdul Nazar, A.K., Raymond Jani Angel, J., Dam Roy, S., Saravanan, K., Zamir Ahmed, S.K. and Kundu, A., 2019. Expanding open sea cage culture in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Blue growth perspective. CIARI Policy Brief/01 pp. 16.
Kiruba-Sankar, R., Utpal Kumar Sar, Vinith Kumar, N.V., Raymond Jani Angel, J., Dam Roy, S., Lohith Kumar, K., Saravanan, K., Zamir Ahmed, S.K. and Kundu, A., 2019. From theory to practice: Sustainable marine fishery perspective for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. CIARI Policy Brief/02 pp. 12.
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