About
Dr. Chiranjiv Pradhan has completed his Master’s degree in Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2004 from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Thereafter, he was associated with Limnology and Aqua Research Lab, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India as a Field Assistant in the project entitled “Development of socio economic status of the SC and ST population in some villages of West Bengal through training and extension of integrated farming of fish”. He worked for the rural folk at grass-roots level on the aspects of duck, poultry and pig integrated aquaculture in community ponds. He was also associated with wastewater aquaculture research component of the laboratory and worked on effects of wastewater effluent gradient on fish culture and wastewater aquaponics. Subsequently in 2006, Dr. Pradhan joined Fish Nutrition and Physiology Division, Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA, www.cifa.in), Odisha, India as Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in a European Commission Consortium project “AQUAMAX”. In that project, Dr. Pradhan extensively studied the effect of no fishmeal and fish oil diet on growth, nutrient utilization, fatty acid profile, and digestive physiology of Indian major carps. Again in 2010, He joined in an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) sponsored Network project entitled “Outreach activity of fish feeds” as Technical Assistant where Dr. Pradhan worked on the aspects of farm made feed and popularization of feed based aquaculture among farmers. Dr. Pradhan has done his PhD in Fishery Science (Fish Nutrition) on “Influence of fishmeal and fish oil replaced diet on nutrient digestibility, digestive enzyme activity and whole body polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) profile of Indian major carps”. He has also qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in “Fish Nutrition” in 2012 conducted by ICAR, Govt. of India. Later in 2014, Dr. Pradhan joined National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India as Scientist-C in a project entitled “System of promoting Appropriate National Dynamism for Agriculture and Nutrition (SPANDAN)” funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. During this project he got an opportunity to travel different villages of Odisha, India and collected detailed data on various aspects of agriculture and nutrition in order to analyze the reasons for agriculture-nutrition disconnect in Odisha. He extensively surveyed 800 households in 8 different districts and generated a unique database which would examine the major determinants of undernourishment in rural areas particularly among children less than 5 years of age and the ways in which agriculture and livestock could contribute to reduce hunger and undernourishment in these settings. In 2015, Dr. Pradhan joined as Assistant Professor (Fish Nutrition) in Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kerala, India where he is currently involved in teaching Master of Fisheries Science, Bachelor of Fisheries Science students, and supervision of Ph.D. research in different aspects of fish nutrition and aquaculture. Currently his laboratory is dedicated for the development of suitable feed for carps, tilapia and pangasius from wide spectrum raw materials. He also takes keen interest on works related to nutrient metabolism and use of different additives to maximize fish growth performance.
Subject
Fish Nutrition, Biochemistry, Aquaculture
Books
- Pradhan, C, Rachel F, Namitha D, Nikhila P 2019
- Farmers hand book on “Farm made feed and feeding of some important cultured fish species of Kerala”
- Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies
Papers
- Pradhan C, Gopinath, D B, Namitha D, Nikhila P, Sankar, T V (2020) - Replacement of soybean meal with cashew nut meal as an alternative protein source in the diet of tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus Aquaculture Research Doi: 10-1111/are 14512
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- Pradhan C
- , Giri, S
- S
- , Mohanty, T
- K
- , Mohanty, S
- N (2020)
- Feeding a diet containing plant ingredients at different levels influenced growth performance, carcass composition and blood biochemical parameters in Indian major carps grown in polyculture earthen ponds
- Tropical Animal Health and Production
- 52, 1769–1777
- doi:10
- 1007/s11250-019-02184-7
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- Pradhan C
- , Das, D
- R
- , Mohanty, T
- K
- , Giri, S
- S
- (2020)
- Evaluation of nutritive value, fatty acid composition and lipid quality indices of freshwater catfishes and murrels
- Journal of Aquaculture and Marine Biology
- 9 (3), 80-85
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- Pradhan, C
- , Giri, S
- S
- , Mohanty, S
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- , Rajendran, N
- (2019)
