Regional Research Centre, Rahara

Brief History and Genesis of Rahara Centre

Considering the potentialities of increasing fish production and productivity of this region. Scientific investigation on the use of sewage in aquaculture was initiated in two rented ponds at Rahara in 1975 for collecting necessary basic information.  The activities were soon expanded and a 10.5 ha marshy land was developed into “Wastewater-fish farm” in the early eighties under the banner of the erstwhile CIFRI, Barrackpore, and named as Wastewater Aquaculture Division of CIFA in 1987 when CIFA, Bhubaneswar became an independent Institute and since then diversified research on low-cost aquaculture technology in wastewater ecosystem have been developed and are being upgraded for eliminating cost intensive inputs like feed, manure and fertilizer etc.

Of late it was renamed as Regional Research Centre (RRC), Rahara and its Field Station, Kalyani of ICAR-CIFA, which  has been functioning with the mandate to conduct research to cater the region specific needs to conduct research on the utilization of waste-water in aquaculture, to undertake studies on diversification of aquaculture practices and to disseminate aquaculture technologies through demonstration, capacity building of officials from various organizations and imparting need based training to fish farmers of West Bengal, NEH and other eastern states. At present the centre is known as Regional Research Station, Rahara of ICAR-CIFA.

Regional Research Station  is situated at Rahara, Kolkata, North 24-parganas Dist., West Bengal, Kolkata - 700 118. The Centre is well connected with Road, Rail and Air. The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at Dumdum is only 14 km away. Sealdah and Khardah Railway stations are 18 and 2 km away from the Research Station, respectively. Frequent auto rickshaw services are available through-out the day from Khardah railway station.

Address:-
Rahara Regional Station,
P. O. Rahara,
Kolkata- 700118, West Bengal
E-mail: rahara_cifa[at]rediffmail[dot]com
Telefax: 033 – 25683023

Field Station, Kalyani

The Station had its beginning as Frog Culture Division of the erstwhile ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore in 1975. Later, the Frog Culture Unit was renamed as Regional Research Centre  of Wastewater Aquaculture Division, Rahara in the year 1998. Later on it was further renamed as  Field Station, Kalyani which  is situated at Nadia District, West Bengal with campus having 7.0 ha land area. The station is equipped with 15 ponds of different sizes having 1.2 ha water spread area for rearing and production of fish, having one pabda hatchery, experimental shed  one poultry house, one duck shed, etc.

Address:-
A/5 (Phase III), Santal Para,
P.O. Kalyani, Nadia - 741235, West Bengal
E–mail: cifakalyani96[at]gmail[dot]com,
Telephone: 033 – 25824015

Staff strength (RRC Rahara & Field Station Kalyani)

Category	In position	Category	In position	Category	In position
Principal Scientist	3	Technical	0	Skilled Supporting Staff	3
Senior Scientist	1	Assistant	2	SRF/JRF/TA/LA/YP	2
Scientist	3			Casual Labourer	11
				Contractual labourer	18

Staff at Rahara

Staff at Kalyani

Mandate

• Basic and strategic research for the development of sustainable culture systems for freshwater fish species
• Species and system diversification in freshwater and wastewater aquaculture.
• Human Resource Development through training, education and extension

Focal research area

1. Utilization of wastewater & wastes of agro-industrial origin in freshwater aquaculture including integrated fish farming systems.
2. Captive breeding, seed production and grow-out culture of important cultivable freshwater fin fishes.
3. Development of new culture systems for freshwater aquaculture.
4. Soil, water quality and fish health management for higher production.
5. Application of Farm made feed for sustainable Aquaculture Production
6. Livelihood development in West Bengal and NEH states through freshwater aquaculture.

