Central Institute Of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA's) No.

All India Numbers:

7790007797(For WhatsApp Support, 10am-5pm)

Website:

https://cifa.nic.in/

Address

ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002, Odisha, India

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Officers Details

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Contact No.	Email	Address
1	ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture	Director	0674-2465421 , 0674-2465446 Fax No. : 0674-2465407	[email protected]	Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002, Odisha, India
2	ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture	Chief Administrative Officer	0674-2465449	[email protected]	Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002, Odisha, India
3		Training Programme Queries		[email protected]
4	Dr. Shailesh Saurabh, Senior Scientist	Pearl Culture Information	9439019303

Regional Centres Contacts

Sr.No.	Name	Designation		Email	Address
Staff At Bengaluru
1	Dr. Hemaprasanth	Principal Scientist	080-28479891 , Fax No. : 080-28479891	[email protected]	Regional Research Centre of CIFA Hessarghatta Lake P.O. – Bangalore, 560 089 Karnataka, India.
2	Dr. Gangadhar Barlaya	Principal Scientist	080-28479891 , Fax No. : 080-28479891	[email protected]	RRC of ICAR- Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture Hesaraghatta Lake PO. Bangalore – 560 089
3	Dr. Ananda Kumar B.S	Scientist		[email protected]
5	Mr. Raghavendra C.H.	Senior Technical Assistant		[email protected]
Staff At Bathinda
6	Mukesh Kumar Bairwa	Scientist & In-charge		[email protected]
Staff at Rahara
7	Dr. Baidyanath Paul	Principal Scientist & Scientist-in-charge		[email protected]
8	Dr. Subhendu Adhikari	Principal Scientist	8282951825	[email protected]	RRC, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture P.O.-Rahara, Kolkata, West Bengal-700118
9	Dr. Rathindra Nath Mandal	Principal Scientist		[email protected]
10	Arabinda Das	Scientist	033-25683023 , 8584945194	[email protected] , [email protected]	Regional Research Station ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Rahara, Kolkata - 700 118, India
11	Dr. Farhana Hoque	Scientist	9051401823 , Fax No. : 033 – 25683023	[email protected] , [email protected]	ICAR-Central Institute Freshwater Aquaculture, Regional Research Station-Rahara and Kalyani FS., Kolkata-700118, West Bengal
Staff at Kalyani
12	Dr. Subhas Sarkar	Senior Scientist		[email protected]
13	Ajmal Hussan	Scientist	9123376945 , 8420212856	[email protected] , [email protected]	Regional Research Centre, Rahara & Kalyani FS ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture Rahara, Kolkata-700118, West Bengal
Staff at Vijayawada
14	Dr. Ramesh Rathod	Senior Scientist (Scientist-in-charge) Aquaculture	0866-2980002 , 9989187745	[email protected] , [email protected]	ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture Poranki P.O., Vijayawada – 521 137 Andhra Pradesh
15	Dr. Chaudhari Ajit Keshav	Scientist	0866-2581611	[email protected]	Regional Research Centre, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Penamaluru Fish Seed Farm, Poranki P.O. Vijayawada - 521 137, Andhra Pradesh, India

Divisions Contacts

Aquaculture Production And Environment Division

Fax No. : 0674-2465407 (Same For All)

