Research Projects
Research Project 1: Evaluation of natural feed selectivity and trophic status of rohu (Labeo rohita H) for periphyton based aquaculture system
Funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi, Total amount: 5.36 Lakhs, Status: Completed.
Findings: 1. In periphytic environment, the fish growth is enhanced and hence increase in protein content (%) was evident from the results. This result is interesting because the fish mainly feed on algae either from panktonic or periphytic resources in periphytic environment. However, much of this protein content could be muscular protein contributing to the growth of the fish.
2. Similarly, lipid content (%) was also found significantly different and more in fishes from periphytic environment than planktonic environment. This could be due to the feeding on algae directly, which are rich source of many saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
3. For energy, ash contents (%) showed increased carbon contents under periphytic environment indicating maximum possibility of Carbon assimilation in periphytic environments than planktonic environment by L. rohita.
Research Project 2: Stock characterization, captive breeding, seed production and culture of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha)
Funded by National Agriculture Science Fund, Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi, Total amount: Rs. 159.74780 lakh, Status: to be completed by November, 2017. Worked as Co-PI.
T. ilisha or Hilsa is known for its amphihaline migration to Ganga in West Bengal from Bay of Bengal. It is one of the most delecious fish in India and popularly known as 'king of fishes'. It was not known how this fish executes spawning migration very accurately to some specific locations in river Ganga. The team of Visva-Bharati (as a part of collaborative project of ICAR institutes under NASF, PI: Dr. V.R. Suresh, CIFRI, Barrackpore) was headed by Prof. Samir Bhattacharya and other members, Dr. S.K. Saikia, Dr. R. Kundu, Dr. Chandan Malick and Subhendu Kumar Chatterjee has found several new information on its migration biology. The project was completed in November 2017.
Research Project 3: Elucidating the mechanism and assessing amelioration potential of Ocimum and Lucas in stress-induced impaired homeostasis on growth and reproduction in Zebrafish
Funded by National Agriculture Science Fund, ICAR, New Delhi (PI: Dr. Sudipta Maitra, Visva-Bharati, CCPI: Dr. Satyasundar Bhattacharya, Tezpur University), Total Amount: 179.31050 Lakh. Worked as Co-PI.
Research Project 4: To Investigate whether regulation of muscle mitochondria function is associated with the growth in cultivable fish.
Funded by Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi. Total Amount: 4730600/ Status: Ongoing. Working as PI. Ongoing.