List of On-going Projects

Institute

#	Project Title	PI	Duration
	Efficient use of critical inputs towards sustainable aquaculture in the Moyna of PurbaMidnapur, West Bengal through cluster approach	Dr. S. Adhikari	01.04.2018- 31.03.2021
	Growth performance of Hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha in captivity	Dr. D. N. Chattopadhyay	01.04.2018- 31.03.2021

Externally Funded

#	Project Title	Project Team	Duration
	DBT funded Twinning project on “Improving Broodstock Management and Quality Seed Production of Ompok bimaculatus through Application of Molecular Endocrinology”	Dr. J. K. Sundaray, PI Dr P. P. Chakrabarti, Co-PI Mr. Arabinda Das, Co-PI Dr. Farhana Hoque, Co-PI	27.06.2018 -26.06.2021

List of Completed Projects

Institute

#	Project Title	PI	Duration
	Development of Larval diet for Ompok bimaculatus, a high- valued fish of regional importance	Dr. B. N. Paul	01.04.2019 to 31.3.2020
	Evaluation of increasing production of safe fish with feed in sustainable waste water aquaculture	Dr. R. N. Mandal	01/04/2015 to 31.03.2018
	Studies on technical and economic feasibility of integrated crop livestock fish farming system involving Mystus gulio, E. vacha, C. reba, P. sarana and O. nilotics along with carps	Dr. P.P. Chakrabarti	01/04/2015 to 31/03/2018
	Carbon sequestration and carbon footprint in some aquaculture system	Dr. S. Adhikari	01/04/2015 to 31/03/2018
	Evaluation of production performance and quality assessment of carp utilizing potential organic wastes	Dr. R. N. Mandal	01/04/2012 to 31/03/2015
	Production performance of some high value regionally preferred SIFS in integrated culture system comprising agri-horti-crops and livestocks	Dr. P.P. Chakrabarti	01/04/2012to 31/03/2015
	Characterization and utilization of Wastes in Aquaculture	Dr.P.K.Mukhopadhyay	01/04/2010 to 31/03/2013
	Aquaculture Diversification and Wastewater Management	Dr.A.K Datta	01/04/2007 to 31/03/2010

Externally Funded

#	Project Title	PI	Duration
	Risk and benefit assessment of an illegally introduced fish species Piaractus brachypomus Pacu in India	Co-PI: Dr. P.P. Chakrabarti	01/04/2017 to 31/03/2018
	Development of user friendly portable pabda hatchery with tubifex culture & rainwater harvesting facilities	Mr. Ajmal Hussan	01/04/2017 to 31/03/2020
	Productivity and production enhancement of Freshwater ponds through BMP and aquaculture for livelihood development of the Aila affected SC/ST Communities of Islands of Sunderbans, West Bengal	Dr. P.P. Chakrabarti	01/04/2015 to 31/03/2018
	Adaptation and mitigation strategies in fisheries and aquaculture to climate change with special reference to freshwater aquaculture	Dr.S.Adhikari	01/04/2015 to 31/03/2020
	Outreach Research Project on Nutrient profiling of Fish	Dr.B.N.Paul	01/04/2013 to 31/03/2018
	Stock characterization, captive breeding, seed production and culture of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha)	Dr. D. N. Chattopadhyay	01/04/2012 to 31/03/2017
	Outreach Activity : Nutrient Profiling and Evaluation of Fish as a Dietary Component	Dr.B.N.Paul	01/04/2008 to 31/03/2013

Future thrust area

• Efficient use of wastewater for sustainable aquaculture
• Diversification of candidate species and system in  aquaculture
• Livelihood programme for poverty alleviation in West Bengal and NEH region through aquaculture technologies
• Capacity building through scientific aquaculture

Technologies/ Product developed

1. Waste water aquaculture practices having 3-4 tonne/hactre/year production level have been developed.
2. Distillery waste water having BOD level of 15-20 ppm can be used for aquaculture practices
3. Split doses of waste water aquaculture practices provides maximum production
4. Breeding, seed rearing and culture techniques of butter catfish Ompok bimaculatus and long whiskers catfish Mystus gulio
5. Breeding & seed rearing protocol of hilsa shad Tenualosa ilisha.
6. Development of portable FRP pabda hatchery having capacity to produce about 10,000 – 15,000 nos. of early fry in a single cycle
7. Integrated of farming system models involving various high value and conventional horticultural crops, poultry and ducks