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Contact No.	Email	Specialization
1	Dr. Pratap Chandra Das	Principal Scientist And Head		[email protected] , [email protected]	Carp culture
2	Dr. Sangram Ketan Sahoo	Principal Scientist	0674-2465421 , 0674-2465446	[email protected] , [email protected]	Catfish Breeding And Culture
3	Dr. Saroj Kumar Swain	Principal Scientist		[email protected]	Ornamental Fish Breeding And Culture
4	Dr. Bindu Raman Pillai	Principal Scientist	0674-2465402	[email protected] , [email protected] ,[email protected]	Prawn Breeding And Culture
5	Dr. Padmanav Routray	Principal Scientist	0674-2465446 (Ext. : 124)	[email protected] , [email protected], [email protected]	Carp And Tilapia Breeding, Hatchery Management, Cryopreservation
6	Dr. Bikash Chandra Mohapatra	Principal Scientist	0674-2465446 , 9437229487 (Ext. : 410)	[email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]	Plastics in Aquaculture
7	Dr. Satyanarayan Sethi	Principal Scientist		[email protected]	Carp Culture
8	Dr. Chandra Kanta Misra	Principal Scientist		[email protected]	Aquaculture
9	Dr. Shailesh Saurabh	Senior Scientist	0674-2465446 , 9439019303 (Ext. : 334)	[email protected] , [email protected]	Perl Culture
10	Dr. Rajesh Kumar	Senior Scientist	0674-2465446 , 9777046042	[email protected] , [email protected]	Air Breathing Fish Culture
11	Dr. Debabrata Panda	Senior Scientist	0674-2465421, 0674-2465446 , 9748892814	[email protected] , [email protected]	Prawn Breeding And Culture
12	Dr. Pankaj Kumar Tiwari	Senior Scientist	9752014973	[email protected] , [email protected]	Soil And Water Chemistry
13	Ferosekhan	Senior Scientist		[email protected]	Catfish Breeding And Culture
14	Dr. Dhananjay Kumar Verma	Chief Technical Officer		[email protected]
15	Dr. Bibhudatta Mishra	Asst. Chief Technical Officer		[email protected]
16	Er. Phani Bhusan Bhakat	Asst. Chief Technical Officer		[email protected]
17	Mr. Sovan Sahu	Technical Officer		[email protected]
18	Mr. Dukhia Mahji	Technical Officer		[email protected]
19	Mr. Affcer Mohammad	Technical Assistant		[email protected]
20	Mr. Suresh Chandra Panda	Technical Assistant		[email protected]

Fish Genetics And Biotechnology Division

Fax No. : 0674-2465407 (Same For All)

Sr.No.	Name	Degree	Position	Contact No.	Email	Research Interests
1	Jitendra Kumar Sundaray	Ph.D	Principal Scientist And Head of Division	0674 - 2465446 (Ext. : 204)	[email protected] , [email protected]	Molecular and Microbial Endocrinology, Endocrine disruption in Aquatic organism and Environmental DNA, Genetic upgradation of Freshwater Fish
2	Jyotirmaya Mohanty	Ph.D	Principal Scientist	0674-2465446 , 9437204740	[email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]	Fish immunology with respect to parasitic infections, Application of proteomics in aquaculture research
3	Samiran Nandi	Ph.D	Principal Scientist	0674-2465446, 0674-2465430, 0674-2465421 (Ext. : : 209)	[email protected] , [email protected]	Biochemistry, Transcriptomics and Functional genomics in Freshwater Aquaculture, Molecular Physiology of Gonad maturation, Broodstock diet development for carps
4	Hirak Kumar Barman	Ph.D	Principal Scientist	9437637314 , 0674-2465414 (Office) , 0674-2382446 (Residence)	[email protected] , [email protected]	Spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) culture, Characterization and gene manipulation in Labeo rohita, Ornamental fish transgenesis, Identification and characterization of salinity tolerant transcripts in Machrobrachium rosenbergii, Chromatin Organization: Epigenetic regulations
5	Prem Kumar Meher	Ph.D	Principal Scientist	0674-2465446 , 0674-2465014 , 9438732839 (Ext. : 238)	[email protected]	Molecular genetics of Populations and Quantitative Genetics, Development of DNA Markers Technology
6	Khuntia Murmu	Ph.D	Principal Scientist	8763221157	[email protected] , [email protected]	Selective Breeding of commercially important freshwater fishes, Stock evaluation of Catla (Catla catla) for establishment of base population, Selective breeding of Rohu
7	Lakshman Sahoo	Ph.D	Senior Scientist	0674-2465421	[email protected]	Fish and Shellfish Genomics, Development of DNA marker technology in Fish and Shellfish, Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci, Whole genome sequencing
8	Uday K. Udit	M.F.Sc.	Scientist		[email protected]	Genetics and Molecular Reproduction, Hormonal characterization of freshwater fishes
9	Priyanka C. Nandanpawar	M.F.Sc.	Scientist		[email protected]	Selective Breeding of fishes, Biotechnology, Phenotyping, Identification of trait associated molecular markers
10	Mohan R. Badhe	M.F.Sc.	Scientist		[email protected]	Proteomics, DNA barcoding
11	Avinash R. Rasal	M.F.Sc.	Scientist		[email protected]	Selective Breeding of fishes, Spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) culture

Fish Health And Management Division

Fax No. : 0674-2465407 (Same For All)