- Effect of different feeding levels of plant ingredient based feed on fillet fatty acid profile, carcass trait and sensory characteristics of Indian major carps reared in polyculture ponds
- Journal of World Aquaculture Society
- 50(2): 374-389 5
- Pradhan, C
- , Giri, S
- S
- , Mohanty, S
- N
- , Nayak, K
- C
- (2020)
- Influence of fishmeal replaced diet on nutrient digestibility, digestive enzyme activity and whole body fatty acid profile of Indian major carp, Cirrhinus mrigala
- Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology (Accepted) 6
- Sasidharan, A
- , Michu, V
- J
- Pradhan, C
- Sabu S
- (2020)
- Utilisation of isoelectric precipitation to recover fish protein isolate from seafood processing waste
- Indian Journal of Fisheries 67(3): 99-105
- DOI: 10
- 21077/ijf
- 2020
- 67
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- 88426-11
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- Nilima P
- , Dinesh K
- , Pradhan, C
- , Saroglia M
- (2020)
- Effect of Guar Sprout Meal on the Growth, Nutrient Utilization and Hematological Characteristics of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (Gift) Fingerlings
- Int
- J
- Curr
- Microbiol
- App
- Sci
- 9(07): 3587-3599
- doi: https://doi
- org/10
- 20546/ijcmas
- 2020
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- 419 8
- Mohanta, K
- N
- , Rath, S
- C
- , Nayak, K
- C
- , Pradhan, C
- ,Mohanty, T
- K
- , Giri,S
- S
- (2017)
- Effect of restricted feeding and refeeding on compensatory growth, nutrient utilization and gain, production performance and whole body composition of carp cultured in earthen ponds
- Aquaculture Nutrition
- 23 (3): 460-469 9
- Rath S
- C
- , Nayak, K
- C
- , Pradhan, C
- , Mohanty, T
- K
- , Sarkar, S
- , Mohanta, K
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- , Paul, B
- N
- , Giri, S
- S
- (2017)
- Evaluation of Processed Rain Tree (Samanea saman) Pod Meal as a Non-conventional Ingredient in the Diet of Catla catla Fry
- Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology
- 17 : 323-332 10
- Rath, S
- C
- , Nayak, K
- C
- , Pradhan, C, Mohanty, T
- K
- , Sarkar, S
- , Toppo, S
- , Mohanta, K
- N
- , Giri, S
- S
- (2017)
- Evaluation of polanga (Calophyllum inophyllum) oil cake as a non-conventional ingredient in Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) fingerling feed
- Indian Journal of Fisheries
- 61 (Special Issue): 75-82 11
- Das, K
- C
- , Toppo, S
- , Mohanty, T
- , Pradhan, C
- , Mohanta, K
- N
- , Giri, S
- S
- (2016)
- Cost effective floating feeds for Indian Major Carps (IMC) by replacement soyabean meal with alternative feed ingredients
- Indian Journal of Animal Research
- 50 (4): 526-528
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- Sarkar, S
- , Mohanty, S
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- , Nayak, K
- C
- , Pradhan, C
- , Mohanta, K
- N
- , Devraj, C
- (2015)
- Protein requirement of IR-Jayanti (Labeo rohita) fingerlings
- International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic studies
- 3(2): 324-330 13
- Pradhan, C
- , Mohanty S
- N
- , Giri S
- S
- (2014)
- Influence of feeding an all plant ingredients containing diet at different levels on growth and digestive enzyme activity of pond raised Indian major carps
- Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology
- 14:251-262 14
- Rath, S
- C
- , Nayak, K
- C
- , Mohanta, K
- N
- , Pradhan, C
- , Rangacharyulu, P
- V
- , Sarkar, S
- , Giri, S
- S
- (2014)
- Nutritional evaluation of rain tree (Samanea saman) pod and its incorporation in the diet of rohu (Labeo rohita Hamilton) larvae as a non-conventional feed ingredient
- Indian Journal of Fisheries
- 61 (4): 105-111 15
- Rana, S
- , Bag, S
- K, Goldar, D
- , Mukherjee, S
- , Pradhan, C
- , Jana, B
- B
- (2011)
- Reclamation of municipal domestic wastewater by aquaponics of tomato plants
- Journal of Ecological Engineering
- 37: 981-988 16
- Sarkarparia, D
- , Bag, S
- , Pradhan, C
- , Lahiri, S
- Jana, S
- , Jana, B
- B
- (2011)
- Indian carp polyculture integrated with ducks and poultry: ecological and economic benefits
- Indian Journal of Animal Science
- 81(7): 773-780
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- Mukherjee, S
- , Pradhan C
- , Jana B
- B
- (2009)
- Acclimation induced Responses of SDH Activity of Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) following introduction in a New Pond Habitat
- Journal of Applied Aquaculture
- 21:169-182
Citations
Projects
- 1
- Development of sustainable aquafeed from wide spectrum raw materials and propagation of feed based aquaculture in Kerala
- 2
- Development of value added food products from farmed basa ( Pangasius sp
- ) and conversion of processing waste into low cost fish feed
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- Enhancing reservoir fish production and creation of livelihood opportunities for local community in the Munnar landscape through development of aquaculture practices of native fishes