Training programmes conducted during 2019-2020

#	Title	Place	Participants (no.)
	Training on ‘Fish Nutrition and Feeding of Fish’ during 17-21 June 2019	RRC, Rahara	25 students, entrepreneurs, and farmers
	Training on ‘Induced breeding of IMC and culture Technologies” for Trainees of RKMSSSM, Belur Math, Belur’ during 03-10 July 2019	RRC, Rahara	29 rural youths covering a number of districts of West Bengal
	Training on ‘Induced breeding and seed production of Indian Major Carps’ 16-20 July 2019	RRC, Rahara	20 farmers, students, and entrepreneurs
	Training on ‘Captive breeding and seed production of indigenous catfishes with emphasis on Ompok and Mystus species’ during 30 July-03 August 2019	RRC, Rahara	37 farmers, students, and entrepreneurs
	NFDB sponsored training on ‘Aquaculture pond production and productivity management with special reference to climate change’ during 26-30 August 2019	RRC, Rahara	12 Govt. Officials, and entrepreneurs
	NFDB sponsored training on ‘Advanced aquaculture technologies for doubling farm income’ during 11-13, September 2019	Kalyani FS., RRC-Rahara	50 farmers
	NFDB sponsored training on ‘Advanced aquaculture technologies for doubling farm income’ during 27-29 November 2019	Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra’, RKMVU, Sonarpur	50 farmers
	Training on ‘Recent advancement of freshwater aquaculture’ to officials of Tata Trust during 27-29 December	RRC, Rahara	12 Tata Trust Officials
	NFDB sponsored training on ‘Integrated farming systems involving fish, livestock, and agri-horticulture crops’ during 06-10 January 2020	Kalyani FS., RRC-Rahara	16 Govt. Officials, farmers, and entrepreneurs

Salient achievements

• The impact of sewage water for the safe fish production has been done successfully and the production levels varied from 3.0 to 5.0 t/ha/yr.
• Use of different feed additives (Plant attractants ) was developed to enhance feed intake of fish and Iron requirement of rohu was worked out.
• Different agro-industrial wastes viz., Dried Distilleries Grain Soluble (DDS), Breweries wastes, ghee residue, jute leaf powder etc were used as  New Aquaculture feed ingredients
• The nutrient content of sixteen freshwater fish species was done under Nutrient Profiling of Fishes and the species covered are Labeo rohita, Catla catla, Cirrhinus mrigala, Labeo bata, Labeo calbasu, Labeo fimbriatus, Cirrhinus reba, Barbonymus gonionotus, Anabas testudineus, Clarias batrachus, Heteropneustes fossilis, Mystus vittatus, Channa striata, Ompok bimaculatus, Wallago attu  and Pangasianodon Hypophthalmus.
• Feeding protocol of Ompok bimaculatus larvae was developed and the larval feed requires 40% protein and 8 % lipid.
• Fish can be cultured in waste water having BOD level of 15-20 ppm. Split doses of waste water application provides maximum production.
• Breeding performance of Indian Major Carps in relation to temperature in different states of India have been studied
• Developed grow-out culture method of Ompok bimaculatus at reduced water depth to conserve water
• Protocol on growth and survivability of Indian Major Carps under different temperature and salinity levels
• Carbon foot print and carbon sequestration of aquaculture ponds have been extensively studied
• First instance of lordosis in Pterygoplichthys, dropsy and scoliosis in Ompok bimaculatus and Dactylogyrosis in Mystusgulio were reported.

Achievements (Kalyani FS)

• Integrated farming system models involving various high value and conventional horticultural crops, poultry and ducks with fish.
• Breeding, seed rearing and culture techniques of butter catfish Ompok bimaculatus
• Breeding & seed rearing protocol of hilsa shad Tenualosa ilisha.
• Breeding and seed production techniques of long whiskers catfish Mystus gulio
• Development of portable FRP pabda hatchery having capacity to produce about 10,000 – 15,000 nos. of early fry in a single cycle.

Facilities

Infrastructure facilities at Rahara:

• The  Rahara farm (10.5 ha) has effective water area of about 6 hectare comprising 8 nursery ponds, 9 rearing ponds, 13 stocking ponds, 2 spawner tanks and 3 paddy-cum-fish culture plots besides 7 circular cement cisterns of 0.018 ha each.
• Of the 4.5 ha of available land, about 1.0 ha is being utilized for Horticulture throughout the year eliminating the recurring labour expenditure on cleaning the weed infested dykes and at the same time generating revenue
• A well-equipped laboratory with Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), Gas Chromatograph (GC), Spectrophotometer, Lyophilizer, Socs Plus for fat extraction, Kel plus for crude protein estimation, Precision balance, Muffle furnace, Hot water bath etc. to conduct research and teaching in different area of Aquaculture.
• Laboratory for soil and water analysis.
• Treated and untreated domestic sewage from Titagarh municipality is being taken to the farm through a 1 km long underground pipeline leading to a deep sump from where it is drawn in the  ponds  and paddy plots using an electrical pump. 
• One deep tube well is available to supply freshwater whenever required.
• An eco-hatchery complex and plastic hatchery is available to facilitate fish breeding.
• An experimental yard with flow-through system to conduct nutritional and other experimental studies.
• Space on integrated farming including paddy-cum-fish culture has focused attention on diversification and better utilization of fallow land.
• One conference cum training  hall with video conferencing facility for conducting meeting and training programme with a capacity of 50 persons

Infrastructure (Field Station Kalyani)

• The Kalyani Field Station (7.0 ha) has effective water area of about 1.2 hectare comprising 4 nursery ponds, 3 rearing ponds and 9 grow out ponds   
• Laboratory for soil and water quality analysis
• Basic laboratory for molecular work: laminar flowhood chamber, autoclave, bacteriological incubator, thermocycler, gel electrophoresis unit, gel documentation unit, -20◦C deep freeze, refrigerator, spectrophotometer, cooling centrifuge and power backup
• Hatcheries for catfish
• Experimental sheds
• Poultry house and Duck shed
• Training hall