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Contact No.	Email
1	Dr. Mrinal Samanta	Principal Scientist	0674-2465421 (Ext. : 225)	[email protected] , [email protected]
2	Dr. Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra	Principal Scientist	7894281261 , 9433188172	[email protected] , [email protected]
3	Dr. Priyabrat Swain	Principal Scientist	9437231099	[email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]
4	Dr. Sriprakash Mohanty	Principal Scientist	9437291735	[email protected] , [email protected]
5	Snatashree Mohanty	Scientist		[email protected]
6	Rakesh Das	Scientist		[email protected]
7	Pushpa Choudhary	Scientist		[email protected]
8	Satya Narayan Sahoo	Scientist		[email protected]
9	Jackson Debbarma	Scientist		[email protected]
10	Anirban Paul	Scientist		[email protected]
11	Chinmayee Muduli	Scientist		[email protected]

Fish Nutrition And Physiology Division

Fax No. : 0674-2465407 (Same For All)

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Contact No.	Email	Research Interests
1	Dr. Shiba Shankar Giri	Principal Scientist And Head of Division	0674-2465421 , 0674-2465446	[email protected] , [email protected]	Lipid nutrition and Fish oil replacement, Micronutrients interactions, Nutrigenomics, Farm-made feeds in aquaculture
2	Dr. Krushna Chandra Das	Principal Scientist		[email protected] , [email protected]	Feed processing and feed technology
3	Dr. Ashis Saha	Principal Scientist	0674-2465446 , 8895428741 (Ext. : 432)	[email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]	Climate change and reproductive physiology, Nutrigenomics
4	Ms. Rakhi Kumari	Scientist		[email protected]	Nutrient digestion and digestive enzyme, Ontogeny of digestive systems
5	Nitish Kumar Chandan	Scientist		[email protected]	Nutrition and feeding of air breathing fishes
6	Dr. Siddaiah G. M.	Scientist		[email protected]	Alternative protein sources and metabolism, Functional feed additives
7	Santosh Kumar Nayak	Technical Officer		[email protected]
8	Arun Kumar Behera	Technical Assistant

Social Science Section

Fax No. : 0674-2465407 (Same For All)

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Contact No.		Department	Email
Scientific
1	Dr. G. S. Saha	Principal Scientist	0674-2465890, 0674-2465892 , (Ext. : 110)	[email protected]	Agricultural Extension	[email protected]
2	Dr. H. K. De	Principal Scientist		[email protected]	Agricultural Extension	[email protected]
3	Dr. N. K. Barik	Principal Scientist			Agricultural Economics	[email protected]
4	Sri A. S. Mahapatra	Scientist		[email protected]	Computer Application And IT	[email protected]
5	Dr. I. Sivaraman	Scientist			Fisheries Extension	[email protected]
Technical
6	Sri D. P. Rath	Technical Officer			Computer	[email protected]
7	Sri Sreenivasulu Gudipudi	Technical Assistant			Fisheries Extension	[email protected]

Guest House Contact

Sr.No.	Guest House	Care Taker	Contact No.
1	Ashoka Guest House	Mr. Sriman Anarpit Das	7381430527
2	Dhauli Guest House	Mr. Pramod Kumar Sahoo	8093101920
3	Kalinga Hostel	Mr. Jayant Kumar Swain	9439799097

Emergency Contact Details

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Contact No.
1	Mr. Lokanath Senapati	OIC Guest House	9861345264 , 7978870372
2	Miss Singa Soren	Private Secretary	7978069156
3	Mr. Debabrata Sahoo	Security Officer	9438257170 , 7978792141

Library Staff

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Email
1	Sri S. K. Mohanty	Sr. Technical Officer	[email protected]
1	Sri Rabindra Das	Senior Technical Assistant	[email protected]

ICAR-CIFA SAIF

Sr.No.	Name	Email
1	Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS)	[email protected]
2	Bioinformatics Data Analysis and Training Facility	[email protected]
3	DNA Workstation	[email protected]
4	Gas Chromatograph (GC)	[email protected]
5	Gas Liquid Chromatograph (GC)	[email protected]

PIO / APIO

Fax No. : 0674-2465407 (Same For All)

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Contact No.	Email
1	Dr. Pramoda Kumar Sahoo	Appellate Authority	0674-2465421 , 0674-2465446	[email protected]
2	Dr. S. S. Mishra	Nodal Officer of RTI	0674-2465421 , 0674-2465446	[email protected] , [email protected]
3	Dr. P. Swain	Transparency Officer	0674-2465421 , 0674-2465446	[email protected] , [email protected]
4	Shri H. L. Meena	Central Public Information Officer	0674-2465421 , 0674-2465446	[email protected]
5	Dr. Bindu R. Pillai	Vigilance Officer		[email protected]