Publications

#	Title	Journal	Authors	Year
	Pathogenesis and expression profile of selected immune genes to experimental Edwardsiella tarda infection in iridescent shark, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus	Aquaculture Reports 17, 100371 DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100371	Hoque, F., Pawar, N., Pitale, P., Dutta, R., Sawant, B., Babu, G.P., Choudhary, A., Sundaray, J. K.	2020
	Effect of water salinity levels on growth performance and survival of Catla catla, genetically improved Labeo  rohita (Jayanti rohu) and Cirrhinus    mrigala	International Journal of Oceanography and Aquaculture 4(2): 00190. DOI: 10.23880/ijoac-16000190	Hoque, F., Adhikari, S., Hussan, A., Pillai, B. R.	2020
	Culture of Brachionus calyciforus as fish food organism: an approach to improve larval survival of freshwater fish	Journal of Experimental Zoology, India, 23(1): 313-321.	Udit, U.K.,  Biswal, A., Mane, A.M., Sinha, V., Hussan, A., MunilKumar, S., Saurabh, S. and Naik, A. R.	2020
	Lovesome chum of aquarium are wreaking havoc in East Kolkata Wetlands, India.	Aquaculture Asia, 24(3): 9-15.	Hussan, A., Sundaray, J.K., Ghosal, R., Mallick, S.	2020
	Biopesticides in Aquaculture	Aquaculture Spectrum 31(2): 41-43.	Hoque, F., Hussan, A., Das, A., Mishra, S. S., Adhikari, S.	2020
	Seasonal variations in Proximate composition of nine freshwater fish.	Indian J. Anim. Nutr. 36(1): 65-72.doi: 10.5958/2231-6744.2019.00011.2	Paul, B.N., Bhowmick, S., Singh,P., Chanda, S., Sridhar, N. and Giri, S.S	2019
	Carp Culture with Farm Made Feed –A success story.	Indian Farming, 69(10): 28-30.	Paul,B.N., Rath,S.C. and Giri,S.S.	2019
	Carbon Storage in Sediments of Freshwater Fishponds of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal, India	Austin J Environ. Toxicol., 5(1): 1026.  http://doi.org/10.26420/austinjenvirontoxicol.2019.1026.	Adhikari, S., Mahanty, D., Ikmail S., Sarkar, S., Rathod, R. and Pillai, B.R.	2019
	Water gain and water loss of some freshwater aquaculture ponds at Kausalyaganga, Orissa, India.	Appl. Water Sci., 9:121(1-7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-019-1001-1	Adhikari, S., Pani, K.C. and Jayasankar, P.	2019
	Invasion of non-indigenous suckermouth  armoured catfish of the genus Pterygoplichthys (Loricariidae) in the East Kolkata Wetlands: stakeholders’ perception.	Indian J. Fish., 66(2): 29-42, DOI: 10.21077/ijf.2019.66.2.86267-05	Hussan, A.,  Sundaray, J. K., Mandal, R. N., Hoque, F.,  Das, A.,  Chakrabarti, P. P.  and Adhikari, S.	2019
	Growth performance of Labeo bata (Hamilton, 1822) in freshwater and its acclimatization in brackish water with betaine as feed additive.	Aquaculture- Amsterdam, 501 (1):128-134.	Ghosh, T. K., Chauhan, Y. H. and R. N., Mandal.	2019
	Larval rearing of hilsa shad, Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton 1822).	Aquaculture Research, 50(3):778-785. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.13934	Chattopadhyay,  D. N., A. Chakraborty, P. K. Ray, R. N. Mandal, S. K. Banik,  V. R.       Suresh, K. Ghosh.	2019
	Isolation and partial characterisation of secondary metabolites from fish-borne bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa.	Indian Journal of Fisheries 66(1): 81-91. DOI: 10.21077/ijf.2019.66.1.79940-11	Hoque, F., Abraham, T. J., Jayasankar, P.	2019
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa FARP72 offers protection against Aeromonas hydrophila infection in Labeo rohita.	Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 11(3): 973-980. DOI: 10.1007/s12602-018-9456-1	Hoque, F., Abraham, T. J., Nagesh, T. S., Kamilya, D.	2019
	Ghost Probiotics- Prospect in Aquaculture	Aquaculture International 52-56.	Hoque, F.	2019
	Fish culture without water	International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 7(5): 39-48.	Hussan A., Adhikari S., Das A., Hoque F., Pillai, B.R.	2019
	Assessment of heavy metals in Indian Major Carps.	Indian J. Anim. Hlth. 58(1): 131-134.	Singh, P., Rana, G.C. and Paul, B.N	2019
	Induced breeding of Catla catla carried out at low temperature in FRP carp hatchery of Arunachal Pradesh, India.	India. J. Environ. Biol., 40: 328-334. DOI: 10.22438/jeb/40/3/MRN-768	Ghosh, A., Mohapatra, B.C., Chakrabarti, P.P., Hussan, A. and Das, A.	2019
	Proximate, Mineral and Fatty Acid Composition of Catla catla reared in Fresh Water and Waste Water Environment	Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition,  35(4):463-468. doi:10.59,58/2231-6744.2018.00070.1	Paul,B.N., Singh,P., Bhowmick, S., Mandal,R.N.,Adhikari,S., Pandey,B.K., Das,A and P.P.Chakrabarti	2018
	Production of tubifex - a new dimension of aquaculture in feeding juvenile fish	Aquaculture Asia, 22 (3): 19-22	Mandal, R. N., S. Kar , P.P. Chakrabarti , D.N. Chattopadhyay , B.N. Paul , S. Adhikari , J. Maity and B.R. Pillai	2018
	Dominance of Intergrades of Invasive Suckermouth Armoured Catfishes spp. (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in Coastal Wetlands of West Bengal, India Pterygoplichthys.	Indian Soc. Coastal Agric. Res. 36(1): 84-92.	Hussan, A.,  Mandal, R. N., Hoque, F.,  Das, A.,  Chakrabarti,  P. P. and Adhikarij. S.	2018
	Adaptation and mitigation strategies of climate change impact freshwater aquaculture in some states of Indi	Journal of fisheries Science.com, 12(1): 016-021	Adhikari, S., Chaudhuri A.K., gangadhar B., Rathod, R., Mandal R. N., Ikmail, S., saha, G. S., De, H.K., Shivaraman, I., mahapatra A.S., sarkar, S., Routrey, P., Bindu, R. Pillai and Sundarey, J.K.	2018
	First ever weaning and feeding behavior of Hilsa Sad,   Tenulosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) fry under captive breeding.	Environment and Ecology, 36 (2): 508-513.	Chattopadhyay, D. N., Chakrabarty, A., Roy, P. K., Mandal, R. N., Suresh, V. and Barik, S.  K	2018
	Nutritional Values of Minor carps	SAARC J Agri. 16(1): 215-231. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.vl6i1.37436.	Paul, B.N., Bhowmick, S., Chanda, S., Sridhar, N. and Giri, S.S.	2018
	Nutrient Profile of five Freshwater Fish Species.	SAARC J Agri. 16(2): 25-41.              DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/sja.v16i2.40256	Paul, B.N.,Bhowmick, S., Chanda, S., Sridhar, N. and Giri, S.S.	2018
	Survey on Socio-economic and dietary pattern of Chattisgarh and Odisha.	Fishing Chimes, 38 (4):40-43.	Paul,B.N.,Saha,G.S.,Chanda,S.,Sengupta,J., Sasmal,S. and Giri,S.S.	2018
	Carbon and Nitrogen Distribution in Some Carp Polyculture Ponds of Andhra Pradesh, India.	J. Aquat. Res. Mar. Sci., 1(3): 91-96. doi:https://doi.org/10.29199/ARMS.201024	Adhikari, S., Sarkar, S., Chakrabarti, P.P., Giri, B.S., Pillai, B.R., and Sundaray, J.K.	2018
	Effect of inorganic arsenic (As III) on growth and feeding of the Indian River prawn M. malcolmsonii.	SDRP Journal of Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science, 2(1):112-117	Kisan, B.C., Adhikari, S., Patnaik, S., and Nandi, S.	2018
	Managing water quality and fish health in aquaculture: Farmers traditional practices in West Bengal	International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 6(4): 31-35.	Hoque, F., Hussan, A., Das, A., Chakrabarti, P. P.	2018
	Mass mortality associated with Dactylogyrus infection in farmed long whiskers catfish, Mystus gulio	Journal of Experimental Zoology India 21(1): 227-	Hoque, F., Hussan, A., Das, A., Chakrabarti, P. P., Sundaray, J. K.	2018
	Status and future of aquaculture development in Mizoram, India.	Int. J. Fisher. Aquat. Studies, 6(4): 42-48.	Hussan, A., Chakrabarti, P.P., Sundaray, J.K., Das, A., Mohapatra, B.C., and Ananth, P.N.	2018
	Present Status, Abundance and Threats of Fish Diversity on Ramsar Site (East Kolkata Wetlands) of West Bengal, India	Int. J. Curr. Microbial. Appl. Sci., 7(7): 4000-4007.	Kumar, B., Kumar, S., Biswal, A., Dey, A., Thakuria, J., Hussan, A., Baruah, A., Udit, U. K., Meher , P. K. and Singh, D.K.	2018
	Potentiality of new feed ingredients for Aquaculture: A Review.	Agricultural Reviews.39 (4):282-291. DOI 10.18805/ag.R-1819	Singh,P., Paul, B.N. and Giri, S.S	2018