Bribe Complaint Contacts

Sr.No.	Designation	Phone	Email	Letter
1	Director	0674-2465421	[email protected]	ICAR-CIFA Kaushalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-02
2	Chief Administrative Officer	0674-2465449	[email protected]	ICAR CIFA Kaushalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-02
3	Vigilance Officer	0674-2465446 , 0674-2465502 , Ext. : 225	[email protected]	ICAR-CIFA Kaushalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-02
4	Chief Vigilance Officer ICAR	011-23097044	[email protected]	ICAR, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi - 01
5	ACB, CBI, Bhubaneswar	0674-2561567 , Fax No. : 0674-2561375	[email protected]	P.O. Nayapally, Bhubneshwar - 12
6	Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission	011-24651899	[email protected]	Satarkata Bhavan, A-Block, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi-110 023

Research Advisory Committee Contacts

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Contact No.	Email	Address
1	Dr. C. Vasudevppa	Vice Chancellor / Chairman		[email protected]	NIFTEM, Sonepate, Haryana; Former VC, UAHS, Shimoga, Karnataka
2	Dr. R. S. Biradar	Former Joint Director / Member	8792189243	[email protected] , [email protected]	ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai
3	Dr. M. L. Bhowmik	Former Dean / Member	9433054068	[email protected]	College of Fisheries, CAU, Agartala, Tripura
4	Dr. B. Senthilkumar	Professor / Member	9440140637	[email protected]	Central University Hyderabad
5	Dr. Devika Pillai	Dept. of Aquatic Animal Management / Member	9446111033	[email protected]	KUFOS, Kochi, Kerala
6	Dr. S. D. Singh	Former ADG (Inland Fisheries) / Member	8800341616	[email protected]	CIFE (Deemed University), Mumbai
7	Dr. B. P. Mohanty	ADG (I. Fy.) / Member			Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, New Delhi-110012
8	Director	Member			Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002
9	Dr. P. Routray	Principal Scientist / Member-Secretary			ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar

Institute Management Committee Contacts

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Phone	Email	Organization	Address
1	Dr. P. K. Sahoo	Director & Chairman			ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture	Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751002
2	The Director (Fisheries)		0671-2414107 (off) , Fax No. : 0671-2410521	[email protected] , [email protected]	Directorate of Fisheries, Government of Odisha	Cuttack
3	The Director (Fisheries)			[email protected] , [email protected]	Directorate of Fisheries, Government of Andhra Pradesh	Office of Commissioner of Fisheries, Bandar Road, Poranki, Vijayawada - 521137, Andhra Pradesh
4	The Vice Chancellor			[email protected]	Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology	Bhubaneswar-751003
5	Shri Debi Prasad Pati		8658714535 , 9938808001	[email protected]		At , PO-Kalapada, PS-Cuttack Sada, Dist-Cuttack, Pin-754112 (Odisha)
6	Shri Biswajit Swain		9437001185	[email protected]		Plot No.217, Kunjabana Bhawan, PO-Budheswary Colony, Cuttack Road, Bhubaneswar, Pin-751006
7	Dr. (Mrs.) Bindu R. Pillai	Pr. Sc.		[email protected]	ICAR-CIFA	Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002
8	Dr. S. S. Mishra	Pr. Sc.		[email protected]	ICAR-CIFA	Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002
9	Dr. Rajeeb Kumar Mohanty	Pr.Sc.	9437143400	[email protected]	ICAR-IIWM	Opp. Rail Vihar, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar-751023, Odisha
10	Dr. S. C. Giri	Pr. Sc.	8249337589	[email protected]	ICAR-DPR Regional Station	Infront of Kalinga Studio, Khandagiri Road, PO-Baramunda, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha
11	The Assistant Director General	(Inland Fisheries)			Indian Council of Agricultural Research	Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, Pusa, New Delhi-110012
12	Shri P. K. Nayak	F & AO		[email protected]	ICAR-CIWA	Plot No. 50-51, Mauza-Jokalandi, PO-Baramunda, Bhubaneswar-751003, Odisha
13	Shri H. L. Meena	Chief Administrative Officer		[email protected]	ICAR-CIFA	Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002
14	Co-opted Members	SIC, PME Cell a			ICAR-CIFA	Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002
15	Shri S. S. Mohapatra	Finance & Accounts Officer			ICAR-CIFA	Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar-751002