	Water Budgets for freshwater fish ponds of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal	Water science & Technology: water supply, 17 (3): 835-841. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2016.177	Adhikari, S., Pani, K. C., Mandal R. N., Chakrabarti, P. P., Giri, B. S., and Jayasankar, P	2017
	Pesticide residues in Indian major carps reared in wastewater.	Explor Anim Med Res 7(2): 190-193.	Paul BN, Singh P, Nag S, Mandal RN, Chakrabarti PP	2017
	Incorporation of ghee residue as feed ingredient for Labeo rohita fingerlings	Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology,17: 127-136. DOI:10.5958/0974-181X.2017.00013.0.	Singh, P., Paul, B.N., Rana, G.C., Mandal, R.N., Chakrabarti, P.P. and Giri, S.S	2017
	Induced Breeding of Carps for Seed Production in carp Hatchery,	Advances in Applied Science Research, 2017, 8(1):88-93.	Chakrabarti, P. P., Mohapatra B.C., Hussan, A.,  Das, A., Mandal R. N., Ghosh, A. Choudhuri, G.  and Jayasankar, P.	2017
	Effect of dietary iron level on growth performance and enzyme activity in rohu(Labeo rohita Hamilton) fingerlings.	Indian J. Anim. Nutr. 34(2): 224-228. doi: 10.5958/2231-6744.2017.00038.x	Chanda,S., Samanta, A.,Paul,B.N., Ghosh,K. and Giri,S.S.	2017
	Nutrient Profile of Indian Climbing Perch, Anabas testudineus.	SAARC J Agri. 15(1): 99-109. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.vl5il.33156.	Paul, B.N., Chanda, S., Bhowmick, S., Sridhar, N., Saha, G.S. and Giri, S.S.	2017
	Evaluation of Processed Rain Tree (Samaneasaman) Pod Meal as a Non-conventional Ingredient in the diet of Catla catla fry.	Anim. Nutr. Feed Technol. 17: 323-332. DOI: 10.5958/0974-181X.2017.00031.2.	Rath, S.C., Nayak, K.C., Pradhan, C., Mohanty, T.K., Sarkar, S., Mohanta, K.N., Paul, B.N. and Giri, S.S.	2017
	Farm-made feed for polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) rich carp production in India: A case study.	SAARC J. Agri. 15(2): 45-55. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.vl5i2.35157.	Paul,B.N., Giri, S.S., Chanda, S., Rath, S.C. and Datta, A.K.	2017
	Effect of culture condition on the level of serum Insulin-like growth factor-1 in Indian major carps.	International Journal of Aquaculture 7(10):71-78 doi: 10.5376/ija.2017.07.0010	Abraham, T.J., Hoque, F., Das, A., Nagesh, T. S.	2017
	Care to reduce stress	Aquaculture Times 3(4): 49-55.	Hussan A., Hoque F., Das A., Chakrabarti, P. P.	2017
	DNA barcoding of Puntius sarana (hamilton, 1822): species validation and phylogenetic assessment	J. Exp. Zool. India, 20(1): 273-279.	Udit, U.K., Nandi, S., Meher, P. K., Hussan, A., Das, R., Sundaray, J.K. and Jayasankar, P.	2017
	Induced Breeding of Carps for Seed Production in FRP Hatchery.	Adv. Appl. Sci. Res., 8(1):88-93.	Chakrabarti, P.P., Mohapatra, B.C., Hussan, A., Das, A., Mandal. R. N., Ghosh, A., Choudhuri, G. and Jayasankar, P.	2017
	Impact of Textile Dyes Waste on Aquatic Environments and its Treatment	Environment & Ecology, 35 (3C):2349-2353.	Gita, S., Hussan, A. and Choudhury, T.G.	2017
	Effect of Mercury and Cadmium on the Oxygen Consumption and Gill Histology of Catla catla (Ham. 1822).	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India - Section B: Biological Sciences 88(2) DOI: 10.1007/s40011-016-0806-z	Ajmal Hussan, T. G. Choudhury, I. Ahmed,  S. Gita,  A. Das, U. K. Udit, P. P. Chakrabarti and R. N. Mandal,	2016
	Tubifex production using agro-industrial wastes and raw cattle dung.	Journal of applied aquaculture, 28 (2):70-75. DOI: 10.1080/10454438.2016.1169729	Mandal, R. N., Kar, S., Chattopadhyay, D. N., Maity, J., Chakrabarti, P. P., Paul, B. N. and Jayasankar, P	2016
	Micronutrient composition of 35 food fishes from India and their significance in human nutrition.	Biological Trace Element Research.174 (2): 448-458. DOI 10.1007/s12011-016-0714-3	Mohanty, B.P., Sankar, T.V., Ganguly,S., Mahanty,A., Anandan,R. Chakraborty,K., Paul,B.N., Sarma,D., Dayal, J.S., Mathew,S., Asha, K.K., Mitra,T., Karunakaran,D., Chanda, S., Shahi,N., Das,P., Das P., Akhtar,M.S., Vijayagopal,P. and Sridhar,N.	2016
	Proximate,mineral and vitamin contents of Indian Major Carp.	Indian J. Anim. Nutr. 33(1): 102-107.doi: 10.5958/2231-6744.2016.00018.9	Paul, B.N., Chanda, S., Sridhar, N., Saha, G.S. and Giri, S.S.	2016
	Evaluation of Jute Leaf as feed ingredient for Labeo rohita fingerlings.	Indian J. Anim. Nutr. 33(2): 203-207. DOI: 10.5958/2231-6744.2016.00034.7	Singh, P., Paul,B.N., Rana,G. and Giri,S.S.	2016
	Fatty acid, Amino acid and Vitamin composition of Indian Catfish, Magur (Clariasbatrachus) and Singhi (Heteropneustes fossilis)	SAARC J Agri. 14(2):189-199. http://dxdoi./org/10.3329/sja.v14i2.31258	Paul, B.N.,Chanda, S., Sridhar, N., Saha, G.S and Giri, S.S.	2016
	DHA and EPA content  and Fatty acid Profile of 39 Food Fishes from India.	Biomed Research International. 1-14. http://dx.doi./org/10.1155/2016/4027437	Mohanty, B.P., Ganguly,S., Mahanty,A., Sankar, T.V., Anandan,R. Chakraborty,K., Paul,B.N.,Sarma,D., Dayal, J.S., Venkateshwarlu, G., Mathew,S., Asha, K.K., Karunakaran,D., Mitra,T., Chanda, S., Shahi,N., Das,P., Das P., Akhtar,M.S., Vijayagopal,P. and Sridhar,N.	2016
	Feasibility of using diluted and chemically treated wastewater for fish culture	Fishery Technology, 53: 96-104.	Hussan, A., Choudhury, T.G., Prakash, C., Tripathi, G., Jayasankar, P., Chadha, N.K., Sundaray, J.K. and Dhamotharan, K.	2016
	Bio-remediation of domestic sewage recycled in aquaculture: A central Institute of freshwater Aquaculture model.	Aquaculture Asia, Vol. XX, No. 3: 14-19	Mandal, R. N., Chattopadhyay, D. N., Chakrabarti, P. P., Pandey, B. K., and Jayasankar, P.	2015
	‘Pati bet’, Schumannianthus dichotomus (Roxb.) Gagnep. – A raw material for preparation of livelihood supporting handicrafts	Indian journal of Natural Products and Resources, 5(4): 365-370.	Mandal, R. N. Bar, R. and Chakrabarti, P. P.	2015
	Evaluation of Ghee Residue as Feed ingredient for Labeo rohita	Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition,32 (1):101-107.	Singh P., Paul, B.N., Rana G.C., Mandal R.N., Chakrabarti P.P.and Giri, S.S.	2015
	Fatty acid profile of Indian Major Carp.	Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 32(2): 221-226.	Paul,B.N.,Chanda,S., Sridhar, N., Saha,G.S. and Giri, S.S.	2015
	Freshwater Aquaculture Nutrition Research in India	Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 32 (2):113-125.	Paul, B. N. and Giri, S.S.	2015
	Dietary essentiality of trace minerals in aquaculture: A Review.	Agricultural Reviews,36(2):100-112. DOI:10.5958/0976-0741.2015.00012.4	Chanda, S., Paul, B.N., Ghosh, K. and Giri, S.S.	2015
	Evaluation of Plant based attractants in the diets of Labeo rohita fingerlings.	Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology,15: 289-294. doi: 10.5958/0974-181X.2015.00032.3	Paul,B.N. and Giri,S.S.	2015
	Seasonal variation in Proximate and Mineral composition of Koi Anabas testdineus. (Bloch 1792)	Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology,15: 465-470 doi: 10.5958/0974-181X.2015.00047.5	Paul,B.N.,Chanda,S., Das.S., Sridhar, N., Saha,G.S. and Giri, S.S.	2015
	Proximate and mineral composition of Magur (Clarias batrachus) and Singhi (Heteropneustes fossilis).	Indian J. Anim. Nutr. 32(4): 453-456.doi: 10.5958/2231-6744.2015.00017.1	Paul, B.N., Chanda, S., Sridhar, N., Saha, G.S. and Giri, S.S.	2015
	Database on Nutritional Composition of food fishes  from India	Current Science,109(11): 1915-1917	Mohanty, B.P., Karunakaran, D., Mahanty, A., Ganguly, S., Debnath, D., Mitra, T., Banerjee, S., Sharma, A.P., Sankar, T.V., Anandan, R., Mathew, S., Asha, K.K., Chakraborty, K., Vijayagopal, P., Paul, B.N., Sridhar, N.,Chanda, S., Sarma, D., Pandey, N., Shahi, N., Pushpita, Das.,  Das,P., Akhtar, M.S., ShyamaDayal, J., Vijayan, K.K., Kannappan, S., Venkateshwarlu, G., Singh, S.D., Madan, M., Meenakumari, B and Ayyappan, S	2015

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